Why will you still be (A)struck down?
    Why will you (B)continue to rebel?
The whole head is sick,
    and the whole heart faint.

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Why should you be beaten(A) anymore?
    Why do you persist(B) in rebellion?(C)
Your whole head is injured,
    your whole heart(D) afflicted.(E)

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The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch people (A)with fire. They were scorched by the fierce heat, and (B)they cursed[a] the name of God who had power over these plagues. (C)They did not repent (D)and give him glory.

10 The fifth angel poured out his bowl on (E)the throne of the beast, and (F)its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in anguish 11 and cursed (G)the God of heaven for their pain and (H)sores. (I)They did not repent of their deeds.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 16:9 Greek blasphemed; also verses 11, 21

The fourth angel(A) poured out his bowl on the sun,(B) and the sun was allowed to scorch people with fire.(C) They were seared by the intense heat and they cursed the name of God,(D) who had control over these plagues, but they refused to repent(E) and glorify him.(F)

10 The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast,(G) and its kingdom was plunged into darkness.(H) People gnawed their tongues in agony 11 and cursed(I) the God of heaven(J) because of their pains and their sores,(K) but they refused to repent of what they had done.(L)

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To us, O Lord, belongs open shame, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because (A)we have sinned against you. (B)To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him 10 (C)and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by walking in his laws, which he set before us by (D)his servants the prophets. 11 (E)All Israel has transgressed your law and turned aside, (F)refusing to obey your voice. (G)And the curse and oath (H)that are written in the Law of (I)Moses the servant of God have been poured out upon us, because (J)we have sinned against him.

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We and our kings, our princes and our ancestors are covered with shame, Lord, because we have sinned against you.(A) The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving,(B) even though we have rebelled against him;(C) 10 we have not obeyed the Lord our God or kept the laws he gave us through his servants the prophets.(D) 11 All Israel has transgressed(E) your law(F) and turned away, refusing to obey you.

“Therefore the curses(G) and sworn judgments(H) written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured out on us, because we have sinned(I) against you.

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13 On account of your unclean lewdness, because I would have cleansed you and you were not cleansed from your uncleanness, (A)you shall not be cleansed anymore till (B)I have satisfied my fury upon you.

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13 “‘Now your impurity is lewdness. Because I tried to cleanse you but you would not be cleansed(A) from your impurity, you will not be clean again until my wrath against you has subsided.(B)

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O Lord, do not your eyes look for truth?
(A)You have struck them down,
    but they felt no anguish;
you have consumed them,
    but they refused to take correction.
(B)They have made their faces harder than rock;
    they have refused to repent.

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Lord, do not your eyes(A) look for truth?
    You struck(B) them, but they felt no pain;
    you crushed them, but they refused correction.(C)
They made their faces harder than stone(D)
    and refused to repent.(E)

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(A)Turn to him from whom people[a] have (B)deeply revolted, O children of Israel.

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  1. Isaiah 31:6 Hebrew they

Return,(A) you Israelites, to the One you have so greatly revolted(B) against.

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31 (A)the prophets prophesy falsely,
    and the priests rule at their direction;
(B)my people love to have it so,
    but what will you do when the end comes?

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31 The prophets prophesy lies,(A)
    the priests(B) rule by their own authority,
and my people love it this way.
    But what will you do in the end?(C)

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Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations

Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled,
    (A)the oppressing city!
She listens to no voice;
    (B)she accepts no correction.
(C)She does not trust in the Lord;
    she does not draw near to her God.

(D)Her officials within her
    are roaring lions;
her judges are (E)evening wolves
    that leave nothing till the morning.
(F)Her prophets are fickle, treacherous men;
(G)her priests (H)profane what is holy;
    they do violence to the law.

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Jerusalem

Woe to the city of oppressors,(A)
    rebellious(B) and defiled!(C)
She obeys(D) no one,
    she accepts no correction.(E)
She does not trust(F) in the Lord,
    she does not draw near(G) to her God.
Her officials within her
    are roaring lions;(H)
her rulers are evening wolves,(I)
    who leave nothing for the morning.(J)
Her prophets are unprincipled;
    they are treacherous people.(K)
Her priests profane the sanctuary
    and do violence to the law.(L)

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(A)They bend their tongue like a bow;
    falsehood and not truth has grown strong[a] in the land;
for they proceed from evil to evil,
    (B)and they do not know me, declares the Lord.

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  1. Jeremiah 9:3 Septuagint; Hebrew and not for truth they have grown strong

“They make ready their tongue
    like a bow, to shoot lies;(A)
it is not by truth
    that they triumph[a] in the land.
They go from one sin to another;
    they do not acknowledge(B) me,”
declares the Lord.

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  1. Jeremiah 9:3 Or lies; / they are not valiant for truth

28 (A)They are all stubbornly rebellious,
    (B)going about with slanders;
they are (C)bronze and iron;
    all of them act corruptly.
29 The (D)bellows blow fiercely;
    the lead is consumed by the fire;
(E)in vain the refining goes on,
    for the wicked are not removed.
30 (F)Rejected silver they are called,
    for the Lord has rejected them.”

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28 They are all hardened rebels,(A)
    going about to slander.(B)
They are bronze and iron;(C)
    they all act corruptly.
29 The bellows blow fiercely
    to burn away the lead with fire,
but the refining(D) goes on in vain;
    the wicked are not purged out.
30 They are called rejected silver,(E)
    because the Lord has rejected them.”(F)

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30 In vain have I (A)struck your children;
    they took no correction;
(B)your own sword devoured your prophets
    like a ravening lion.

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30 “In vain I punished your people;
    they did not respond to correction.(A)
Your sword has devoured your prophets(B)
    like a ravenous lion.

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34 Our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept your law or paid attention to your commandments and your warnings that you gave them.

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34 Our kings,(A) our leaders, our priests and our ancestors(B) did not follow your law; they did not pay attention to your commands or the statutes you warned them to keep.

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And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?

(A)“My son, (B)do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
    nor be weary when reproved by him.
For (C)the Lord disciplines the one he loves,
    and chastises every son whom he receives.”

It is for discipline that you have to endure. (D)God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline, (E)in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.

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And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says,

“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline,
    and do not lose heart(A) when he rebukes you,
because the Lord disciplines the one he loves,(B)
    and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”[a](C)

Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children.(D) For what children are not disciplined by their father? If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline(E)—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:6 Prov. 3:11,12 (see Septuagint)