The Lord Accuses Israel

(A)Hear the word of the Lord, O children of Israel,
    for (B)the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land.
There is no faithfulness or steadfast love,
    and (C)no knowledge of God in the land;

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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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22 “For (A)my people are foolish;
    they know me not;
they are stupid children;
    they have no understanding.
(B)They are ‘wise’—in doing evil!
    But how to do good they know not.”

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22 “My people are fools;(A)
    they do not know me.(B)
They are senseless children;
    they have no understanding.(C)
They are skilled in doing evil;(D)
    they know not how to do good.”(E)

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(A)Hear, you mountains, (B)the indictment of the Lord,
    and you enduring foundations of the earth,
for the Lord has an indictment against his people,
    and he will contend with Israel.

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“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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13 The Lord (A)has taken his place to contend;
    he stands to judge peoples.
14 The Lord will enter into judgment
    with the (B)elders and princes of his people:
“It is you who (C)have devoured[a] the vineyard,
    (D)the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 3:14 Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5

13 The Lord takes his place in court;(A)
    he rises to judge(B) the people.
14 The Lord enters into judgment(C)
    against the elders and leaders of his people:
“It is you who have ruined my vineyard;
    the plunder(D) from the poor(E) is in your houses.

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34 (A)Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For (B)some have no knowledge of God. (C)I say this to your shame.

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34 Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God(A)—I say this to your shame.(B)

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28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, (A)God gave them up to (B)a debased mind to do (C)what ought not to be done.

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28 Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over(A) to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done.

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The Lord's Indictment of Israel and Judah

(A)The Lord has an indictment against Judah
    and will punish Jacob according to his ways;
    he will repay him according to his deeds.

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The Lord has a charge(A) to bring against Judah;(B)
    he will punish(C) Jacob[a] according to his ways
    and repay him according to his deeds.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 12:2 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he takes advantage of or he deceives.

31 The clamor will resound to the ends of the earth,
    for (A)the Lord has an indictment against the nations;
(B)he is entering into judgment with all flesh,
    and the wicked he will put to the sword,
declares the Lord.’

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31 The tumult(A) will resound to the ends of the earth,
    for the Lord will bring charges(B) against the nations;
he will bring judgment(C) on all(D) mankind
    and put the wicked to the sword,(E)’”
declares the Lord.

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Then I said, “These are only the poor;
    they have no sense;
(A)for they do not know the way of the Lord,
    the justice of their God.

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I thought, “These are only the poor;
    they are foolish,(A)
for they do not know(B) the way of the Lord,
    the requirements of their God.

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Judgment on the Nations

34 Draw near, (A)O nations, to hear,
    and give attention, O peoples!
Let the earth hear, and all that fills it;
    the world, and all that comes from it.

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Judgment Against the Nations

34 Come near, you nations, and listen;(A)
    pay attention, you peoples!(B)
Let the earth(C) hear, and all that is in it,
    the world, and all that comes out of it!(D)

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18 “Come now, (A)let us reason[a] together, says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
    they shall be as (B)white as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
    they shall become like wool.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:18 Or dispute

18 “Come now, let us settle the matter,”(A)
    says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
    they shall be as white as snow;(B)
though they are red as crimson,
    they shall be like wool.(C)

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29 (A)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

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29 Whoever has ears, let them hear(A) what the Spirit says to the churches.

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11 (A)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. (B)The one who conquers will not be hurt by (C)the second death.’

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11 Whoever has ears, let them hear(A) what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second death.(B)

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