2 the Lord says,“Don’t learn the way of the nations,and don’t be dismayed at the signs of the sky;for the nations are dismayed at them.
3 For the customs of the peoples are vanity;for one cuts a tree out of the forest,the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.
4 They deck it with silver and with gold.They fasten it with nails and with hammers,so that it can’t move.
5 They are like a palm tree, of turned work,and don’t speak.They must be carried,because they can’t move.Don’t be afraid of them;for they can’t do evil,neither is it in them to do good.”
6 There is no one like you, Lord.You are great,and your name is great in might.
7 Who shouldn’t fear you,King of the nations?For it belongs to you.Because amongst all the wise men of the nations,and in all their royal estate,there is no one like you.
8 But they are together brutish and foolish,instructed by idols!It is just wood.