19 If you are willing and obedient,
you will eat the good things of the land.(A)
20 But if you refuse and rebel,
you will be devoured by the sword.”(B)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.(C)

21 The faithful town—
what an adulteress[a] she has become!
She was once full of justice.
Righteousness once dwelt in her,
but now, murderers!

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Footnotes

  1. 1:21 Or prostitute

19 If you are willing and obedient,(A)
    you will eat the good things of the land;(B)
20 but if you resist and rebel,(C)
    you will be devoured by the sword.”(D)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.(E)

21 See how the faithful city
    has become a prostitute!(F)
She once was full of justice;
    righteousness(G) used to dwell in her—
    but now murderers!(H)

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