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Hear ,
O heavens ,
and give ear ,
O earth ,
for LORD has spoken .
I have nourished and brought up sons ,
and they have rebelled against me .
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The ox knows his owner ,
and the donkey his master '
s crib , [
but ]
Israel does not know ;
my people does not consider .
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Ah sinful nation ,
a people laden with iniquity ,
a seed of evil-doers ,
sons who deal corruptly !
They have forsaken LORD .
They have despised the Holy One of Israel .
They have gone away backward .
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Why will ye be still stricken ,
that ye revolt more and more ?
The whole head is sick ,
and the whole heart faint .
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From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it , [
but ]
wounds ,
and bruises ,
and fresh stripes .
They have not been closed nor bound up nor soothed with oil .
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Your country is desolate .
Your cities are burned with fire .
Your land--strangers devour it in your presence ,
and it is desolate ,
as overthrown by strangers .
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And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard ,
as a shed in a garden of cucumbers ,
as a besieged city .
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Unless LORD of hosts had left to us a ,
we should have been as Sodom ,
we should have been like Gomorrah .
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Hear the word of LORD ,
ye rulers of Sodom ,
give ear to the law of our God ,
ye people of Gomorrah .
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What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices ?
says LORD .
I have had enough of the burnt-offerings of rams ,
and the fat of fed beasts .
And I do not delight in the blood of bullocks or of lambs or of he-goats .
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When ye come to appear before me ,
who has required this at your hand--to trample my courts ?
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Bring no more vain oblations .
Incense is an abomination to me .
New moon and Sabbath ,
the calling of assemblies--I cannot bear iniquity and the solemn meeting .
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Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates .
They are a trouble to me .
I am weary of bearing them .
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And when ye spread forth your hands ,
I will hide my eyes from you .
Yea ,
when ye make many prayers ,
I will not hear ;
your hands are full of blood .
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Wash you ,
make you clean ,
put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes .
Cease to do evil .
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Learn to do good .
Seek justice ,
relieve the oppressed ,
judge the fatherless ,
plead for the widow .
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Come now ,
and let us reason together ,
says LORD ,
though your sins be as scarlet ,
they shall be as white as snow .
Though they be red like crimson ,
they shall be as wool .
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If ye are willing and obedient ,
ye shall eat the good of the land .
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But if ye refuse and rebel ,
ye shall be devoured with the sword ,
for the mouth of LORD has spoken it .
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How the faithful city has become a harlot !
She who was full of justice !
Righteousness lodged in her ,
but now murderers .
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Thy silver has become dross ,
thy wine mixed with water .
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Thy rulers are rebellious ,
and companions of thieves .
Everyone loves bribes ,
and follows after rewards .
They judge not the fatherless ,
nor does the cause of the widow come to them .
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Therefore says the Lord ,
LORD of hosts ,
the Mighty One of Israel ,
Ah ,
I will ease me of my adversaries ,
and avenge me of my enemies .
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And I will turn my hand upon thee ,
and thoroughly purge away thy dross ,
and will take away all thy tin .
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And I will restore thy judges as at the first ,
and thy counselors as at the beginning .
Afterward thou shall be called the city of righteousness ,
a faithful town .
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Zion shall be redeemed with justice ,
and her converts with righteousness .
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But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together ,
and those who forsake LORD shall be consumed .
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For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired ,
and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen .
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For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fades ,
and as a garden that has no water .
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And the strong shall be as flax ,
and his work as a spark .
And they shall both burn together ,
and none shall quench them .