It is time for the Lord to act, for your law has been broken.
“How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us’? But behold, the lying pen of the scribes has made it into a lie.
he need not honor his father.’ So for the sake of your tradition you have made void the word of God.
But you have turned aside from the way. You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of hosts,
So the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; so justice goes forth perverted.
For if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void.
Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
Arise, O Lord! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before you!
For a long time I have held my peace; I have kept still and restrained myself; now I will cry out like a woman in labor; I will gasp and pant.
You will arise and have pity on Zion; it is the time to favor her; the appointed time has come.
For the Lord will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone and there is none remaining, bond or free.
So Abraham called the name of that place, “The Lord will provide”; as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”
Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son. But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”
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