The Sovereign Lord says:
Come back to Me and live! Don't turn to empty ideas that aren't God-inspired; don't expect your stuff to speak up for you at judgment. Come back to the Lord and live! If you don't, God's judgment fire will leave you nothing. Your false comforts won't be able to quench the flames. The way you twist justice makes a bitter pill for the oppressed. You treat the righteous like dirt.
The Lord created the stars, the Pleiades and Orion. God turns darkness into morning and day into night. He draws up water from the oceans and pours it down as rain on the land. The Lord is His name! With blinding speed and power He destroys the strong.
You’re spooked at the thought of honest judges! You despise people who tell you the truth! You scheme for ways to take advantage. It's because of things like this that you'll never really live your dream.
God says I know the vast number of your sins and the depth of your rebellions. Your compromises keep good people down and deprive the poor of justice.
Those who are smart keep their mouths shut--it's an evil time.
Do what’s good and run from evil so that you’ll live! Then the Lord God of Heaven's Armies will be your helper, just as you have claimed. Hate evil and love what's good; let justice infuse all your life.
Maybe it's not too late for the Lord God of Heaven's Armies to have mercy on those who remain.
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