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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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Hear the word of the Lord, O people of Israel; for the Lord has an indictment against the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or loyalty, and no knowledge of God in the land.
2 Cursing, and lying, and killing, and theft, and adultery, have overflowed, and blood hath touched blood.
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Swearing, lying, and murder, and stealing and adultery break out; bloodshed follows bloodshed.
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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Therefore the land mourns, and all who live in it languish; together with the wild animals and the birds of the air, even the fish of the sea are perishing.
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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Yet let no one contend, and let none accuse, for with you is my contention, O priest.
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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You shall stumble by day; the prophet also shall stumble with you by night, and I will destroy your mother.
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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My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
7 According to the multitude of them, so have they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame.
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The more they increased, the more they sinned against me; they changed their glory into shame.
8 They shall eat the sins of my people, and shall lift up their souls to their iniquity.
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They feed on the sin of my people; they are greedy for their iniquity.
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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And it shall be like people, like priest; I will punish them for their ways, and repay them for their deeds.
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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They shall eat, but not be satisfied; they shall play the whore, but not multiply; because they have forsaken the Lord to devote themselves to
11 Fornication, and wine, and drunkenness, take away the understanding.
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whoredom. Wine and new wine take away the understanding.
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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My people consult a piece of wood, and their divining rod gives them oracles. For a spirit of whoredom has led them astray, and they have played the whore, forsaking their God.
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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They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and make offerings upon the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is good. Therefore your daughters play the whore, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.
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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I will not punish your daughters when they play the whore, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery; for the men themselves go aside with whores, and sacrifice with temple prostitutes; thus a people without understanding comes to ruin.
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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Though you play the whore, O Israel, do not let Judah become guilty. Do not enter into Gilgal, or go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear, "As the Lord lives."
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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Like a stubborn heifer, Israel is stubborn; can the Lord now feed them like a lamb in a broad pasture?
17 Ephraim is a partaker with idols, let him alone.
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Ephraim is joined to idols— let him alone.
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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When their drinking is ended, they indulge in sexual orgies; they love lewdness more than their glory.
19 The wind hath bound them up in its wings, and they shall be confounded because of their sacrifices.
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A wind has wrapped them in its wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their altars.
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