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\c 10
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\v 1 You people of Israel, listen to what Yahweh says:
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\q1
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\v 2 "Do not act like the people of other nations act, and do not be terrified by strange things that you see in the sky,
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\q2 even though they cause the people of other nations to be terrified.
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\q1
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\v 3 The customs of the people of other nations are worthless. For example, they cut down a tree in the forest.
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\q2 Then a skilled worker cuts a section of it and uses his chisel to carve an idol from that section.
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\q1
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\v 4 Then people decorate the idol with silver and gold.
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\q2 Then they fasten it securely with nails in order that it will not topple over.
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\q1
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\v 5 Then the idol stands there like a scarecrow in a field of cucumbers.
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\q2 It cannot speak,
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\q1 and people must carry it,
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\q2 because it cannot walk.
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\q1 Do not be afraid of idols,
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\q2 because they cannot harm anyone,
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\q2 and they cannot do anything good to help anyone."
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\q1
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\v 6 Yahweh, there is no one like you.
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\q2 You are great, and you are very powerful.
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\q1
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\v 7 You are the king of all the nations!
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\q2 Everyone should revere you,
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\q2 because that is what you deserve.
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\q1 Among all the wise people on the earth
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\q2 and in all the kingdoms where they live,
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\q2 there is no one like you.
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\q1
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\v 8 Those people who think that they are very wise are stupid and foolish.
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\q2 The idols that they worship are only made of wood!
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\q2 Those idols certainly cannot teach them anything.
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\q1
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\v 9 People hammer silver from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz into sheets,
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\q2 and then they give those sheets of silver and gold to skilled workers to cover the idols.
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\q1 Then they put on those idols expensive purple robes
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\q2 that are made by skilled workers.
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\q1
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\v 10 But Yahweh is the only true God;
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\q2 he is the all-powerful God,
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\q2 the king who rules forever.
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\q1 When he is angry, all the earth shakes;
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\q2 and the people of the nations cannot endure what he does when he is angry with them.
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\p
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\v 11 You Israelite people, tell this to those people: "Those idols did not make the sky and the earth, and they will disappear from the earth."
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\q1
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\v 12 But Yahweh made the earth by his power;
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\q2 he made firm ground to stand on by his wisdom
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\q2 and stretched out the sky by his understanding.
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\q1
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\v 13 When he speaks loudly, there is thunder in the sky;
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\q2 he causes clouds to form over every part of the earth.
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\q1 He sends lightning with the rain
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\q2 and releases the winds from his storehouses.
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\q1
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\v 14 People are as senseless as animals and know nothing of what God desires!
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\q1 those who make idols are always disappointed
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\q2 because their idols do nothing for them.
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\q1 The images that they make are not real gods;
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\q2 they are lifeless.
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\q1
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\v 15 Idols are worthless; they are just objects that make a mockery of the true God;
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\q2 there will be a time when they all will be destroyed.
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\q1
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\v 16 But the God whom we Israelites worship is not like those idols;
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\q2 he is the one who created everything that exists;
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\q1 we, the tribe of Israel, belong to him;
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\q2 he is the commander of the angel armies.
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\q1
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\v 17 Yahweh says this to the people of Jerusalem:
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\q1 "The army of your enemies surrounds your city,
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\q2 so gather up your possessions and prepare to leave the city.
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\q1
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\v 18 I will soon throw you out of this land
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\q2 and cause you to experience great troubles,
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\q2 with the result that you will begin to think of me again."
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\b
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\q1
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\v 19 The people replied, "It is as though we have been badly wounded,
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\q2 and we are very grieved;
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\q1 It is as though we have a very serious illness,
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\q2 and we must endure the pain.
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\q1
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\v 20 It is as though our great tent is destroyed;
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\q2 the ropes that held it up have been cut;
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\q1 our children have gone away from us and will not return;
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\q2 there are no people left to rebuild our great tent.
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\q1
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\v 21 Our leaders have become just like animals;
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\q2 they no longer ask Yahweh to guide them,
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\q1 so they will no longer prosper,
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\q2 and all those over whom they rule will be scattered.
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\q1
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\v 22 Listen! Our enemies' armies in the north are making a very great noise
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\q2 as they march toward us.
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\q1 The towns in Judah will be destroyed,
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\q2 and they will become a place where jackals live."
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\v 23 Yahweh, I know that no person controls what will happen to him;
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\q2 no one is able to direct the events that he will experience.
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\q1
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\v 24 So correct us, but do it gently.
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\q2 Do not correct us when you are angry,
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\q2 because we would die if you did that.
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\q1
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\v 25 Punish all the nations whose people do not acknowledge that you are God;
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\q2 punish all the nations whose people do not worship you,
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\q1 because they are completely destroying us people of Israel
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\q2 and they are causing our land to soon be only a desert.
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