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Hear ,
O ye heavens ,
and give ear ,
O earth ;
for the Lord hath spoken :
Children have I nourished and brought up ,
but they have rebelled against me .
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The ox knoweth his owner ,
and the ass his master
s crib :
Israel doth not know ,
my people doth not consider .
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Woe !
sinful nation ,
people laden with iniquity ,
seed of evil
doers ,
children that are corrupt :
they have forsaken the Lord ,
they have incensed the Holy One of Israel ,
they are departed backward .
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Why will ye be stricken yet more ?
ye increase the revolt ?
every head is sick ,
and every heart is faint .
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From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it ;
but wounds ,
and bruises ,
and putrefying sores :
they have not been closed ,
nor bound up ,
nor mollified with oil .
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Your country is desolate ,
your cities are burnt with fire ;
your soil
in your presence ,
strangers devour it ,
and it is desolate ,
as overthrown by strangers .
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And left is the daughter of Zion as a hut in a vineyard ,
as a lodge in a cucumber field ,
as a besieged city .
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Unless the Lord of hosts had left unto us a remnant ever so small ,
like Sodom should we have been ,
unto Gomorrah should we have been compared .
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Hear the word of the Lord ,
ye rulers of Sodom :
give ear unto the law of our God ,
ye people of Gomorrah .
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For what serveth me the multitude of your sacrifices ?
saith the Lord :
I am sated with the burnt
offerings of rams ,
and the fat of fatted beasts ;
and the blood of bullocks ,
and of sheep ,
and of he
goats ,
I do not desire .
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When ye come to appear in my presence
who hath required this at your hand ,
to tread down my courts ?
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Continue no more to bring an oblation of deceit ;
incense of abomination is it unto me :
new moon and sabbath ,
the calling of assemblies
I cannot bear misdeed with festive gathering .
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Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth ;
they are become a burden unto me ;
I am weary to bear them ,
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And when ye spread forth your hands ,
I will withdraw my eyes from you ;
yea ,
when ye make ever so many prayers ,
I will not hear :
your hands are full of blood .
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Wash yourselves ,
make yourselves clean ;
put away the evil of your deeds from before my eyes ;
cease to do evil ;
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Learn to do well ;
seek for justice ,
relieve the oppressed ,
do justice to the fatherless ,
plead for the widow .
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Come now ,
and let us reason together ,
saith the Lord :
though your sins should be as scarlet ,
they shall become white as the snow ;
though they should be red like crimson ,
they shall become like wool .
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If ye be willing and obey ,
the best of the land shall ye eat ;
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But if ye refuse and rebel ,
by the sword shall ye be devoured ;
for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it .
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How is she become a harlot ,
the faithful town !
she ,
that was full of justice ;
righteousness lodged therein ;
but now murderers .
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Thy silver is become dross ,
thy wine is drugged with water ;
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Thy princes are rebels ,
and companions of thieves ;
every one loveth brides ,
and runneth after rewards ;
to the fatherless they will not do justice ,
and the cause of the widow doth not come unto them .
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Therefore saith the Lord ,
the Eternal of hosts ,
the mighty One of Israel ,
Ah ,
I will take satisfaction on my adversaries ,
and be avenged on my enemies .
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And I will turn my hand against thee ,
and purge away as with lye thy dross ,
and remove all thy tin :
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And I will restore thy judges as at the first ,
and thy counsellors as at the beginning ;
after that shalt thou be called ,
The city of righteousness ,
the town that is faithful .
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Zion shall be redeemed through justice ,
and her converts through righteousness .
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But destruction shall come over transgressors and sinners together ,
and those that forsake the Lord shall perish .
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For people shall be ashamed because of the terebinths which ye had desired ,
and ye shall be put to the blush because of the gardens that ye had chosen .
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For ye shall be as a terebinth the leaves of which wither ,
and as a garden that hath no water .
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And the mighty oppressor shall become as tow ,
and his workman as a spark ;
and they shall both burn together ,
with none to quench .