"ThereforeI will yetcontendwith you," declaresthe LORD,"And with your sons'sonsI will contend.
Yet you said,'I am innocent;SurelyHis angeris turnedawayfrom me.' Behold,I will enterinto judgmentwith you Becauseyou say,'I have not sinned.'
"Listen,you mountains,to the indictmentof the LORD,And you enduringfoundationsof the earth,Becausethe LORDhas a caseagainstHis people;Even with IsraelHe will dispute.
"You shall not worshipthem or servethem; for I, the LORDyour God,am a jealousGod,visitingthe iniquityof the fatherson the children,on the thirdand the fourthgenerations of those who hateMe,
"Contendwith your mother,contend,For she is not my wife,and I am not her husband;And let her putawayher harlotryfrom her faceAnd her adulteryfrom betweenher breasts,
"Whydo you contendwith Me? You have alltransgressedagainst Me," declaresthe LORD.
"PutMe in remembrance,let us argueour casetogether;Stateyour [cause], that you may be provedright.
The LORDarisesto contend,And standsto judgethe people.
then I Myselfwill setMy faceagainst that manand against his family,and I will cutofffrom amongtheir peopleboth him and allthose who playthe harlotafterhim, by playingthe harlotafterMolech.
He summonsthe heavensabove,And the earth,to judgeHis people:
Listento the wordof the LORD,O sonsof Israel,For the LORDhas a caseagainstthe inhabitantsof the land,Becausethereis nofaithfulnessor kindnessOr knowledgeof Godin the land.
In the wombhe tookhis brotherby the heel,And in his maturityhe contendedwith God.
