They speak mere words,
taking false oaths while making covenants.
So lawsuits break out
like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

Those who turn justice into wormwood
throw righteousness to the ground.

Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute money.

He took one of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he took away the leading men of the land,

Cursing, lying, murder, stealing,
and adultery are rampant;
one act of bloodshed follows another.

Do horses gallop on the cliffs;
does anyone plow there with oxen?
Yet you have turned justice into poison
and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood

Be sure there is no man, woman, clan, or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the Lord our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Be sure there is no root among you bearing poisonous and bitter fruit.

For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts
is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah,
the plant He delighted in.
He looked for justice
but saw injustice,
for righteousness,
but heard cries of wretchedness.

transgression and deception against the Lord,
turning away from following our God,
speaking oppression and revolt,
conceiving and uttering lying words from the heart.

But they, like Adam, have violated the covenant;
there they have betrayed Me.

For I see you are poisoned by bitterness and bound by iniquity.”

undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, and unmerciful.

unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, without love for what is good,

Make sure that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and by it, defiling many.

The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from heaven. It fell on a third of the rivers and springs of water.

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Summary

They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

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Swearing

But they, like Adam, have violated the covenant;
there they have betrayed Me.
Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute money.
He took one of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he took away the leading men of the land,
undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, and unmerciful.
unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, without love for what is good,

Thus

Be sure there is no man, woman, clan, or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the Lord our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Be sure there is no root among you bearing poisonous and bitter fruit.
For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts
is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah,
the plant He delighted in.
He looked for justice
but saw injustice,
for righteousness,
but heard cries of wretchedness.
transgression and deception against the Lord,
turning away from following our God,
speaking oppression and revolt,
conceiving and uttering lying words from the heart.
Those who turn justice into wormwood
throw righteousness to the ground.
Do horses gallop on the cliffs;
does anyone plow there with oxen?
Yet you have turned justice into poison
and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood
For I see you are poisoned by bitterness and bound by iniquity.”
Make sure that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and by it, defiling many.
The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from heaven. It fell on a third of the rivers and springs of water.

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