13 Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thy hands. [1] 14 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities. [2] 15 And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.
CHAP. 6.
1 Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. [3]
2 Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD’S controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.
3 O my people, what have I done to thee? and how have I wearied thee? testify against me.
4 For I brought thee out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee from the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
5 O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.
6 How shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? [4]
7 Will 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? [5]
8 He hath shown thee, O man, what is good; and what the LORD doth require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? [6]
9 The LORD’S voice crieth to the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. [7]
10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? [8] [9]
11 Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? [10]
12 For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
13 Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.
14 Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.
15 Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.
16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and thy inhabitants an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people. [11] [12]
CHAP. 7.
1 Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit. [13]
2 The good man hath perished from the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net. [14]
3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they weave it together. [15]
4 The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy punishment cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
5 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
6 For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.
7 Therefore I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
8 Rejoice not against me, O my enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light to me.
9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he shall plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
10 Then she that is my enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her who said to me, Where is the LORD thy God? my eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets. [16] [17]
11 In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.
12 In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain. [18]
13 Afterwards the land shall be
- ↑ standing...: or, statues
- ↑ cities: or, enemies
- ↑ before: or, with
- ↑ of a...: Heb. sons of a year?
- ↑ body: Heb. belly
- ↑ walk...: Heb. humble thyself to walk
- ↑ the man...: or, thy name shall see that which is
- ↑ Are...: or, Is there yet unto every man an house of the, etc
- ↑ scant...: Heb. measure of leanness
- ↑ count...: or, be pure with, etc
- ↑ For the...: or, For he doth much keep the, etc
- ↑ desolation: or, astonishment
- ↑ when...: Heb. the gatherings of summer
- ↑ good: or, godly, or, merciful
- ↑ his...: Heb. the mischief of his soul
- ↑ Then...: or, And thou wilt see her that is mine enemy, and cover her with shame
- ↑ shall she...: Heb. she shall be for a treading down
- ↑ and from the fortified cities: or, even to the fortified cities
