² Then came the word of the LORD to me, saying,

²⁰ Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne to me, and these hast thou sacrificed to them to be devoured. Is this of thy lewdness a small matter,

³ Yahweh's voice is on the waters. The God of glory thunders, even Yahweh on many waters.

⁴ Yahweh's voice is powerful. Yahweh's voice is full of majesty.

⁵ The voice of Yahweh breaks the cedars. Yes, Yahweh breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.

⁶ He makes them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young, wild ox.

⁷ Yahweh's voice strikes with flashes of lightning.

⁸ Yahweh's voice shakes the wilderness. Yahweh shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.

⁹ Yahweh's voice makes the deer calve, and strips the forests bare. In his temple everything says, "Glory!"