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The LORD’s Case against Israel
Hear the word of the LORD, O people of Israel!
The LORD has brought charges against you, saying:
“There is no faithfulness, no kindness,
no knowledge of God in your land.
Hear the word of the LORD, O people of Israel!
The LORD has brought charges against you, saying:
“There is no faithfulness, no kindness,
no knowledge of God in your land.
God's Charges against Israel
Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land; for there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.
Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land; for there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.
You make vows and break them;
you kill and steal and commit adultery.
There is violence everywhere —
one murder after another.
you kill and steal and commit adultery.
There is violence everywhere —
one murder after another.
Swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, -- they break out; and blood toucheth blood.
That is why your land is in mourning,
and everyone is wasting away.
Even the wild animals, the birds of the sky,
and the fish of the sea are disappearing.
and everyone is wasting away.
Even the wild animals, the birds of the sky,
and the fish of the sea are disappearing.
For this shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowl of the heavens, yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
Yet let no man strive, and let no man reprove; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
So you will stumble in broad daylight,
and your false prophets will fall with you in the night.
And I will destroy Israel, your mother.
and your false prophets will fall with you in the night.
And I will destroy Israel, your mother.
And thou shalt stumble by day; and the prophet also shall stumble with thee by night: and I will destroy thy mother.
My people are being destroyed
because they don’t know me.
Since you priests refuse to know me,
I refuse to recognize you as my priests.
Since you have forgotten the laws of your God,
I will forget to bless your children.
because they don’t know me.
Since you priests refuse to know me,
I refuse to recognize you as my priests.
Since you have forgotten the laws of your God,
I will forget to bless your children.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; for thou hast rejected knowledge, and I will reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me; seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame.
“When the people bring their sin offerings, the priests get fed.
So the priests are glad when the people sin!
So the priests are glad when the people sin!
They eat the sin of my people, and their soul longeth for their iniquity.
‘And what the priests do, the people also do.’
So now I will punish both priests and people
for their wicked deeds.
So now I will punish both priests and people
for their wicked deeds.
And it shall be as the people so the priest; and I will visit their ways upon them, and recompense to them their doings;
They will eat and still be hungry.
They will play the prostitute and gain nothing from it,
for they have deserted the LORD
They will play the prostitute and gain nothing from it,
for they have deserted the LORD
and they shall eat, and not have enough; they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: for they have left off taking heed to Jehovah.
to worship other gods.
“Wine has robbed my people
of their understanding.
“Wine has robbed my people
of their understanding.
Fornication, and wine, and new wine take away the heart.
They ask a piece of wood for advice!
They think a stick can tell them the future!
Longing after idols
has made them foolish.
They have played the prostitute,
serving other gods and deserting their God.
They think a stick can tell them the future!
Longing after idols
has made them foolish.
They have played the prostitute,
serving other gods and deserting their God.
My people ask counsel of their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredoms causeth [them] to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God:
They offer sacrifices to idols on the mountaintops.
They go up into the hills to burn incense
in the pleasant shade of oaks, poplars, and terebinth trees.
“That is why your daughters turn to prostitution,
and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.
They go up into the hills to burn incense
in the pleasant shade of oaks, poplars, and terebinth trees.
“That is why your daughters turn to prostitution,
and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.
they sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oak and poplar and terebinth, because the shade thereof is good; therefore your daughters play the harlot and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.
But why should I punish them
for their prostitution and adultery?
For your men are doing the same thing,
sinning with whores and shrine prostitutes.
O foolish people! You refuse to understand,
so you will be destroyed.
for their prostitution and adultery?
For your men are doing the same thing,
sinning with whores and shrine prostitutes.
O foolish people! You refuse to understand,
so you will be destroyed.
I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your daughters-in-law for their committing adultery; for they themselves go aside with harlots, and they sacrifice with prostitutes: and the people that doth not understand shall come to ruin.
Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, let not Judah trespass; and come ye not unto Gilgal, neither go up to Beth-aven, nor swear [As] Jehovah liveth!
Israel is stubborn,
like a stubborn heifer.
So should the LORD feed her
like a lamb in a lush pasture?
like a stubborn heifer.
So should the LORD feed her
like a lamb in a lush pasture?
For Israel is refractory as an untractable heifer; now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a wide [pasture].
Ephraim is joined to idols: leave him alone.
Their drink is sour; they give themselves up to whoredom; her great men passionately love [their] shame.