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Isaiah 5:19

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And you say, "Let the holy God of Israel hurry up and do what he has promised, so we can see it for ourselves."

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Stop telling us what God has said! We don't want to hear any more about the holy God of Israel.

If you tremble when the LORD speaks, listen to what he says: "Some of your own people hate and reject you because of me. They make fun and say, 'Let the LORD show his power! Let us see him make you truly happy.' But those who say these things will be terribly ashamed."

The people of Judah say to me, "Jeremiah, you claimed to tell us what the LORD has said. So why hasn't it come true?"

But I, the LORD, tell you that these prophets have never attended a meeting of my council in heaven or heard me speak.

It seems that you each have your own news! So if you say, "Here is news from the LORD," you are twisting my words into a lie. Remember that I am your God, the LORD All-Powerful.

But every time Jehudi finished reading three or four columns, the king would tell him to cut them off with his penknife and throw them in the fire. Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah begged the king not to burn the scroll, but he ignored them, and soon there was nothing left of it. The king and his servants listened to what was written on the scroll, but they were not afraid, and they did not tear their clothes in sorrow.

Ezekiel, son of man, you've heard people in Israel use the saying, "Time passes, and prophets are proved wrong."

"We don't have a king," you will say. "We don't fear the LORD. And what good are kings?"

You have worn out the LORD with your words. And yet, you ask, "How did we do that?" You did it by saying, "The LORD is pleased with evil and doesn't care about justice."




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