<p class="poetry">Your<n id="1" /> silver has become scum,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">your beer is diluted with water.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look, I have refined you, but not as silver;p> <p class="poetry">I have purified you<n id="1" /> in the furnace of misery.p>

<p class="poetry">A craftsman casts<n id="1" /> an idol;p> <p class="poetry">a metalsmith overlays it with goldp> <p class="poetry">and forges silver chains for it.p>

<p class="poetry">For this is what the <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;You were sold for nothing,p> <p class="poetry">and you will not be redeemed for money.&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Hey,<n id="1" /> all who are thirsty, come to the water!p> <p class="poetry">You who have no money, come!p> <p class="poetry">Buy and eat!p> <p class="poetry">Come! Buy wine and milkp> <p class="poetry">without money and without cost!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Their land is full of gold and silver;p> <p class="poetry">there is no end to their wealth.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Their land is full of horses;p> <p class="poetry">there is no end to their chariots.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">At that time<n id="1" /> men will throwp> <p class="poetry">their silver and gold idols,p> <p class="poetry">which they made for themselves to worship,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">into the caves where rodents and bats live,<n id="3" />p>

At that time<n id="1" /> every place where there had been a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels will be overrun<n id="2" /> with thorns and briers.

<p class="poetry">Look, I am stirring up the Medes to attack them;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they are not concerned about silver,p> <p class="poetry">nor are they interested in gold.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You will desecrate your silver-plated idols<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and your gold-plated images.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">You will throw them away as if they were a menstrual rag,p> <p class="poetry">saying to them, &#8220;Get out!&#8221;p>

For at that time<n id="1" /> everyone will get rid of<n id="2" /> the silver and gold idols your hands sinfully made.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">You did not buy me aromatic reeds;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you did not present to me<n id="2" /> the fat of your sacrifices.p> <p class="poetry">Yet you burdened me with your sins;p> <p class="poetry">you made me weary with your evil deeds.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Those who empty out gold from a pursep> <p class="poetry">and weigh out silver on the scale<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">hire a metalsmith, who makes it into a god.p> <p class="poetry">They then bow down and worship it.p>

<p class="poetry">Why pay money for something that will not nourish you?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Why spend<n id="2" /> your hard-earned money<n id="3" /> on something that will not satisfy?p> <p class="poetry">Listen carefully<n id="4" /> to me and eat what is nourishing!<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">Enjoy fine food!<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed, the coastlands<n id="1" /> look eagerly for me,p> <p class="poetry">the large ships<n id="2" /> are in the lead,p> <p class="poetry">bringing your sons from far away,p> <p class="poetry">along with their silver and gold,p> <p class="poetry">to honor the <sc>Lordsc> your God,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">the Holy One of Israel,<n id="4" /> for he has bestowed honor on you.p>

<p class="poetry">Instead of bronze, I will bring you gold,p> <p class="poetry">instead of iron, I will bring you silver,p> <p class="poetry">instead of wood, I will bring you<n id="1" /> bronze,p> <p class="poetry">instead of stones, I will bring you<n id="2" /> iron.p> <p class="poetry">I will make prosperity<n id="3" /> your overseer,p> <p class="poetry">and vindication your sovereign ruler.<n id="4" />p>

Hezekiah welcomed<n id="1" /> them and showed them his storehouse with its silver, gold, spices, and high-quality olive oil, as well as his whole armory and everything in his treasuries. Hezekiah showed them everything in his palace and in his whole kingdom.<n id="2" />