13 When he thunders, the waters in the skies roar.He makes clouds rise in the sky all over the earth.He sends lightning with the rainand brings out the wind from his storehouses.
14 People are so stupid and know so little.Goldsmiths are made ashamed by their idols,because those statues are only false gods.They have no breath in them.
15 They are worth nothing; people make fun of them.When they are judged, they will be destroyed.
16 But God, who is Jacob’s Portion, is not like the idols.He made everything,and he chose Israel to be his special people.The Lord All-Powerful is his name.
17 Get everything you own and prepare to leave,you people who are trapped by your enemies.
18 This is what the Lord says:“At this time I will throw out the people who live in this land.I will bring trouble to themso that they may be captured.”
19 How terrible it will be for me because of my injury.My wound cannot be healed.Yet I told myself,“This is my sickness; I must suffer through it.”