1. Hear ye the word which the Lord has spoken over you, O house of Israel:
2. Thus hath the Lord said, Do not learn the way of the Gentiles, and do not fear the signs of heaven, even though the Gentiles fear them.
3. For the customs of the peoples are vanity: for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
4. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails, that it not move.
5. They compare them to the palm tree, and they do not speak: they must be carried, because they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither do they have power to do good.
6. Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O Lord; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
7. Who would not fear thee, O King of the Gentiles? for unto thee does it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the Gentiles and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.