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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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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(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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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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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

29 (A)He who has an ear, let him hear 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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55 But (A)you have not known him. (B)I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be (C)a liar (D)like you, but I do know him and I keep his word.

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(A)The godly has perished from the earth,
    and (B)there is no one upright among mankind;
(C)they all lie in wait for blood,
    and (D)each hunts the other with a net.
(E)Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well;
    (F)the prince and (G)the judge ask for a bribe,
and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul;
    thus they weave it together.
The best of them is (H)like a brier,
    the most upright of them a thorn hedge.
The day of (I)your watchmen, of your punishment, has come;
    (J)now their confusion is at hand.
(K)Put no trust in a neighbor;
    have no confidence in a friend;
guard (L)the doors of your mouth
    from her who lies in your arms;[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 7:5 Hebrew bosom

16 (A)Now therefore hear the word of the Lord.

“You say, (B)‘Do not prophesy against Israel,
    and (C)do not preach against the house of (D)Isaac.’

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Punishment Coming for Israel and Judah

(A)Hear this, O priests!
    Pay attention, O house of Israel!
Give ear, O house of the king!
    For the judgment is for you;
for (B)you have been a snare at Mizpah
    and a net spread upon (C)Tabor.

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Yet hear the word of the Lord, O Zedekiah king of Judah! (A)Thus says the Lord concerning you: (B)‘You shall not die by the sword.

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You shall say, (A)‘Hear the word of the Lord, (B)O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing such disaster upon this place that (C)the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle.

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20 Hear, O women, the word of the Lord,
    and let your ear receive the word of his mouth;
teach to your daughters a lament,
    and each to her neighbor a dirge.

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28 And you shall say to them, ‘This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the Lord their God, and did not accept discipline; (A)truth has perished; it is cut off from their lips.

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(A)“Stand in the gate of the Lord's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the Lord, all you men of Judah who enter these gates to worship the Lord. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: (B)Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place. (C)Do not trust in these deceptive words: ‘This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’

“For if you truly (D)amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly (E)execute justice one with another, if you (F)do not oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow, (G)or shed innocent blood in this place, (H)and if you do not go after other gods to your own harm,

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13 (A)“For from the least to the greatest of them,
    everyone (B)is greedy for unjust gain;
and from (C)prophet to priest,
    everyone deals falsely.

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28 (A)“For this the earth shall mourn,
    (B)and the heavens above be dark;
for I have spoken; I have purposed;
    (C)I have not relented, nor will I turn back.”

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Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the clans of the house of Israel.

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