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qSee ch. 1:2 Hear what the Lord says:
Arise, plead your case before the mountains,
and let the hills hear your voice.
2 rPs. 50:1, 4; Ezek. 36:4 Hear, you mountains,sIsa. 1:18; See Hos. 4:1 the indictment of the Lord,
and you enduring foundations of the earth,
for the Lord has an indictment against his people,
and he will contend with Israel.
3 “O my people,tIsa. 5:4; [Jer. 2:5, 31] what have I done to you?
uIsa. 43:22, 23; [Mal. 1:13] How have I wearied you? Answer me!
4 ForvEx. 12:51; Hos. 12:13; Amos 2:10 I brought you up from the land of Egypt
andw2 Sam. 7:23 redeemed you from the house of slavery,
and I sent before you Moses,
Aaron, andxEx. 15:20; Num. 12:1, 2 Miriam.
5 O my people, rememberySee Num. 22:5 what Balak king of Moab devised,
and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him,
and what happened fromzNum. 25:1 Shittim to Gilgal,
that you may knowa[Judg. 5:11] the saving acts of the Lord. ”
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b[Hos. 5:6; Heb. 10:4] “With what shall I come before the Lord,
and bow myself beforecIsa. 57:15 God on high?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old?
7 dSee 1 Sam. 15:22 Will the Lord be pleased with1Or Will the Lord accept thousands of rams,
with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
e2 Kgs. 3:27; 16:3; 21:6; 23:10; [Lev. 18:21] Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? ”
8 He has told you, O man, what is good;
andf[Deut. 10:12] what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,1Or steadfast love
and tog[Gen. 5:22] walk humbly with your God?
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The voice of the Lord cries to the city—
and it is sound wisdom to fearhIsa. 30:27 your name:
“Hear ofiIsa. 10:5; 30:32 the rod and of him who appointed it!
10 Can I forget any longer the treasures1Or Are there still treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked,
and the scant measure that is accursed?
11 Shall I acquit the manjSee Hos. 12:7 with wicked scales
and with a bag of deceitful weights?
12 Your rich men arekAmos 3:10; Hab. 1:2, 3 full of violence;
your inhabitantslHos. 7:13 speak lies,
andmJer. 9:8 their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
13 Therefore I strike you with a grievous blow,
nch. 7:13 making you desolate because of your sins.
14 oHos. 4:10 You shall eat, but not be satisfied,
and there shall be hunger within you;
you shall put away, but not preserve,
and what you preserve I will give to the sword.
15 p[Zeph. 1:13; Hag. 1:6] You shall sow, but not reap;
you shall tread olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil;
you shall tread grapes, but not drink wine.
16 For you have kept the statutes ofq1 Kgs. 16:25, 26; [ch. 1:13] Omri,
and all the works of the house ofrSee 1 Kgs. 16:30-33; 21:25, 26 Ahab;
and you have walked in their counsels,
that I may make yousSee 2 Chr. 29:8 a desolation, and your inhabitantssSee 2 Chr. 29:8 a hissing;
so you shall beartIsa. 25:8 the scorn of my people. ”