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You, Lord, have abandoned your people,
the descendants of Jacob.
They are full of superstitions from the East;
they practice divination like the Philistines
and embrace pagan customs.
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Their land is full of silver and gold;
there is no end to their treasures.
Their land is full of horses;
there is no end to their chariots.
8
Their land is full of idols;
they bow down to the work of their hands,
to what their fingers have made.
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So people will be brought low
and everyone humbled -
do not forgive them. 1
10
Go into the rocks, hide in the ground
from the fearful presence of the Lord
and the splendor of his majesty!
11
The eyes of the arrogant will be humbled
and human pride brought low;
the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
12
The Lord Almighty has a day in store
for all the proud and lofty,
for all that is exalted
(and they will be humbled),
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for all the cedars of Lebanon, tall and lofty,
and all the oaks of Bashan,
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for all the towering mountains
and all the high hills,
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for every lofty tower
and every fortified wall,
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for every trading ship 2
and every stately vessel.
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The arrogance of man will be brought low
and human pride humbled;
the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,
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and the idols will totally disappear.
19
People will flee to caves in the rocks
and to holes in the ground
from the fearful presence of the Lord
and the splendor of his majesty,
when he rises to shake the earth.
20
In that day people will throw away
to the moles and bats
their idols of silver and idols of gold,
which they made to worship.
21
They will flee to caverns in the rocks
and to the overhanging crags
from the fearful presence of the Lord
and the splendor of his majesty,
when he rises to shake the earth.
22
Stop trusting in mere humans,
who have but a breath in their nostrils.
Why hold them in esteem?