Chapter 10

Hear³ ye the word which the LORD speaketh¹⁴ unto you, O house of Israel:

Thus saith¹ the LORD, Learn⁴ not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed¹¹ at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed¹¹ at them.

For the customs of the people [are] vain: for [one] cutteth¹ a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.

They deck¹⁷ it with silver and with gold; they fasten¹⁷ it with nails and with hammers, that it move⁵⁵ not.

They [are] upright as the palm tree, but speak¹⁷ not: they must needs² be borne,¹¹ because they cannot go.⁴ Be not afraid⁴ of them; for they cannot do evil,⁵⁵ neither also [is it] in them to do good.⁵³

Forasmuch as [there is] none like unto thee, O LORD; thou [art] great, and thy name [is] great in might.

Who would not fear⁴ thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain:¹ forasmuch as among all the wise [men] of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, [there is] none like unto thee.

But they are altogether brutish⁴ and foolish:⁴ the stock [is] a doctrine of vanities.

Silver spread into plates³⁰ is brought⁹³ from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder:⁶ blue and purple [is] their clothing: they [are] all the work of cunning [men].

But the LORD [is] the true God, he [is] the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble,⁴ and the nations shall not be able to abide⁵⁵ his indignation.

Thus shall ye say⁶⁰ unto them, The gods that have not made⁵⁷ the heavens and the earth, [even] they shall perish⁶⁰ from the earth, and from under these heavens.

He hath made⁶ the earth by his power, he hath established⁵⁶ the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out¹ the heavens by his discretion.

When he uttereth² his voice, [there is] a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend⁵⁵ from the ends of the earth; he maketh¹ lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth⁵⁵ the wind out of his treasures.

Every man is brutish⁸ in [his] knowledge: every founder⁶ is confounded⁵² by the graven image: for his molten image [is] falsehood, and [there is] no breath in them.

They [are] vanity, [and] the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.⁴

The portion of Jacob [is] not like them: for he [is] the former⁶ of all [things]; and Israel [is] the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts [is] his name.

Gather³ up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant⁶ of the fortress.

For thus saith¹ the LORD, Behold, I will sling out⁶ the inhabitants⁶ of the land at this once, and will distress⁵² them, that they may find⁴ [it so].

Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous:¹² but I said,¹ Truly this [is] a grief, and I must bear⁴ it.

My tabernacle is spoiled,²⁷ and all my cords are broken:⁸ my children are gone forth¹ of me, and they [are] not: [there is] none to stretch forth⁶ my tent any more, and to set up⁵⁶ my curtains.

For the pastors⁶ are become brutish,⁸ and have not sought¹ the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper,⁵² and all their flocks shall be scattered.⁸

Behold, the noise of the bruit is come,⁶ and a great commotion out of the north country, to make² the cities of Judah desolate, [and] a den of dragons.

O LORD, I know¹ that the way of man [is] not in himself: [it is] not in man that walketh⁶ to direct⁵³ his steps.

O LORD, correct¹⁶ me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.⁵⁵

Pour out³ thy fury upon the heathen that know¹ thee not, and upon the families that call¹ not on thy name: for they have eaten up¹ Jacob, and devoured¹ him, and consumed¹⁷ him, and have made his habitation desolate.⁵²