He abandoned the Lord God of his ancestors and did not walk in the ways of the Lord.
Isaiah 1:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Listen, heavens, and pay attention, earth, for the Lord has spoken: ‘I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth! For the Lord has spoken: I have nourished and brought up sons and have made them great and exalted, but they have rebelled against Me and broken away from Me. American Standard Version (1901) Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. Common English Bible Hear you heavens, and listen earth, for the LORD has spoken: I reared children; I raised them, and they turned against me! Catholic Public Domain Version Listen, O heavens, and pay attention, O earth, for the Lord has spoken. I have nurtured and raised children, but they have spurned me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hear, O ye heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the Lord hath spoken. I have brought up children, and exalted them: but they have despised me. |
He abandoned the Lord God of his ancestors and did not walk in the ways of the Lord.
Woe to the rebellious children! This is the Lord’s declaration. They carry out a plan, but not mine; they make an alliance, but against my will, piling sin on top of sin.
They are a rebellious people, deceptive children, children who do not want to listen to the Lord’s instruction.
You nations, come here and listen; you peoples, pay attention! Let the earth and all that fills it hear, the world and all that comes from it.
Yet you are our Father, even though Abraham does not know us and Israel doesn’t recognise us. You, Lord, are our Father; your name is Our Redeemer from Ancient Times.
I spread out my hands all day long to a rebellious people who walk in the path that is not good, following their own thoughts.
Return, you faithless children. I will heal your unfaithfulness. ‘Here we are, coming to you, for you are the Lord our God.
They will come weeping, but I will bring them back with consolation. , I will lead them to wadis filled with water, by a smooth way where they will not stumble, for I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
Listen, earth! I am about to bring disaster on these people, the fruit of their own plotting, for they have paid no attention to my words. They have rejected my instruction.
Now speak a parable to the rebellious house. Tell them, “This is what the Lord God says: Put the pot on the fire – put it on, and then pour water into it!
therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God. This is what the Lord God says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become plunder and a mockery to the rest of the nations all around.
Listen to this message that the Lord has spoken against you, Israelites, against the entire clan that I brought from the land of Egypt:
The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Moreshite #– #what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
Listen, all you peoples; pay attention, earth and everyone in it! The Lord God will be a witness against you, the Lord, from his holy temple.
As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the Lord, with justice and courage, to proclaim to Jacob his rebellion and to Israel his sin.
‘A son honours his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is my honour? And if I am a master, where is your fear of me? says the Lord of Armies to you priests, who despise my name.’ Yet you ask, ‘How have we despised your name? ’
for we are unable to stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.’
And you saw in the wilderness how the Lord your God carried you as a man carries his son all along the way you travelled until you reached this place.
I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live,
Pay attention, heavens, and I will speak; listen, earth, to the words from my mouth.
I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that you will quickly perish from the land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess. You will not live long there, but you will certainly be destroyed.