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Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.

Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.

Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.

He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.

Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:

But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.

Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:

The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.

My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:

He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.

Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.

Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;

Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:

For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.

The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.

He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;

Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.