Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
Hear the word that
the LORD speaks
to
you, O house of Israel .
Hear ye
the word which
the LORD speaketh
unto
you, O house of Israel :
This
is
what
the LORD says:
“Do
not
learn the ways
of the nations
or
be terrified
by
the signs in
the
heavens,
though
the nations
themselves
are terrified
by
them.
Thus
saith
the LORD ,
Learn not
the way
of the heathen,
and
be not
dismayed
at
the signs of
heaven;
for
the heathen
are dismayed
at
them.
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
.
For the customs of the people
are vain:
for
one
cutteth
a tree out
of
the forest ,
the work
of
the
hands of the
workman,
with
the
axe
.
They adorn
it with silver and gold and
fasten it with hammer
and
nails, so
that it will
not totter
.
They deck
it with silver and with
gold ;
they
fasten it with nails and
with
hammers
, that it move
not.
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. ”
They
are
upright
as
the
palm
tree
, but
speak not:
they must needs
be borne,
because they cannot go
. Be
not afraid
of
them ;
for they cannot
do evil
, neither also
is
it
in
them
to
do good.
There is none like You
, O LORD .
You
are
great, and Your
name is mighty
in power
.
Forasmuch
as
there is none like unto
thee
, O LORD ;
thou
art
great, and thy
name is great
in might
.
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
.
Who would not fear thee
, O King of nations? for to
thee
doth
it
appertain:
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 senseless
and foolish ,
instructed
by
worthless
idols
made
of wood!
But they are altogether brutish
and foolish :
the
stock
is
a
doctrine
of vanities.
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
.
Silver spread
into
plates
is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz ,
the work of the workman,
and
of
the
hands of the
founder:
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 eternal
King .
The
earth
quakes
at His wrath, and the nations cannot
endure
His indignation.
But the LORD is the true God ,
he is the living God ,
and an
everlasting
king :
at his wrath the
earth
shall
tremble
, and the nations shall
not
be
able
to
abide
his indignation.
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. ”
Thus shall
ye
say
unto
them, The
gods
that
have not
made the heavens and
the earth, even
they
shall
perish from the
earth ,
and from under these heavens.
The
LORD
made the earth by His power ;
He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding
.
He
hath
made the earth by his power ,
he hath
established the world by his wisdom ,
and hath
stretched out the heavens by his discretion
.
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
.
When he uttereth
his
voice
, there
is
a
multitude
of
waters in the heavens ,
and
he causeth
the vapours
to ascend
from the ends of the earth ;
he maketh
lightnings
with rain ,
and bringeth
forth the wind out
of
his treasures
.
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.
Every man is brutish
in
his
knowledge :
every founder
is confounded
by the
graven
image:
for his molten image
is
falsehood
, and there is no breath in them.
They are worthless
, a
work to
be
mocked.
In the time of their punishment
they will
perish.
They are vanity
, and
the
work of
errors:
in the time of their visitation
they shall
perish.
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 portion of Jacob is not like them:
for he is the former
of all things ;
and Israel is the rod
of his inheritance :
The LORD of hosts is his name.
Gather up your
belongings
from
this
land, you
who
live
under
siege
.
Gather up thy
wares
out
of
the
land, O
inhabitant
of
the
fortress
.
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
. ”
For thus
saith
the LORD ,
Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at
this
once,
and will
distress them ,
that they may find
it
so
.
Woe to
me because
of
my brokenness;
my wound is grievous !
But I said, “
This is truly
my
sickness
, and I must bear it. ”
Woe is
me for
my hurt!
my wound is grievous ;
but I said, Truly
this is a
grief
, and I must bear it.
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.
My tabernacle
is spoiled
, and all my
cords
are broken:
my children
are
gone
forth
of
me ,
and they
are not:
there
is
none
to stretch
forth
my tent any
more,
and
to
set up my curtains.
For the shepherds
have
become senseless;
they
do
not seek
the LORD .
Therefore they have
not prospered
, and all their flock
is
scattered.
For the pastors
are
become brutish,
and
have
not sought
the LORD :
therefore they shall
not prosper
, and all their flocks
shall
be
scattered.
Listen!
The sound
of a
report
is coming—
a great commotion from
the
land
to
the north .
The cities of Judah will
be
made
a
desolation
, a haunt
for
jackals
.
Behold,
the noise
of the
bruit
is come,
and
a great commotion out
of
the north country,
to
make
the cities of Judah desolate
, and
a den
of
dragons
.
I
know,
O LORD, that a
man’s
way is not his
own;
no
one
who
walks
directs
his own
steps.
O LORD, I
know
that the
way of
man
is not in
himself:
it
is
not
in
man
that
walketh
to
direct
his steps.
Correct
me,
O LORD, but only
with justice—
not in Your
anger, or
You
will
bring me to nothing.
O LORD, correct
me,
but with judgment;
not in thine
anger, lest
thou
bring me to nothing.
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
.
Pour out thy
fury
upon
the heathen
that know
thee
not, and upon
the families that call not
on thy
name :
for they have eaten
up
Jacob ,
and
devoured
him ,
and consumed
him ,
and
have made
his habitation
desolate
.
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