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2.2 KiB
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59 lines
2.2 KiB
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# Chapter 6
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1 Hear now what the Lord says:
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“Arise, plead your case before the mountains,
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And let the hills hear your voice.
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2 Hear, O you mountains, the Lord’s complaint,
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And you strong foundations of the earth;
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For the Lord has a complaint against His people,
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And He will contend with Israel.
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3 “O My people, what have I done to you?
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And how have I wearied you?
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Testify against Me.
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4 For I brought you up from the land of Egypt,
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I redeemed you from the house of bondage;
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And I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
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5 O My people, remember now
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What Balak king of Moab counseled,
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And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him,
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From Acacia Grove to Gilgal,
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That you may know the righteousness of the Lord.”
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6 With what shall I come before the Lord,
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And bow myself before the High God?
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Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings,
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With calves a year old?
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7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
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Ten thousand rivers of oil?
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Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
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The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
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8 He has shown you, O man, what is good;
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And what does the Lord require of you
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But to do justly,
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To love mercy,
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And to walk humbly with your God?
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9 The Lord’s voice cries to the city—
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Wisdom shall see Your name:
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“Hear the rod!
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Who has appointed it?
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10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness
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In the house of the wicked,
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And the short measure that is an abomination?
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11 Shall I count pure those with the wicked scales,
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And with the bag of deceitful weights?
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12 For her rich men are full of violence,
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Her inhabitants have spoken lies,
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And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
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13 “Therefore I will also make you sick by striking you,
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By making you desolate because of your sins.
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14 You shall eat, but not be satisfied;
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Hunger shall be in your midst.
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You may carry some away, but shall not save them;
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And what you do rescue I will give over to the sword.
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15 “You shall sow, but not reap;
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You shall tread the olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil;
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And make sweet wine, but not drink wine.
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16 For the statutes of Omri are kept;
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All the works of Ahab’s house are done;
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And you walk in their counsels,
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That I may make you a desolation,
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And your inhabitants a hissing.
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Therefore you shall bear the reproach of My people.” |