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| 10:1 | Heare ye the word which the Lord speaketh vnto you, O house of Israel. |
| 10:2 | Thus sayeth the Lord, Learne not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signes of heauen, for the heathen are dismayed at them. |
| 10:3 | For the customes of the people are vaine: for one cutteth a tree out of the forrest (the worke of the handes of the workeman) with the axe. |
| 10:4 | They decke it with siluer and with golde, they fasten it with nayles, and with hammers that it mooue not. |
| 10:5 | They are vpright as the palme tree, but speake not: they must needes bee borne, because they cannot goe: be not afraid of them, for they cannot doe euil, neither also is it in them to doe good. |
| 10:6 | Forasmuch as there is none like vnto thee, O Lord, thou art great, and thy Name is great in might. |
| 10:7 | Who would not feare thee, O King of nations? for to thee doeth it appertaine: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdomes, there is none like vnto thee. |
| 10:8 | But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stocke is a doctrine of vanities. |
| 10:9 | Siluer spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the worke of the workeman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the worke of cunning men. |
| 10:10 | But the Lord is the true God, he is the liuing God, and an euerlasting King: at his wrath the earth shal tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. |
| 10:11 | Thus shal ye say vnto them, The Gods that haue not made the heauens, & the earth, euen they shall perish from the earth, & from vnder these heauens. |
| 10:12 | Hee hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisedome, and hath stretched out the heauens by his discretion. |
| 10:13 | When he vttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heauens, and hee causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: hee maketh lightnings with raine, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. |
| 10:14 | Euery man is brutish in his knowledge, euery founder is confounded by the grauen image: for his moulten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. |
| 10:15 | They are vanity, and the worke of errours: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. |
| 10:16 | The portion of Iacob is not like them: for he is the fourmer of all things, and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the Lord of hostes is his Name. |
| 10:17 | Gather vp thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortresse. |
| 10:18 | For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distresse them, that they may find it so. |
| 10:19 | Woe is mee for my hurt, my wound is grieuous: but I sayd, Truely this is a griefe, and I must beare it. |
| 10:20 | My Tabernacle is spoyled, and all my cordes are broken: my children are gone foorth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch foorth my tent any more, and to set vp my curtaines. |
| 10:21 | For the Pastours are become brutish, and haue not sought the Lord: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flockes shall be scattered. |
| 10:22 | Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the North countrey, to make the cities of Iudah desolate, and a denne of dragons. |
| 10:23 | O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himselfe: it is not in man that walketh, to direct his steps. |
| 10:24 | O Lord, correct mee, but with iudgement, not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. |
| 10:25 | Powre out thy fury vpon the heathen that know thee not, and vpon the families that call not on thy Name: for they haue eaten vp Iacob, and deuoured him, and consumed him, and haue made his habitation desolate. |
| 10:1 | Heare the worde of the Lord that he speaketh vnto thee, O thou house of Israel |
| 10:2 | Thus saith the Lord: ye shal not learne after the maner of the heathen, and ye shall not be afraide for the tokens of heauen: for the heathen are afraide of suche |
| 10:3 | Yea all the customes and lawes of the gentiles are nothing but vanitie: They hewe downe a tree in the wood with the handes of the workeman, and fashion it with the axe |
| 10:4 | They couer it ouer with golde or siluer, they fasten it with nailes and hammers, that it moue not |
| 10:5 | It standeth as stiffe as the Palme tree, it can neither speake nor go one foote, but must be borne: Be not ye afraide of suche, for they can do neither good nor euill |
| 10:6 | But there is none lyke vnto thee O Lorde, and great is the name of thy power |
| 10:7 | Who would not feare thee, O king of the gentiles? for thyne is the dominion: for among all the wise men of the gentiles, and in all their kingdomes, there is none that may be likened vnto thee |
| 10:8 | They are altogether brutishe and vnwise in this one thing: wood is the teaching of vanitie |
| 10:9 | Siluer is brought out of Tharsis, and beaten to plates, and gold from Ophir, a worke that is made with the hande of the craftesman, and they are clothed with yelowe silke and scarlet: all these are the worke of cunning men |
| 10:10 | But the Lorde is a true God, a liuing God, and an euerlasting kyng: if he be wroth, the earth shaketh, all the gentiles may not abide his indignation |
| 10:11 | As for their gods thus shall you say to them, they are no gods that made neither heauen nor earth, therfore shall they perishe from the earth, and from all thinges vnder heauen |
| 10:12 | But as for our God he made the earth with his power, and with his wisdome doth he order the whole compasse of the worlde, with his discretion hath he spread out the heauens |
| 10:13 | At his voyce the waters gathered together in the ayre, he draweth vp the cloudes from the vttermost partes of the earth, he turneth lightning to raine, and bringeth foorth the windes out of their treasures |
