1. Hear the word the Lord speaks to you, house of Israel.
2. Thus says the Lord:Do not learn the ways of the nations,and have no fear of the signs in the heavens,even though the nations fear them.
3. For the carvings of the nations are nonentities,wood cut from the forest,Fashioned by artisans with the adze,
4. adorned with silver and gold.With nails and hammers they are fastened,so they do not fall.
5. Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field are they,they cannot speak;They must be carried about,for they cannot walk.Do not fear them, they can do no harm,neither can they do good.
6. No one is like you, Lord,you are great,great and mighty is your name.
7. Who would not fear you,King of the nations,for it is your due!Among all the wisest of the nations,and in all their domains,there is none like you.
8. One and all they are stupid and senseless,the instruction from nonentities—only wood!
9. Silver plates brought from Tarshish,and gold from Ophir,The work of the artisanand the handiwork of the smelter,Clothed with violet and purple—all of them the work of skilled workers.
10. The Lord is truly God,he is the living God, the eternal King,Before whose anger the earth quakes,whose wrath the nations cannot endure.
11. Thus shall you say of them: The gods that did not make heaven and earth—let these perish from earth and from beneath heaven!
12. The one who made the earth by his power,established the world by his wisdom,and by his skill stretched out the heavens.
13. When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar,and he brings up clouds from the end of the earth,Makes lightning flash in the rain,and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.
14. Everyone is too stupid to know;every artisan is put to shame by his idol:He has molded a fraud,without breath of life.
15. They are nothing, objects of ridicule;they will perish in their time of punishment.
16. Jacob’s portion is nothing like them:for he is the maker of everything!Israel is his very own tribe,Lord of hosts is his name.
17. Gather up your bundle from the land,City living under siege!