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.
02 And they covet fields, and take them by
violence; and houses, and take them away: so they
oppress a man and his house, even a man and his
heritage.
03 Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, against
this family do I devise an evil, from which ye
shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go
haughtily: for this time is evil.
04 In that day shall one take up a parable
against you, and lament with a doleful
lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he
hath changed the portion of my people: how hath
he removed it from me! turning away he hath
divided our fields.
05 Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast
a cord by lot in the congregation of the Lord.
06 Prophesy ye not, say they to them that
prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that
they shall not take shame.
07 O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is
the spirit of the Lord straitened? are these his
doings? do not my words do good to him that
walketh uprightly?
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08 Even of late my people is risen up as an
enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from
them that pass by securely as men averse from
war.
09 The women of my people have ye cast out from
their pleasant houses; from their children have
ye taken away my glory for ever.
10 Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your
rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy
you, even with a sore destruction.
11 If a man walking in the spirit and 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
the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall
make great noise by reason of the multitude of
men.
13 The breaker is come up before them: they have
broken up, and have passed through the gate, and
are gone out by it: and their king shall pass
before them, and the Lord on the head of them.
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