The Sovereignty of God 1 Brenton Hear ye the word of the Lord, which he has spoken to you, O house of Israel. BSB BSB: Hear the word that the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel.
3 Brenton 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. BSB BSB: For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman.
4 Brenton They are beautified with silver and gold, they fix them with hammers and nails;BSB BSB: They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter.
5 Brenton they will set them up that they may not move; it is wrought silver, they will not walk, BSB BSB: Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.”
9 Brenton it is forged silver 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. BSB BSB: Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz—the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.
10 Brenton They must certainly be borne, for they cannot ride of themselves . Fear them not; for they cannot do any evil, and there is no good in them. BSB BSB: But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
11 Brenton 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. BSB BSB: Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.”
12 Brenton 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, BSB BSB: The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
13 Brenton 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. BSB BSB: When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
14 Brenton Every man 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. BSB BSB: Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.
15 Brenton They are vain works, wrought in mockery; in the time of their visitation they shall perish. BSB BSB: They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.
16 Brenton Such is not the portion of Jacob; for he that formed all things, he is his inheritance; the Lord is his name. BSB BSB: The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
The Coming Captivity of Judah 17 Brenton He has gathered thy substance from without that lodged in choice vessels . BSB BSB: Gather up your belongings from this land, you who live under siege.
18 Brenton For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will overthrow the inhabitants of this land with affliction, that thy plague may be discovered. BSB BSB: For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, at this time I will sling out the inhabitants of the land and bring distress upon them so that they may be captured.”
19 Brenton Alas for thy ruin! thy plague is grievous: and I said, Surely this is thy wound, and it has overtaken thee. BSB BSB: Woe to me because of my brokenness; my wound is grievous! But I said, “This is truly my sickness, and I must bear it.”
20 Brenton 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. BSB BSB: My tent is destroyed, and all its ropes are snapped. My sons have departed from me and are no more. I have no one left to pitch my tent or set up my curtains.
21 Brenton For the shepherds have become foolish, and have not sought the Lord; therefore the whole pasture has failed, and the sheep have been scattered. BSB BSB: For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.
22 Brenton 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. BSB BSB: Listen! The sound of a report is coming—a great commotion from the land to the north. It will make the cities of Judah a desolation, a haunt for jackals.
23 Brenton I know, O Lord, that man's way is not his own; neither shall a man go, and direct his going. BSB BSB: I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.
24 Brenton Chasten us, O Lord, but with judgment; and not in wrath, lest thou make us few. BSB BSB: Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice—not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
25 Brenton 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. BSB BSB: Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland.
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