12He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out.
13At the sound of his voice there is a massing of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes the thunder-flames for the rain, and sends out the wind from his store-houses.
14Then every man becomes like a beast without knowledge; every gold-worker is put to shame by the image he has made: for his metal image is deceit, and there is no breath in them.
15They are nothing, a work of error: in the time of their punishment, destruction will overtake them.
16The heritage of Jacob is not like these; for the maker of all things is his heritage: the Lord of armies is his name.
17Get your goods together and go out of the land, O you who are shut up in the walled town.
18For the Lord has said, I will send the people in flight like a stone from the land at this time, troubling them so that they will be conscious of it.
