1The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
2“Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem,…
3Israel was holiness to the LORD, the first…
4Hear the LORD’s word, O house of Jacob,…
5The LORD says, “What unrighteousness have your fathers…
6They didn’t say, ‘Where is the LORD who…
7I brought you into a plentiful land to…
8The priests didn’t say, ‘Where is the LORD?’…
9“Therefore I will yet contend with you,” says…
10For pass over to the islands of Kittim,…
11Has a nation changed its gods, which really…
12“Be astonished, you heavens, at this and be…
13“For my people have committed two evils: they…
14Is Israel a slave? Is he born into…
15The young lions have roared at him and…
16The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have…
17“Haven’t you brought this on yourself, in that…
18Now what do you gain by going to…
19“Your own wickedness will correct you, and your…
20“For long ago I broke off your yoke,…
21Yet I had planted you a noble vine,…
22For though you wash yourself with lye, and…
23“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled.…
24a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that…
25“Keep your feet from being bare, and your…
26As the thief is ashamed when he is…
27who tell wood, ‘You are my father,’ and…
28“But where are your gods that you have…
29“Why will you contend with me? You all…
30“I have struck your children in vain. They…
31Generation, consider the LORD’s word. Have I been…
32“Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a…
33How well you prepare your way to seek…
34Also the blood of the souls of the…
35“Yet you said, ‘I am innocent. Surely his…
36Why do you go about so much to…
37You will also leave that place with your…
