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Isaiah 46:12

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Listen to me, you stubborn people who are far from being righteous.

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Those who carry out plots against me are near, ⌞yet⌟ they are far away from your teachings.

Wicked people are far from being saved, because they have not searched for your laws.

Listen to this, all you people. Open your ears, all who live in the world—

Brave people were robbed. They died. None of the warriors were able to lift a hand.

So hear the Lord’s word, you foolish talkers who rule the people in Jerusalem.

Open your ears, and listen to me! Pay attention, and hear me!

Come here, you refugees from the nations. Ignorant people carry wooden idols and pray to gods that cannot save ⌞anyone⌟.

Listen to me, descendants of Jacob, the few people left of the nation of Israel. I’ve carried you since your birth. I’ve taken care of you from the time you were born.

Listen to this, descendants of Jacob! You are given the name of Israel. You are descended from Judah. You take oaths by the name of the Lord. You acknowledge the God of Israel, but you are not honest or sincere.

I know that you are stubborn. Like iron, you are hardheaded. Like bronze, nothing gets through your thick skull.

The vineyard of the Lord of Armies is the nation of Israel, and the people of Judah are the garden of his delight. He hoped for justice but saw only slaughter, for righteousness but heard only cries of distress.

Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far away. Truth has fallen in the street, and honesty can’t come in.

Truth is missing. Those who turn away from evil make themselves victims. The Lord sees it, and he’s angry because there’s no justice.

We’ve all become unclean, and all our righteous acts are like permanently stained rags. All of us shrivel like leaves, and our sins carry us away like the wind.

All the people of Ephraim and the people who live in Samaria will know it. With arrogant and conceited hearts they will say,

This is what the Lord says: What did your ancestors find wrong with me that they went so far away from me? They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves.

You, Israel, turn justice into poison and throw righteousness on the ground.

Why do you make me see wrongdoing? And why do you watch wickedness? Destruction and violence are in front of me. Quarrels and disputes arise.

“How stubborn can you be? How can you be so heartless and disobedient? You’re just like your ancestors. They always opposed the Holy Spirit, and so do you!

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

because light makes everything easy to see. That’s why it says: “Wake up, sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”




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