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The Lord’s Case Against Israel

Listen to what the Lord says:
“Stand up, plead my case before the mountains;
let the hills hear what you have to say.

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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.

2

“Hear, you mountains, the Lord’s accusation;
listen, you everlasting foundations of the earth.
For the Lord has a case against his people;
he is lodging a charge against Israel.

2

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.

3

“My people, what have I done to you?
How have I burdened you? Answer me.

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O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.

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I brought you up out of Egypt
and redeemed you from the land of slavery.
I sent Moses to lead you,
also Aaron and Miriam.

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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.

5

My people, remember
what Balak king of Moab plotted
and what Balaam son of Beor answered.
Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal,
that you may know the righteous acts of the Lord.”

5

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.

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With what shall I come before the Lord
and bow down before the exalted God?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old?

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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?

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Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
with ten thousand rivers of olive oil?
Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

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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?

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He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humblya with your God.

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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?

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Israel’s Guilt and Punishment

Listen! The Lord is calling to the city —
and to fear your name is wisdom —
“Heed the rod and the One who appointed it.b

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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.

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Am I still to forget your ill-gotten treasures, you wicked house,
and the short ephah,c which is accursed?

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Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure [which is] abominable?

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Shall I acquit someone with dishonest scales,
with a bag of false weights?

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Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

12

Your rich people are violent;
your inhabitants are liars
and their tongues speak deceitfully.

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For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

13

Therefore, I have begun to destroy you,
to ruind you because of your sins.

13

Therefore also will I make [thee] sick in smiting thee; I will make [thee] desolate because of thy sins.

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You will eat but not be satisfied;
your stomach will still be empty.e
You will store up but save nothing,
because what you savef I will give to the sword.

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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.

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You will plant but not harvest;
you will press olives but not use the oil,
you will crush grapes but not drink the wine.

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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.

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You have observed the statutes of Omri
and all the practices of Ahab’s house;
you have followed their traditions.
Therefore I will give you over to ruin
and your people to derision;
you will bear the scorn of the nations.g”

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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.

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