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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1"Hear this message from the LORD, people of Israel. Indeed, the LORD brings a charge against the people who live in the land— for there is no truth and no gracious love or knowledge of God in the land. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Swearing, lying, murder, theft, and adultery are rampant, and blood mingles with blood. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Therefore the land will mourn, and all who live there will languish, along with the wild animals of the field and the birds of the air. Even the fish in the sea will disappear. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4"Let no one fight or bring charges against another, for my dispute is with you, priest. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5So you will stumble during the day, the prophet also will stumble with you at night, and I will destroy your mother. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6My people are destroyed because they lack knowledge of me. Because you rejected that knowledge, I will reject you as a priest for me. Since you forget the Law of your God, I will also forget your children. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7"The more they increased in number, the more they sinned against me, so I will change their glory into shame. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8They feed on the sin of my people; they purpose in their heart to transgress. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9So it will be: like people, like priest. I will punish them for their lifestyles, rewarding them according to their behavior. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10They will eat, but will not be satisfied. They will engage in prostitution, but they won't increase, because they have stopped listening to the LORD. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11"Sexual immorality, wine, and fresh wine seduce the heart of my people. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12My people seek counsel from their piece of wood, and their diviner's rod speaks to them. For a spirit of prostitution causes them to go astray; in their immorality they desert their God. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13They offer sacrifices on the mountain tops, burning offerings on the hills, under oaks, poplars, and terebinth trees, since their shade is very good. Therefore your daughters are prostitutes and your daughters-in-law commit adultery. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14However, I'm not going to punish your daughters when they commit prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery, because their men are themselves immoral— they offer sacrifices with prostitutes. These people who aren't discerning will stumble. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15"Even though you prostitute yourself, Israel— let not Judah incur guilt— don't go to Gilgal, or visit Beth-aven, or swear an oath using the LORD's name. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn mule! Nevertheless, will not the LORD feed them like a lamb in a broad pasture? |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Ephraim has become entwined with idols; leave him alone! |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18While drinking to excess, they prostitute themselves. They're in love with dishonor. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19A wind storm will carry them away in its embrace, and their sacrifices will bring them shame." |
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