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97 lines
3.2 KiB
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\c 6
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\m
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\q
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\v 1 Now listen to what Yahweh says,
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\q "Arise and state your case before the mountains;
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\q let the hills hear your voice.
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\q
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\v 2 Listen to Yahweh's lawsuit, you mountains,
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\q and you enduring foundations of the earth.
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\q For Yahweh has a lawsuit with his people,
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\q and he will fight in court against Israel."
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\q
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\v 3 "My people, what have I done to you?
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\q How have I wearied you?
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\q Testify against me!
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\q
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\v 4 For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt
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\q and rescued you out of the house of bondage.
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\q I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to you.
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\q
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\v 5 My people, remember what Balak king of Moab devised,
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\q and how Balaam son of Beor answered him
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\q as you went from Shittim to Gilgal,
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\q so you may know the righteous acts of Yahweh."
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\q
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\v 6 What should I bring to Yahweh,
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\q as I bow down to the high God?
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\q Should I come to him with burnt offerings,
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\q with calves a year old?
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\q
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\v 7 Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams,
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\q or with ten thousand rivers of oil?
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\q Should I give my firstborn for my transgression,
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\q the fruit of my body for my own sin?
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\q
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\v 8 He has told you, man,
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\q what is good,
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\q and what Yahweh requires from you:
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\q Act justly,
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\q love kindness,
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\q and walk humbly with your God.
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\q
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\v 9 The voice of Yahweh is making a proclamation to the city—
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\q even now wisdom acknowledges your name:
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\q "Pay attention to the rod,
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\q and to the one who has put it in place.
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\f + \ft Instead of the Hebrew text's reading of \fqa Pay attention to the rod and to the one who has put it into place \fqa* , some modern versions have \fqa Listen, tribe, and those assembled together in the city \fqa* . \f*
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\q
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\v 10 There is wealth in the houses of the wicked that is dishonest,
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\q and false measures that are abominable.
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\q
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\v 11 Should I consider a person to be innocent if he uses fraudulent scales,
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\q with a bag of deceptive weights?
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\q
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\v 12 The rich men are full of violence,
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\q the inhabitants have spoken lies,
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\q and their tongue in their mouth is deceitful.
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\q
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\v 13 Therefore I will strike you with a terrible blow,
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\q and I will make you desolate because of your sins.
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\q
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\v 14 You will eat but not be satisfied;
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\q your emptiness will remain inside you.
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\q You will store goods away but not save,
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\q and what you do save I will give to the sword.
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\f + \ft Parts of this verse are difficult to understand, because there are two Hebrew words in it whose meanings are not known. As a result, various other readings have been proposed that some modern versions follow. \f*
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\q
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\v 15 You will sow but not reap;
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\q you will tread the olives but not anoint yourselves with oil;
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\q you will press grapes but drink no wine.
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\q
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\v 16 The regulations made by Omri have been kept,
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\q and all the deeds of the house of Ahab.
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\q You walk by their advice.
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\q So I will make you, city, a ruin,
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\q and you inhabitants an object of hissing,
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\q and you will bear the reproach of my people."
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\f + \ft The Hebrew text has \fqa you will bear the reproach of my people \fqa* , but an ancient Greek version has \fqa you will bear the scorn of the nations \fqa* . Some modern versions follow this reading. \f*
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