1 ¶ Hear ye the word which the LORD has spoken over you, O house of Israel:

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

2 T hus hath the LORD said, Do not learn the way of the Gentiles, and do not fear the signs of heaven, even though the Gentiles fear them.

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 F or 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 axe.

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 T hey deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails, that it not move.

They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it not move.

5 T hey compare them to the palm tree, and they do not speak: they must be carried, because they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither do they have power to do good.

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

6 F orasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.

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

7 W ho would not fear thee, O King of the Gentiles? for unto thee does it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the Gentiles and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.

Who should not 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 B ut they shall become altogether carnal and foolish. The stock is a doctrine of vanities.

But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.

9 S ilver spread into plates shall be brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, shall the workman work and the hands of the founder: they shall dress them in blue and purple: they are all the work of cunning men.

There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artificer and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple for their clothing; they are all the work of skillful men.

10 B ut the LORD God is the Truth, he himself is Living God and Everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembles, and the Gentiles shall not be able to abide his indignation.

But Yahweh is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembles, and the nations are not able to withstand his indignation.

11 T hus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens or the earth, even they shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens.

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

12 H e that makes the earth by his power, he that orders the world with his wisdom and extends the heavens with his intelligence:

He 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 a t his voice, there is given a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causes the clouds to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes the lightnings with the rain and brings forth the wind out of his treasures.

when he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, 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.

14 E very man is carnal in his knowledge: let every founder be ashamed of his graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no spirit in them.

Every man has become brutish and without knowledge; every goldsmith is disappointed by his engraved image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

15 T hey are vanity and the work of scorn: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

16 T he 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 the hosts is his name.

The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Yahweh of Armies is his name.

17 ¶ Gather up thy wares out of the lands, O inhabitant of the fortress.

Gather up your wares out of the land, you who live under siege.

18 F or thus hath the LORD said, Behold, that this time I will throw out the inhabitants of the land with a sling and will afflict them, that they may find it.

For Yahweh says, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel it.

19 W oe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous, but I said, Truly this is my sickness, and I must bear it.

Woe is me because of my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it.

20 M y tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken: my sons were taken from me, and they are lost; there is no one to stretch forth my tent any more and to set up my curtains.

My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken: my children have gone away from me, and they are no more. There is no one to spread my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

21 F or the pastors are become carnal and have not sought the LORD; therefore they did not understand, and all their flocks scattered.

For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not inquired of Yahweh: therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.

22 B ehold, the voice of the rumour is come, and a great commotion out of the land of the north wind to make the cities of Judah desolate and a den of dragons.

The voice of news, behold, it comes, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling place of jackals.

23 O LORD, I know that man is not the lord of his own way: it is not in man that walks to order his steps.

Yahweh, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.

24 O LORD, chastise me, but with judgment; not with thine anger lest thou bring me to nothing.

Yahweh, correct me, but in measure: not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.

25 P our out thy fury upon the Gentiles that do not know thee and upon the nations that do not call on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob and devoured him and consumed him and have destroyed his habitation.

Pour out your wrath on the nations that don’t know you, and on the families that don’t call on your name: for they have devoured Jacob, yes, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.