I will not die, but live, and I will proclaim what the Lord has done.

The nations’ idols are made of silver and gold, they are man-made.

The Lord is good to all, and has compassion on all he has made.

The Lord is just in all his actions, and exhibits love in all he does.

Honest scales and balances are from the Lord; all the weights in the bag are his handiwork.

Give her credit for what she has accomplished, and let her works praise her in the city gates.

I increased my possessions: I built houses for myself; I planted vineyards for myself.

Look, all of them are nothing, their accomplishments are nonexistent; their metal images lack any real substance.

I will denounce your so-called righteousness and your deeds, but they will not help you.

They are worthless, mere objects to be mocked. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed.

They are worthless, objects to be ridiculed. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed.

The slave masters were pressuring them, saying, “Complete your work for each day, just like when there was straw!”

and they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there was something like a pavement made of sapphire, clear like the sky itself.

“You are to make a hanging for the entrance of the tent of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer.

“They are to make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen, the work of an artistic designer.

“You are to make for the breastpiece braided chains like cords of pure gold,

You are to weave the tunic of fine linen and make the turban of fine linen, and make the sash the work of an embroiderer.

and make it into an incense, a perfume, the work of a perfumer. It is to be finely ground, and pure and sacred.

Now the tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.

He made a hanging for the entrance of the tent of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer,