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Isaiah 46:12

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Listen to me, you hard-hearted, far removed from justice:

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This is what the  Lord  says: What fault did your ancestors find in me that they went so far from me, followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?


‘Listen to me, house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth.


But now, in Christ Jesus, you who were far away have been brought near by the blood  of Christ.


Because I know that you are stubborn, and your neck is iron and your forehead bronze,


Listen and hear my voice. Pay attention and hear what I say.


for what makes everything visible is light. Therefore it is said: Get up, sleeper,  and rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.


‘You stiff-necked  people with uncircumcised hearts and ears!  You are always resisting the Holy Spirit. As your ancestors did, you do also.


‘Listen to this, house of Jacob – those who are called by the name Israel and have descended from   Judah, who swear by the name of the  Lord and declare the God of Israel, but not in truth or righteousness.


‘Come, gather together, and approach, you fugitives of the nations. Those who carry their wooden idols and pray to a god who cannot save have no knowledge.


All the people – Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria   #– #will know it. They will say with pride and arrogance,


Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far off. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.


All of us have become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like a polluted   garment; all of us wither like a leaf, and our iniquities  carry us away like the wind.


For the vineyard of the  Lord of Armies is the house of Israel, and the men  of Judah, the plant he delighted in. He expected justice but saw injustice; he expected righteousness but heard cries of despair.


Therefore hear the word of the  Lord,  you scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.


Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil is plundered. The Lord saw that there was no justice, and he was offended.


Those who turn justice into wormwood also throw righteousness to the ground.


Why do you force me to look at injustice? Why do you tolerate   wrongdoing? Oppression and violence are right in front of me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict escalates.





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