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The Lord’s Legal Case against Israel

Listen to the word of Yahweh, you Israelites. Yahweh has brought these charges against those who live in the land:

“There is no faith, no love, and no knowledge of Elohim in the land.
There is cursing, lying, murdering, stealing, and adultery.
    People break my laws, and there is one murder after another.
That is why the land is drying up,
    and everyone who lives in it is passing away.
        Wild animals, birds, and fish are dying.

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The Charge Against Israel

Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites,
    because the Lord has a charge(A) to bring
    against you who live in the land:(B)
“There is no faithfulness,(C) no love,
    no acknowledgment(D) of God in the land.(E)
There is only cursing,[a] lying(F) and murder,(G)
    stealing(H) and adultery;(I)
they break all bounds,
    and bloodshed follows bloodshed.(J)
Because of this the land dries up,(K)
    and all who live in it waste away;(L)
the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky
    and the fish in the sea are swept away.(M)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 4:2 That is, to pronounce a curse on