Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Hear the
word of the
LORD
, O
children
of Israel, for the
LORD
has
a case
against
the
people
of the land :
“
There is no truth, no
loving
devotion
, and
no
knowledge of God in the land !
`
Hear a
word of Jehovah
, sons
of Israel, For a strife
`is'
to
Jehovah
with
inhabitants
of the land ,
For
there is no truth, nor
kindness
, Nor
knowledge of God ,
in the land ,
Cursing
and lying, murder
and stealing, and adultery are
rampant;
one
act
of
bloodshed
follows
another
.
Swearing,
and lying, and murdering,
And
stealing, and committing
adultery --
have
increased,
And
blood
against
blood
hath
touched
.
Therefore the land mourns
, and all
who
dwell
in it will
waste
away
with the beasts
of the field and the birds
of the air;
even
the fish
of the sea disappear
.
Therefore mourn
doth
the land, And weak
is
every
dweller
in it ,
With the beast
of the field ,
And with
the fowl
of the heavens,
And
the fishes
of the sea --
they
are
removed
.
But
let
no
man
contend;
let no man offer
reproof;
for
your
people are like
those who
contend
with a priest.
Only,
let no one
strive,
nor
reprove
a
man ,
And
thy
people `
are '
as
those striving
with a priest.
You
will
stumble
by
day, and the
prophet will
stumble
with you
by
night ;
so
I will
destroy
your
mother —
And
thou
hast
stumbled
in
the
day, And stumbled
hath
also
a
prophet with thee
in
the
night ,
And
I have
cut
off
thy
mother .
My people are
destroyed
for lack of knowledge .
Because you
have
rejected
knowledge, I will
also
reject you
as
My
priests.
Since
you
have
forgotten
the law of your
God, I will
also
forget your
children.
Cut
off
have
been
My people for lack of knowledge ,
Because thou
knowledge hast
rejected
, I reject thee
from
being
priest
to
Me,
And
thou
forgettest
the law of thy
God, I forget thy
sons,
I
also!
The
more
they
multiplied,
the
more
they sinned against Me ;
they
exchanged
their Glory
for
a
thing
of
disgrace
.
According
to
their
abundance
so
they sinned against Me ,
Their honour
into
shame
I
change
.
They
feed
on
the sins
of My people and set
their hearts
on
iniquity.
The sin
of My people they
do
eat,
And unto
their iniquity lift
up
their
soul
.
And it shall
be
like people, like priest .
I will
punish
both
of
them
for
their
ways and repay
them
for
their
deeds
.
And it hath
been,
like people, like priest ,
And
I have
charged
on
it
its
ways ,
And its
habitual
doings
I
return
to
it
.
They will
eat
but
not be
satisfied ;
they will
be
promiscuous
but
not multiply.
For they have stopped
obeying
the
LORD
.
And
they have
eaten,
and
are
not satisfied ,
They have
gone
a-whoring,
and
increase
not ,
For they have left
off
taking
heed
to
Jehovah
.
Promiscuity
, wine, and new wine take away
understanding.
Whoredom
, and
wine, and new wine ,
take the
heart,
My people consult
their
wooden
idols,
and their
divining
rods
inform
them.
For a spirit of prostitution
leads
them
astray
and they have
played
the
harlot
against
their God.
My people at
its
staff
asketh
and its
rod
declareth
to
it,
For a spirit of whoredoms
hath
caused
to
err,
And they go
a-whoring
from
under
their God.
They
sacrifice
on the mountaintops
and burn
offerings
on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because
their
shade
is pleasant.
And
so
your
daughters
turn
to
prostitution
and
your
daughters-in-law
to
adultery
.
On tops
of
the mountains
they
do
sacrifice,
And on the hills they
make
perfume
, Under oak, and
poplar, and terebinth, For
good
`
is '
its
shade
.
I will
not punish
your daughters when they prostitute
themselves
, nor
your daughters-in-law
when they commit adultery .
For the
men
themselves
go
off
with prostitutes
and offer
sacrifices
with shrine
prostitutes.
So
a people without
understanding
will
come
to
ruin
.
Therefore
commit
whoredom
do
your
daughters,
And
your
spouses
commit
adultery,
I do
not see
after
your daughters when they commit
whoredom
, And
after
your spouses
when they commit adultery ,
For they
with the
harlots
are
separated,
And with the
whores
they
do
sacrifice,
A people that
doth
not
understand
kicketh
.
Though you
prostitute
yourself
, O Israel, may
Judah avoid
such
guilt!
Do
not journey
to Gilgal, do
not
go up to Beth-aven, and
do
not
swear on
oath
, ‘As
surely
as
the
LORD
lives!’
Though a
harlot
thou
`art'
, O Israel, Let
not
Judah become
guilty,
And
come
not ye
in
to Gilgal, nor
go up to Beth-Aven, Nor
swear ye
, Jehovah
liveth.
For Israel
is
as obstinate
as
a stubborn
heifer .
Can
the
LORD
now shepherd
them like
lambs
in an
open
meadow?
For as a refractory
heifer hath
Israel
turned
aside,
Now doth
Jehovah
feed
them as
a
lamb
in a
large
place.
Ephraim
is
joined to idols ;
leave
him alone !
Joined to idols `is'
Ephraim,
let
him alone .
When
their
liquor
is gone
, they turn
to
prostitution;
their
rulers
dearly
love
disgrace
.
Sour
`
is '
their
drink
, They have
gone
diligently
a-whoring,
Her
protectors
have
loved
shame
thoroughly
.
The
whirlwind
has
wrapped
them
in
its wings, and their sacrifices will
bring
them
shame.
Distressed
her
hath
wind
with
its wings, And they
are
ashamed
of
their sacrifices !
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