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Hosea 5:5

Good News Translation (US Version)

The arrogance of the people of Israel cries out against them. Their sins make them stumble and fall, and the people of Judah fall with them.

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The arrogance of the people of Israel cries out against them. In spite of everything that has happened, they have not returned to me, the Lord their God.

Virgin Israel has fallen, Never to rise again! She lies abandoned on the ground, And no one helps her up.

He said to him, ‘You bad servant! I will use your own words to condemn you! You know that I am a hard man, taking what is not mine and reaping what I have not planted.

So you actually admit that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets!

Return to the Lord your God, people of Israel. Your sin has made you stumble and fall.

“The people of Israel have built palaces, but they have forgotten their own Maker. The people of Judah have built fortified cities. But I will send fire that will burn down their palaces and their cities.”

I will attack the people of Israel and Judah like a lion. I myself will tear them to pieces and then leave them. When I drag them off, no one will be able to save them.

Night and day you blunder on, and the prophets do no better than you. I am going to destroy Israel, your mother.

My people cry out to me, ‘Even though our sins accuse us, help us, Lord, as you have promised. We have turned away from you many times; we have sinned against you.

“Lord, our crimes against you are many. Our sins accuse us. We are well aware of them all.

All those who make idols are worthless, and the gods they prize so highly are useless. Those who worship these gods are blind and ignorant—and they will be disgraced.

Their prejudices will be held against them. They sin as openly as the people of Sodom did. They are doomed, and they have brought it on themselves.

There are people who think they are so good—oh, how good they think they are!

No matter how often honest people fall, they always get up again; but disaster destroys the wicked.

Wicked people bring about their own downfall by their evil deeds, but good people are protected by their integrity.

You can be sure that evil people will be punished, but the righteous will escape.

Honesty makes a good person's life easier, but the wicked will cause their own downfall.

Your own evil will punish you, and your turning from me will condemn you. You will learn how bitter and wrong it is to abandon me, the Lord your God, and no longer to remain faithful to me. I, the Sovereign Lord Almighty, have spoken.”

Yes, Jerusalem is doomed! Judah is collapsing! Everything they say and do is against the Lord; they openly insult God himself.

Return to the Lord, and let this prayer be your offering to him: “Forgive all our sins and accept our prayer, and we will praise you as we have promised.




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