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52 lines
2.5 KiB
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## Yahweh's Case Against His People
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###### 1
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Listen now to what Yahweh is saying, "Arise, plead your case before the mountains, And let the hills listen to your voice.
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###### 2
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Listen, you mountains, to the case of Yahweh, And you enduring foundations of the earth, Because Yahweh has a case against His people; Even with Israel He will reprove.
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###### 3
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My people, what have I done to you, And how have I wearied you? Answer Me.
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###### 4
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Indeed, I brought you up from the land of Egypt And ransomed you from the house of slavery, And I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
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###### 5
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My people, remember now What Balak king of Moab counseled And what Balaam son of Beor answered him, _And_ from Shittim to Gilgal, So that you might know the righteous acts of Yahweh."
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## What Yahweh Requires
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###### 6
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With what shall I come before Yahweh _And_ bow myself before the God on high? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, With yearling calves?
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Is Yahweh pleased with thousands of rams, With ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn _for_ my transgression, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
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He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does Yahweh require of you But to do justice, to love lovingkindness, And to walk humbly with your God?
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###### 9
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The voice of Yahweh will call to the city-- And it is sound wisdom to fear Your name: "Hear, O tribe. Who even has appointed its time?
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Is there yet a man in the wicked house, _Along with_ treasures of wickedness, And a short measure _which is_ cursed?
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Can I purify wicked scales And a bag of deceptive weights?
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For the rich men of _the_ city are full of violence, And her inhabitants speak lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
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###### 13
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So also I will make _you_ sick, striking you down, Desolating _you_ because of your sins.
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You will eat, but you will not be satisfied, And your vileness will be in your midst. And you will _try to_ remove _something for safekeeping_, But you will not cause _anything_ to escape, And that which you do have escape, I will give to the sword.
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###### 15
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You will sow but you will not reap. You will tread the olive but will not anoint yourself with oil; And the grapes, but you will not drink wine.
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The statutes of Omri And all the works of the house of Ahab are kept; And in their counsels you walk. Therefore I will give you up as an object of horror And your inhabitants as an object of hissing, And you will bear the reproach of My people."
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