I am so starved my knees shake; I have turned into skin and bones.

“‘You must not steal, you must not tell lies, and you must not deal falsely with your fellow citizen.

Foreigners are powerless before me; when they hear of my exploits, they submit to me.

If he is uprooted from his place, then that place will disown him, saying, ‘I have never seen you!’

then this also would be iniquity to be judged, for I would have been false to God above.

(May those who hate the Lord cower in fear before him! May they be permanently humiliated!)

Threshing floors and wine vats will not feed the people, and new wine only deceives them.

Then Sarah lied, saying, “I did not laugh,” because she was afraid. But the Lord said, “No! You did laugh.”

When they hear of my exploits, they submit to me. Foreigners are powerless before me;

Say to God: “How awesome are your deeds! Because of your great power your enemies cower in fear before you.

lest I become satisfied and act deceptively and say, “Who is the Lord?” Or lest I become poor and steal and demean the name of my God.

There is only cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery. They resort to violence and bloodshed.

or has found something lost and denies it and swears falsely concerning any one of the things that someone might do to sin –

We have rebelled and tried to deceive the Lord; we turned back from following our God. We stir up oppression and rebellion; we tell lies we concocted in our minds.

“These people have denied what the Lord says. They have said, ‘That is not so! No harm will come to us. We will not experience war and famine.

“Therefore, on that day each prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies and will no longer wear the hairy garment of a prophet to deceive the people.

“When a person sins and commits a trespass against the Lord by deceiving his fellow citizen in regard to something held in trust, or a pledge, or something stolen, or by extorting something from his fellow citizen,

You have joy, Israel! Who is like you? You are a people delivered by the Lord, your protective shield and your exalted sword. May your enemies cringe before you; may you trample on their backs.

Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenantal commandment! They have taken some of the riches; they have stolen them and deceitfully put them among their own possessions.

Joshua said to all the people, “Look, this stone will be a witness against you, for it has heard everything the Lord said to us. It will be a witness against you if you deny your God.”