1 Ouvi a palavra que o Senhor vos fala a vós outros, ó casa de Israel. 2 Assim diz o Senhor: Não aprendais o caminho dos gentios, nem vos espanteis com os sinais dos céus, porque com eles os gentios se atemorizam. 3 Porque os costumes dos povos são vaidade; pois cortam do bosque um madeiro, obra das mãos do artífice, com machado; 4 com prata e ouro o enfeitam, com pregos e martelos o fixam, para que não oscile. 5 Os ídolos são como um espantalho em pepinal e não podem falar; necessitam de quem os leve, porquanto não podem andar. Não tenhais receio deles, pois não podem fazer mal, e não está neles o fazer o bem.

6 Ninguém há semelhante a ti, ó Senhor; tu és grande, e grande é o poder do teu nome. 7 Quem te não temeria a ti, ó Rei das nações? Pois isto é a ti devido; porquanto, entre todos os sábios das nações e em todo o seu reino, ninguém há semelhante a ti. 8 Mas eles todos se tornaram estúpidos e loucos; seu ensino é vão e morto como um pedaço de madeira. 9 Traz-se prata batida de Társis e ouro de Ufaz; os ídolos são obra de artífice e de mãos de ourives; azuis e púrpuras são as suas vestes; todos eles são obra de homens hábeis. 10 Mas o Senhor é verdadeiramente Deus; ele é o Deus vivo e o Rei eterno; do seu furor treme a terra, e as nações não podem suportar a sua indignação. 11 Assim lhes direis: Os deuses que não fizeram os céus e a terra desaparecerão da terra e de debaixo destes céus.

12 O Senhor fez a terra pelo seu poder; estabeleceu o mundo por sua sabedoria e com a sua inteligência estendeu os céus. 13 Fazendo ele ribombar o trovão, logo há tumulto de águas no céu, e sobem os vapores das extremidades da terra; ele cria os relâmpagos para a chuva e dos seus depósitos faz sair o vento. 14 Todo homem se tornou estúpido e não tem saber; todo ourives é envergonhado pela imagem que ele mesmo esculpiu; pois as suas imagens são mentira, e nelas não há fôlego. 15 Vaidade são, obra ridícula; no tempo do seu castigo, virão a perecer. 16 Não é semelhante a estas Aquele que é a Porção de Jacó; porque ele é o Criador de todas as coisas, e Israel é a tribo da sua herança; Senhor dos Exércitos é o seu nome.

17 Tira do chão a tua trouxa, ó filha de Sião, que moras em lugar sitiado. 18 Porque assim diz o Senhor: Eis que desta vez arrojarei para fora os moradores da terra e os angustiarei, para que venham a senti-lo.

19 Ai de mim, por causa da minha ruína! É mui grave a minha ferida; então, eu disse: com efeito, é isto o meu sofrimento, e tenho de suportá-lo. 20 A minha tenda foi destruída, todas as cordas se romperam; os meus filhos se foram e já não existem; ninguém há que levante a minha tenda e lhe erga as lonas. 21 Porque os pastores se tornaram estúpidos e não buscaram ao Senhor; por isso, não prosperaram, e todos os seus rebanhos se acham dispersos. 22 Eis aí um rumor! Eis que vem grande tumulto da terra do Norte, para fazer das cidades de Judá uma assolação, morada de chacais.

23 Eu sei, ó Senhor, que não cabe ao homem determinar o seu caminho, nem ao que caminha o dirigir os seus passos. 24 Castiga-me, ó Senhor, mas em justa medida, não na tua ira, para que não me reduzas a nada. 25 Derrama a tua indignação sobre as nações que não te conhecem e sobre os povos que não invocam o teu nome; porque devoraram a Jacó, devoraram-no, consumiram-no e assolaram a sua morada.

1 Hear ye the word which Jehovah speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: 2 thus saith Jehovah, Learn not the way of the nations, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the nations are dismayed at them. 3 For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe. 4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. 5 They are like a palm-tree, of turned work, and speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.

6 There is none like unto thee, O Jehovah; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. 7 Who should not fear thee, O King of the nations? for to thee doth it appertain; forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is none like unto thee. 8 But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock. 9 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 skilful men. 10 But Jehovah is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation.

11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.

12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens. 13 When he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries. 14 Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. 15 They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. 16 The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.

17 Gather up thy wares out of the land, O thou that abidest in the siege. 18 For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel it.

19 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 My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth from me, and they are not: there is none to spread my tent any more, and to set up my curtains. 21 For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not inquired of Jehovah: therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered. 22 The voice of tidings, behold, it cometh, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling-place of jackals.

23 O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. 24 O Jehovah, correct me, but in measure; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. 25 Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name; for they have devoured Jacob, yea, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.

1 Hear what the LORD says to you, people of Israel.

2 This is what the LORD says: "Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by signs in the heavens, though the nations are terrified by them.

3 For the practices of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.

4 They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter.

5 Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field, their idols cannot speak; they must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them; they can do no harm nor can they do any good."

6 No one is like you, LORD; you are great, and your name is mighty in power.

7 Who should not fear you, King of the nations? This is your due. Among all the wise leaders of the nations and in all their kingdoms, there is no one like you.

8 They are all senseless and foolish; they are taught by worthless wooden idols.

9 Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz. What the craftsman and goldsmith have made is then dressed in blue and purple — all made by skilled workers.

10 But the LORD is the true God; he is the living God, the eternal King. When he is angry, the earth trembles; the nations cannot endure his wrath.

11 "Tell them this: 'These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.'" [^1]

12 But God made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

13 When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.

14 Everyone is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by his idols. The images he makes are a fraud; they have no breath in them.

15 They are worthless, the objects of mockery; when their judgment comes, they will perish.

16 He who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these, for he is the Maker of all things, including Israel, the people of his inheritance — the LORD Almighty is his name.

17 Gather up your belongings to leave the land, you who live under siege.

18 For this is what the LORD says: "At this time I will hurl out those who live in this land; I will bring distress on them so that they may be captured."

19 Woe to me because of my injury! My wound is incurable! Yet I said to myself, "This is my sickness, and I must endure it."

20 My tent is destroyed; all its ropes are snapped. My children are gone from me and are no more; no one is left now to pitch my tent or to set up my shelter.

21 The shepherds are senseless and do not inquire of the LORD; so they do not prosper and all their flock is scattered.

22 Listen! The report is coming — a great commotion from the land of the north! It will make the towns of Judah desolate, a haunt of jackals.

23 LORD, I know that people's lives are not their own; it is not for them to direct their steps.

24 Discipline me, LORD, but only in due measure — not in your anger, or you will reduce me to nothing.

25 Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the peoples who do not call on your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have devoured him completely and destroyed his homeland.