| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New Living Translation |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1The LORD, the Mighty One, is God, and he has spoken; he has summoned all humanity from where the sun rises to where it sets. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2From Mount Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines in glorious radiance. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Our God approaches, and he is not silent. Fire devours everything in his way, and a great storm rages around him. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4He calls on the heavens above and earth below to witness the judgment of his people. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5“Bring my faithful people to me— those who made a covenant with me by giving sacrifices.” |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Then let the heavens proclaim his justice, for God himself will be the judge. Interlude |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7“O my people, listen as I speak. Here are my charges against you, O Israel: I am God, your God! |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8I have no complaint about your sacrifices or the burnt offerings you constantly offer. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9But I do not need the bulls from your barns or the goats from your pens. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10For all the animals of the forest are mine, and I own the cattle on a thousand hills. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11I know every bird on the mountains, and all the animals of the field are mine. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for all the world is mine and everything in it. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Do I eat the meat of bulls? Do I drink the blood of goats? |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Make thankfulness your sacrifice to God, and keep the vows you made to the Most High. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Then call on me when you are in trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory.” |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16But God says to the wicked: “Why bother reciting my decrees and pretending to obey my covenant? |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17For you refuse my discipline and treat my words like trash. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18When you see thieves, you approve of them, and you spend your time with adulterers. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Your mouth is filled with wickedness, and your tongue is full of lies. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20You sit around and slander your brother— your own mother’s son. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21While you did all this, I remained silent, and you thought I didn’t care. But now I will rebuke you, listing all my charges against you. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Repent, all of you who forget me, or I will tear you apart, and no one will help you. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23But giving thanks is a sacrifice that truly honors me. If you keep to my path, I will reveal to you the salvation of God.” |
| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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