1. Hear ye the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning you, O house of Israel.
2. Thus saith the Lord: Learn not according to the ways of the Gentiles: and be not afraid of the signs of heaven, which the heathens fear:
3. For the laws of the people are vain: for the works of the hand of the workman hath cut a tree out of the forest with an axe.
4. He hath decked it with silver and gold: he hath put it together with nails and hammers, that it may not fall asunder.
5. They are framed after the likeness of a palm tree, and shall not speak: they must be carried to be removed, because they cannot go. Therefore, fear them not, for they can neither do evil nor good.
6. There is none like to thee, O Lord: thou art great and great is thy name in might.