Moreover, the pride of Israel testifies against him,
And Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity;
Judah also has stumbled with them.

Though the pride of Israel testifies against him,
Yet they have not returned to the Lord their God,
Nor have they sought Him, for all this.

You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore I will give her cup into your hand.’

Also Judah did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the customs which Israel had introduced.

The righteousness of the blameless will smooth his way,
But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.

Assuredly, the evil man will not go unpunished,
But the descendants of the righteous will be delivered.

The wicked is thrust down by his wrongdoing,
But the righteous has a refuge when he dies.

For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again,
But the wicked stumble in time of calamity.

There is a kind—oh how lofty are his eyes!
And his eyelids are raised in arrogance.

The expression of their faces bears witness against them,
And they display their sin like Sodom;
They do not even conceal it.
Woe to them!
For they have brought evil on themselves.

And all the people know it,
That is, Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria,
Asserting in pride and in arrogance of heart:

Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim,
And to the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
Which is at the head of the fertile valley
Of those who are overcome with wine!

Those who fashion a graven image are all of them futile, and their precious things are of no profit; even their own witnesses fail to see or know, so that they will be put to shame.

For our transgressions are multiplied before You,
And our sins testify against us;
For our transgressions are with us,
And we know our iniquities:

“Although our iniquities testify against us,
O Lord, act for Your name’s sake!
Truly our apostasies have been many,
We have sinned against You.

So you will stumble by day,
And the prophet also will stumble with you by night;
And I will destroy your mother.

For I will be like a lion to Ephraim
And like a young lion to the house of Judah.
I, even I, will tear to pieces and go away,
I will carry away, and there will be none to deliver.

For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces;
And Judah has multiplied fortified cities,
But I will send a fire on its cities that it may consume its palatial dwellings.

Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God,
For you have stumbled because of your iniquity.

Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of Judah and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they rejected the law of the Lord
And have not kept His statutes;
Their lies also have led them astray,
Those after which their fathers walked.

She has fallen, she will not rise again—
The virgin Israel.
She lies neglected on her land;
There is none to raise her up.

So you testify against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.

He *said to him, ‘By your own words I will judge you, you worthless slave. Did you know that I am an exacting man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow?

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Summary

And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.

Bible References

The pride

Though the pride of Israel testifies against him,
Yet they have not returned to the Lord their God,
Nor have they sought Him, for all this.
There is a kind—oh how lofty are his eyes!
And his eyelids are raised in arrogance.
The expression of their faces bears witness against them,
And they display their sin like Sodom;
They do not even conceal it.
Woe to them!
For they have brought evil on themselves.
And all the people know it,
That is, Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria,
Asserting in pride and in arrogance of heart:
Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim,
And to the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
Which is at the head of the fertile valley
Of those who are overcome with wine!

Testify

Those who fashion a graven image are all of them futile, and their precious things are of no profit; even their own witnesses fail to see or know, so that they will be put to shame.
For our transgressions are multiplied before You,
And our sins testify against us;
For our transgressions are with us,
And we know our iniquities:
“Although our iniquities testify against us,
O Lord, act for Your name’s sake!
Truly our apostasies have been many,
We have sinned against You.
So you testify against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
He *said to him, ‘By your own words I will judge you, you worthless slave. Did you know that I am an exacting man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow?

Fall in

So you will stumble by day,
And the prophet also will stumble with you by night;
And I will destroy your mother.
Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God,
For you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
The righteousness of the blameless will smooth his way,
But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.
The wicked is thrust down by his wrongdoing,
But the righteous has a refuge when he dies.
For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again,
But the wicked stumble in time of calamity.
She has fallen, she will not rise again—
The virgin Israel.
She lies neglected on her land;
There is none to raise her up.

Judah

For I will be like a lion to Ephraim
And like a young lion to the house of Judah.
I, even I, will tear to pieces and go away,
I will carry away, and there will be none to deliver.
For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces;
And Judah has multiplied fortified cities,
But I will send a fire on its cities that it may consume its palatial dwellings.
Also Judah did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the customs which Israel had introduced.
You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore I will give her cup into your hand.’
Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of Judah and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they rejected the law of the Lord
And have not kept His statutes;
Their lies also have led them astray,
Those after which their fathers walked.

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