The Sovereignty of God
Hear the word that the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel. 1Th 2:13Amo 7:16Hos 4:1Jer 13:15-17Jer 42:15Rev 2:29Isa 1:10Isa 28:14 This is what the LORD says: Lev 20:23Lev 18:3Ezk 20:32Luk 21:25-28Deu 12:30-31Isa 47:12-14
“Do not learn the ways of the nations
or be terrified by the signs in the heavens,
though the nations themselves are terrified by them.
For the customs of the peoples are worthless; 1Pe 1:18Isa 44:9-20Lev 18:30Jer 10:8Rom 1:21Isa 45:20Mat 6:71Ki 18:26-28
they cut down a tree from the forest;
it is shaped with a chisel
by the hands of a craftsman.
They adorn it with silver and gold Isa 46:7Isa 40:19-20Isa 41:6-7Isa 44:12Psa 115:4Psa 135:15
and fasten it with hammer and nails,
so that it will not totter.
Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, Isa 46:71Co 12:2Isa 41:23-24Psa 115:5-81Co 8:4Hab 2:19Isa 46:1Psa 135:16-18
their idols cannot speak.
They must be carried
because they cannot walk.
Do not fear them, for they can do no harm,
and neither can they do any good.”
There is none like You, O LORD. Exo 15:11Psa 96:4Psa 48:1Deu 33:26Isa 12:6Psa 145:32Sa 7:22Dan 4:3
You are great, and Your name is mighty in power.
Who would not fear You, O King of nations? Rev 15:4Psa 22:281Co 1:19-20Jer 10:6Jer 5:22Psa 89:6Isa 2:4Job 37:23-24
This is Your due.
For among all the wise men of the nations,
and in all their kingdoms,
there is none like You.
But they are altogether senseless and foolish, Jer 10:14Zec 10:2Hab 2:18Isa 41:29Jer 51:17-18Psa 115:8Psa 135:18Rom 1:21-22
instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, Psa 115:4Dan 10:51Ki 10:22Isa 40:19Ezk 27:12
and gold from Uphaz—
the work of a craftsman
from the hands of a goldsmith.
Their clothes are blue and purple,
all fashioned by skilled workers.
But the LORD is the true God; Deu 32:4Isa 57:15Nam 1:6Psa 76:7Psa 104:32Psa 18:7Psa 31:5Psa 42:2
He is the living God and eternal King.
The earth quakes at His wrath,
and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.” 1 Psa 96:5Isa 2:18Jer 10:15Jer 51:18Lam 3:66Zec 13:2Zep 2:11Rev 20:2
The LORD made the earth by His power; Gen 1:1Job 9:8Pro 3:19Isa 40:22Col 1:16Jhn 1:3Psa 24:2Isa 42:5
He established the world by His wisdom
and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
When He thunders, Psa 135:7Job 38:22Job 38:34-35Psa 18:131Ki 18:411Ki 18:45-461Sa 12:17-18Exo 9:23
the waters in the heavens roar;
He causes the clouds to rise
from the ends of the earth.
He generates the lightning with the rain
and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; Psa 135:16-18Psa 115:4-8Isa 46:7-8Hab 2:18-19Isa 44:18-20Rom 1:22-23Jer 51:17-18Isa 42:17
every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols.
For his molten images are a fraud,
and there is no breath in them.
They are worthless, a work to be mocked. Isa 41:24Jer 14:22Jer 51:18Isa 2:18-21Jer 8:12Jer 8:19Jon 2:8Zec 13:2
In the time of their punishment they will perish.
The Portion of Jacob is not like these, Deu 32:9Jer 32:18Jer 31:35Jer 10:12Jer 51:19Psa 119:57Psa 74:2Lam 3:24
for He is the Maker of all things,
and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance—
the LORD of Hosts is His name.
The Coming Captivity of Judah
Gather up your belongings from this land, you who live under siege. Ezk 12:3-12Jer 6:1Mat 24:15Mic 2:10Jer 21:13 For this is what the LORD says: 1Sa 25:29Zec 1:6Deu 28:63-64Ezk 6:10Jer 15:1-2Jer 16:13Jer 23:20
“Behold, at this time I will sling out
the inhabitants of the land
and bring distress upon them
so that they may be captured.”
Woe to me because of my brokenness; Mic 7:9Jer 14:17Jer 4:31Lam 3:18-21Lam 3:39-40Isa 8:17Jer 17:13Jer 4:19
my wound is grievous!
But I said, “This is truly my sickness,
and I must bear it.”
My tent is destroyed, Jer 4:20Jer 31:15Isa 49:20-22Isa 54:2Isa 51:16Job 7:8Lam 1:5Lam 2:4-6
and all its ropes are snapped.
My sons have departed from me
and are no more.
I have no one left to pitch my tent
or set up my curtains.
For the shepherds have become senseless; Ezk 34:2-10Jer 12:10Jer 23:1-2Isa 56:10-12Ezk 22:25-30Ezk 34:12Jer 10:8Jer 2:8
they do not seek the LORD.
Therefore they have not prospered,
and all their flock is scattered.
Listen! The sound of a report is coming— Jer 9:11Hab 1:6-9Jer 1:15Jer 4:6Jer 5:15Jer 6:1Jer 6:22Mal 1:3
a great commotion from the land to the north.
The cities of Judah will be made a desolation,
a haunt for jackals. 2
I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; Pro 20:24Pro 16:1Psa 37:23Psa 119:116-117Psa 17:5
no one who walks directs his own steps.
Correct me, O LORD, Psa 38:1Psa 6:1Jer 30:11Isa 40:23Job 6:18Hab 3:2Isa 41:11-12
but only with justice—
not in Your anger,
or You will bring me to nothing.
Pour out Your wrath on the nations Psa 79:6-7Jer 8:16Job 18:21Psa 14:41Th 4:52Th 1:8Ezk 25:6-8Jer 50:17
that do not acknowledge You,
and on the families
that do not call on Your name.
For they have devoured Jacob;
they have consumed him and finished him off;
they have devastated his homeland.