Hear the word that the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel.
The house of Israel is called to hear the word that the LORD speaks.
This verse opens the chapter with a direct summons to receive God's teaching.
1Hear the word that the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel. 2This is what the LORD says: 3For the customs of the peoples are worthless; 4They adorn it with silver and gold 5Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, 6There is none like You, O LORD. 7Who would not fear You, O King of nations? 8But they are altogether senseless and foolish, 9Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, 10But the LORD is the true God; 11Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.” 12The LORD made the earth by His power; 13When He thunders, 14Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; 15They are worthless, a work to be mocked. 16The Portion of Jacob is not like these,