1Hear the word of Jehovah, ye sons of Israel! For Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land; For there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

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Jeremiah 4:22, Jeremiah 4:22, Micah 6:2, Micah 6:2, Isaiah 3:13

2Perjury, and falsehood, and murder, And theft, and adultery have broken forth, And blood reacheth to blood.

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Hosea 6:9, Hosea 6:9, Hosea 7:1, 1 Thessalonians 2:15, Jeremiah 5:26

3Therefore shall the land mourn, And every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, Together with the beasts of the forest, and the birds of heaven; Yea, even the fishes of the sea shall perish.

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Zephaniah 1:3, Zephaniah 1:3, Isaiah 24:4, Isaiah 24:12, Nahum 1:4

4Yet let no man rebuke, and let no man reprove; For thy people are like those that contend with the priest,

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Deuteronomy 17:12, Deuteronomy 17:12, Hosea 4:17, Amos 5:13, Hosea 4:17

5Therefore shalt thou Fall by day, And the prophet shall fall with thee by night, And I will destroy thy mother.

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Hosea 2:2, Jeremiah 15:8, Hosea 2:2, Jeremiah 15:8, Galatians 4:26

6My people is destroyed for lack of knowledge; Since thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, so that thou shalt no more be my priest; Since thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.

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Isaiah 5:13, Isaiah 5:13, Proverbs 19:2, Proverbs 19:2, Hosea 6:6

7As they have become great, so have they sinned against me; I will change their glory into shame.

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Hosea 13:6, Hosea 13:6, Philippians 3:19, 1 Samuel 2:30, Philippians 3:19

8They feed upon the sins of my people, And incline their hearts to their iniquity.

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Isaiah 56:11, Isaiah 56:11, Micah 3:11, Titus 1:11, Micah 3:11

9And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; I will punish them for their ways, And requite them for their doings.

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Isaiah 24:2, Jeremiah 5:31, Isaiah 24:2, Jeremiah 5:31, Matthew 15:14

10They shall eat and shall not be satisfied; They shall commit fornication, and shall not increase, For they have left off giving heed to Jehovah.

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Micah 6:14, Micah 6:14, Leviticus 26:26, Leviticus 26:26, Haggai 1:6

11Fornication and wine and new wine take away the understanding;

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Proverbs 20:1, Proverbs 20:1, Luke 21:34, Isaiah 28:7, Luke 21:34

12My people ask counsel of their stocks, And their staff revealeth to them. For the spirit of fornication causeth them to err; Yea, they commit fornication, forsaking their God.

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Jeremiah 2:27, Hosea 5:4, Jeremiah 2:27, Hosea 5:4, Habakkuk 2:19

13On the tops of the mountains they sacrifice, And on the hills they burn incense, Under the oak, and the poplar, and the terebinth, Because their shade is pleasant. Therefore your daughters commit fornication, And your daughters-in-law commit adultery;

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Isaiah 1:29, Isaiah 1:29, Ezekiel 6:13, Jeremiah 3:6, Ezekiel 6:13

14I will not punish your daughters, when they commit fornication, Nor your daughters-in-law, when they commit adultery; For ye yourselves go aside with harlots, And sacrifice with prostitutes; Therefore the people that hath not understanding shall fall.

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Hosea 4:1, Hosea 4:1, John 8:43, 2 Kings 23:7, Romans 3:11

15Though thou play the harlot, O Israel, Yet let not Judah offend! Come ye not to Gilgal, Neither go ye up to Bethaven. And swear ye not, saying, As Jehovah liveth!

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Hosea 9:15, Hosea 12:11, Hosea 9:15, Hosea 12:11, Amos 4:4

16For like a refractory heifer is Israel become refractory, Therefore will Jehovah feed them, like a lamb in a wide place.

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Isaiah 7:21, Isaiah 7:25, Jeremiah 3:8, Jeremiah 3:6, Isaiah 22:18

17Ephraim is joined to idols; Let him alone!

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Psalms 81:12, Psalms 81:12, Revelation 22:11, Hosea 4:4, Matthew 15:14

18When their carousal is over, They give themselves up to lasciviousness; Their rulers love shame.

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Micah 3:11, Micah 3:11, Exodus 23:8, Jeremiah 2:21, Micah 7:3

19The wind hath bound them up with its wings, And they shall be brought to shame on account of their sacrifices.

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Isaiah 1:29, Isaiah 1:29, Jeremiah 51:1, Jeremiah 4:11, Jeremiah 4:12