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20 Yet hear the word of the LORD, 5 They are upright, like a palm tree,
O women, And they cannot speak;
And let your ear receive the word of They must be carried,
His mouth; Because they cannot go by themselves.
Teach your daughters wailing, Do not be afraid of them,
And everyone her neighbor a For they cannot do evil,
lamentation. Nor can they do any good.”
21 For death has come through our
6 Inasmuch as there is none like You,
windows,
O LORD
Has entered our palaces, (You are great, and Your name is great
To kill off the children—no longer to be in might),
outside! 7
And the young men—no longer on the Who would not fear You, O King of the
nations?
streets!
For this is Your rightful due.
22 Speak, “Thus says the LORD: For among all the wise men of the
nations,
‘Even the carcasses of men shall fall as And in all their kingdoms,
refuse on the open field,
Like cuttings after the harvester, There is none like You.
And no one shall gather them.’”
Thus says the LORD:
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“Let not the wise man glory in his 10:7 King. God, who sovereignly created and
wisdom, controls all things (vv. 12,16; Deut. 4:35), is
Let not the mighty man glory in his alone the eternal, living God (Pss.47; 145) wor-
thy of trust.By contrast,earthly idols have to be
might,
Nor let the rich man glory in his riches; fashioned by men (v.9) and will perish (v.15).
24 But let him who glories glory in this,
That he understands and knows Me, 8 But they are altogether dull-hearted
That I am the LORD, exercising and foolish;
lovingkindness, judgment, and A wooden idol is a worthless doctrine.
righteousness in the earth. 9 Silver is beaten into plates;
For in these I delight,” says the LORD. It is brought from Tarshish,
25 And gold from Uphaz,
“Behold, the days are coming,” says the
LORD, “that I will punish all who are circum- The work of the craftsman
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cised with the uncircumcised— Egypt, Ju- And of the hands of the metalsmith;
dah, Edom, the people of Ammon, Moab, and Blue and purple are their clothing;
all who are in the farthest corners, who dwell They are all the work of skillful men.
in the wilderness. For all these nations are 10 But the LORD is the true God;
uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are He is the living God and the
uncircumcised in the heart.” everlasting King.
At His wrath the earth will tremble,
Hear the word which the LORD speaks to And the nations will not be able to
10 you, O house of Israel. endure His indignation.
2
Thus says the LORD:
11 Thus you shall say to them: “The gods that
“Do not learn the way of the Gentiles; have not made the heavens and the earth shall
Do not be dismayed at the signs of perish from the earth and from under these
heaven, heavens.”
For the Gentiles are dismayed at them.
3 For the customs of the peoples are 12 He has made the earth by His power,
futile; He has established the world by His
For one cuts a tree from the forest, wisdom,
The work of the hands of the And has stretched out the heavens at
workman, with the ax. His discretion.
They decorate it with silver and gold; When He utters His voice,
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They fasten it with nails and hammers There is a multitude of waters in the
So that it will not topple. heavens:

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