57 lines
2.1 KiB
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57 lines
2.1 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 2
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1 Woe to those who devise iniquity,
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And work out evil on their beds!
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At morning light they practice it,
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Because it is in the power of their hand.
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2 They covet fields and take them by violence,
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Also houses, and seize them.
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So 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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Nor shall you walk haughtily,
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For this is an evil time.
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4 In that day one shall take up a proverb against you,
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And lament with a bitter lamentation, saying:
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‘We are utterly destroyed!
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He has changed the heritage of my people;
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How He has removed it from me!
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To a turncoat He has divided our fields.’ ”
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5 Therefore you will have no one to determine boundaries by lot
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In the assembly of the Lord.
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6 “Do not prattle,” you say to those who prophesy.
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So they shall not prophesy to you;
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They shall not return insult for insult.
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7 You who are named the house of Jacob:
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“Is the Spirit of the Lord restricted?
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Are these His doings?
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Do not My words do good
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To him who walks uprightly?
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8 “Lately My people have risen up as an enemy—
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You pull off the robe with the garment
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From those who trust you, as they pass by,
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Like men returned from war.
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9 The women of My people you cast out
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From their pleasant houses;
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From their children
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You have taken away My glory forever.
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10 “Arise and depart,
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For this is not your rest;
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Because it is defiled, it shall destroy,
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Yes, with utter destruction.
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11 If a man should walk in a false spirit
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And speak a lie, saying,
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‘I will prophesy to you of wine and drink,’
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Even he would be the prattler of this people.
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12 “I will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob,
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I will surely gather the remnant of Israel;
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I will put them together like sheep of the fold,
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Like a flock in the midst of their pasture;
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They shall make a loud noise because of so many people.
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13 The one who breaks open will come up before them;
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They will break out,
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Pass through the gate,
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And go out by it;
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Their king will pass before them,
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With the Lord at their head.” |