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God’s Word Rejected

‘Abandon your preaching,’(A) they[a] preach.
‘They should not preach these things;(B)
shame will not overtake us.’[b](C)
House of Jacob, should it be asked,
‘Is the Spirit of the Lord impatient?(D)
Are these the things he does? ’
Don’t my words bring good(E)
to the one who walks uprightly?(F)
But recently my people have risen up
like an enemy:(G)
You strip off the splendid robe(H)
from those who are passing through confidently,(I)
like those returning from war.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:6 = the prophets
  2. 2:6 Text emended; MT reads things. Shame will not depart