The worthless idols will be completely eliminated.

They will perish, but you will endure. They will wear out like a garment; like clothes you will remove them and they will disappear.

If he comes by and confines you and convenes a court, then who can prevent him?

If he flees from an iron weapon, then an arrow from a bronze bow pierces him.

My glory will always be fresh in me, and my bow ever new in my hand.’

You bring their lives to an end and they “fall asleep.” In the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up;

in the morning it glistens and sprouts up; at evening time it withers and dries up.

Then a breath of air passes by my face; it makes the hair of my flesh stand up.

They glide by like reed boats, like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.

Look! The winter has passed, the winter rains are over and gone.

They sweep by like the wind and pass on. But the one who considers himself a god will be held guilty.”

If he passes by me, I cannot see him, if he goes by, I cannot perceive him.

“But there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.

“The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with chiseled stone; the sycamore fig trees have been cut down, but we will replace them with cedars.”

Here is a message about the Desert by the Sea: Like strong winds blowing in the south, one invades from the desert, from a land that is feared.

The earth is defiled by its inhabitants, for they have violated laws, disregarded the regulation, and broken the permanent treaty.

“Listen to me in silence, you coastlands! Let the nations find renewed strength! Let them approach and then speak; let us come together for debate!

but your father has humiliated me and changed my wages ten times. But God has not permitted him to do me any harm.

So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods you have among you. Purify yourselves and change your clothes.

Then Pharaoh summoned Joseph. So they brought him quickly out of the dungeon; he shaved himself, changed his clothes, and came before Pharaoh.