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26 Accuse me; let us go to trial;
    set forth your case, so that you may be proved right.(A)

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26 Review the past for me,
    let us argue the matter together;(A)
    state the case(B) for your innocence.

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18 Come now, let us argue it out,
    says the Lord:
If your sins are like scarlet,
    will they become like snow?
If they are red like crimson,
    will they become like wool?(A)

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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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Let all the nations gather together,
    and let the peoples assemble.
Who among them declared this
    and foretold to us the former things?
Let them bring their witnesses to justify them,
    and let them hear and say, “It is true.”(A)

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All the nations gather together(A)
    and the peoples assemble.
Which of their gods foretold(B) this
    and proclaimed to us the former things?
Let them bring in their witnesses to prove they were right,
    so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”

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33 Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.(A)

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33 Who will bring any charge(A) against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies.

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Let my prayer be counted as incense before you
    and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice.(A)

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May my prayer be set before you like incense;(A)
    may the lifting up of my hands(B) be like the evening sacrifice.(C)

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21 Yet I planted you as a choice vine
    from the purest stock.
How then did you turn degenerate
    and become a wild vine?(A)
22 Though you wash yourself with lye
    and use much soap,
    the stain of your guilt is still before me,
            says the Lord God.(B)
23 How can you say, “I am not defiled;
    I have not gone after the Baals”?
Look at your way in the valley;
    know what you have done:
a restive young camel interlacing her tracks,(C)
24     a wild ass at home in the wilderness
in her heat sniffing the wind!
    Who can restrain her lust?
None who seek her need weary themselves;
    in her month they will find her.(D)
25 Keep your feet from going bare
    and your throat from thirst.
But you said, “It is no use,
    for I have loved strangers,
    and after them I will go.”(E)

26 As a thief is shamed when caught,
    so the house of Israel shall be shamed:
they, their kings, their officials,
    their priests, and their prophets,(F)
27 who say to a tree, “You are my father,”
    and to a stone, “You gave me birth.”
For they have turned their backs to me
    and not their faces.
But in the time of their trouble they say,
    “Come and save us!”(G)
28 But where are your gods
    that you made for yourself?
Let them come, if they can save you,
    in your time of trouble,
for you have as many gods
    as you have towns, O Judah.(H)

29 Why do you complain against me?
    You have all rebelled against me,
            says the Lord.(I)
30 In vain I have struck down your children;
    they accepted no correction.
Your own sword devoured your prophets
    like a ravening lion.(J)
31 And you, O generation, behold the word of the Lord![a]
Have I been a wilderness to Israel
    or a land of thick darkness?
Why then do my people say, “We are free;
    we will come to you no more”?(K)
32 Can a young woman forget her ornaments
    or a bride her attire?
Yet my people have forgotten me,
    days without number.(L)

33 How well you direct your course
    to seek lovers!
So that even to wicked women
    you have taught your ways.
34 Also on your skirts is found
    the lifeblood of the innocent poor,
though you did not catch them breaking in.
    Yet in spite of all these things[b](M)
35 you say, “I am innocent;
    surely his anger has turned from me.”
Now I am bringing you to judgment
    for saying, “I have not sinned.”(N)

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Footnotes

  1. 2.31 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. 2.34 Meaning of Heb uncertain

21 I had planted(A) you like a choice vine(B)
    of sound and reliable stock.
How then did you turn against me
    into a corrupt,(C) wild vine?
22 Although you wash(D) yourself with soap(E)
    and use an abundance of cleansing powder,
    the stain of your guilt is still before me,”
declares the Sovereign Lord.(F)
23 “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled;(G)
    I have not run after the Baals’?(H)
See how you behaved in the valley;(I)
    consider what you have done.
You are a swift she-camel
    running(J) here and there,
24 a wild donkey(K) accustomed to the desert,(L)
    sniffing the wind in her craving—
    in her heat who can restrain her?
Any males that pursue her need not tire themselves;
    at mating time they will find her.
25 Do not run until your feet are bare
    and your throat is dry.
But you said, ‘It’s no use!(M)
    I love foreign gods,(N)
    and I must go after them.’(O)

26 “As a thief is disgraced(P) when he is caught,
    so the people of Israel are disgraced—
they, their kings and their officials,
    their priests(Q) and their prophets.(R)
27 They say to wood,(S) ‘You are my father,’
    and to stone,(T) ‘You gave me birth.’
They have turned their backs(U) to me
    and not their faces;(V)
yet when they are in trouble,(W) they say,
    ‘Come and save(X) us!’
28 Where then are the gods(Y) you made for yourselves?
    Let them come if they can save you
    when you are in trouble!(Z)
For you, Judah, have as many gods
    as you have towns.(AA)

29 “Why do you bring charges against me?
    You have all(AB) rebelled against me,”
declares the Lord.
30 “In vain I punished your people;
    they did not respond to correction.(AC)
Your sword has devoured your prophets(AD)
    like a ravenous lion.

31 “You of this generation, consider the word of the Lord:

“Have I been a desert to Israel
    or a land of great darkness?(AE)
Why do my people say, ‘We are free to roam;
    we will come to you no more’?(AF)
32 Does a young woman forget her jewelry,
    a bride her wedding ornaments?
Yet my people have forgotten(AG) me,
    days without number.
33 How skilled you are at pursuing(AH) love!
    Even the worst of women can learn from your ways.
34 On your clothes is found
    the lifeblood(AI) of the innocent poor,
    though you did not catch them breaking in.(AJ)
Yet in spite of all this
35     you say, ‘I am innocent;(AK)
    he is not angry with me.’
But I will pass judgment(AL) on you
    because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’(AM)

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Not knowing the righteousness of God and seeking to establish their own, they have not submitted to God’s righteousness.(A)

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Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.(A)

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Israel Assured of God’s Help

41 Listen to me in silence, O coastlands;
    let the peoples renew their strength;
let them approach, then let them speak;
    let us together draw near for judgment.(A)

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The Helper of Israel

41 “Be silent(A) before me, you islands!(B)
    Let the nations renew their strength!(C)
Let them come forward(D) and speak;
    let us meet together(E) at the place of judgment.

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“Gird up your loins like a man;
    I will question you, and you declare to me.(A)
Will you even put me in the wrong?
    Will you condemn me that you may be justified?(B)

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“Brace yourself like a man;
    I will question you,
    and you shall answer me.(A)

“Would you discredit my justice?(B)
    Would you condemn me to justify yourself?(C)

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    he who vindicates me is near.
Who will contend with me?
    Let us stand in court together.
Who are my adversaries?
    Let them confront me.(A)

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He who vindicates(A) me is near.(B)
    Who then will bring charges against me?(C)
    Let us face each other!(D)
Who is my accuser?
    Let him confront me!

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21 that he would maintain the right of a mortal with God,
    as[a] one does for a neighbor.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 16.21 Syr Vg Tg: Heb and

21 on behalf of a man he pleads(A) with God
    as one pleads for a friend.

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12 Yet you have said, ‘I will surely do you good and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted because of their number.’ ”(A)

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12 But you have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand(A) of the sea, which cannot be counted.(B)’”

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35 “Or who has given a gift to him,
    to receive a gift in return?”

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35 “Who has ever given to God,
    that God should repay them?”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 11:35 Job 41:11