1. Hear the word that the lord speaks to you, O Israel!
2. This is what the lord says:“Do not act like the other nations,who try to read their future in the stars.Do not be afraid of their predictions,even though other nations are terrified by them.
3. Their ways are futile and foolish.They cut down a tree, and a craftsman carves an idol.
4. They decorate it with gold and silverand then fasten it securely with hammer and nailsso it won’t fall over.