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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.
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Attention all Israelites! GOD's Message! GOD indicts the whole population: "No one is faithful. No one loves. No one knows the first thing about God.
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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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Hear the word of the LORD, You children of Israel, For the LORD brings a charge against the inhabitants of the land: "There is no truth or mercy Or knowledge of God in the land.
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Hear the word of the LORD, O people of Israel! The LORD has filed a lawsuit against you, saying: "There is no faithfulness, no kindness, no knowledge of God in your land.
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By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
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All this cussing and lying and killing, theft and loose sex, sheer anarchy, one murder after another!
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There is only cursing, lying and murder, stealing and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
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By swearing and lying, Killing and stealing and committing adultery, They break all restraint, With bloodshed upon bloodshed.
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You curse and lie and kill and steal and commit adultery. There is violence everywhere, with one murder after another.
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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.
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And because of all this, the very land itself weeps and everything in it is grief-stricken--animals in the fields and birds on the wing, even the fish in the sea are listless, lifeless. [JC]
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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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Therefore the land will mourn; And everyone who dwells there will waste away With the beasts of the field And the birds of the air; Even the fish of the sea will be taken away.
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That is why your land is not producing. It is filled with sadness, and all living things are becoming sick and dying. Even the animals, birds, and fish have begun to disappear.
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Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
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"But don't look for someone to blame. No finger pointing! You, priest, are the one in the dock.
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"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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"Now let no man contend, or rebuke another; For your people are like those who contend with the priest.
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"Don't point your finger at someone else and try to pass the blame! Look, you priests, my complaint is with you!
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Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.
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You stumble around in broad daylight, And then the prophets take over and stumble all night. Your mother is as bad as you.
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You stumble day and night, and the prophets stumble with you. So I will destroy your mother-
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Therefore you shall stumble in the day; The prophet also shall stumble with you in the night; And I will destroy your mother.
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As a sentence for your crimes, you will stumble in broad daylight, just as you might at night, and so will your false prophets. And I will destroy your mother, Israel.
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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.
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My people are ruined because they don't know what's right or true. Because you've turned your back on knowledge, I've turned my back on you priests. Because you refuse to recognize the revelation of God, I'm no longer recognizing your children.
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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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My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
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My people are being destroyed because they don't know me. It is all your fault, you priests, for you yourselves refuse to know me. Now I refuse to recognize you as my priests. Since you have forgotten the laws of your God, I will forget to bless your children.
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As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.
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The more priests, the more sin. They traded in their glory for shame.
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The more the priests increased, the more they sinned against me; they exchanged their Glory for something disgraceful.
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"The more they increased, The more they sinned against Me; I will change their glory into shame.
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The more priests there are, the more they sin against me. They have exchanged the glory of God for the disgrace of idols.
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They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
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They pig out on my people's sins. They can't wait for the latest in evil.
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They feed on the sins of my people and relish their wickedness.
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They eat up the sin of My people; They set their heart on their iniquity.
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"The priests get fed when the people sin and bring their sin offerings to them. So the priests are glad when the people sin!
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And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
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The result: You can't tell the people from the priests, the priests from the people. I'm on my way to make them both pay and take the consequences of the bad lives they've lived.
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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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And it shall be: like people, like priest. So I will punish them for their ways, And reward them for their deeds.
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`Like priests, like people'--since the priests are wicked, the people are wicked, too. So now I will punish both priests and people for all their wicked deeds.
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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.
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They'll eat and be as hungry as ever, have sex and get no satisfaction. They walked out on me, their GOD, for a life of rutting with whores.
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"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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For they shall eat, but not have enough; They shall commit harlotry, but not increase; Because they have ceased obeying the LORD.
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They will eat and still be hungry. Though they do a big business as prostitutes, they will have no children, for they have deserted the LORD to worship other gods.
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Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
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"Wine and whiskey leave my people in a stupor.
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to prostitution, to old wine and new, which take away the understanding
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"Harlotry, wine, and new wine enslave the heart.
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"Alcohol and prostitution have robbed my people of their brains.
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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.
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They ask questions of a dead tree, expect answers from a sturdy walking stick. Drunk on sex, they can't find their way home. They've replaced their God with their genitals.
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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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My people ask counsel from their wooden idols, And their staff informs them. For the spirit of harlotry has caused them to stray, And they have played the harlot against their God.
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They are asking a piece of wood to tell them what to do! 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.
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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.
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They worship on the tops of mountains, make a picnic out of religion. Under the oaks and elms on the hills they stretch out and take it easy. Before you know it, your daughters are whores and the wives of your sons are sleeping around.
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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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They offer sacrifices on the mountaintops, And burn incense on the hills, Under oaks, poplars, and terebinths, Because their shade is good. Therefore your daughters commit harlotry, And your brides commit adultery.
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They offer sacrifices to idols on the tops of mountains. They go up into the hills to burn incense in the pleasant shade of oaks, poplars, and other trees. "That is why your daughters turn to prostitution, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.
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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.
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But I'm not going after your whoring daughters or the adulterous wives of your sons. It's the men who pick up the whores that I'm after, the men who worship at the holy whorehouses--a stupid people, ruined by whores! [JC]
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"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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"I will not punish your daughters when they commit harlotry, Nor your brides when they commit adultery; For the men themselves go apart with harlots, And offer sacrifices with a ritual harlot. Therefore people who do not understand will be trampled.
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Why should I punish them? For you men are doing the same thing, sinning with whores and shrine prostitutes. O foolish people! You will be destroyed, for you refuse to understand.
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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.
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"You've ruined your own life, Israel--but don't drag Judah down with you! Don't go to the sex shrine at Gilgal, don't go to that sin city Bethel, Don't go around saying "GOD bless you' and not mean it, taking God's name in vain.
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"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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"Though you, Israel, play the harlot, Let not Judah offend. Do not come up to Gilgal, Nor go up to Beth Aven, Nor swear an oath, saying, "As the LORD lives'--
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"Though Israel is a prostitute, may Judah avoid such guilt. O Judah, do not join with those who worship me insincerely at Gilgal and at Beth-aven. Their worship is mere pretense as they take oaths in the LORD's name.
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For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
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Israel is stubborn as a mule. How can GOD lead him like a lamb to open pasture?
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The Israelites are stubborn, like a stubborn heifer. How then can the LORD pasture them like lambs in a meadow?
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"For Israel is stubborn Like a stubborn calf; Now the LORD will let them forage Like a lamb in open country.
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Israel is as stubborn as a heifer, so the LORD will put her out to pasture. She will stand alone and unprotected, like a helpless lamb in an open field.
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Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
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Ephraim is addicted to idols. Let him go.
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Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!
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"Ephraim is joined to idols, Let him alone.
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Leave her alone because she is married to idolatry.
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Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.
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When the beer runs out, it's sex, sex, and more sex. Bold and sordid debauchery--how they love it!
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Even when their drinks are gone, they continue their prostitution; their rulers dearly love shameful ways.
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Their drink is rebellion, They commit harlotry continually. Her rulers dearly love dishonor.
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The men of Israel finish up their drinking bouts and off they go to find some prostitutes. Their love for shame is greater than their love for honor.
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The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
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The whirlwind has them in its clutches. Their sex-worship leaves them finally impotent.
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A whirlwind will sweep them away, and their sacrifices will bring them shame.
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The wind has wrapped her up in its wings, And they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
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So a mighty wind will sweep them away. They will die in shame because they offer sacrifices to idols.
