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Hosea 12:8

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And Ephraim said: But yet I am become rich, I have found me an idol: all my labours shall not find me the iniquity that I have committed.

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Because thou sayest: I am rich, and made wealthy, and have need of nothing: and knowest not, that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.

But they have sought my soul in vain, they shall go into the lower parts of the earth:

Conflicts of men corrupted in mind, and who are destitute of the truth, supposing gain to be godliness.

Which they that possessed, slew, and repented not, and they sold them, saying: Blessed be the Lord, we are become rich: and their shepherds spared them not.

Such is also the way of an adulterous woman, who eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith: I have done no evil.

A generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.

Who will give out of Sion the salvation of Israel? when God shall bring back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

And the heavens shall declare his justice: for God is judge.

Lest thou shouldst say in thy heart: My own might, and the strength of my own hand have achieved all these things for me.

Charge the rich of this world not to be highminded, nor to trust in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, (who giveth us abundantly all things to enjoy,)

And he said to them: You are they who justify yourselves before men, but God knoweth your hearts; for that which is high to men, is an abomination before God.

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

And I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years take thy rest; eat, drink, make good cheer.

But he willing to justify himself, said to Jesus: And who is my neighbour?

Your words have been unsufferable to me, saith the Lord.

Therefore will he offer victims to his drag, and he will sacrifice to his net: because through them his portion is made fat, and his meat dainty.

How canst thou say: I am not polluted, and I have not walked after Baalim? See thy ways in the valley, know what thou hast done: as a swift runner pursuing his course.

And thou hast said: I am without sin and am innocent: and therefore let thy anger be turned away from me. Behold, I will contend with thee in judgement, because thou hast said: I have not sinned.

You have wearied the Lord with your words, and you said: Wherein have we wearied him? In that you say: Every one that doth evil, is good in the sight of the Lord, and such please him: or surely where is the God of judgment?

By the greatness of thy wisdom, and by thy traffic thou hast increased thy strength: and thy heart is lifted up with thy strength.

They shall eat the sins of my people, and shall lift up their souls to their iniquity.

According to their pastures they were filled, and were made full: and they lifted up their heart, and have forgotten me.

Let Samaria perish, because she hath stirred up her God to bitterness: let them perish by the sword, let their little ones be dashed, and let the women with child be ripped up.

A deceitful balance is an abomination before the Lord: and a just weight is his will.

As a net is full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit: therefore are they become great and enriched.

Saying: When will the month be over, and we shall sell our wares: and the sabbath, and we shall open the corn: that we may lessen the measure, and increase the sicle, and may convey in deceitful balances,




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