| 1 Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds!
when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of
their hand. 2 And they covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take
them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
3 Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, against this family do I devise an
evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks, neither shall ye walk
haughtily; for it is an evil time. 4 In that day shall they take up a
parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say,
We are utterly ruined: he changeth the portion of my people: how doth he
remove it from me! to the rebellious he divideth our fields.
5 Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the line by lot in the
assembly of Jehovah. 6 Prophesy ye not, thus they prophesy. They
shall not prophesy to these: reproaches shall not depart. 7 Shall it be
said, O house of Jacob, Is the Spirit of Jehovah straitened? are these his
doings? Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly? 8 But of
late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye strip the robe from off the
garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war.
9 The women of my people ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from
their young children ye take away my glory for ever. 10 Arise ye, and
depart; for this is not your resting-place; because of uncleanness that
destroyeth, even with a grievous destruction. 11 If a man walking in a
spirit of falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine
and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people. 12 I
will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant
of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as a flock in the
midst of their pasture; they shall make great noise by reason of the
multitude of men. 13 The breaker is gone up before them: they have
broken forth and passed on to the gate, and are gone out thereat; and their
king is passed on before them, and Jehovah at the head of them.
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