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God Challenges Israel

Hear what the Lord says:
    Rise, plead your case before the mountains,
    and let the hills hear your voice.(A)

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The Lord’s Case Against Israel

Listen to what the Lord says:

“Stand up, plead my case before the mountains;(A)
    let the hills hear what you have to say.

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29 O land, land, land,
    hear the word of the Lord!(A)

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29 O land,(A) land, land,
    hear the word of the Lord!

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32 “Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak;
    let the earth hear the words of my mouth.(A)

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32 Listen,(A) you heavens,(B) and I will speak;
    hear, you earth, the words of my mouth.(C)

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Judgment Pronounced against Samaria

Hear, you peoples, all of you;
    listen, O earth, and all that is in it,
and let the Lord God be a witness against you,
    the Lord from his holy temple.(A)

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Hear,(A) you peoples, all of you,(B)
    listen, earth(C) and all who live in it,
that the Sovereign Lord may bear witness(D) against you,
    the Lord from his holy temple.(E)

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Blessing on Israel

36 And you, mortal, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say: O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord.

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Hope for the Mountains of Israel

36 “Son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel(A) and say, ‘Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord.

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He calls to the heavens above
    and to the earth, that he may judge his people:(A)

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He summons the heavens above,
    and the earth,(A) that he may judge his people:(B)

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26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that you will soon utterly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to occupy; you will not live long on it but will be utterly destroyed.(A)

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26 I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses(A) against you(B) this day that you will quickly perish(C) from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live there long but will certainly be destroyed.

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But you, O mountains of Israel, shall shoot out your branches and yield your fruit to my people Israel, for they shall soon come home.

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“‘But you, mountains of Israel, will produce branches and fruit(A) for my people Israel, for they will soon come home.

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The Wickedness of Judah

Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth,
    for the Lord has spoken:
I reared children and brought them up,
    but they have rebelled against me.(A)

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A Rebellious Nation

Hear me, you heavens! Listen, earth!(A)
    For the Lord has spoken:(B)
“I reared children(C) and brought them up,
    but they have rebelled(D) against me.

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40 He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the stones would shout out.”(A)

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40 “I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”(A)

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Then the mountains will melt under him,
    and the valleys will burst open
like wax near the fire,
    like waters poured down a slope.(A)

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The mountains melt(A) beneath him(B)
    and the valleys split apart,(C)
like wax before the fire,
    like water rushing down a slope.

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Psalm 50

The Acceptable Sacrifice

A Psalm of Asaph.

The mighty one, God the Lord,
    speaks and summons the earth
    from the rising of the sun to its setting.(A)

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Psalm 50

A psalm of Asaph.

The Mighty One, God, the Lord,(A)
    speaks and summons the earth
    from the rising of the sun to where it sets.(B)

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Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them: O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.

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Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord!(A)

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