1 GLT “Hear the word that Yahweh spoke against you, O house of Israel. BSB BSB: Hear the word that the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel.
3 GLT For the customs of the people are vain, for a tree from the forest they cut it down, the hands of a craftsman making with an axe. 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 GLT Then they decorate it with silver and gold. They strengthen it with hammers and nails, and it will not totter. BSB BSB: They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter.
5 GLT They{ are} like scarecrows of a cucumber field, and they do not speak, carrying, they are carried because they do not walk. Do not fear from them, for they will not cause harm, and also there is not good with them.’” 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.”
6 GLT There is not one like you, Yahweh. You are great, and your name is great in power. BSB BSB: There is none like You, O LORD. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power.
7 GLT Who does not fear you, king of the nations? For it is fitting to you, for there is no one like you among all the wise of the nations and among all of their kingdoms. BSB BSB: Who would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.
8 GLT And with one they are stupid and foolish, the teaching of vain things of wood it{ is}. BSB BSB: But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
9 GLT Hammered silver from Tarshish was brought, and gold from Uphaz, the work of a craftsman, and the hands of refiners. Their clothes{ are} purple and reddish- purple cloth. The work of skilled ones{ are} all of them. 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 GLT And Yahweh{ is} the true God, he{ is} the living God and eternal king. The earth quakes from his anger, and the nations cannot endure his indignation. 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 GLT You will speak to them like this,“The gods that did not make the heavens and earth will perish from the earth and from under these heavens.” 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 GLT the maker of the earth by his strength, the establisher of the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he stretched out the heavens. 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 GLT Of the sound of his giving, tumult of waters in the heavens, and he brings up the mists from the ends of the earth, he made the lightning for the rain, and sends out wind from his storehouse. 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 GLT Every man has become stupid from knowledge. Every metalworker is put to shame from his idols, for his molten images are false, no spirit{ is} 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 GLT They are vain, the work of mockery; they will perish at the time of their visitation. BSB BSB: They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.
16 GLT Not like these{ is} the portion of Jacob, for he{ is} the molder of all things, and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance. Yahweh of hosts{ 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.
17 GLT Gather your bundle and leave the land, you dwellers in distress. BSB BSB: Gather up your belongings from this land, you who live under siege.
18 GLT For thus says Yahweh,“Behold, I am slinging the dwellers of the land at this time. I will cause them distress in order that they will find.” 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 GLT Woe to me! Because of my breaking, my wound is severe, and I said,“Surely this{ is} affliction, and I will bear it.” 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 GLT My tent is devastated, and all of my cords are ripped apart. My sons have gone out{ from} me and they are not. There is not one spreading out my tent again, raising up my tent 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 GLT For the shepherds are stupid and they do not seek Yahweh, because of this they have not prospered, and all their flock has 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 GLT The sound of a report,“Behold! It is coming, and a great earthquake from the land of the north, to appoint the cities of Judah a ruin, a dwelling place of jackals.” 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 GLT I know, Yahweh, that of a man{ is} not his way, and not to a man{ is} walking and establishing his steps. BSB BSB: I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.
24 GLT Discipline me, Yahweh, surely with justice, not in your anger lest you would diminish me. BSB BSB: Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice—not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
25 GLT Pour out your fury on the nations that do not know you and on the families that do not call on your name, for they have consumed Jacob and consumed him and they destroy him and desolated his pasture. 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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