7 I brought you into aa bountiful country,
To eat its fruit and its goodness.
But when you entered, you bdefiled My land
And made My heritage an abomination.
To eat its fruit and its goodness.
But when you entered, you bdefiled My land
And made My heritage an abomination.
8 The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’
And those who handle the alaw did not know Me;
The rulers also transgressed against Me;
bThe prophets prophesied by Baal,
And walked after things that do not profit.
And those who handle the alaw did not know Me;
The rulers also transgressed against Me;
bThe prophets prophesied by Baal,
And walked after things that do not profit.
9 “Therefore aI will yet bring charges against you,” says the Lord,
“And against your children’s children I will bring charges.
“And against your children’s children I will bring charges.
10 For pass beyond the coasts of1 Cyprus and see,
Send to1 Kedar and consider diligently,
And see if there has been such a athing.
Send to1 Kedar and consider diligently,
And see if there has been such a athing.
11 aHas a nation changed its gods,
Which are bnot gods?
cBut My people have changed their Glory
For what does not profit.
Which are bnot gods?
cBut My people have changed their Glory
For what does not profit.
13 “For My people have committed two evils:
They have forsaken Me, the afountain of living waters,
And hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water.
They have forsaken Me, the afountain of living waters,
And hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water.
15 aThe young lions roared at him, and growled;
They made his land waste;
His cities are burned, without inhabitant.
They made his land waste;
His cities are burned, without inhabitant.
17 aHave you not brought this on yourself,
In that you have forsaken the Lord your God
When bHe led you in the way?
In that you have forsaken the Lord your God
When bHe led you in the way?
18 And now why take athe road to Egypt,
To drink the waters of1 bSihor?
Or why take the road to cAssyria,
To drink the waters of the River?
To drink the waters of1 bSihor?
Or why take the road to cAssyria,
To drink the waters of the River?
19 Your own wickedness will acorrect you,
And your backslidings will rebuke you.
Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing
That you have forsaken the Lord your God,
And the1 fear of Me is not in you,”
Says the Lord God of hosts.
And your backslidings will rebuke you.
Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing
That you have forsaken the Lord your God,
And the1 fear of Me is not in you,”
Says the Lord God of hosts.
20 “For of old I have abroken your yoke and burst your bonds;
And byou said, ‘I will not transgress,’
When con every high hill and under every green tree
You lay down, dplaying the harlot.
And byou said, ‘I will not transgress,’
When con every high hill and under every green tree
You lay down, dplaying the harlot.
21 Yet I had aplanted you a noble vine, a seed of highest quality.
How then have you turned before Me
Into bthe degenerate plant of an alien vine?
How then have you turned before Me
Into bthe degenerate plant of an alien vine?
22 For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap,
Yet your iniquity is amarked before Me,” says the Lord God.
Yet your iniquity is amarked before Me,” says the Lord God.
23 “Howa can you say, ‘I am not polluted,
I have not gone after the Baals’?
See your way in the valley;
Know what you have done:
You are a swift dromedary breaking loose in her ways,
I have not gone after the Baals’?
See your way in the valley;
Know what you have done:
You are a swift dromedary breaking loose in her ways,
24 A wild donkey used to the wilderness,
That sniffs at the wind in her desire;
In her time of mating, who can turn her away?
All those who seek her will not weary themselves;
In her month they will find her.
That sniffs at the wind in her desire;
In her time of mating, who can turn her away?
All those who seek her will not weary themselves;
In her month they will find her.
25 Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst.
But you said, a‘There is no hope.
No! For I have loved baliens, and after them I will go.’
But you said, a‘There is no hope.
No! For I have loved baliens, and after them I will go.’
26 “As the thief is ashamed when he is found out,
So is the house of Israel ashamed;
They and their kings and their princes, and their priests and their aprophets,
So is the house of Israel ashamed;
They and their kings and their princes, and their priests and their aprophets,
27 Saying to a tree, ‘You are my father,’
And to a astone, ‘You gave birth to me.’
For they have turned their back to Me, and not their face.
But in the time of their btrouble
They will say, ‘Arise and save us.’
And to a astone, ‘You gave birth to me.’
For they have turned their back to Me, and not their face.
But in the time of their btrouble
They will say, ‘Arise and save us.’
28 But awhere are your gods that you have made for yourselves?
Let them arise,
If they bcan save you in the time of your1 trouble;
For caccording to the number of your cities
Are your gods, O Judah.
Let them arise,
If they bcan save you in the time of your1 trouble;
For caccording to the number of your cities
Are your gods, O Judah.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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