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10 : 1 Hear the word that theLordspeaks to you, O house of Israel.
10 : 2 Thus says theLord:Learn not the way of the nations,nor be dismayed at the signs of the heavensbecause the nations are dismayed at them,
10 : 3 for the customs of the peoples are vanity.A tree from the forest is cut downand worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.
10 : 4 They decorate it with silver and gold;they fasten it with hammer and nailsso that it cannot move.
10 : 5 Their idolsare like scarecrows in a cucumber field,andthey cannot speak;they have to be carried,for they cannot walk.Do not be afraid of them,for they cannot do evil,neither is it in them to do good.
10 : 6 There is none like you, OLord;you are great, and your name is great in might.
10 : 7 Who would not fear you, O King of the nations?For this is your due;for among all the wise ones of the nationsand in all their kingdomsthere is none like you.
10 : 8 They are bothstupid and foolish;the instruction of idols is but wood!
10 : 9 Beaten silver is brought fromTarshish,and gold fromUphaz.They are the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith;their clothing is violet and purple;they are all the work of skilled men.
10 : 10 But theLordis the true God;he is the living God and the everlasting King.At his wrath the earth quakes,and the nations cannot endure his indignation.
10 : 11 Thus shall you say to them:The gods who did not make the heavens and the earthshall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.
10 : 12 It is he whomade the earth by his power,who established the world by his wisdom,andby his understanding stretched out the heavens.
10 : 13 When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth.He makes lightningfor the rain,and he brings forth the windfrom his storehouses.
10 : 14 Every man is stupid and without knowledge;every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols,for his images are false,and there is no breath in them.
10 : 15 They are worthless, a work of delusion;at the time of their punishment they shall perish.
10 : 16 Not like these is he who isthe portion of Jacob,for he is the one who formed all things,and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance;theLordof hosts is his name.
10 : 17 Gather up your bundle from the ground,O you who dwell under siege!
10 : 18 For thus says theLord:Behold, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the landat this time,and I will bring distress on them,that they may feel it.
10 : 19 Woe is me because of my hurt!My wound is grievous.But I said,Truly this is an affliction,and I must bear it.
10 : 20 My tent is destroyed,and all my cords are broken;my children have gone from me,and they are not;there is no one to spread my tent againandto set up my curtains.
10 : 21 For the shepherdsare stupidand do not inquire of theLord;therefore they have not prospered,and all their flock is scattered.
10 : 22 A voice, a rumor! Behold, it comes!&emdash;a great commotion out of the north countryto makethe cities of Judah a desolation,a lair of jackals.
10 : 23 I know, OLord, that the way of man is not in himself,that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
10 : 24 Correct me, OLord, but in justice;not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.
10 : 25 Pour out your wrath on the nations that know you not,and on the peoples that call not on your name,for they have devoured Jacob;they have devoured him and consumed him,and have laid waste his habitation.