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Woe to the Oppressors
Woe to those who devise wickedness
and work evil on their beds!
When the morning dawns, they perform it,
because it is in the power of their hand.
Woe to those who devise wickedness
and work evil on their beds!
When the morning dawns, they perform it,
because it is in the power of their hand.
They covet fields and seize them,
and houses, and take them away;
they oppress a man and his house,
a man and his inheritance.
and houses, and take them away;
they oppress a man and his house,
a man and his inheritance.
They covet fields and take them by violence,
Also houses, and seize them.
So they oppress a man and his house,
A man and his inheritance.
Also houses, and seize them.
So they oppress a man and his house,
A man and his inheritance.
Therefore thus says the Lord:
“Behold, against this family I am devising disaster,
From which you cannot remove your necks;
Nor shall you walk haughtily,
For this is an evil time.
“Behold, against this family I am devising disaster,
From which you cannot remove your necks;
Nor shall you walk haughtily,
For this is an evil time.
In that day they shall take up a taunt song against you
and moan bitterly,
and say, “We are utterly ruined;
he changes the portion of my people;
how he removes it from me!
To an apostate he allots our fields.”
and moan bitterly,
and say, “We are utterly ruined;
he changes the portion of my people;
how he removes it from me!
To an apostate he allots our fields.”
Therefore you will have none to cast the line by lot
in the assembly of the Lord.
in the assembly of the Lord.
“Do not preach” — thus they preach —
“one should not preach of such things;
disgrace will not overtake us.”
“one should not preach of such things;
disgrace will not overtake us.”
You who are named the house of Jacob:
“Is the Spirit of the Lord restricted?
Are these His doings?
Do not My words do good
To him who walks uprightly?
“Is the Spirit of the Lord restricted?
Are these His doings?
Do not My words do good
To him who walks uprightly?
“Lately My people have risen up as an enemy —
You pull off the robe with the garment
From those who trust you, as they pass by,
Like men returned from war.
You pull off the robe with the garment
From those who trust you, as they pass by,
Like men returned from war.
The women of my people you drive out
from their delightful houses;
from their young children you take away
my splendor forever.
from their delightful houses;
from their young children you take away
my splendor forever.
The women of My people you cast out
From their pleasant houses;
From their children
You have taken away My glory forever.
From their pleasant houses;
From their children
You have taken away My glory forever.
Arise and go,
for this is no place to rest,
because of uncleanness that destroys
with a grievous destruction.
for this is no place to rest,
because of uncleanness that destroys
with a grievous destruction.
“Arise and depart,
For this is not your rest;
Because it is defiled, it shall destroy,
Yes, with utter destruction.
For this is not your rest;
Because it is defiled, it shall destroy,
Yes, with utter destruction.
If a man should go about and utter wind and lies,
saying, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,”
he would be the preacher for this people!
saying, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,”
he would be the preacher for this people!
I will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob;
I will gather the remnant of Israel;
I will set them together
like sheep in a fold,
like a flock in its pasture,
a noisy multitude of men.
I will gather the remnant of Israel;
I will set them together
like sheep in a fold,
like a flock in its pasture,
a noisy multitude of men.
He who opens the breach goes up before them;
they break through and pass the gate,
going out by it.
Their king passes on before them,
the Lord at their head.
they break through and pass the gate,
going out by it.
Their king passes on before them,
the Lord at their head.
The one who breaks open will come up before them;
They will break out,
Pass through the gate,
And go out by it;
Their king will pass before them,
With the Lord at their head.”
They will break out,
Pass through the gate,
And go out by it;
Their king will pass before them,
With the Lord at their head.”