<vn='1'><sn="8085">Hear</s> ye <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1697">word</s><sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1696">speaketh</s><sn="5921">unto</s> you, O <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>: </v>
<vn='2'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="3925">Learn</s><sn="408">not</s> the <sn="1870">way</s> of the <sn="1471">heathen</s>, and be <sn="408">not</s><sn="2865">dismayed</s> at the <sn="4480 226">signs</s> of <sn="8064">heaven</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="1471">heathen</s> are <sn="2865">dismayed</s> at <sn="4480 1992">them</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="2708">customs</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s> are <sn="1892">vain</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> one <sn="3772">cutteth</s> a <sn="6086">tree</s> out of the <sn="4480 3293">forest</s>, the <sn="4639">work</s> of the <sn="3027">hands</s> of the <sn="2796">workman</s>, with the <sn="4621">axe</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>They <sn="3302">deck</s> it with <sn="3701">silver</s> and with <sn="2091">gold</s>; they <sn="2388">fasten</s> it with <sn="4548">nails</s> and with <sn="4717">hammers</s>, that it <sn="6328">move</s><sn="3808">not</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="1992">They</s> are <sn="4749">upright</s> as the palm <sn="8560">tree</s>, but <sn="1696">speak</s><sn="3808">not</s>: they must needs be <sn="5375 5375">borne</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> they <sn="3808">cannot</s><sn="6805">go</s>. Be <sn="408">not</s><sn="3372">afraid</s><sn="4480">of</s> them; <sn="3588">for</s> they <sn="3808">cannot</s> do <sn="7489">evil</s>, <sn="369">neither</s><sn="1571">also</s> is it <sn="854">in</s> them to do <sn="3190">good</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>Forasmuch as there is <sn="4480 369">none</s> like unto <sn="3644">thee</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="859">thou</s> art <sn="1419">great</s>, and thy <sn="8034">name</s> is <sn="1419">great</s> in <sn="1369">might</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="4310">Who</s> would <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3372">fear</s> thee, O <sn="4428">King</s> of <sn="1471">nations</s>? <sn="3588">for</s> to thee doth it <sn="2969">appertain</s>: <sn="3588">forasmuch</s> as among <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2450">wise</s> men of the <sn="1471">nations</s>, and in <sn="3605">all</s> their <sn="4438">kingdoms</s>, there is <sn="4480 369">none</s> like unto <sn="3644">thee</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>But they are <sn="259">altogether</s><sn="1197">brutish</s> and <sn="3688">foolish</s>: the <sn="6086">stock</s> is a <sn="4148">doctrine</s> of <sn="1892">vanities</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="3701">Silver</s> spread into <sn="7554">plates</s> is <sn="935">brought</s> from <sn="4480 8659">Tarshish</s>, and <sn="2091">gold</s> from <sn="4480 210">Uphaz</s>, the <sn="4639">work</s> of the <sn="2796">workman</s>, and of the <sn="3027">hands</s> of the <sn="6884">founder</s>: <sn="8504">blue</s> and <sn="713">purple</s> is their <sn="3830">clothing</s>: they are <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4639">work</s> of <sn="2450">cunning</s> men. </v>
<vn='10'>But the <sn="3068">LORD</s> is the <sn="571">true</s><sn="430">God</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> is the <sn="2416">living</s><sn="430">God</s>, and an <sn="5769">everlasting</s><sn="4428">king</s>: at his <sn="4480 7110">wrath</s> the <sn="776">earth</s> shall <sn="7493">tremble</s>, and the <sn="1471">nations</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s> be able to <sn="3557">abide</s> his <sn="2195">indignation</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="1836">Thus</s> shall ye <sn="560">say</s> unto them, The <sn="426">gods</s><sn="1768">that</s> have <sn="3809">not</s><sn="5648">made</s> the <sn="8065">heavens</s> and the <sn="778">earth</s>, even they shall <sn="7">perish</s> from the <sn="4481 772">earth</s>, and <sn="4481">from</s><sn="8460">under</s><sn="429">these</s><sn="8065">heavens</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>He hath <sn="6213">made</s> the <sn="776">earth</s> by his <sn="3581">power</s>, he hath <sn="3559">established</s> the <sn="8398">world</s> by his <sn="2451">wisdom</s>, and hath stretched <sn="5186">out</s> the <sn="8064">heavens</s> by his <sn="8394">discretion</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>When he <sn="5414">uttereth</s> his <sn="6963">voice</s>, there is a <sn="1995">multitude</s> of <sn="4325">waters</s> in the <sn="8064">heavens</s>, and he causeth the <sn="5387">vapors</s> to <sn="5927">ascend</s> from the <sn="4480 7097">ends</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>; he <sn="6213">maketh</s><sn="1300">lightnings</s> with <sn="4306">rain</s>, and bringeth <sn="3318">forth</s> the <sn="7307">wind</s> out of his <sn="4480 214">treasures</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="3605">Every</s><sn="120">man</s> is <sn="1197">brutish</s> in his <sn="4480 1847">knowledge</s>: <sn="3605">every</s><sn="6884">founder</s> is <sn="3001">confounded</s> by the graven <sn="4480 6459">image</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> his molten <sn="5262">image</s> is <sn="8267">falsehood</s>, and there is <sn="3808">no</s><sn="7307">breath</s> in them. