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This is what he says:

“Don’t ·live like the people from [L learn the way/path of] other nations,
    and don’t be ·afraid of [terrified by] special signs in the ·sky [heavens; C astrology],
    even though the other nations are ·afraid [terrified] of them.
The ·customs [statutes; ordinances; requirements] of other people are ·worth nothing [meaningless; useless; L a breath].
    ·Their idols are just wood cut from the forest [L A tree from the forest is cut down],
    shaped by a ·worker [craftsman] with his ·chisel [or ax; or adze; or blade].
They decorate their idols with silver and gold.
    With hammers and nails they fasten them down
    so they ·won’t fall over [can’t move].

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This is what the Lord says:

“Do not learn the ways of the nations(A)
    or be terrified by signs(B) in the heavens,
    though the nations are terrified by them.
For the practices of the peoples are worthless;
    they cut a tree out of the forest,
    and a craftsman(C) shapes it with his chisel.(D)
They adorn it with silver(E) and gold;
    they fasten it with hammer and nails
    so it will not totter.(F)

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