Isa 1:5-15, 21-24, Jer 5:29-31, Zec 1:3-6 | ESV | STEP | Why will you still be struck down ? Why will you continue to rebel ? The whole head is sick , and the whole heart faint .

5 Why will you still be ^astruck down?
Why will you ^bcontinue to rebel?
The whole head is sick,
and the whole heart faint.
6 ^cFrom the sole of the foot even to the head,
there is no soundness in it,
but bruises and sores
and raw wounds;
they are ^dnot pressed out or bound up
or softened with oil.
7 ^eYour country lies desolate;
your cities are burned with fire;
in your very presence
foreigners devour your land;
it is desolate, as overthrown by foreigners.
8 And ^fthe daughter of Zion is left
like a ^gbooth in a vineyard,
like a lodge in a cucumber field,
like a besieged city.
9 ^hIf the Lord of hosts
had not left us ⁱa few survivors,
we should have been like ^jSodom,
and become like ^kGomorrah.
10 Hear the word of the Lord,
you rulers of ^l, ^mSodom!
Give ear to the teaching ^{▼▼Or law} of our God,
you people of ^oGomorrah!
11 ^p“What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices?
says the Lord;
I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
and the fat of well-fed beasts;
I do not delight in the blood of bulls,
or of lambs, or of goats.
12 “When you come to ^qappear before me,
who has required of you
this trampling of my courts?
13 Bring no more vain offerings;
incense is an abomination to me.
^rNew moon and Sabbath and the ^scalling of convocations—
I cannot endure ^tiniquity and ^usolemn assembly.
14 Your ^vnew moons and your appointed feasts
my soul hates;
they have become a burden to me;
I am weary of bearing them.
15 When you ^wspread out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
^xeven though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
^yyour hands are full of blood.

Isaiah 1:21-24

The Unfaithful City

21 How the faithful city
^zhas become a whore, ^{▼▼Or become unchaste}
^abshe who was full of justice!
Righteousness lodged in her,
but now murderers.
22 ^acYour silver has become dross,
your best wine mixed with water.
23 Your princes are rebels
and companions of thieves.
Everyone ^adloves a bribe
and runs after gifts.
^aeThey do not bring justice to the fatherless,
and the widow’s cause does not come to them.
24 Therefore the ^afLord declares,
the Lord of hosts,
the ^agMighty One of Israel:
“Ah, I will get relief from my enemies
^ahand avenge myself on my foes.

Jeremiah 5:29-31

29 ^aiShall I not punish them for these things?

declares the Lord,
and shall I not avenge myself
on a nation such as this?”
30 An appalling and ^ajhorrible thing
has happened in the land:
31 ^akthe prophets prophesy falsely,
and the priests rule at their direction;
^almy people love to have it so,
but what will you do when the end comes?

Zechariah 1:3-6

3 Therefore say to them, Thus declares the Lord of hosts: ^amReturn to me, says the Lord of hosts, and ^anI will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. 4 ^aoDo not be like your fathers, ^apto whom the former prophets cried out, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, ^aqReturn from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.’ But ^arthey did not hear or pay attention to me, declares the Lord. 5 Your fathers, where are they? And ^asthe prophets, do they live forever? 6 ^atBut my words and my statutes, which I commanded ^aumy servants the prophets, did they not ^avovertake your fathers? So they repented and said, ^aw‘As the Lord of hosts purposed to deal with us for ^axour ways and ^aydeeds, so has he dealt with us.’”