98 lines
3.3 KiB
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98 lines
3.3 KiB
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# Chapter 10
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1 Hear the word that the Lord has spoken to you, house of Israel.
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2 This is what the Lord says:
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Do not learn the way of the nations
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or be terrified by signs in the heavens,
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although the nations are terrified by them,
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3 for the customs of the peoples are worthless.
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Someone cuts down a tree from the forest;
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it is worked by the hands of a craftsman with a chisel.
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4 He decorates it with silver and gold.
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It is fastened with hammer and nails,
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so it won’t totter.
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5 Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch,
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their idols cannot speak.
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They must be carried because they cannot walk.
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Do not fear them for they can do no harm—
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and they cannot do any good.
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6 Lord, there is no one like you.
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You are great;
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your name is great in power.
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7 Who should not fear you,
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King of the nations?
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It is what you deserve.
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For among all the wise people of the nations
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and among all their kingdoms,
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there is no one like you.
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8 They are both stupid and foolish,
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instructed by worthless idols
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made of wood!
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9 Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish
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and gold from Uphaz.
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The work of a craftsman
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and of a goldsmith’s hands
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is clothed in blue and purple,
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all the work of skilled artisans.
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10 But the Lord is the true God;
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he is the living God and eternal King.
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The earth quakes at his wrath,
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and the nations cannot endure his fury.
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11 You are to say this to them: “The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under these heavens.”
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12 He made the earth by his power,
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established the world by his wisdom,
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and spread out the heavens by his understanding.
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13 When he thunders,
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the waters in the heavens are in turmoil,
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and he causes the clouds to rise
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from the ends of the earth.
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He makes lightning for the rain
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and brings the wind from his storehouses.
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14 Everyone is stupid and ignorant.
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Every goldsmith is put to shame
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by his carved image,
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for his cast images are a lie;
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there is no breath in them.
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15 They are worthless, a work to be mocked.
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At the time of their punishment
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they will be destroyed.
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16 Jacob’s Portion is not like these
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because he is the one who formed all things.
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Israel is the tribe of his inheritance;
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the Lord of Armies is his name.
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17 Gather up your belongings from the ground,
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you who live under siege.
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18 For this is what the Lord says:
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Look, I am flinging away
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the land’s residents at this time
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and bringing them such distress
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that they will feel it.
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19 Woe to me because of my brokenness—
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I am severely wounded!
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I exclaimed, “This is my intense suffering,
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but I must bear it.”
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20 My tent is destroyed;
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all my tent cords are snapped.
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My sons have departed from me and are no more.
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I have no one to pitch my tent again
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or to hang up my curtains.
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21 For the shepherds are stupid:
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They don’t seek the Lord.
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Therefore they have not prospered,
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and their whole flock is scattered.
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22 Listen! A noise—it is coming—
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a great commotion from the land to the north.
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The cities of Judah will be made desolate,
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a jackals’ den.
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23 I know, Lord,
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that a person’s way of life is not his own;
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no one who walks determines his own steps.
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24 Discipline me, Lord, but with justice—
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not in your anger,
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or you will reduce me to nothing.
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25 Pour out your wrath on the nations
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that don’t recognize you
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and on the families
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that don’t call on your name,
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for they have consumed Jacob;
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they have consumed him and finished him off
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and made his homeland desolate. |