12. He has made the earth by his power. he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens.
13. when he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings for the rain, and brings the wind out of his treasuries.
14. Every man has become brutish and without knowledge; every goldsmith is disappointed by his engraved image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
15. They are vanity, a work of delusion. In the time of their visitation they will perish.
16. The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Yahweh of Armies is his name.
17. Gather up your wares out of the land, you who live under siege.
18. For Yahweh says, “Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel it.”
19. Woe is me because of my injury! My wound is serious: but I said, “Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it.”