Thussaysthe LORD,"Do not learnthe wayof the nations,And do not be terrifiedby the signsof the heavensAlthoughthe nationsare terrifiedby them;
Then Godsaid,"Let there be lightsin the expanseof the heavensto separatethe dayfrom the night,and let them be for signsand for seasonsand for daysand years;
Hearthe wordwhichthe LORDspeaksto you, O houseof Israel.
"What comesinto your mindwill not comeabout, whenyou say:'We will be like the nations,like the tribesof the lands,servingwoodand stone.'
You shall not dowhatis donein the landof Egyptwhereyou lived,norare you to dowhatis donein the landof CanaanwhereI am bringingyou; you shall not walkin their statutes.
Moreover, you shall not followthe customsof the nationwhichI will driveout beforeyou, for they didallthesethings,and therefore I have abhorredthem.
"Whenyou enterthe landwhichthe LORDyour Godgivesyou, you shall not learnto imitatethe detestablethingsof thosenations.
and I saidto you, "I am the LORDyour God;you shall not fearthe godsof the Amoritesin whoselandyou live.But you have not obeyedMe."'"
