Talking of the God of Jerusalem as if he was like the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of men's hands.

And have given their gods to the fire; for they were no gods, but wood and stone, the work of men's hands; so they have given them to destruction.

Their land is full of images; they give worship to the work of their hands, even to that which their fingers have made.

There you will be the servants of gods, made by men's hands, of wood and stone, having no power of seeing or hearing or taking food or smelling.

Cursed is the man who makes any image of wood or stone or metal, disgusting to the Lord, the work of man's hands, and puts it up in secret. And let all the people say, So be it.

Your servant has overcome lion and bear: and the fate of this Philistine, who is without circumcision, will be like theirs, seeing that he has put shame on the armies of the living God.

But now I have made selection of Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and of David, to be over my people Israel.

Have you no knowledge of what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of every land? were the gods of the nations of those lands able to keep their land from falling into my hands?

Because his hand is stretched out against God, and his heart is lifted up against the Ruler of all,

Why has the evil-doer a low opinion of God, saying in his heart, You will not make search for it?

Their thoughts are deep with evil designs; their talk from their seats of power is of cruel acts.

In Judah is the knowledge of God; his name is great in Israel,

But he took the tribe of Judah for himself, and the mountain of Zion, in which he had pleasure.

This house is resting on the holy mountain.

Their images are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

The images of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

If only you would put the sinners to death, O God; go far from me, you men of blood.

What answer, then, will my people give to the representatives of the nation? That the Lord is the builder of Zion, and she will be a safe place for the poor of his people.

And have given their gods to the fire: for they were no gods, but wood and stone, the work of men's hands; so they have given them to destruction.

With part of it he makes a fire, and on the fire he gets meat cooked and takes a full meal: he makes himself warm, and says, Aha! I am warm, I have seen the fire:

And I will give my decision against them on account of all their evil-doing; because they have given me up, burning perfumes to other gods and worshipping the works of their hands.

For that which is feared by the people is foolish: it is the work of the hands of the workman; for a tree is cut down by him out of the woods with his axe.

Silver hammered into plates is sent from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the expert workman and of the hands of the gold-worker; blue and purple is their clothing, all the work of expert men.

For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done nothing but evil in my eyes from their earliest years: the children of Israel have only made me angry with the work of their hands, says the Lord.

I will have nothing to do with your young ox, O Samaria; my wrath is burning against them; how long will it be before the children of Israel make themselves clean?

But you have come to the mountain of Zion, to the place of the living God, to the Jerusalem which is in heaven, and to an army of angels which may not be numbered,

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Spake

Have you no knowledge of what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of every land? were the gods of the nations of those lands able to keep their land from falling into my hands?
Your servant has overcome lion and bear: and the fate of this Philistine, who is without circumcision, will be like theirs, seeing that he has put shame on the armies of the living God.
Because his hand is stretched out against God, and his heart is lifted up against the Ruler of all,
Why has the evil-doer a low opinion of God, saying in his heart, You will not make search for it?
Their thoughts are deep with evil designs; their talk from their seats of power is of cruel acts.
If only you would put the sinners to death, O God; go far from me, you men of blood.

The god

But now I have made selection of Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and of David, to be over my people Israel.
In Judah is the knowledge of God; his name is great in Israel,
But he took the tribe of Judah for himself, and the mountain of Zion, in which he had pleasure.
This house is resting on the holy mountain.
What answer, then, will my people give to the representatives of the nation? That the Lord is the builder of Zion, and she will be a safe place for the poor of his people.
But you have come to the mountain of Zion, to the place of the living God, to the Jerusalem which is in heaven, and to an army of angels which may not be numbered,

The work

There you will be the servants of gods, made by men's hands, of wood and stone, having no power of seeing or hearing or taking food or smelling.
Cursed is the man who makes any image of wood or stone or metal, disgusting to the Lord, the work of man's hands, and puts it up in secret. And let all the people say, So be it.
And have given their gods to the fire; for they were no gods, but wood and stone, the work of men's hands; so they have given them to destruction.
The images of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
Their land is full of images; they give worship to the work of their hands, even to that which their fingers have made.
And have given their gods to the fire: for they were no gods, but wood and stone, the work of men's hands; so they have given them to destruction.
With part of it he makes a fire, and on the fire he gets meat cooked and takes a full meal: he makes himself warm, and says, Aha! I am warm, I have seen the fire:
And I will give my decision against them on account of all their evil-doing; because they have given me up, burning perfumes to other gods and worshipping the works of their hands.
For that which is feared by the people is foolish: it is the work of the hands of the workman; for a tree is cut down by him out of the woods with his axe.
For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done nothing but evil in my eyes from their earliest years: the children of Israel have only made me angry with the work of their hands, says the Lord.
I will have nothing to do with your young ox, O Samaria; my wrath is burning against them; how long will it be before the children of Israel make themselves clean?

General references

This is what you are to say to Hezekiah, king of Judah: Let not your God, in whom is your faith, give you a false hope, saying, Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain

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