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50:1  The Almighty God, the Lord, speaks; he calls to the whole earth from east to west.
50:2  God shines from Zion, the city perfect in its beauty.
50:3  Our God is coming, but not in silence; a raging fire is in front of him, a furious storm around him.
50:4  He calls heaven and earth as witnesses to see him judge his people.
50:5  He says, “Gather my faithful people to me, those who made a covenant with me by offering a sacrifice.”
50:6  The heavens proclaim that God is righteous, that he himself is judge.
50:7  “Listen, my people, and I will speak; I will testify against you, Israel. I am God, your God.
50:8  I do not reprimand you because of your sacrifices and the burnt offerings you always bring me.
50:9  And yet I do not need bulls from your farms or goats from your flocks;
50:10  all the animals in the forest are mine and the cattle on thousands of hills.
50:11  All the wild birds are mine and all living things in the fields.
50:12  “If I were hungry, I would not ask you for food, for the world and everything in it is mine.
50:13  Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
50:14  Let the giving of thanks be your sacrifice to God, and give the Almighty all that you promised.
50:15  Call to me when trouble comes; I will save you, and you will praise me.”
50:16  But God says to the wicked, “Why should you recite my commandments? Why should you talk about my covenant?
50:17  You refuse to let me correct you; you reject my commands.
50:18  You become the friend of every thief you see, and you associate with adulterers.
50:19  “You are always ready to speak evil; you never hesitate to tell lies.
50:20  You are ready to accuse your own relatives and to find fault with them.
50:21  You have done all this, and I have said nothing, so you thought that I am like you. But now I reprimand you and make the matter plain to you.
50:22  “Listen to this, you that ignore me, or I will destroy you, and there will be no one to save you.
50:23  Giving thanks is the sacrifice that honors me, and I will surely save all who obey me.”