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1. Hear ye the word of the Lord, which he has spoken to you, O house of Israel.
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1. Hear H8085 ye H853 the word H1697 which H834 the LORD H3068 speaketh H1696 unto H5921 you , O house H1004 of Israel H3478 :
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2. Thus saith the Lord, Learn ye not Gr. according to the ways 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.
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2. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , Learn H3925 not H408 the way H1870 of the heathen H1471 , and be not H408 dismayed H2865 at the signs H4480 H226 of heaven H8064 ; for H3588 the heathen H1471 are dismayed H2865 at them H4480 H1992 .
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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.
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3. For H3588 the customs H2708 of the people H5971 are vain H1892 : for H3588 one cutteth H3772 a tree H6086 out of the forest H4480 H3293 , the work H4639 of the hands H3027 of the workman H2796 , with the axe H4621 .
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4. They are beautified with silver and gold, they fix them with hammers and nails;
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4. They deck H3302 it with silver H3701 and with gold H2091 ; they fasten H2388 it with nails H4548 and with hammers H4717 , that it move H6328 not H3808 .
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5. they will set them up Lit. and they shall not be moved that they may not move; it is wrought silver, they will not walk, it is forged silver(10:5) They must certainly be borne, for they Gr. will not mount cannot ride of themselves. Fear them not; for they cannot do any evil, and there is no good in them.
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5. They H1992 are upright H4749 as the palm tree H8560 , but speak H1696 not H3808 : they must needs be borne H5375 H5375 , because H3588 they cannot H3808 go H6805 . Be not H408 afraid H3372 of H4480 them; for H3588 they cannot H3808 do evil H7489 , neither H369 also H1571 is it in H854 them to do good H3190 .
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6. Forasmuch as there is none H4480 H369 like unto thee H3644 , O LORD H3068 ; thou H859 art great H1419 , and thy name H8034 is great H1419 in might H1369 .
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7. Who H4310 would not H3808 fear H3372 thee , O King H4428 of nations H1471 ? for H3588 to thee doth it appertain H2969 : forasmuch H3588 as among all H3605 the wise H2450 men of the nations H1471 , and in all H3605 their kingdoms H4438 , there is none H4480 H369 like unto thee H3644 .
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8. But they are altogether H259 brutish H1197 and foolish H3688 : the stock H6086 is a doctrine H4148 of vanities H1892 .
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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.
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9. Silver H3701 spread into plates H7554 is brought H935 from Tarshish H4480 H8659 , and gold H2091 from Uphaz H4480 H210 , the work H4639 of the workman H2796 , and of the hands H3027 of the founder H6884 : blue H8504 and purple H713 is their clothing H3830 : they are all H3605 the work H4639 of cunning H2450 men .
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10. But the LORD H3068 is the true H571 God H430 , he H1931 is the living H2416 God H430 , and an everlasting H5769 king H4428 : at his wrath H4480 H7110 the earth H776 shall tremble H7493 , and the nations H1471 shall not H3808 be able to abide H3557 his indignation H2195 .
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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.
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11. Thus H1836 shall ye say H560 unto them , The gods H426 that H1768 have not H3809 made H5648 the heavens H8065 and the earth H778 , even they shall perish H7 from the earth H4481 H772 , and from H4481 under H8460 these H429 heavens H8065 .
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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,
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12. He hath made H6213 the earth H776 by his power H3581 , he hath established H3559 the world H8398 by his wisdom H2451 , and hath stretched out H5186 the heavens H8064 by his discretion H8394 .
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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.
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13. When he uttereth H5414 his voice H6963 , there is a multitude H1995 of waters H4325 in the heavens H8064 , and he causeth the vapors H5387 to ascend H5927 from the ends H4480 H7097 of the earth H776 ; he maketh H6213 lightnings H1300 with rain H4306 , and bringeth forth H3318 the wind H7307 out of his treasures H4480 H214 .
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14. Every man Or, too foolish to know 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.
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14. Every H3605 man H120 is brutish H1197 in his knowledge H4480 H1847 : every H3605 founder H6884 is confounded H3001 by the graven image H4480 H6459 : for H3588 his molten image H5262 is falsehood H8267 , and there is no H3808 breath H7307 in them.
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15. They are vain works, Or, worthy of wrought in mockery; in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
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15. They H1992 are vanity H1892 , and the work H4639 of errors H8595 : in the time H6256 of their visitation H6486 they shall perish H6 .
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16. Such is not the portion of Jacob; for he that formed all things, he is sc. Jacob’s his inheritance; the Lord is his name.
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16. The portion H2506 of Jacob H3290 is not H3808 like them H428 : for H3588 he H1931 is the former H3335 of all H3605 things ; and Israel H3478 is the rod H7626 of his inheritance H5159 : The LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 is his name H8034 .
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17. He has gathered thy substance from without the lodged in choice vessels.
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17. Gather up H622 thy wares H3666 out of the land H4480 H776 , O inhabitant H3427 of the fortress H4693 .
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18. For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will overthrow the inhabitants of this land with affliction, that thy plague may be discovered.
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18. For H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , Behold H2009 , I will sling out H7049 H853 the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776 at this H2063 once H6471 , and will distress H6887 them, that H4616 they may find H4672 it so .
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19. Alas for thy ruin! thy plague is grievous: and I said, Surely this is thy wound, and it has overtaken thee.
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19. Woe H188 is me for H5921 my hurt H7667 ! my wound H4347 is grievous H2470 : but I H589 said H559 , Truly H389 this H2088 is a grief H2483 , and I must bear H5375 it.
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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.
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20. My tabernacle H168 is spoiled H7703 , and all H3605 my cords H4340 are broken H5423 : my children H1121 are gone forth H3318 of me , and they are not H369 : there is none H369 to stretch forth H5186 my tent H168 any more H5750 , and to set up H6965 my curtains H3407 .
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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.
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21. For H3588 the pastors H7462 are become brutish H1197 , and have not H3808 sought H1875 the LORD H3068 : therefore H5921 H3651 they shall not H3808 prosper H7919 , and all H3605 their flocks H4830 shall be scattered H6327 .
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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.
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22. Behold H2009 , the noise H6963 of the bruit H8052 is come H935 , and a great H1419 commotion H7494 out of the north country H4480 H776 H6828 , to make H7760 H853 the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 desolate H8077 , and a den H4583 of dragons H8577 .
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23. I know, O Lord, that man’s way is not his own; neither shall a man go, and direct his going.
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23. O LORD H3068 , I know H3045 that H3588 the way H1870 of man H120 is not H3808 in himself: it is not H3808 in man H376 that walketh H1980 to direct H3559 H853 his steps H6806 .
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24. Chasten us, O Lord, but with judgement; and not in wrath, lest thou make us few.
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24. O LORD H3068 , correct H3256 me , but with H389 judgment H4941 ; not H408 in thine anger H639 , lest H6435 thou bring me to nothing H4591 .
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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 have devoured Jacob, and consumed him, and have made his pasture desolate.
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25. Pour out H8210 thy fury H2534 upon H5921 the heathen H1471 that H834 know H3045 thee not H3808 , and upon H5921 the families H4940 that H834 call H7121 not H3808 on thy name H8034 : for H3588 they have eaten up H398 H853 Jacob H3290 , and devoured H398 him , and consumed H3615 him , and have made his habitation H5116 desolate H8074 .
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