| 10:14 | His wisdome maketh all men fooles, and confounded be casters of images: for that they cast, is but a vayne thing, and hath no life |
| 10:15 | The vayne craftesmen with their workes that they in their vanitie haue made, shall perishe one with another in time of visitation |
| 10:16 | Neuerthelesse, Iacobs portion is none such: but it is he that hath made all thinges, and Israel is the rod of his inheritaunce: the Lorde of hoastes is his name |
| 10:17 | Gather vp thy wares out of the land, thou that art in the strong place |
| 10:18 | For thus saith the Lorde: beholde, I wyll now throwe as with a stone sling, the inhabiters of this land at this once, and I wyll bring trouble vpon them, that they shall proue true the wordes that I haue spoken by the prophetes |
| 10:19 | Alas howe am I hurt? alas howe paynefull are my scourges vnto me? for I consider this sorowe by my selfe, and I must suffer it |
| 10:20 | My tabernacle is destroyed, and all my cordes are broken, my chyldren are gone fro me, & can no where be founde: Nowe haue I none to spreade out my tent, nor to set vp my hanginges |
| 10:21 | For the heardmen are become foolishe, and they haue not sought the Lorde: therefore haue they dealt vnwisely with their cattell, and all are scattered abrode |
| 10:22 | Beholde, the noyse is harde at hande, and great sedition out of the north, to make the cities of Iuda a wildernesse, and a dwelling place for dragons |
| 10:23 | Nowe I knowe (O Lord) that it is not in mans power to order his owne wayes, or to rule his owne steppes and goinges |
| 10:24 | Therefore chasten thou me O Lord, but with fauour, and not in thy wrath, lest thou bring me vtterly to naught |
| 10:25 | Powre out thyne indignation vpon the gentiles that knowe thee not, and vpon the people that call not vpon thy name, and that because they haue consumed, deuoured, and destroyed Iacob, and haue made his habitation waste |
| 10:1 | Heare ye the worde of the Lord that he speaketh vnto you, O house of Israel. |
| 10:2 | Thus saith the Lord, Learne not the way of the heathen, and be not afraid for the signes of heauen, though the heathen be afraid of such. |
| 10:3 | For the customes of the people are vaine: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest (which is the worke of the handes of the carpenter) with the axe, |
| 10:4 | And another decketh it with siluer, and with golde: they fasten it with nailes, and hammers, that it fall not. |
| 10:5 | The idoles stande vp as the palme tree, but speake not: they are borne because they cannot go feare them not, for they cannot do euill, neither can they do good. |
| 10:6 | There is none like vnto thee, O Lord: thou art great, and thy name is great in power. |
| 10:7 | Who would not feare thee, O King of nations? for to thee appertaineth the dominion: for among all the wise men of the Gentiles, and in al their kingdomes there is none like thee. |
| 10:8 | But, altogether they dote, and are foolish: for the stocke is a doctrine of vanitie. |
| 10:9 | Siluer plates are brought from Tarshish, and golde from Vphaz, for the worke of the workeman, and the handes of the founder: the blewe silke, and the purple is their clothing: all these things are made by cunning men. |
| 10:10 | But the Lord is the God of trueth: he is the liuing God, and an euerlasting King: at his anger the earth shall tremble, and the nations cannot abide his wrath. |
| 10:11 | (Thus shall you say vnto them, The gods that haue not made the heauens and the earth, shall perish from the earth, and from vnder these heauens) |
| 10:12 | He hath made the earth by his power, and established the worlde by his wisedome, and hath stretched out the heauen by his discretion. |
| 10:13 | Hee giueth by his voyce the multitude of waters in the heauen, and he causeth the cloudes to ascend from the endes of the earth: he turneth lightnings to rayne, and bringeth forth the winde out of his treasures. |
| 10:14 | Euery man is a beast by his owne knowledge: euery founder is confounded by the grauen image: for his melting is but falsehood, and there is no breath therein. |
| 10:15 | They are vanitie, and the worke of errours: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. |
| 10:16 | The portion of Iaakob is not like them: for he is the maker of all things, and Israel is the rodde of his inheritance: the Lord of hostes is his Name. |
| 10:17 | Gather vp thy wares out of the land, O thou that dwellest in the strong place. |
| 10:18 | For thus sayth the Lord, Beholde, at this time I will throwe as with a sling the inhabitants of the lande, and will trouble them, and they shall finde it so. |
| 10:19 | Wo is me for my destruction, and my grieuous plague: but I thought, Yet it is my sorow, and I will beare it. |
| 10:20 | My tabernacle is destroyed, and all my coardes are broken: my children are gone from me, and are not: there is none to spread out my tent any more, and to set vp my curtaines. |
| 10:21 | For the Pastours are become beasts, and haue not sought the Lord: therefore haue they none vnderstanding: and all the flockes of their pastures are scattered. |
| 10:22 | Beholde, the noyse of the brute is come, and a great commotion out of the North countrey to make the cities of Iudah desolate, and a denne of dragons. |
| 10:23 | O Lord, I knowe, that the way of man is not in himselfe, neyther is it in man to walke and to direct his steps. |
| 10:24 | O Lord, correct mee, but with iudgement, not in thine anger, least thou bring mee to nothing. |
| 10:25 | Powre out thy wrath vpon the heathen, that knowe thee not, and vpon the families that call not on thy Name: for they haue eaten vp Iaakob and deuoured him and consumed him, and haue made his habitation desolate. |
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