Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
`
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 ,
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 !
Swearing,
and lying, and
murdering,
And stealing, and committing
adultery --
have
increased,
And
blood
against
blood
hath
touched
.
Cursing
and lying, murder
and stealing, and adultery are
rampant;
one
act
of
bloodshed
follows
another
.
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
.
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
.
Only,
let no one
strive,
nor
reprove
a
man ,
And
thy
people `
are '
as
those striving
with a priest.
But
let no man contend;
let
no
man
offer
reproof;
for
your
people are like
those who
contend
with a priest.
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 .
You
will
stumble
by
day, and the
prophet will
stumble
with you
by
night ;
so
I will
destroy
your
mother —
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 !
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.
According
to
their
abundance
so
they sinned against Me ,
Their honour
into
shame
I
change
.
The
more
they multiplied,
the
more
they
sinned against Me ;
they
exchanged
their Glory
for
a
thing
of
disgrace
.
The sin
of My people they
do
eat,
And unto
their iniquity lift
up
their
soul
.
They
feed
on
the sins
of My people and set
their hearts
on
iniquity.
And it hath
been,
like people, like priest ,
And
I have
charged
on
it
its
ways ,
And its
habitual
doings
I
return
to
it
.
And it shall
be
like people, like priest .
I will
punish
both
of
them
for
their
ways and repay
them
for
their
deeds
.
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
.
They will
eat
but
not be
satisfied ;
they will
be
promiscuous
but
not multiply.
For they have stopped
obeying
the
LORD
.
Whoredom
, and
wine, and new wine ,
take the
heart,
Promiscuity
, wine, and new wine take away
understanding.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
.
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
.
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.
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!’
For as a refractory
heifer hath
Israel
turned
aside,
Now doth
Jehovah
feed
them as
a
lamb
in a
large
place.
For Israel
is
as obstinate
as
a stubborn
heifer .
Can
the
LORD
now shepherd
them like
lambs
in an
open
meadow?
Joined to idols `is'
Ephraim,
let
him alone .
Ephraim
is
joined to idols ;
leave
him alone !
Sour
`is'
their drink,
They
have
gone diligently
a-whoring
, Her
protectors
have
loved
shame
thoroughly
.
When
their liquor
is
gone, they
turn
to
prostitution;
their
rulers
dearly
love
disgrace
.
Distressed
her
hath
wind
with
its wings, And they
are
ashamed
of
their sacrifices !
The
whirlwind
has
wrapped
them
in
its wings, and their sacrifices will
bring
them
shame.
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