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1.9 KiB
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38 lines
1.9 KiB
Markdown
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## Yahweh Will Not Answer
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###### 1
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And I said, "Hear now, heads of Jacob And rulers of the house of Israel. Is it not for you to know justice?
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###### 2
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You who hate good and love evil, Who tear off their skin from them And their flesh from their bones,
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###### 3
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And who eat the flesh of my people, Strip off their skin from them, Break their bones, And spread _them_ out as for the pot And as meat in a caldron."
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###### 4
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Then they will cry out to Yahweh, But He will not answer them. Instead, He will hide His face from them at that time Because they have practiced evil deeds.
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###### 5
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Thus says Yahweh concerning the prophets who lead my people astray; When they have _something_ to bite with their teeth, They call out, "Peace," But against him who puts nothing in their mouths, They set _themselves_ apart for war.
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###### 6
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Therefore _it will be_ night for you--without vision, And darkness for you--without divination. The sun will go down on the prophets, And the day will grow black over them.
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###### 7
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The seers will be ashamed, And the diviners will be humiliated. Indeed, they will all cover _their_ mouths Because there is no answer from God.
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###### 8
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On the other hand I am filled with power-- With the Spirit of Yahweh-- And with justice and might To declare to Jacob his transgression, Even to Israel his sin.
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###### 9
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Now hear this, heads of the house of Jacob And rulers of the house of Israel, Who abhor justice And twist everything that is straight,
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###### 10
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Who build Zion with bloodshed And Jerusalem with violent injustice.
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###### 11
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Her heads pronounce judgment for a bribe, And her priests instruct for a price, And her prophets divine for money. Yet they lean on Yahweh saying, "Is not Yahweh in our midst? Evil will not come upon us."
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###### 12
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Therefore, on account of you Zion will be plowed as a field; Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, And the mountain of the house _of God will become_ high places of a forest.
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