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59Look! Listen! GOD's arm is not amputated—he can still save. GOD's ears are not stopped up—he can still hear.H2005H3068H3027H7114H3467H241H3513H8085 2There's nothing wrong with God; the wrong is in you. Your wrongheaded lives caused the split between you and God. Your sins got between you so that he doesn't hear.H5771H914H996H430H2403H5641H6440H8085 3Your hands are drenched in blood, your fingers dripping with guilt, Your lips smeared with lies, your tongue swollen from muttering obscenities.H3709H1351H1818H676H5771H8193H1696H8267H3956H1897H5766 4No one speaks up for the right, no one deals fairly. They trust in illusion, they tell lies, they get pregnant with mischief and have sin-babies.H7121H6664H8199H530H982H8414H1696H7723H2029H5999H3205H205 5They hatch snake eggs and weave spider webs. Eat an egg and die; break an egg and get a snake!H1234H6848H1000H707H5908H6980H398H1000H4191H2116H1234H660 6The spider webs are no good for shirts or shawls. No one can wear these weavings! They weave wickedness, they hatch violence.H6980H899H3680H4639H4639H4639H205H6467H2555H3709 7They compete in the race to do evil and run to be the first to murder. They plan and plot evil, think and breathe evil, and leave a trail of wrecked lives behind them.H7272H7323H7451H4116H8210H5355H1818H4284H4284H205H7701H7667H4546 8They know nothing about peace and less than nothing about justice. They make tortuously twisted roads. No peace for the wretch who walks down those roads!H1870H7965H3045H4941H4570H6140H5410H1869H3045H7965 9Which means that we're a far cry from fair dealing, and we're not even close to right living. We long for light but sink into darkness, long for brightness but stumble through the night.H4941H7368H6666H5381H6960H216H2822H5054H1980H653 10Like the blind, we inch along a wall, groping eyeless in the dark. We shuffle our way in broad daylight, like the dead, but somehow walking.H1659H7023H5787H1659H5869H3782H6672H5399H820H4191 11We're no better off than bears, groaning, and no worse off than doves, moaning. We look for justice—not a sign of it; for salvation—not so much as a hint.H1993H1677H1897H1897H3123H6960H4941H3444H7368 12Our wrongdoings pile up before you, God, our sins stand up and accuse us. Our wrongdoings stare us down; we know in detail what we've done:H6588H7231H2403H6030H6588H5771H3045 13Mocking and denying GOD, not following our God, Spreading false rumors, inciting sedition, pregnant with lies, muttering malice.H6586H3584H3068H5253H310H430H1696H6233H5627H2029H1897H3820H1697H8267 14Justice is beaten back, Righteousness is banished to the sidelines, Truth staggers down the street, Honesty is nowhere to be found,H4941H5253H268H6666H5975H7350H571H3782H7339H5229H3201H935 15Good is missing in action. Anyone renouncing evil is beaten and robbed. GOD looked and saw evil looming on the horizon— so much evil and no sign of Justice.H571H5737H5493H7451H7997H3068H7200H3415H5869H4941 16He couldn't believe what he saw: not a soul around to correct this awful situation. So he did it himself, took on the work of Salvation, fueled by his own Righteousness.H7200H376H8074H6293H2220H3467H6666H5564 17He dressed in Righteousness, put it on like a suit of armor, with Salvation on his head like a helmet, Put on Judgment like an overcoat, and threw a cloak of Passion across his shoulders.H3847H6666H8302H3553H3444H7218H3847H899H5359H8516H5844H7068H4598 18He'll make everyone pay for what they've done: fury for his foes, just deserts for his enemies. Even the far-off islands will get paid off in full.H5921H1578H7999H2534H6862H1576H341H339H7999H1576 19In the west they'll fear the name of GOD, in the east they'll fear the glory of GOD, For he'll arrive like a river in flood stage, whipped to a torrent by the wind of GOD.H3372H8034H3068H4628H3519H4217H8121H6862H935H5104H7307H3068H5127 20"I'll arrive in Zion as Redeemer, to those in Jacob who leave their sins." GOD's Decree.H1350H935H6726H7725H6588H3290H5002H3068 21"As for me," GOD says, "this is my covenant with them: My Spirit that I've placed upon you and the words that I've given you to speak, they're not going to leave your mouths nor the mouths of your children nor the mouths of your grandchildren. You will keep repeating these words and won't ever stop." GOD's orders.H1285H559H3068H7307H1697H7760H6310H4185H6310H6310H2233H6310H2233H2233H559H3068H5704H5769


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