Yet you said,'I am innocent;SurelyHis angeris turnedawayfrom me.' Behold,I will enterinto judgmentwith you Becauseyou say,'I have not sinned.'
I am pure,withouttransgression;I am innocentand there is noguiltin me.
He who concealshis transgressionswill not prosper,But he who confessesand forsakes[them] will findcompassion.
Whyhave we fastedand You do not see?[Why] have we humbledourselvesand You do not notice?'Behold,on the dayof your fastyou find[your] desire,And drivehardallyour workers.
"Now whenyou tellthispeopleallthesewords,they will sayto you, 'For whatreasonhas the LORDdeclaredallthisgreatcalamityagainstus? And whatis our iniquity,or whatis our sinwhichwe have committedagainst the LORDour God?'
"Howcan you say,'I am not defiled,I have not goneafterthe Baals?Lookat your wayin the valley!Knowwhatyou have done!You are a swiftyoungcamelentanglingher ways,
"Whydo you contendwith Me? You have alltransgressedagainst Me," declaresthe LORD.
"ThereforeI will yetcontendwith you," declaresthe LORD,"And with your sons'sonsI will contend.
A clamorhas cometo the endof the earth,Becausethe LORDhas a controversywith the nations.He is enteringinto judgmentwith allflesh;As for the wicked,He has giventhem to the sword,'declaresthe LORD."
"I will spreadMy netoverhim, and he will be caughtin My snare.Then I will bringhim to Babylonand enterinto judgmentwith him there[regarding] the unfaithfulactwhichhe has committedagainst Me.
I was oncealiveapartfrom the Law;but when the commandmentcame,sinbecame aliveand I died;
