The Charge Against Israel

Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites,
    because the Lord has a charge(A) to bring
    against you who live in the land:(B)
“There is no faithfulness,(C) no love,
    no acknowledgment(D) of God in the land.(E)

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The Lord accuses Israel

Israelites, listen to the Lord's message! The Lord accuses the people who live in Israel of these bad things:[a]

‘Nobody in the land of Israel is faithful. They have no true love. They do not want to know God.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:1 It is like God is accusing his people in a court of law. They have not been faithful to him or obeyed his covenant with them.

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

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Listen, you mountains.
Hear this, you strong places that have always been there deep in the earth.
The Lord has a quarrel with Israel's people.
Hear the reasons why the Lord is angry with you, his people.’

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