87 lines
2.0 KiB
Markdown
87 lines
2.0 KiB
Markdown
Oppressors Judged
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# Chapter 2
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1. Woe to those who dream up wickedness
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and prepare evil plans on their beds!
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At morning light they accomplish it
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because the power is in their hands.
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2. They covet fields and seize them;
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they also take houses.
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They deprive a man of his home,
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a person of his inheritance.
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3. Therefore,
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the Lord says:
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I am now planning a disaster
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against this nation;
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you cannot free your necks from it.
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Then you will not walk so proudly
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because it will be an evil time.
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4. In that day one will take up a taunt against you
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and lament mournfully, saying,
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"We are totally ruined!
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He measures out the allotted land of my people.
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How he removes it from me!
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He allots our fields to traitors."
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5. Therefore, there will be no one
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in the assembly of
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the Lord
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to divide the land by casting lots.
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God's Word Rejected
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6. "Quit your preaching," they preach.
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"They should not preach these things;
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shame will not overtake us."
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7. House of Jacob, should it be asked,
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"Is the Spirit of
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the Lord impatient?
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Are these the things he does?"
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Don't my words bring good
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to the one who walks uprightly?
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8. But recently my people have risen up
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like an enemy:
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You strip off the splendid robe
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from those who are passing through confidently,
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like those returning from war.
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9. You force the women of my people
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out of their comfortable homes,
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and you take my blessing
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from their children forever.
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10. Get up and leave,
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for this is not your place of rest
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because defilement brings destruction--
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a grievous destruction!
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11. If a man comes
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and utters empty lies--
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"I will preach to you about wine and beer"--
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he would be just the preacher for this people!
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The Remnant Regathered
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12. I will indeed gather all of you, Jacob;
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I will collect the remnant of Israel.
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I will bring them together like sheep in a pen,
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like a flock in the middle of its pasture.
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It will be noisy with people.
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13. One who breaks open the way
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will advance before them;
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they will break out, pass through the city gate,
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and leave by it.
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Their King will pass through before them,
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the Lord as their leader.
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