Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD (a) hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because [there is] no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
(a) Because the people would not obey the admonitions of the Prophets, he accuses them before the judgment seat of God, against whom they chiefly offended; (Isaiah 7:13) (Zechariah 12:10; Mic_6:1,2).