1 Listen to the word that the Lord has spoken to you, people of Israel!
2 The Lord proclaims:Don’t follow the ways of the nationsor be troubled by signs in the sky,even though the nations are troubled by them.
3 The rituals of the nations are hollow:a tree from the forest is chopped downand shaped by the craftsman’s tools.
4 It’s overlaid with silver and gold,and fastened securely with hammer and nailsso it won’t fall over.