Ngakho ububi bukaJakobe buyakuhlangulwa ngalokhu, lokhu kube yisithelo sonke sokususa isono sakhe, lapho enza ukuba onke amatshe e-altare avithizeke njengamatshe omcako, kungabe kusamiswa o-Ashera* nama-altare empepho.
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Ngakho ububi bukaJakobe buyakuhlangulwa ngalokhu, lokhu kube yisithelo sonke sokususa isono sakhe, lapho enza ukuba onke amatshe e-altare avithizeke njengamatshe omcako, kungabe kusamiswa o-Ashera* nama-altare empepho.
Ompofu kunokuba anikele ngomnikelo onjalo uyakhetha umuthi ongaboliyo, azifunele isisebenzi esihlakaniphileyo ukuba simise isithombe esibaziweyo esingenakuzanyazanyiswa.
“Niyakusho kanje kubo, nithi: ‘Onkulunkulu abangenzanga izulu nomhlaba, labo bayakubhubha emhlabeni nangaphansi kwezulu.’ ”
Bonke abantu bayiziphukuphuku, abanakwazi; bonke abakhandi bajabhiswa nezithombe zabo ezibaziweyo, ngokuba izithombe zabo ezibunjiweyo zingamanga, nomoya awukho kuzo.
“Memezani phakathi kwezizwe, nikuzwakalise, nimise ibhanela,* nikuzwakalise, ningakufihli, nithi: ‘IBabele linqotshiwe, uBeli ujabhile, uMerodaki uphelile amandla; izithombe zalo zijabhile, imifanekiso yalo iphelile amandla.’
Nawonkulunkulu babo kanye nezithombe zabo ezibunjiweyo nezitsha zabo ezinxanelekayo zesiliva nezegolide uyakukuthumba, akuyise eGibithe, ayiyeke inkosi yasenyakatho iminyaka ethile.
Zonke izithombe zalo ezibaziweyo ziyakwaphulwa, nakho konke elikukhokhelweyo kuyakushiswa ngomlilo, nayo yonke imifanekiso ngiyakuyenza ukuba ibe yincithakalo, ngokuba likuqoqile ngenkokhelo yobufebe; kuyakubuye kube yinkokhelo yobufebe.”
Niyakwenza imifanekiso yamathumba enu nemifanekiso yamagundane enu alonayo izwe, nimnike uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli udumo; mhlawumbe uyakusenza lula isandla sakhe phezu kwenu, naphezu kwawonkulunkulu benu, naphezu kwezwe lakini.