<p class="poetry">Do you not know?p> <p class="poetry">Do you not hear?p> <p class="poetry">Has it not been told to you since the very beginning?p> <p class="poetry">Have you not understood from the time the earth&#8217;s foundations were made?p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, do I not hate those who hate you,p> <p class="poetry">and despise those who oppose you?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">All this is because of Jacob&#8217;s rebellionp> <p class="poetry">and<n id="1" /> the sins of the nation<n id="2" /> of Israel.p> <p class="poetry">How has Jacob rebelled, you ask?<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Samaria epitomizes their rebellion!<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Where are Judah&#8217;s pagan worship centers, you ask?<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">They are right in Jerusalem!<n id="6" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Do we not all have one father?<n id="1" /> Did not one God create us? Why do we betray one another, in this way making light of the covenant of our ancestors?

<p class="bodytext">David replied, &#8220;What have I done now? Can&#8217;t I say anything?&#8221;<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">Do not those who devise<n id="1" /> evil go astray?p> <p class="poetry">But those who plan good exhibit<n id="2" /> faithful covenant love.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Even now you say to me, &#8216;You are my father!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You have been my faithful companion ever since I was young.p>

Hasn&#8217;t he treated us like foreigners? He not only sold us, but completely wasted<n id="1" /> the money paid for us!<n id="2" />

If we do so,<n id="1" /> won&#8217;t their livestock, their property, and all their animals become ours? So let&#8217;s consent to their demand, so they will live among us.&#8221;p>

He said to them, &#8220;Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Even Ephraim&#8217;s leftover grapes<n id="1" /> are better quality than Abiezer&#8217;s harvest!<n id="2" />

When they came back, Elisha<n id="1" /> was staying in Jericho. He said to them, &#8220;Didn&#8217;t I tell you, &#8216;Don&#8217;t go&#8217;?&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="poetry">In just a very short time<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Lebanon will turn into an orchard,p> <p class="poetry">and the orchard will be considered a forest.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You have heard; now look at all the evidence!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Will you not admit that what I say is true?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">From this point on I am announcing to you new eventsp> <p class="poetry">that are previously unrevealed and you do not know about.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">You have brought all this on yourself, Israel,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">by deserting the <sc>Lordsc> your God when he was leading you along the right path.<n id="2" />p>

But I am not really the one being troubled!&#8221;<n id="1" /> says the <sc>Lordsc>. &#8220;Rather they are bringing trouble on themselves to their own shame!<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">He upheld the cause of the poor and needy.p> <p class="poetry">So things went well for Judah.&#8217;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> says,p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;That is a good example of what it means to know me.&#8217;<n id="2" />p>

My message is like a fire that purges dross!<n id="1" /> It is like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces!<n id="2" /> I, the <sc>Lordsc>, so affirm it!<n id="3" />

When the wall has collapsed, people will ask you, &#8220;Where is the whitewash you coated it with?&#8221;p>

Do I actually delight in the death of the wicked, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>? Do I not prefer that he turn from his wicked conduct and live?p>

When your people<n id="1" /> say to you, &#8216;Will you not tell us what these things mean?&#8217;