12 He that makes the earth by his power, he that orders the world with his wisdom and extends the heavens with his intelligence:
13 at his voice, there is given a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causes the clouds to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes the lightnings with the rain and brings forth the wind out of his treasures.
14 Every man is carnal in his knowledge: let every founder be ashamed of his graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no spirit in them.
15 They are vanity and the work of scorn: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
16 The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the Former of all things, and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The Lord of the hosts is his name.
17 Gather up thy wares out of the lands, O inhabitant of the fortress.
18 For thus hath the Lord said, Behold, that this time I will throw out the inhabitants of the land with a sling and will afflict them, that they may find it.