²¹Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice^t behind you, saying, “This is the way;^u walk in it.” ²²Then you will desecrate your idols^v overlaid with silver and your images covered with gold;^w you will throw them away like a menstrual^x cloth and say to them, “Away with you!^y”

²³He will also send you rain^z for the seed you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the land will be rich^a and plentiful.^b In that day^c your cattle will graze in broad meadows.^d

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left. Then you will defile your carved idols overlaid with silver and your gold-plated metal images. You will scatter them as unclean things. You will say to them, “Be gone!”

And he will give rain for the seed with which you sow the ground, and bread, the produce of the ground, which will be rich and plenteous. In that day your livestock will graze in large pastures,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

and whenever you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.” Then you will defile your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, and call them filth.

Then he will send rain for your seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food, the produce of the ground, will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.

NLTNew Living Translation

Your own ears will hear him.

Right behind you a voice will say,

“This is the way you should go,”

whether to the right or to the left.

Then you will destroy all your silver idols

and your precious gold images.

You will throw them out like filthy rags,

saying to them, “Good riddance!”

Then the Lord will bless you with rain at planting time. There will be wonderful harvests and plenty of pastureland for your livestock.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And your ears shall hear a word from behind you, saying,

“this is the way; walk in it,”

when you go to your right

and when you go to your left.

And you will defile the plating of your silver idols

and the covering of your gold image.

You will scatter them like contaminated things;

you will say to it, “Filth!”

And he will give rain for your seed with which you sow the ground,

and grain, the produce of the ground, and it will be rich and fertile.

On that day, your cattle will graze in broad pastures;

KJV 1900King James Version

And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying,

This is the way, walk ye in it,

When ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver,

And the ornament of thy molten images of gold:

Thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth;

Thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.

Then shall he give the rain of thy seed,

That thou shalt sow the ground withal;

And bread of the increase of the earth,

And it shall be fat and plenteous:

In that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.

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