12. The one who made the earth by his power,established the world by his wisdom,and by his skill stretched out the heavens.
13. When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar,and he brings up clouds from the end of the earth,Makes lightning flash in the rain,and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.
14. Everyone is too stupid to know;every artisan is put to shame by his idol:He has molded a fraud,without breath of life.
15. They are nothing, objects of ridicule;they will perish in their time of punishment.
16. Jacob’s portion is nothing like them:for he is the maker of everything!Israel is his very own tribe,Lord of hosts is his name.
17. Gather up your bundle from the land,City living under siege!
18. For thus says the Lord:Now, at this timeI will sling away the inhabitants of the land;I will hem them in,that they may be taken.
19. Woe is me! I am undone,my wound is beyond healing.Yet I had thought:if I make light of my sickness, I can bear it.
20. My tent is ruined,all its cords are severed.My children have left me, they are no more:no one to pitch my tent,no one to raise its curtains.
21. How stupid are the shepherds!The Lord they have not sought;For this reason they have failed,and all their flocks scattered.
22. Listen! a rumor! here it comes,a great commotion from the land of the north:To make the cities of Judah a desolation,the haunt of jackals.
23. I know, Lord,that no one chooses their way,Nor determines their coursenor directs their own step.
24. Correct me, Lord, but with equity,not in anger, lest you diminish me.
25. Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not know you,on the tribes that do not call your name;For they have utterly devoured Jacob,and laid waste his home.