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The Charge Against Israel
Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites,
because the Lord has a charge to bring
against you who live in the land:
“There is no faithfulness, no love,
no acknowledgment of God in the land.
Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites,
because the Lord has a charge to bring
against you who live in the land:
“There is no faithfulness, no love,
no acknowledgment of God in the land.
God's Charges against Israel
Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
Because of this the land dries up,
and all who live in it waste away;
the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky
and the fish in the sea are swept away.
and all who live in it waste away;
the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky
and the fish in the sea are swept away.
Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
“But let no one bring a charge,
let no one accuse another,
for your people are like those
who bring charges against a priest.
let no one accuse another,
for your people are like those
who bring charges against a priest.
Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
You stumble day and night,
and the prophets stumble with you.
So I will destroy your mother —
and the prophets stumble with you.
So I will destroy your mother —
Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.
my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.
“Because you have rejected knowledge,
I also reject you as my priests;
because you have ignored the law of your God,
I also will ignore your children.
“Because you have rejected knowledge,
I also reject you as my priests;
because you have ignored the law of your God,
I also will ignore your children.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.
They feed on the sins of my people
and relish their wickedness.
and relish their wickedness.
They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
And it will be: Like people, like priests.
I will punish both of them for their ways
and repay them for their deeds.
I will punish both of them for their ways
and repay them for their deeds.
And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
“They will eat but not have enough;
they will engage in prostitution but not flourish,
because they have deserted the Lord
to give themselves
they will engage in prostitution but not flourish,
because they have deserted the Lord
to give themselves
For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.
to prostitution;
old wine and new wine
take away their understanding.
old wine and new wine
take away their understanding.
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
My people consult a wooden idol,
and a diviner’s rod speaks to them.
A spirit of prostitution leads them astray;
they are unfaithful to their God.
and a diviner’s rod speaks to them.
A spirit of prostitution leads them astray;
they are unfaithful to their God.
My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
They sacrifice on the mountaintops
and burn offerings on the hills,
under oak, poplar and terebinth,
where the shade is pleasant.
Therefore your daughters turn to prostitution
and your daughters-in-law to adultery.
and burn offerings on the hills,
under oak, poplar and terebinth,
where the shade is pleasant.
Therefore your daughters turn to prostitution
and your daughters-in-law to adultery.
They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
“I will not punish your daughters
when they turn to prostitution,
nor your daughters-in-law
when they commit adultery,
because the men themselves consort with harlots
and sacrifice with shrine prostitutes —
a people without understanding will come to ruin!
when they turn to prostitution,
nor your daughters-in-law
when they commit adultery,
because the men themselves consort with harlots
and sacrifice with shrine prostitutes —
a people without understanding will come to ruin!
I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.
Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.
The Israelites are stubborn,
like a stubborn heifer.
How then can the Lord pasture them
like lambs in a meadow?
like a stubborn heifer.
How then can the Lord pasture them
like lambs in a meadow?
For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
Even when their drinks are gone,
they continue their prostitution;
their rulers dearly love shameful ways.
they continue their prostitution;
their rulers dearly love shameful ways.
Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.