KJV Easy Read Bible God Pleads with Israel1Hear youp now what the Lord says; Arise, contend you before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. 2Hear youp, O mountains, the Lord’s controversy, and youp strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord has a controversy with His people, and He will plead with Israel. lawsuit; argue 3O My people, what have I done to you? and wherein have I wearied you? testify against Me. 4For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of servants; and I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. 5O My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal; that youp may know the righteousness of the Lord. 6Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before Him with burned offerings, with calves of a year old? Elohimp.f. 7Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? offspring 8He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? Punishment of Israel’s Injustice9The Lord’s voice cries to the city, and the man of wisdom shall see your name: hear youp the rod, and who has appointed it. consider; obey 10Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? short, deficient; disgusting 11Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? 12For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. 13Therefore also will I make you sick in smiting you, in making you desolate because of your sins. 14You shall eat, but not be satisfied; and your casting down shall be in the midst of you; and you shall take hold, but shall not deliver; and that which you deliver will I give up to the sword. 15You shall sow, but you shall not reap; you shall tread the olives, but you shall not anoint you with oil; and sweet wine, but shall not drink wine. JOHN 4:37 16For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and youp walk in their counsels; that I should make you a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing: therefore youp shall bear the reproach of My people. objects of derision or scorn The Trusted King James in an Easy Read Format® is a registered trademarks of Whitaker Corporation. KJVERTM, Word of GodTM, Red Letter OldTM, Old Testament Direct Words of God in RedTM, King James Version Sword BibleTM, and SwordKJVTM are trademarked slogans of Whitaker Corporation. |
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