But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

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You, however, smear me with lies;(A)
    you are worthless physicians,(B) all of you!(C)

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69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

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69 Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies,(A)
    I keep your precepts with all my heart.

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22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

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22 Is there no balm in Gilead?(A)
    Is there no physician(B) there?
Why then is there no healing(C)
    for the wound of my people?

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14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

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14 They dress the wound of my people
    as though it were not serious.
‘Peace, peace,’ they say,
    when there is no peace.(A)

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26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,

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26 She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse.

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17 When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

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17 On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”(A)

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13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.

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13 “When Ephraim(A) saw his sickness,
    and Judah his sores,
then Ephraim turned to Assyria,(B)
    and sent to the great king for help.(C)
But he is not able to cure(D) you,
    not able to heal your sores.(E)

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The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.

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You have not strengthened the weak or healed(A) the sick or bound up(B) the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally.(C)

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11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.

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11 “Go up to Gilead and get balm,(A)
    Virgin(B) Daughter Egypt.
But you try many medicines in vain;
    there is no healing(C) for you.

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13 There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.

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13 There is no one to plead your cause,(A)
    no remedy for your sore,
    no healing(B) for you.

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32 Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the Lord, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the Lord.

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32 Indeed, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,(A)” declares the Lord. “They tell them and lead my people astray(B) with their reckless lies,(C) yet I did not send(D) or appoint them. They do not benefit(E) these people in the least,” declares the Lord.

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I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.

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“I have heard many things like these;
    you are miserable comforters,(A) all of you!(B)

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For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.

Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.

21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.

26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.

27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

29 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.

30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.

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You demanded security(A) from your relatives for no reason;(B)
    you stripped people of their clothing, leaving them naked.(C)
You gave no water(D) to the weary
    and you withheld food from the hungry,(E)
though you were a powerful man, owning land(F)
    an honored man,(G) living on it.(H)
And you sent widows(I) away empty-handed(J)
    and broke the strength of the fatherless.(K)
10 That is why snares(L) are all around you,(M)
    why sudden peril terrifies you,(N)
11 why it is so dark(O) you cannot see,
    and why a flood of water covers you.(P)

12 “Is not God in the heights of heaven?(Q)
    And see how lofty are the highest stars!
13 Yet you say, ‘What does God know?(R)
    Does he judge through such darkness?(S)
14 Thick clouds(T) veil him, so he does not see us(U)
    as he goes about in the vaulted heavens.’(V)
15 Will you keep to the old path
    that the wicked(W) have trod?(X)
16 They were carried off before their time,(Y)
    their foundations(Z) washed away by a flood.(AA)
17 They said to God, ‘Leave us alone!
    What can the Almighty do to us?’(AB)
18 Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things,(AC)
    so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.(AD)
19 The righteous see their ruin and rejoice;(AE)
    the innocent mock(AF) them, saying,
20 ‘Surely our foes are destroyed,(AG)
    and fire(AH) devours their wealth.’

21 “Submit to God and be at peace(AI) with him;(AJ)
    in this way prosperity will come to you.(AK)
22 Accept instruction from his mouth(AL)
    and lay up his words(AM) in your heart.(AN)
23 If you return(AO) to the Almighty, you will be restored:(AP)
    If you remove wickedness far from your tent(AQ)
24 and assign your nuggets(AR) to the dust,
    your gold(AS) of Ophir(AT) to the rocks in the ravines,(AU)
25 then the Almighty will be your gold,(AV)
    the choicest silver for you.(AW)
26 Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty(AX)
    and will lift up your face(AY) to God.(AZ)
27 You will pray to him,(BA) and he will hear you,(BB)
    and you will fulfill your vows.(BC)
28 What you decide on will be done,(BD)
    and light(BE) will shine on your ways.(BF)
29 When people are brought low(BG) and you say, ‘Lift them up!’
    then he will save the downcast.(BH)
30 He will deliver even one who is not innocent,(BI)
    who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”(BJ)

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