1 Listen to the message that the Lord has spoken to you, nation of Israel.
2 This is what the Lord says:
3 The religion of the people is worthless.
4 Craftsmen decorate them with silver and gold
5 These trees are like scarecrows in cucumber gardens.
6 No one is like you, O Lord.
7 Everyone fears you, O King of the Nations.
8 They are complete idiots.
9 Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz.
10 But the Lord is the only God.
11 Tell them this: These gods will disappear from the earth
12 The Lord made the earth by his power.
13 He speaks, and the water in the sky produces a storm.
14 Everyone is stupid and ignorant.
15 They are worthless jokes.
16 Jacob’s God isn’t like them.
17 Pick up your bags. You are being blockaded.
18 This is what the Lord says:
19 Oh, I’m wounded!
20 My tent is destroyed, and all my ropes are broken.
21 The shepherds are foolish.
22 The report has arrived.
23 O Lord, I know that the way humans act is not under their control.
24 Correct me, O Lord, but please be fair.
25 Pour out your fury on the nations who don’t know you