Isaiah 59:4

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⁴No one calls for justice;^(A)
no one pleads a case with integrity.
They rely^(B) on empty arguments, they utter lies;^(C)
they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.^(D)

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Jeremiah 7:28

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²⁸Therefore say to them, ‘This is the nation that has not obeyed the Lord its God or responded to correction.^(A) Truth^(B) has perished; it has vanished from their lips.

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Hosea 5:1

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Judgment Against Israel

5 “Hear this, you priests!
    Pay attention, you Israelites!
Listen, royal house!
    This judgment^(A) is against you:
You have been a snare^(B) at Mizpah,
    a net^(C) spread out on Tabor.

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Hosea 5:4

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⁴“Their deeds do not permit them
to return^(A) to their God.
A spirit of prostitution^(B) is in their heart;
they do not acknowledge^(C) the Lord.

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Hosea 6:6

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⁶For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,^(A)
and acknowledgment^(B) of God rather than burnt offerings.^(C)

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Hosea 12:2

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²The Lord has a charge^(A) to bring against Judah;^(B)
he will punish^(C) Jacob^[a] according to his ways
and repay him according to his deeds.^(D)

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Footnotes

Hosea 12:2 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he takes advantage of or he deceives.

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Micah 6:2

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²“Hear,^(A) you mountains, the Lord’s accusation;^(B)
listen, you everlasting foundations of the earth.
For the Lord has a case^(C) against his people;
he is lodging a charge^(D) against Israel.