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="1992">They</s> are <sn="1892">vanity</s>, and the <sn="4639">work</s> of <sn="8595">errors</s>: in the <sn="6256">time</s> of their <sn="6486">visitation</s> they shall <sn="6">perish</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>The <sn="2506">portion</s> of <sn="3290">Jacob</s> is <sn="3808">not</s> like <sn="428">them</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1931">he</s> is the <sn="3335">former</s> of <sn="3605">all</s> things; and <sn="3478">Israel</s> is the <sn="7626">rod</s> of his <sn="5159">inheritance</s>: The <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s> is his <sn="8034">name</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>Gather <sn="622">up</s> thy <sn="3666">wares</s> out of the <sn="4480 776">land</s>, O <sn="3427">inhabitant</s> of the <sn="4693">fortress</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I will sling <sn="7049">out</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of the <sn="776">land</s> at <sn="2063">this</s><sn="6471">once</s>, and will <sn="6887">distress</s> them, <sn="4616">that</s> they may <sn="4672">find</s> it so. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="188">Woe</s> is me <sn="5921">for</s> my <sn="7667">hurt</s>! my <sn="4347">wound</s> is <sn="2470">grievous</s>: but <sn="589">I</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="389">Truly</s><sn="2088">this</s> is a <sn="2483">grief</s>, and I must <sn="5375">bear</s> it. </v>
<vn='20'>My <sn="168">tabernacle</s> is <sn="7703">spoiled</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> my <sn="4340">cords</s> are <sn="5423">broken</s>: my <sn="1121">children</s> are gone <sn="3318">forth</s> of me, and they are <sn="369">not</s>: there is <sn="369">none</s> to stretch <sn="5186">forth</s> my <sn="168">tent</s> any <sn="5750">more</s>, and to set <sn="6965">up</s> my <sn="3407">curtains</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="7462">pastors</s> are become <sn="1197">brutish</s>, and have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1875">sought</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: <sn="5921 3651">therefore</s> they shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7919">prosper</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> their <sn="4830">flocks</s> shall be <sn="6327">scattered</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, the <sn="6963">noise</s> of the <sn="8052">bruit</s> is <sn="935">come</s>, and a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="7494">commotion</s> out of the north <sn="4480 776 6828">country</s>, to <sn="7760">make</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5892">cities</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="8077">desolate</s>, and a <sn="4583">den</s> of <sn="8577">dragons</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>O <sn="3068">LORD</s>, I <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="1870">way</s> of <sn="120">man</s> is <sn="3808">not</s> in himself: it is <sn="3808">not</s> in <sn="376">man</s> that <sn="1980">walketh</s> to <sn="3559">direct</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="6806">steps</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>O <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="3256">correct</s> me, but <sn="389">with</s><sn="4941">judgment</s>; <sn="408">not</s> in thine <sn="639">anger</s>, <sn="6435">lest</s> thou bring me to <sn="4591">nothing</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>Pour <sn="8210">out</s> thy <sn="2534">fury</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="1471">heathen</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="3045">know</s> thee <sn="3808">not</s>, and <sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="4940">families</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="7121">call</s><sn="3808">not</s> on thy <sn="8034">name</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> they have eaten <sn="398">up</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3290">Jacob</s>, and <sn="398">devoured</s> him, and <sn="3615">consumed</s> him, and have made his <sn="5116">habitation</s><sn="8074">desolate</s>. </v>