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PROPHETS
and releases the wind from his storehouses.
The whole human race is foolish and has no knowledge!
The craftsmen are disgraced by the idols they make,
for their carefully shaped works are a fraud.
These idols have no breath or power.
Idols are worthless; they are ridiculous lies!
On the day of reckoning they will all be destroyed.
But the God of Israel is no idol!
He is the Creator of everything that exists,
including his people, his own special possession.
The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is his name!
“You are my battle-ax and sword,”
says the Lord.
“With you I will shatter nations
and destroy many kingdoms.
With you I will shatter armies—
destroying the horse and rider,
the chariot and charioteer.
With you I will shatter men and women,
old people and children,
young men and young women.
With you I will shatter shepherds and flocks,
farmers and oxen,
captains and officers.
“I will repay Babylon
and the people of Babylonia
for all the wrong they have done
to my people in Jerusalem,” says the Lord.
“Look, O mighty mountain, destroyer of the earth!
I am your enemy,” says the Lord.
“I will raise my fist against you,
to knock you down from the heights.
When I am finished,
you will be nothing but a heap of burnt rubble.
You will be desolate forever.
Even your stones will never again be used
for building.
You will be completely wiped out,”
says the Lord.
51:20-28
