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Jacob's family, come now! We need to live in the light that the Lord gives to us.[a]

The great day when the Lord will judge everyone

Lord, you have gone away from your people. They are Jacob's descendants. They are full of ideas from countries in the east. They use magic to learn about future times, as the Philistines do. They join hands with foreign people.

They are very rich and their land is full of silver and gold. They have many horses, and more chariots than you can count.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:5 ‘Jacob's family’ means the Israelite people. God changed Jacob's name to Israel.

Come, descendants of Jacob,(A)
    let us walk in the light(B) of the Lord.

The Day of the Lord

You, Lord, have abandoned(C) your people,
    the descendants of Jacob.(D)
They are full of superstitions from the East;
    they practice divination(E) like the Philistines(F)
    and embrace(G) pagan customs.(H)
Their land is full of silver and gold;(I)
    there is no end to their treasures.(J)
Their land is full of horses;(K)
    there is no end to their chariots.(L)

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