1 Hear the word which יהוה speaks to you, O house of Yisra’ĕl.
2 Thus said יהוה, “Do not learn the way of the gentiles, and do not be awed by the signs of the heavens, for the gentiles are awed by them.
3 “For the prescribed customs of these peoples are worthless, for one cuts a tree from the forest, work for the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.
4 “They adorn it with silver and gold, they fasten it with nails and hammers so that it does not topple.