55 lines
2.0 KiB
Markdown
55 lines
2.0 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 2
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1 Woe to those who devise wickedness
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and work evil on their beds!
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When the morning dawns, they perform it,
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because it is in the power of their hand.
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2 They covet fields and seize them,
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and houses, and take them away;
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they oppress a man and his house,
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a man and his inheritance.
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3 Therefore thus says the Lord:
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behold, against this family I am devising disaster,
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from which you cannot remove your necks,
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and you shall not walk haughtily,
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for it will be a time of disaster.
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4 In that day they shall take up a taunt song against you
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and moan bitterly,
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and say, “We are utterly ruined;
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he changes the portion of my people;
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how he removes it from me!
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To an apostate he allots our fields.”
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5 Therefore you will have none to cast the line by lot
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in the assembly of the Lord.
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6 “Do not preach”—thus they preach—
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“one should not preach of such things;
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disgrace will not overtake us.”
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7 Should this be said, O house of Jacob?
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Has the Lord grown impatient?
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Are these his deeds?
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Do not my words do good
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to him who walks uprightly?
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8 But lately my people have risen up as an enemy;
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you strip the rich robe from those who pass by trustingly
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with no thought of war.
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9 The women of my people you drive out
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from their delightful houses;
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from their young children you take away
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my splendor forever.
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10 Arise and go,
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for this is no place to rest,
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because of uncleanness that destroys
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with a grievous destruction.
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11 If a man should go about and utter wind and lies,
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saying, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,”
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he would be the preacher for this people!
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12 I will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob;
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I will gather the remnant of Israel;
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I will set them together
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like sheep in a fold,
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like a flock in its pasture,
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a noisy multitude of men.
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13 He who opens the breach goes up before them;
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they break through and pass the gate,
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going out by it.
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Their king passes on before them,
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the Lord at their head. |