4Hear the word of the LORD, people of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the inhabitants of the land: There is no truth, no faithful love, and no knowledge of God in the land!H8085H1697H3068H1121H3478H3068H7379H3427H776H571H2617H1847H430H7762Cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.H422H3584H7523H1589H5003H6555H1818H5060H18183For this reason the land mourns, and everyone who lives in it languishes, along with the wild animals and the birds of the sky; even the fish of the sea disappear.H776H56H3427H535H2416H7704H5775H8064H1709H3220H6224But let no one dispute; let no one argue, for My case is against you priests.H376H7378H3198H376H5971H7378H35485You will stumble by day; the prophet will also stumble with you by night. And I will destroy your mother.H3782H3117H5030H3782H3915H1820H5176My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will reject you from serving as My priest. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your sons.H5971H1820H1847H3988H1847H3988H3547H7911H8451H430H7911H11217The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me. I will change their honor into disgrace.H7230H2398H4171H3519H70368They feed on the sin of My people; they have an appetite for their transgressions.H398H2403H5971H5375H5315H57719[The same judgment] will happen to both people and priests. I will punish them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.H5971H3548H6485H1870H7725H461110They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply; for they have abandoned their devotion to the LORD.H398H7646H2181H6555H5800H8104H306811Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away [one's] understanding.H2184H3196H8492H3947H382012My people consult their wooden [idols], and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of promiscuity leads them astray; they act promiscuously in disobedience to their God.H5971H7592H6086H4731H5046H7307H2183H8582H2181H43013They sacrifice on the mountaintops, and they burn offerings on the hills, and under oaks, poplars, and terebinths, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters act promiscuously and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.H2076H7218H2022H6999H1389H437H3839H424H6738H2896H1323H2181H3618H500314I will not punish your daughters when they act promiscuously or your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery, for the men themselves go off with prostitutes and make sacrifices with cult prostitutes. People without discernment are doomed.H6485H1323H2181H3618H5003H6504H2181H2076H6948H5971H995H3832
Warnings for Israel and Judah
15Israel, if you act promiscuously, don't let Judah become guilty! Do not go to Gilgal or make a pilgrimage to Beth-aven, and do not swear an oath: As the LORD lives!H3478H2181H3063H816H935H1537H5927H1007H7650H3068H241616For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn cow. Can the LORD now shepherd them like a lamb in an open meadow?H3478H5637H5637H6510H3068H7462H3532H480017Ephraim is attached to idols; leave him alone!H669H2266H6091H324018When their drinking is over, they turn to promiscuity. Israel's leaders fervently love disgrace.H5435H5493H2181H2181H4043H7036H157H305119A wind with its wings will carry them off, and they will be ashamed of their sacrifices.H7307H6887H3671H954H2077
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