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The Case against Israel
Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
God Pleads with Israel
Hear now what the Lord says:
“Arise, plead your case before the mountains,
And let the hills hear your voice.
Hear now what the Lord says:
“Arise, plead your case before the mountains,
And let the hills hear your voice.
Hear, ye mountains, Jehovah's controversy, and ye, unchanging foundations of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.
O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.
“O My people, what have I done to you?
And how have I wearied you?
Testify against Me.
And how have I wearied you?
Testify against Me.
For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
For I brought you up from the land of Egypt,
I redeemed you from the house of bondage;
And I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
I redeemed you from the house of bondage;
And I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteousness of Jehovah.
Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah, bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves of a year old?
With what shall I come before the Lord,
And bow myself before the High God?
Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings,
With calves a year old?
And bow myself before the High God?
Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings,
With calves a year old?
Will Jehovah take pleasure in thousands of rams, in ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
He hath shewn thee, O man, what is good: and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love goodness, and to walk humbly with thy God?
The Punishment of Israel
Jehovah's voice crieth unto the city, and wisdom looketh on thy name. Hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.
Jehovah's voice crieth unto the city, and wisdom looketh on thy name. Hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.
Punishment of Israel’s Injustice
The Lord’s voice cries to the city —
Wisdom shall see Your name:
“Hear the rod!
Who has appointed it?
The Lord’s voice cries to the city —
Wisdom shall see Your name:
“Hear the rod!
Who has appointed it?
Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure [which is] abominable?
Are there yet the treasures of wickedness
In the house of the wicked,
And the short measure that is an abomination?
In the house of the wicked,
And the short measure that is an abomination?
Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Shall I count pure those with the wicked scales,
And with the bag of deceitful weights?
And with the bag of deceitful weights?
For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
For her rich men are full of violence,
Her inhabitants have spoken lies,
And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Her inhabitants have spoken lies,
And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Therefore also will I make [thee] sick in smiting thee; I will make [thee] desolate because of thy sins.
“Therefore I will also make you sick by striking you,
By making you desolate because of your sins.
By making you desolate because of your sins.
Thou shalt eat, and not be satisfied, and thine emptiness [shall remain] in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take away, and not save; and what thou savest will I give up to the sword.
Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and new wine, but shalt not drink wine.
“You shall sow, but not reap;
You shall tread the olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil;
And make sweet wine, but not drink wine.
You shall tread the olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil;
And make sweet wine, but not drink wine.
For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab; and ye walk in their counsels: that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing; and ye shall bear the reproach of my people.