Study Desk

-'But this people has a ^(C1)stubborn and rebellious heart; They have turned aside and departed.

-'They do not say in their heart, "Let us now fear the LORD our God, Who ^(C1)gives rain in its season, Both ^(C2)the autumn rain and the spring rain, Who keeps for us The ^(C3)appointed weeks of the harvest."

-'Your ^(C1)wrongdoings have turned these away, And your sins have kept good away from you.

-'For wicked people are found among My people, They ^(C1)watch like fowlers ^(F1)lying in wait; They set a trap, They catch people.

-'Like a cage full of birds, So their houses are full of ^(C1)deceit; Therefore they have become great and rich.

-'They are ^(C1)fat, they are sleek, They also ^(F1)excel in deeds of wickedness; They do not plead the cause, The cause of the ^(F2)(C2)orphan, so that they may be successful; And they do not ^(F3)defend the rights of the poor.

-'^(C1)Shall I not punish them for these things?' declares the LORD, 'Or shall I not avenge Myself On a nation such as this?'

"An appalling and ^(C1)horrible thing Has happened in the land:

The ^(C1)prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule ^(F1)on their own authority; And My people ^(C2)love it this way! But what will you do ^(F2)when the end comes?