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Isaiah 46:12

English Standard Version 2016

“Listen to me, you stubborn of heart, you who are far from righteousness:

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Thus says the Lord: “What wrong did your fathers find in me that they went far from me, and went after worthlessness, and became worthless?

“Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been borne by me from before your birth, carried from the womb;

They draw near who persecute me with evil purpose; they are far from your law.

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

Because I know that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew and your forehead brass,

Give ear, and hear my voice; give attention, and hear my speech.

Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek your statutes.

The stouthearted were stripped of their spoil; they sank into sleep; all the men of war were unable to use their hands.

Hear this, all peoples! Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,

for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

“You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.

Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and who came from the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of the Lord and confess the God of Israel, but not in truth or right.

“Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, you survivors of the nations! They have no knowledge who carry about their wooden idols, and keep on praying to a god that cannot save.

and all the people will know, Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria, who say in pride and in arrogance of heart:

Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has stumbled in the public squares, and uprightness cannot enter.

We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting; and he looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold, an outcry!

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

Truth is lacking, and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. The Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.

O you who turn justice to wormwood and cast down righteousness to the earth!

Why do you make me see iniquity, and why do you idly look at wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise.




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