Job 12:7-9
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7 “But now ask the beasts, and let them instruct you;
And the birds of the sky, and let them tell you.
8 Or muse to the earth, and let it instruct you;
And let the fish of the sea recount it to you.
9 Who among all these does not know
That (A)the hand of Yahweh has done this,
Psalm 19:1-6
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The Law of Yahweh Is Perfect
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
19 The (A)heavens are telling of the glory of God;
And the (B)expanse is declaring the work of His hands.
2 Day to (C)day pours forth [a]speech,
And (D)night to night reveals knowledge.
3 There is no [b]speech, nor are there words;
Their voice is not heard.
4 Their [c](E)line has gone out through all the earth,
And their utterances to the end of the world.
In them He has (F)placed a tent for the sun,
5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber;
It rejoices as a strong man to run his course.
6 Its (G)rising is from [d]one end of the heavens,
And its circuit to the [e]other end of them;
And there is nothing hidden from its heat.
Footnotes
- Psalm 19:2 Lit a saying
- Psalm 19:3 Lit a saying
- Psalm 19:4 Or sound
- Psalm 19:6 Lit the
- Psalm 19:6 Lit their ends (from the ends)
Jeremiah 5:21-31
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21 ‘Now hear this, O people who are simpleminded fools and without a heart of wisdom,
Who have (A)eyes but do not see,
Who have ears but do not hear.
22 Do you not (B)fear Me?’ declares Yahweh.
‘Do you not tremble in My presence?
For I have (C)placed the sand as a boundary for the sea,
A perpetual statute, so it cannot cross over it.
Though the waves toss, yet they cannot prevail;
Though they roar, yet they cannot cross over it.
23 But this people has a (D)stubborn and rebellious heart;
They have turned aside and gone away.
24 They do not say in their heart,
“Let us now fear Yahweh our God,
Who (E)gives rain in its season,
Both (F)the [a]early rain and the [b]late rain,
Who keeps for us
The (G)appointed weeks of the harvest.”
25 Your (H)iniquities have turned these away,
And your sins have withheld good from you.
26 For wicked men are found among My people;
They (I)watch like fowlers [c]lying in wait;
They set a [d]trap;
They catch men.
27 Like a cage full of birds,
So their houses are full of (J)deceit;
Therefore they have become great and rich.
28 They are (K)fat, they are sleek;
They also [e]excel in deeds of evil;
They do not plead the cause,
The cause of the [f](L)orphan, that they may succeed;
And they do not [g]render justice for the poor.
29 (M)Shall I not punish [h]these people?’ declares Yahweh,
‘On a nation such as this
Shall I not avenge Myself?’
30 “A horrible and (N)appalling thing
Has happened in the land:
31 The (O)prophets prophesy with lying,
And the priests have dominion [i]by their own hand;
And My people (P)love it so!
But what will you do at the end of it?
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 5:24 Autumn
- Jeremiah 5:24 Spring
- Jeremiah 5:26 Lit subside
- Jeremiah 5:26 Lit destruction
- Jeremiah 5:28 Or overlook deeds; lit pass over
- Jeremiah 5:28 Or fatherless
- Jeremiah 5:28 Lit judge
- Jeremiah 5:29 Or for these things
- Jeremiah 5:31 Lit over their own hands
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