Hear
the word
of the LORD,
ye children
of Israel:
for the LORD
hath a controversy
with the inhabitants
of the land,
because there is no truth,
nor mercy,
nor knowledge
of God
in the land.
By swearing,
and lying,
and killing,
and stealing,
and committing adultery,
they break out,
and blood
toucheth
blood.
Therefore shall the land
mourn,
and every one that dwelleth
therein shall languish,
with the beasts
of the field,
and with the fowls
of heaven;
yea, the fishes
of the sea
also shall be taken away.
belittle
σμικρυνθήσεται
smikrynthēsetai
Yet let no man
strive,
nor reprove
another:
for thy people
are as they that strive
with the priest.
Therefore shalt thou fall
in the day,
and the prophet
also shall fall
with thee in the night,
and I will destroy
thy mother.
My people
are destroyed
for lack of knowledge:
because thou hast rejected
knowledge,
I will also reject
thee, that thou shalt be no priest
to me: seeing thou hast forgotten
the law
of thy God,
I will also forget
thy children.
As they were increased,
so they sinned
against me: therefore will I change
their glory
into shame.
They eat up
the sin
of my people,
and they set
their heart
on their iniquity.
And there shall be, like people,
like priest:
and I will punish
them for their ways,
and reward
them their doings.
For they shall eat,
and not have enough:
they shall commit whoredom,
and shall not increase:
because they have left off
to take heed
to the LORD.
Whoredom
and wine
and new wine
take away
the heart.
My people
ask
counsel at their stocks,
and their staff
declareth
unto them: for the spirit
of whoredoms
hath caused them to err,
and they have gone a whoring
from under their God.
They sacrifice
upon the tops
of the mountains,
and burn incense
upon the hills,
under oaks
and poplars
and elms,
because the shadow
thereof is good:
therefore your daughters
shall commit whoredom,
and your spouses
shall commit adultery.
top
κορυφὰς
koryphas
sacrifice
ἐθυσίαζον
ethysiazon
oak
δρυὸς
dryos
shade quite over
συσκιάζοντος
syskiazontos
shelter
σκέπη
skepē
I will not punish
your daughters
when they commit whoredom,
nor your spouses
when they commit adultery:
for themselves are separated
with whores,
and they sacrifice
with harlots:
therefore the people
that doth not understand
shall fall.
knead together: beat black and blue
συνεφύροντο
synephyronto
twine together
συνεπλέκετο
synepleketo
Though thou, Israel,
play the harlot,
yet let not Judah
offend;
and come
not ye unto Gilgal,
neither go ye up
to Bethaven,
nor swear,
The LORD
liveth.
For Israel
slideth back
as a backsliding
heifer:
now the LORD
will feed
them as a lamb
in a large place.
Ephraim
is joined
to idols:
let him alone.
Their drink
is sour:
they have committed whoredom
continually:
her rulers
with shame
do love,
Give
ye.
The wind
hath bound her up
in her wings,
and they shall be ashamed
because of their sacrifices.
