130 lines
2.4 KiB
Markdown
130 lines
2.4 KiB
Markdown
Judgment against Wealthy Oppressors
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# Chapter 2
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1. What sorrow awaits you who lie awake at night,
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thinking up evil plans.
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You rise at dawn and hurry to carry them out,
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simply because you have the power to do so.
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2. When you want a piece of land,
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you find a way to seize it.
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When you want someone's house,
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you take it by fraud and violence.
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You cheat a man of his property,
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stealing his family's inheritance.
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3. But this is what the LORD says:
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"I will reward your evil with evil;
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you won't be able to pull your neck out of the noose.
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You will no longer walk around proudly,
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for it will be a terrible time."
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4. In that day your enemies will make fun of you
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by singing this song of despair about you:
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"We are finished,
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completely ruined!
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God has confiscated our land,
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taking it from us.
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He has given our fields
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to those who betrayed us."
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5. Others will set your boundaries then,
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and the LORD's people will have no say
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in how the land is divided.
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True and False Prophets
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6. "Don't say such things,"
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the people respond.
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"Don't prophesy like that.
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Such disasters will never come our way!"
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7. Should you talk that way, O family of Israel?
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Will the LORD's Spirit have patience with such behavior?
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If you would do what is right,
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you would find my words comforting.
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8. Yet to this very hour
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my people rise against me like an enemy!
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You steal the shirts right off the backs
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of those who trusted you,
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making them as ragged as men
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returning from battle.
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9. You have evicted women from their pleasant homes
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and forever stripped their children of all that God would give them.
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10. Up! Begone!
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This is no longer your land and home,
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for you have filled it with sin
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and ruined it completely.
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11. Suppose a prophet full of lies would say to you,
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"I'll preach to you the joys of wine and alcohol!"
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That's just the kind of prophet you would like!
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Hope for Restoration
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12. "Someday, O Israel, I will gather you;
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I will gather the remnant who are left.
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I will bring you together again like sheep in a pen,
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like a flock in its pasture.
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Yes, your land will again
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be filled with noisy crowds!
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13. Your leader will break out
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and lead you out of exile,
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out through the gates of the enemy cities,
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back to your own land.
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Your king will lead you;
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the LORD himself will guide you."
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