“Question & Answer”

“Question”
How does the prophet spell out his nation’s sins?
Answer”
It reads in Isaiah 3:8 NIV, Jerusalem staggers, Judah is falling; their words and deeds are against the Lord, defying his glorious presence. It reads in Isaiah 1:4 NIV, Woe to the sinful nation, a people whose guilt is great, a brood of evildoers, children given to corruption. They have forsaken the Lord; they have spurned the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on him. It reads in Isaiah 1:2 NIV, Hear me, you heavens! Listen, earth! For the Lord has spoken: “I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me. It reads in Isaiah 30:10 NIV, They say to the seers, “See no more visions!” and to the prophets, “Give us no more visions of what is right! Tell us pleasant things, prophesy illusions. It reads in Isaiah 29:13 NIV, The Lord says: “These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught.