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Hosea 4-5

The Charge Against Israel

Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites,
    because the Lord has a charge(A) to bring
    against you who live in the land:(B)
“There is no faithfulness,(C) no love,
    no acknowledgment(D) of God in the land.(E)
There is only cursing,[a] lying(F) and murder,(G)
    stealing(H) and adultery;(I)
they break all bounds,
    and bloodshed follows bloodshed.(J)
Because of this the land dries up,(K)
    and all who live in it waste away;(L)
the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky
    and the fish in the sea are swept away.(M)

“But let no one bring a charge,
    let no one accuse another,
for your people are like those
    who bring charges against a priest.(N)
You stumble(O) day and night,
    and the prophets stumble with you.
So I will destroy your mother(P)
    my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.(Q)

“Because you have rejected knowledge,
    I also reject you as my priests;
because you have ignored the law(R) of your God,
    I also will ignore your children.
The more priests there were,
    the more they sinned against me;
    they exchanged their glorious God[b](S) for something disgraceful.(T)
They feed on the sins of my people
    and relish their wickedness.(U)
And it will be: Like people, like priests.(V)
    I will punish both of them for their ways
    and repay them for their deeds.(W)

10 “They will eat but not have enough;(X)
    they will engage in prostitution(Y) but not flourish,
because they have deserted(Z) the Lord
    to give themselves 11 to prostitution;(AA)
old wine(AB) and new wine
    take away their understanding.(AC)
12 My people consult a wooden idol,(AD)
    and a diviner’s rod speaks to them.(AE)
A spirit of prostitution(AF) leads them astray;(AG)
    they are unfaithful(AH) to their God.
13 They sacrifice on the mountaintops
    and burn offerings on the hills,
under oak,(AI) poplar and terebinth,
    where the shade is pleasant.(AJ)
Therefore your daughters turn to prostitution(AK)
    and your daughters-in-law to adultery.(AL)

14 “I will not punish your daughters
    when they turn to prostitution,
nor your daughters-in-law
    when they commit adultery,
because the men themselves consort with harlots(AM)
    and sacrifice with shrine prostitutes(AN)
    a people without understanding(AO) will come to ruin!(AP)

15 “Though you, Israel, commit adultery,
    do not let Judah become guilty.

“Do not go to Gilgal;(AQ)
    do not go up to Beth Aven.[c](AR)
    And do not swear, ‘As surely as the Lord lives!’(AS)
16 The Israelites are stubborn,(AT)
    like a stubborn heifer.(AU)
How then can the Lord pasture them
    like lambs(AV) in a meadow?
17 Ephraim is joined to idols;
    leave him alone!
18 Even when their drinks are gone,
    they continue their prostitution;
    their rulers dearly love shameful ways.
19 A whirlwind(AW) will sweep them away,
    and their sacrifices will bring them shame.(AX)

Judgment Against Israel

“Hear this, you priests!
    Pay attention, you Israelites!
Listen, royal house!
    This judgment(AY) is against you:
You have been a snare(AZ) at Mizpah,
    a net(BA) spread out on Tabor.
The rebels are knee-deep in slaughter.(BB)
    I will discipline all of them.(BC)
I know all about Ephraim;
    Israel is not hidden(BD) from me.
Ephraim, you have now turned to prostitution;
    Israel is corrupt.(BE)

“Their deeds do not permit them
    to return(BF) to their God.
A spirit of prostitution(BG) is in their heart;
    they do not acknowledge(BH) the Lord.
Israel’s arrogance testifies(BI) against them;
    the Israelites, even Ephraim, stumble(BJ) in their sin;
    Judah also stumbles with them.(BK)
When they go with their flocks and herds
    to seek the Lord,(BL)
they will not find him;
    he has withdrawn(BM) himself from them.
They are unfaithful(BN) to the Lord;
    they give birth to illegitimate(BO) children.
When they celebrate their New Moon feasts,(BP)
    he will devour[d](BQ) their fields.

“Sound the trumpet(BR) in Gibeah,(BS)
    the horn in Ramah.(BT)
Raise the battle cry in Beth Aven[e];(BU)
    lead on, Benjamin.
Ephraim will be laid waste(BV)
    on the day of reckoning.(BW)
Among the tribes of Israel
    I proclaim what is certain.(BX)
10 Judah’s leaders are like those
    who move boundary stones.(BY)
I will pour out my wrath(BZ) on them
    like a flood of water.
11 Ephraim is oppressed,
    trampled in judgment,
    intent on pursuing idols.[f](CA)
12 I am like a moth(CB) to Ephraim,
    like rot(CC) to the people of Judah.

13 “When Ephraim(CD) saw his sickness,
    and Judah his sores,
then Ephraim turned to Assyria,(CE)
    and sent to the great king for help.(CF)
But he is not able to cure(CG) you,
    not able to heal your sores.(CH)
14 For I will be like a lion(CI) to Ephraim,
    like a great lion to Judah.
I will tear them to pieces(CJ) and go away;
    I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.(CK)
15 Then I will return to my lair(CL)
    until they have borne their guilt(CM)
    and seek my face(CN)
in their misery(CO)
    they will earnestly seek me.(CP)

2 John

The elder,(A)

To the lady chosen by God(B) and to her children, whom I love in the truth(C)—and not I only, but also all who know the truth(D) because of the truth,(E) which lives in us(F) and will be with us forever:

Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ,(G) the Father’s Son, will be with us in truth and love.

It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth,(H) just as the Father commanded us. And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning.(I) I ask that we love one another. And this is love:(J) that we walk in obedience to his commands.(K) As you have heard from the beginning,(L) his command is that you walk in love.

I say this because many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ(M) as coming in the flesh,(N) have gone out into the world.(O) Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.(P) Watch out that you do not lose what we[a] have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully.(Q) Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ(R) does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.(S) 10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take them into your house or welcome them.(T) 11 Anyone who welcomes them shares(U) in their wicked work.

12 I have much to write to you, but I do not want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face,(V) so that our joy may be complete.(W)

13 The children of your sister, who is chosen by God,(X) send their greetings.

Psalm 125

Psalm 125

A song of ascents.

Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion,(A)
    which cannot be shaken(B) but endures forever.
As the mountains surround Jerusalem,(C)
    so the Lord surrounds(D) his people
    both now and forevermore.

The scepter(E) of the wicked will not remain(F)
    over the land allotted to the righteous,
for then the righteous might use
    their hands to do evil.(G)

Lord, do good(H) to those who are good,
    to those who are upright in heart.(I)
But those who turn(J) to crooked ways(K)
    the Lord will banish(L) with the evildoers.

Peace be on Israel.(M)

Proverbs 29:9-11

If a wise person goes to court with a fool,
    the fool rages and scoffs, and there is no peace.

10 The bloodthirsty hate a person of integrity
    and seek to kill the upright.(A)

11 Fools give full vent to their rage,(B)
    but the wise bring calm in the end.(C)

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