1 Hear the word which Yahweh speaks to
you, house of Israel!

2 Yahweh says,“Don’t learn the way of the nations,
and don’t be dismayed at the signs of
the sky; for the nations are dismayed at them.

3 For the customs of the peoples are vanity;
for one cuts a tree out of the forest,
the work of the hands of the workman
with the ax.

4 They deck it with silver and with gold.
They fastenit withnails and withhammers,
so that it can’t move.

5 They are like a palm tree, of turned work,
and don’t speak. They must be carried,
because they can’t move. Don’t be afraid of them;
for they can’t do evil, neither is it in them to do good.”

6 There is no one like you, Yahweh.
You are great, and your name is great in might.

7 Who shouldn’t fear you, King of the nations?
For it belongs to you. Because among all the wise men of the
nations, and in all their royal estate,
there is no one like you.

8 But they are together brutish and foolish,
instructed by idols! It is just wood.

9 There is silver beaten into plates, which is
brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz,
the work of the engraver and of the
hands of the goldsmith. Their clothing is blue and purple.
They are all the work of skillful men.

10 But Yahweh is the true God. He is the living God,
and an everlasting King. At his wrath, the earth trembles.
The nations aren’t able to withstand
his indignation.

11 “You shall say this to them: ‘The gods
that have not made the heavens and the
earth will perish from the earth, and from
under the heavens.

12 God has made the earth by his power.
He has established the world by his
wisdom, and by his understanding has he
stretched out the heavens.

13 When he utters his voice,
the waters in the heavens roar,
and he causes the vapors to ascend
from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightnings for the rain,
and brings the wind out of his treasuries.