Praise to the God of Jacob

(Isaiah 25:1–12)

[The LORD] made the earth by His power;

He established the world by His wisdom

and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

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When He thunders

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.

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Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge;

every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols.

For his molten images are a fraud,

and [there is] no breath in them.

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They are worthless, a work to be mocked.

In the time of their punishment they will perish.

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The Portion of Jacob is not like these,

for He is the Maker of all things,

and of the tribe of His inheritance —

the LORD of Hosts is His name.

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