1Hear[H8085] the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068], ye children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]: for the LORD[H3068] hath a controversy[H7379] with the inhabitants[H3427] of the land[H776], because there is no truth[H571], nor mercy[H2617], nor knowledge[H1847] of God[H430] in the land[H776].
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By swearing[H422], and lying[H3584], and killing[H7523], and stealing[H1589], and committing adultery[H5003], they break out[H6555], and blood[H1818]toucheth[H5060]blood[H1818].
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Therefore shall the land[H776]mourn[H56], and every one that dwelleth[H3427] therein shall languish[H535], with the beasts[H2416] of the field[H7704], and with the fowls[H5775] of heaven[H8064]; yea, the fishes[H1709] of the sea[H3220] also shall be taken away[H622].
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Yet let no man[H376]strive[H7378], nor reprove[H3198]another[H376]: for thy people[H5971] are as they that strive[H7378] with the priest[H3548].
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Therefore shalt thou fall[H3782] in the day[H3117], and the prophet[H5030] also shall fall[H3782] with thee in the night[H3915], and I will destroy[H1820] thy mother[H517].
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My people[H5971] are destroyed[H1820] for lack of knowledge[H1847]: because thou hast rejected[H3988]knowledge[H1847], I will also reject[H3988] thee, that thou shalt be no priest[H3547] to me: seeing thou hast forgotten[H7911] the law[H8451] of thy God[H430], I will also forget[H7911] thy children[H1121].
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As they were increased[H7230], so they sinned[H2398] against me: therefore will I change[H4171] their glory[H3519] into shame[H7036].
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They eat up[H398] the sin[H2403] of my people[H5971], and they set[H5375] their heart[H5315] on their iniquity[H5771].
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And there shall be, like people[H5971], like priest[H3548]: and I will punish[H6485] them for their ways[H1870], and reward[H7725] them their doings[H4611].
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For they shall eat[H398], and not have enough[H7646]: they shall commit whoredom[H2181], and shall not increase[H6555]: because they have left off[H5800] to take heed[H8104] to the LORD[H3068].
11Whoredom[H2184] and wine[H3196] and new wine[H8492] take away[H3947] the heart[H3820].
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My people[H5971]ask[H7592] counsel at their stocks[H6086], and their staff[H4731]declareth[H5046] unto them: for the spirit[H7307] of whoredoms[H2183] hath caused them to err[H8582], and they have gone a whoring[H2181] from under their God[H430].
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They sacrifice[H2076] upon the tops[H7218] of the mountains[H2022], and burn incense[H6999] upon the hills[H1389], under oaks[H437] and poplars[H3839] and elms[H424], because the shadow[H6738] thereof is good[H2896]: therefore your daughters[H1323] shall commit whoredom[H2181], and your spouses[H3618] shall commit adultery[H5003].
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I will not punish[H6485] your daughters[H1323] when they commit whoredom[H2181], nor your spouses[H3618] when they commit adultery[H5003]: for themselves are separated[H6504] with whores[H2181], and they sacrifice[H2076] with harlots[H6948]: therefore the people[H5971] that doth not understand[H995] shall fall[H3832].
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Though thou, Israel[H3478], play the harlot[H2181], yet let not Judah[H3063]offend[H816]; and come[H935] not ye unto Gilgal[H1537], neither go ye up[H5927] to Bethaven[H1007], nor swear[H7650], The LORD[H3068]liveth[H2416].
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For Israel[H3478] slideth back[H5637] as a backsliding[H5637]heifer[H6510]: now the LORD[H3068] will feed[H7462] them as a lamb[H3532] in a large place[H4800].
17Ephraim[H669] is joined[H2266] to idols[H6091]: let him alone[H3240].
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Their drink[H5435] is sour[H5493]: they have committed whoredom[H2181]continually[H2181]: her rulers[H4043] with shame[H7036] do love[H157], Give[H3051] ye.
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The wind[H7307] hath bound her up[H6887] in her wings[H3671], and they shall be ashamed[H954] because of their sacrifices[H2077].