They said to Ěl, ‘Turn aside from us!’ And what did the Almighty do to them?
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They said to Ěl, ‘Turn aside from us!’ And what did the Almighty do to them?
Is it a delight to the Almighty that you are righteous? Or gain, that you make your ways perfect?
For he has said, ‘It does not profit a man that he takes delight in Elohim.’
For you say, ‘Of what use is it to you? What do I gain more than if I had sinned?’
Who have said, “With our tongue we do mightily; Our lips are our own; Who is master over us?”
Indeed, in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocence.
And Pharaoh said, “Who is יהוה, that I should obey His voice to let Yisra’ĕl go? I do not know יהוה, nor am I going to let Yisra’ĕl go.”
Lest I become satisfied and deny You, And say, “Who is יהוה?” And lest I be poor, and steal, And seize the Name of my Elohim.
“Turn aside from the way, swerve from the path, cause the Set-apart One of Yisra’ĕl to cease from before us.”
“I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth. I have not said to the seed of Ya‛aqoḇ, ‘Seek Me in vain.’ I am יהוה, speaking righteousness, declaring matters that are straight.
“You live in the midst of deceit; through deceit they have refused to know Me,” declares יהוה.
“When they were fed they were satisfied. They were satisfied and their heart was exalted, therefore they forgot Me.
“You have said, ‘It is worthless to serve Elohim. And what did we gain when we guarded His Charge, and when we walked as mourners before יהוה of hosts?
“Ask and it shall be given to you, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you.
“Until now you have asked naught in My Name. Ask, and you shall receive, in order that your joy might be complete.