1 Hear what the Lord says to you, people of Israel.
2 This is what the Lord says:‘Do not learn the ways of the nationsor be terrified by signs in the heavens,though the nations are terrified by them.
3 For the practices of the peoples are worthless;they cut a tree out of the forest,and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.
4 They adorn it with silver and gold;they fasten it with hammer and nailsso that it will not totter.
5 Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field,their idols cannot speak;they must be carriedbecause they cannot walk.Do not fear them;they can do no harmnor can they do any good.’
6 No one is like you, Lord;you are great,and your name is mighty in power.
7 Who should not fear you,King of the nations?This is your due.Among all the wise leaders of the nationsand in all their kingdoms,there is no one like you.