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Not One Is Upright
“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem,
look around and consider,
search through her squares.
If you can find but one person
who deals honestly and seeks the truth,
I will forgive this city.
“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem,
look around and consider,
search through her squares.
If you can find but one person
who deals honestly and seeks the truth,
I will forgive this city.
No One is Just
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
Although they say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’
still they are swearing falsely.”
still they are swearing falsely.”
And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.
Lord, do not your eyes look for truth?
You struck them, but they felt no pain;
you crushed them, but they refused correction.
They made their faces harder than stone
and refused to repent.
You struck them, but they felt no pain;
you crushed them, but they refused correction.
They made their faces harder than stone
and refused to repent.
O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
I thought, “These are only the poor;
they are foolish,
for they do not know the way of the Lord,
the requirements of their God.
they are foolish,
for they do not know the way of the Lord,
the requirements of their God.
Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.
So I will go to the leaders
and speak to them;
surely they know the way of the Lord,
the requirements of their God.”
But with one accord they too had broken off the yoke
and torn off the bonds.
and speak to them;
surely they know the way of the Lord,
the requirements of their God.”
But with one accord they too had broken off the yoke
and torn off the bonds.
I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
Therefore a lion from the forest will attack them,
a wolf from the desert will ravage them,
a leopard will lie in wait near their towns
to tear to pieces any who venture out,
for their rebellion is great
and their backslidings many.
a wolf from the desert will ravage them,
a leopard will lie in wait near their towns
to tear to pieces any who venture out,
for their rebellion is great
and their backslidings many.
Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
“Why should I forgive you?
Your children have forsaken me
and sworn by gods that are not gods.
I supplied all their needs,
yet they committed adultery
and thronged to the houses of prostitutes.
Your children have forsaken me
and sworn by gods that are not gods.
I supplied all their needs,
yet they committed adultery
and thronged to the houses of prostitutes.
How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.
They are well-fed, lusty stallions,
each neighing for another man’s wife.
each neighing for another man’s wife.
They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.
Should I not punish them for this?”
declares the Lord.
“Should I not avenge myself
on such a nation as this?
declares the Lord.
“Should I not avenge myself
on such a nation as this?
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
“Go through her vineyards and ravage them,
but do not destroy them completely.
Strip off her branches,
for these people do not belong to the Lord.
but do not destroy them completely.
Strip off her branches,
for these people do not belong to the Lord.
Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD'S.
The people of Israel and the people of Judah
have been utterly unfaithful to me,”
declares the Lord.
have been utterly unfaithful to me,”
declares the Lord.
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD.
They have lied about the Lord;
they said, “He will do nothing!
No harm will come to us;
we will never see sword or famine.
they said, “He will do nothing!
No harm will come to us;
we will never see sword or famine.
They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
The prophets are but wind
and the word is not in them;
so let what they say be done to them.”
and the word is not in them;
so let what they say be done to them.”
And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
Therefore this is what the Lord God Almighty says:
“Because the people have spoken these words,
I will make my words in your mouth a fire
and these people the wood it consumes.
“Because the people have spoken these words,
I will make my words in your mouth a fire
and these people the wood it consumes.
Judgment Proclaimed
Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
People of Israel,” declares the Lord,
“I am bringing a distant nation against you —
an ancient and enduring nation,
a people whose language you do not know,
whose speech you do not understand.
“I am bringing a distant nation against you —
an ancient and enduring nation,
a people whose language you do not know,
whose speech you do not understand.
Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
Their quivers are like an open grave;
all of them are mighty warriors.
all of them are mighty warriors.
Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
They will devour your harvests and food,
devour your sons and daughters;
they will devour your flocks and herds,
devour your vines and fig trees.
With the sword they will destroy
the fortified cities in which you trust.
devour your sons and daughters;
they will devour your flocks and herds,
devour your vines and fig trees.
With the sword they will destroy
the fortified cities in which you trust.
And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
“Yet even in those days,” declares the Lord, “I will not destroy you completely.
Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.
And when the people ask, ‘Why has the Lord our God done all this to us?’ you will tell them, ‘As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods in your own land, so now you will serve foreigners in a land not your own.’
And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
“Announce this to the descendants of Jacob
and proclaim it in Judah:
and proclaim it in Judah:
Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
Hear this, you foolish and senseless people,
who have eyes but do not see,
who have ears but do not hear:
who have eyes but do not see,
who have ears but do not hear:
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
Should you not fear me?” declares the Lord.
“Should you not tremble in my presence?
I made the sand a boundary for the sea,
an everlasting barrier it cannot cross.
The waves may roll, but they cannot prevail;
they may roar, but they cannot cross it.
“Should you not tremble in my presence?
I made the sand a boundary for the sea,
an everlasting barrier it cannot cross.
The waves may roll, but they cannot prevail;
they may roar, but they cannot cross it.
Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts;
they have turned aside and gone away.
they have turned aside and gone away.
But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.
They do not say to themselves,
‘Let us fear the Lord our God,
who gives autumn and spring rains in season,
who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.’
‘Let us fear the Lord our God,
who gives autumn and spring rains in season,
who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.’
Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
Your wrongdoings have kept these away;
your sins have deprived you of good.
your sins have deprived you of good.
Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.
“Among my people are the wicked
who lie in wait like men who snare birds
and like those who set traps to catch people.
who lie in wait like men who snare birds
and like those who set traps to catch people.
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
Like cages full of birds,
their houses are full of deceit;
they have become rich and powerful
their houses are full of deceit;
they have become rich and powerful
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
and have grown fat and sleek.
Their evil deeds have no limit;
they do not seek justice.
They do not promote the case of the fatherless;
they do not defend the just cause of the poor.
Their evil deeds have no limit;
they do not seek justice.
They do not promote the case of the fatherless;
they do not defend the just cause of the poor.
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Should I not punish them for this?”
declares the Lord.
“Should I not avenge myself
on such a nation as this?
declares the Lord.
“Should I not avenge myself
on such a nation as this?
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
“A horrible and shocking thing
has happened in the land:
has happened in the land:
A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;