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She did not know
that it was I who gave her
the grain, the wine, and the oil,
and who lavished upon her silver
and gold that they used for Baal.
So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer of barley and a measure of wine.*
They made kings, but not through me;
they set up princes, but without my knowledge.
With their silver and gold they made idols
for their own destruction.
For even if they escape destruction,
Egypt shall gather them,
Memphis shall bury them.
Nettles shall possess their precious things of silver;*
thorns shall be in their tents.
And now they keep on sinning
and make a cast image for themselves,
idols of silver made according to their understanding,
all of them the work of artisans.
Sacrifice to these, they say.*
People are kissing calves!
For you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my rich treasures into your temples.*
Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Israel,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;*
because they sell the righteous for silver,
and the needy for a pair of sandals
buying the poor for silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals,
and selling the sweepings of the wheat.
Plunder the silver,
plunder the gold!
There is no end of treasure!
An abundance of every precious thing!
Alas for you who say to the wood, Wake up!
to silent stone, Rouse yourself!
Can it teach?
See, it is plated with gold and silver,
and there is no breath in it at all.
The inhabitants of the Mortar wail,
for all the traders have perished;
all who weigh out silver are cut off.
Neither their silver nor their gold
will be able to save them
on the day of the Lords wrath;
in the fire of his passion
the whole earth shall be consumed;
for a full, a terrible end
he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.
The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, says the Lord of hosts.
Collect silver and gold* from the exilesfrom Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiahwho have arrived from Babylon; and go the same day to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah.
Take the silver and gold and make a crown,* and set it on the head of the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak;
Tyre has built itself a rampart,
and heaped up silver like dust,
and gold like the dirt of the streets.
I then said to them, If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them. So they weighed out as my wages thirty shekels of silver.
Then the Lord said to me, Throw it into the treasury*this lordly price at which I was valued by them. So I took the thirty shekels of silver and threw them into the treasury* in the house of the Lord.
And I will put this third into the fire,
refine them as one refines silver,
and test them as gold is tested.
They will call on my name,
and I will answer them.
I will say, They are my people;
and they will say, The Lord is our God.
even Judah will fight at Jerusalem. And the wealth of all the surrounding nations shall be collectedgold, silver, and garments in great abundance.
New Revised Standard Version Bible: Anglicized Edition, copyright © 1989, 1995 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. http://nrsvbibles.org
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30 June 2021