Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel: 'Because you have rejected this word, and have trusted in oppression and crookedness and have relied on them, establishing that God's response to the rejection of the prophetic word will be judgment, triggered by the people's choice to trust in oppression and crookedness rather than in God. The designation as Holy One of Israel invokes God's covenant identity and suggests that the judgment flows from the violation of covenant relationship. The trust in oppression and crookedness suggests that the people's false reliance on political alliances reflects an embrace of injustice and moral corruption. The oracle connects spiritual failure (rejection of God's word) with moral failure (trust in oppression), establishing that the two are inseparable.

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