1Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of
Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the
inhabitants of the land, because there
is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in
the land.
2By swearing, and lying, and killing, and
stealing, and committing adultery, they break out,
and blood toucheth blood.
3Therefore shall the land mourn, and every
one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the
beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven;
yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
4Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another:
for thy people are as
they that strive with the priest.
5Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and
the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night,
and I will destroy thy mother.
6My people are destroyed for lack of
knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I
will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest
to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy
God, I will also forget thy children.
7As they were increased, so they sinned
against me: therefore will
I change their glory into shame.
8They eat up the sin of my people, and they
set their heart on their iniquity.
9And there shall be, like people, like
priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and
reward them their doings.
10For they shall eat, and not have enough:
they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase:
because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.
11Whoredom and wine and new wine take away
the heart.
12My people ask counsel at their stocks, and
their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of
whoredoms hath caused them to
err, and they have gone a whoring from under their
God.
13They sacrifice upon the tops of the
mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under
oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow
thereof is good:
therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and
your spouses shall commit adultery.
14I will not punish your daughters when they
commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit
adultery: for themselves are separated with whores,
and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the
people that doth
not understand shall fall.
15Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let
not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal,
neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD
liveth.
16For Israel slideth back as a backsliding
heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a
large place.
17Ephraim is joined
to idols: let him alone.
18Their drink is sour: they have committed
whoredom continually: her rulers with shame
do love, Give ye.
19The wind hath bound her up in her wings,
and they shall be ashamed because of their
sacrifices.
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