The Case against Israel
Hear now what the LORD says: Jer 22:29Deu 32:1Mic 1:2Ezk 36:1Psa 50:4Deu 4:26Isa 1:2Ezk 36:8
“Arise, plead your case before the mountains,
and let the hills hear your voice.
Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, Hos 12:2Hos 4:1Isa 1:182Sa 22:16Deu 32:22Pro 8:29Psa 104:52Sa 22:8
you enduring foundations of the earth.
For the LORD has a case against His people,
and He will argue it against Israel:
‘My people, what have I done to you? Jer 2:5Isa 43:22-23Jer 2:31Psa 81:13Psa 50:7Mic 6:5Rom 3:19Rom 3:4-5
Testify against Me how I have wearied you!
For I brought you up from the land of Egypt Deu 7:8Exo 12:51Psa 136:10-112Sa 7:23Amo 2:10Exo 15:20-21Exo 20:2Isa 63:9-12
and redeemed you from the house of slavery.
I sent Moses before you,
as well as Aaron and Miriam.
My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled Jos 5:9-10Num 25:1Jdg 5:112Pe 2:15Deu 16:3Jos 4:19Jos 24:9-101Jn 1:9
and what Balaam son of Beor answered.
Remember your journey from Shittim 1to Gilgal,
so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”
With what shall I come before the LORD Psa 51:16-17Rom 10:2-3Psa 40:6-8Act 2:37Dan 3:26Mat 19:16Mrk 5:72Sa 21:3
when I bow before the God on high?
Should I come to Him with burnt offerings,
with year-old calves?
Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, 2Ki 16:31Sa 15:22Psa 51:16Hos 6:6Psa 50:92Ki 21:62Ki 23:102Ki 3:27
with ten thousand rivers of oil?
Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
He has shown you, O man, what is good. Deu 10:12-13Pro 21:3Col 3:12Jer 22:3Hos 6:61Sa 15:22Isa 66:21Pe 3:8
And what does the LORD require of you
but to act justly, to love mercy,
and to walk humbly with your God?
The Punishment of Israel
The voice of the LORD calls out to the city Hos 14:9Rev 3:19Isa 30:27Zep 3:22Ki 22:11-202Sa 21:1Amo 2:5Amo 3:8-15
(and it is sound wisdom to fear Your name):
“Heed the rod
and the One who ordained it.
Can I forget any longer, Amo 3:10Amo 8:5-6Jer 5:26-27Pro 20:10Pro 21:62Ki 5:23-24Deu 25:13-16Ezk 45:9-12
O house of the wicked,
the treasures of wickedness
and the short ephah, which is accursed?
Can I excuse dishonest scales Hos 12:7Lev 19:36Pro 16:11
or bags of false weights?
For the wealthy of the city Hos 7:13Isa 1:23Jer 9:8Isa 3:8Isa 5:7Jer 9:2-6Mic 2:1-2Rom 3:13
are full of violence,
and its residents speak lies;
their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
Therefore I am striking you severely, Psa 107:17-18Act 12:23Deu 28:21-22Hos 13:16Lev 26:16Hos 5:9Isa 1:5-7Isa 6:11
to ruin you because of your sins.
You will eat but not be satisfied, Hos 4:10Isa 65:13Lev 26:26Amo 2:14-16Ezk 4:16-17Ezk 5:12Hag 1:6Hag 2:16
and your hunger will remain with you.
What you acquire, you will not preserve;
and what you save, I will give to the sword.
You will sow but not reap; Zep 1:13Amo 5:11Jer 12:13Deu 28:38-40Hag 1:6Isa 62:8-9Lev 26:20Isa 65:21-22
you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil;
you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.
You have kept the statutes of Omri Jer 51:511Ki 16:25-33Isa 25:8Jer 7:24Psa 44:131Ki 21:25-26Jer 19:81Ki 18:4
and all the practices of Ahab’s house;
you have followed their counsel.
Therefore I will make you a desolation,
and your inhabitants an object of contempt;
you will bear the scorn of the nations. 2”