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1 Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel, for the Lord shall enter into judgment with the inhabitants of the land: for there is no truth, and there is no mercy, and there is no knowledge of God in the land.
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1 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.
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2 Cursing, and lying, and killing, and theft, and adultery, have overflowed, and blood hath touched blood.
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2 There is only cursing, lying and murder, stealing and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
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3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth in it shall languish with the heat of the field, and with the fowls of the air: yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be gathered together.
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3 Because of this the land mourns, and all who live in it waste away; the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the fish of the sea are dying.
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4 But yet let not any man judge: and let not a man be rebuked: for thy people are as they that contradict the priest.
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4 "But let no man bring a charge, let no man accuse another, for your people are like those who bring charges against a priest.
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5 And thou shalt fall today, and the prophet also shall fall with thee: in the night I have made thy mother to be silent.
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5 You stumble day and night, and the prophets stumble with you. So I will destroy your mother--
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6 My people have been silent, because they had no knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will reject thee, that thou shalt not do the office of priesthood to me: and thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
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6 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.
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7 According to the multitude of them, so have they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame.
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7 The more the priests increased, the more they sinned against me; they exchanged their Glory for something disgraceful.
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8 They shall eat the sins of my people, and shall lift up their souls to their iniquity.
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8 They feed on the sins of my people and relish their wickedness.
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9 And there shall be like people like priest: and I will visit their ways upon them, and I will repay them their devices.
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9 And it will be: Like people, like priests. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.
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10 And they shall eat and shall not be filled: they have committed fornication, and have not ceased: because they have forsaken the Lord in not observing the law.
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10 "They will eat but not have enough; they will engage in prostitution but not increase, because they have deserted the LORD to give themselves
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11 Fornication, and wine, and drunkenness, take away the understanding.
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11 to prostitution, to old wine and new, which take away the understanding
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12 My people have consulted their stocks, and their staff hath declared unto them: for the spirit of fornication hath deceived them, and they have committed fornication against their God.
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12 of my people. They consult a wooden idol and are answered by a stick of wood. A spirit of prostitution leads them astray; they are unfaithful to their God.
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13 They offered sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burnt incense upon the hills: under the oak, and the poplar, and the turpentine tree, because the shadow thereof was good: therefore shall your daughters commit fornication, aud your spouses shall be adulteresses.
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13 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.
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14 I will not visit upon your daughters, when they shall commit fornication, and upon your spouses when they shall commit adultery: because themselves conversed with harlots, and offered sacrifice with the effeminate, and the people that doth not understand shall be beaten.
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14 "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!
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15 If thou play the harlot, O Israel, at least let not Juda offend: and go ye not into Galgal, and come not up into Bethaven, and do not swear: The Lord liveth.
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15 "Though you commit adultery, O Israel, let not Judah become guilty. "Do not go to Gilgal; do not go up to Beth Aven. And do not swear, 'As surely as the LORD lives!'
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16 For Israel hath gone astray like a wanton heifer now will the Lord feed them, as a lamb in a spacious place.
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16 The Israelites are stubborn, like a stubborn heifer. How then can the LORD pasture them like lambs in a meadow?
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17 Ephraim is a partaker with idols, let him alone.
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17 Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!
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18 Their banquet is separated, they have gone astray by fornication: they that should have protected them have loved to bring shame upon them.
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18 Even when their drinks are gone, they continue their prostitution; their rulers dearly love shameful ways.
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19 The wind hath bound them up in its wings, and they shall be confounded because of their sacrifices.
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19 A whirlwind will sweep them away, and their sacrifices will bring them shame.
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