1“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem.…
2Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD…
3O LORD, do not Your eyes look for…
4Then I said, “They are only the poor;…
5I will go to the powerful and speak…
6Therefore a lion from the forest will strike…
7“Why should I forgive you? Your children have…
8They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after…
9Should I not punish them for these things?”…
10Go up through her vineyards and ravage them,…
11For the house of Israel and the house…
12They have lied about the LORD and said:…
13The prophets are but wind, for the word…
14Therefore this is what the LORD God of…
15Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against…
16Their quivers are like open graves; they are…
17They will devour your harvest and food; they…
18“Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD,…
19And when the people ask, ‘For what offense…
20Declare this in the house of Jacob and…
21“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who…
22Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD.…
23But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts.…
24They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let…
25Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your…
26For among My people are wicked men; they…
27Like cages full of birds, so their houses…
28They have grown fat and sleek, and have…
29Should I not punish them for these things?”…
30A horrible and shocking thing has happened in…
31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule…
