| New Living Translation | International Standard Version |
| 1The LORD, the Mighty One, is God, and he has spoken; he has summoned all humanity from where the sun rises to where it sets. | 1God, the LORD, has spoken. He has summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting place. |
| 2From Mount Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines in glorious radiance. | 2From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined forth. |
| 3Our God approaches, and he is not silent. Fire devours everything in his way, and a great storm rages around him. | 3Our God has appeared and he has not been silent; a devouring fire blazed before him, and a mighty storm swirled around him. |
| 4He calls on the heavens above and earth below to witness the judgment of his people. | 4He summoned the heavens above and the earth below, to sit in judgment on his people. |
| 5“Bring my faithful people to me— those who made a covenant with me by giving sacrifices.” | 5"Assemble before me, my saints, who have entered into my covenant by sacrifice." |
| 6Then let the heavens proclaim his justice, for God himself will be the judge. Interlude | 6The heavens revealed his justice, for God is himself the judge. Interlude |
| 7“O my people, listen as I speak. Here are my charges against you, O Israel: I am God, your God! | 7"Listen, my people, for I am making a pronouncement: Israel, I, God, your God, am testifying against you. |
| 8I have no complaint about your sacrifices or the burnt offerings you constantly offer. | 8I do not rebuke you because of your sacrifices; indeed, your burnt offerings are continuously before me. |
| 9But I do not need the bulls from your barns or the goats from your pens. | 9I will no longer accept a sacrificial bull from your household; nor goats from your pens. |
| 10For all the animals of the forest are mine, and I own the cattle on a thousand hills. | 10Indeed, every animal of the forest is mine, even the cattle on a thousand hills. |
| 11I know every bird on the mountains, and all the animals of the field are mine. | 11I know all the birds in the mountains; indeed, everything that moves in the field is mine. |
| 12If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for all the world is mine and everything in it. | 12"If I were hungry, I would not tell you; for the world is mine along with everything in it. |
| 13Do I eat the meat of bulls? Do I drink the blood of goats? | 13Why should I eat the flesh of oxen or drink the blood of goats? |
| 14Make thankfulness your sacrifice to God, and keep the vows you made to the Most High. | 14Offer to God a thanksgiving praise; pay your vows to the Most High. |
| 15Then call on me when you are in trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory.” | 15Call on me in the day of distress; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me." |
| 16But God says to the wicked: “Why bother reciting my decrees and pretending to obey my covenant? | 16As for the wicked, God says, "How dare you recite my statutes or speak about my covenant with your lips! |
| 17For you refuse my discipline and treat my words like trash. | 17You hate instruction and toss my words behind you. |
| 18When you see thieves, you approve of them, and you spend your time with adulterers. | 18When you see a thief, you befriend him, and you keep company with adulterers. |
| 19Your mouth is filled with wickedness, and your tongue is full of lies. | 19You give your mouth free reign for evil, and your tongue devises deceit. |
| 20You sit around and slander your brother— your own mother’s son. | 20You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son. |
| 21While you did all this, I remained silent, and you thought I didn’t care. But now I will rebuke you, listing all my charges against you. | 21These things you did, and I kept silent, because you assumed that I was like you. But now I am going to rebuke you, and I will set forth my case before your very own eyes." |
| 22Repent, all of you who forget me, or I will tear you apart, and no one will help you. | 22Consider this, you who have forgotten God— Otherwise, I will tear you in pieces and there will be no deliverer: |
| 23But giving thanks is a sacrifice that truly honors me. If you keep to my path, I will reveal to you the salvation of God.” | 23Whoever offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and I will reveal the salvation of God to whomever continues in my way." |
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