10:1 Hear ye the word of the Lord, which he
has spoken to you, O house of Israel.
10:2 Thus saith the Lord, Learn ye not the ways of the heathen, and be not
alarmed at the signs of the sky; for they are alarmed at them, [falling] on
their faces.
10:3 For the customs of the nations are vain; it is a tree cut out of the
forest, the work of the carpenter, or a molten image.
10:4 [They are] beautified with silver and gold, they fix them with hammers
and nails;
10:5 they will set them up that they may not move;
10:6 it is wrought silver, they will not walk, it is forged silver
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10:9 [brought] from Tharsis, gold will come from Mophaz, and the work of
goldsmiths: [they are] all the works of craftsmen, they will clothe
themselves with blue and scarlet.
10:10 They must certainly be borne, for they cannot ride [of themselves].
Fear them not; for they cannot do any evil, and there is no good in them.
10:11 Thus shall ye say to them, Let the gods which have not made heaven and
earth perish from off the earth, and from under this sky.
10:12 It is the Lord that made the earth by his strength, who set up the
world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the sky,
10:13 and set abundance of waters in the sky, and brought up clouds from the
ends of the earth; he made lightnings for the rain, and brought forth light
out of his treasures.
10:14 Every man is deprived of knowledge, every goldsmith is confounded
because of his graven images; for he has cast false gods, there is no breath
in them.
10:15 They are vain works, wrought in mockery; in the time of their
visitation they shall perish.
10:16 Such is not the portion of Jacob; for he that formed all things, he is
his inheritance; the Lord is his name.
10:17 He has gathered thy substance from without the lodged in choice
[vessels].
10:18 For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I [will] overthrow the inhabitants of
this land with affliction, that thy plague may be discovered.
10:19 Alas for thy ruin! thy plague is grievous: and I said, Surely this is
thy wound, and it has overtaken thee.
10:20 Thy tabernacle is in a ruinous state, it has perished; and all thy
curtains have been torn asunder: my children and my cattle are no more:
there is no more any place for my tabernacle, [nor] place for my curtains.
10:21 For the shepherds have become foolish, and have not sought the Lord;
therefore the whole pasture has failed, and [the sheep] have been scattered.
10:22 Behold, there comes a sound of a noise, and a great earthquake from
the land of the north, to make the cities of Juda a desolation, and a
resting-place for ostriches.
10:23 I know, O Lord, that man's way is not his own; neither shall a man go,
and direct his going.
10:24 Chasten us, O Lord, but with judgment; and not in wrath, lest thou
make us few.
10:25 Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that have not known thee, and upon
the families that have not called upon thy name: for they ave devoured
Jacob, and consumed him, and have made his pasture desolate. |
10:1 Hear ye the word which the LORD
speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
10:2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not
dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
10:3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of
the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
10:4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and
with hammers, that it move not.
10:5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be
borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do
evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
10:6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and
thy name is great in might.
10:7 Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it
appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all
their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
10:8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of
vanities.
10:9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz,
the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is
their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.
10:10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting
king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be
able to abide his indignation.
10:11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens
and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these
heavens.
10:12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by
his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
10:13 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the
heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he
maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his
treasures.
10:14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by
the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath
in them.
10:15 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their
visitation they shall perish.
10:16 The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all
things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his
name.
10:17 Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.
10:18 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of
the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so.
10:19 Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous; but I said, Truly this is
a grief, and I must bear it.
10:20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are
gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent
any more, and to set up my curtains.
10:21 For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD:
therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
10:22 Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of
the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of
dragons.
10:23 O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man
that walketh to direct his steps.
10:24 O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou
bring me to nothing.
10:25 Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the
families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and
devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate. |