1But now, you people of Israel whom Yahweh has chosen to serve him, listen to me.
2Yahweh, the one who created you and helps you, says this:
3I will pour water on your dry land
4They will grow up like [SIM] grass grows along the water,
5Some of them will say, ‘I belong to Yahweh,’
6Yahweh, the King of Israel, the one who saves us, the Commander of the armies of angels, says this:
7If there is anyone like me [RHQ],
8My people, do not be afraid.
9All those who make idols are foolish,
10Only foolish people [RHQ] would make idols in a mold,
11Those who make idols and those who worship them will be ashamed.
12Metalworkers stand in front of hot coals
13Then a woodcarver takes a big block/piece of wood and he measures it;
14Before he carves an idol from that block of wood, he has cut down a cedar tree,
15And after he uses part of the tree to make an idol,
16He burns part of the wood of the tree to cook his meat and eats the meat and his stomach becomes full,
17Then he takes the rest of the wood
18Those people are very stupid and ignorant [SAR].
19They do not think about what they are doing,
20They are very stupid to worship something that if you burn it, it becomes ashes!
21Yahweh says, “You descendants of [MTY] Jacob,
22I have gotten rid of your sins
23The sun and moon and stars in the sky should sing,
24Yahweh, who saved you and created you, says this:
25I show that the false prophets are liars,
26But I always cause to happen what my prophets predict [DOU].
27When I say to the rivers, ‘Dry up!’,
28When I say about King Cyrus, ‘He will take care of my people like [MET] a shepherd takes care of his sheep,