Hear the word of the Lord, people of Israel, for the Lord has a case against the inhabitants of the land: There is no truth, no faithful love, and no knowledge of God in the land!
‘Have you not noticed what these people have said? They say, “The Lord has rejected the two families he had chosen.” My people are treated with contempt and no longer regarded as a nation among them.
Say, “Hear the word of the Lord, kings of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such a disaster on this place that everyone who hears about it will shudder, ,
‘Stand in the gate of the house of the Lord and there call out this word: “Hear the word of the Lord, all you people of Judah who enter through these gates to worship the Lord.
Israel was holy to the Lord, the firstfruits of his harvest. All who ate of it found themselves guilty; disaster came on them.’ This is the Lord’s declaration.
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?