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Woe to Oppressors
Woe to those who scheme iniquity,
Who work out evil on their beds!
When morning comes, they do it,
For it is in the power of their hands.
Woe to those who scheme iniquity,
Who work out evil on their beds!
When morning comes, they do it,
For it is in the power of their hands.
They covet fields and then seize them,
And houses, and take them away.
They rob a man and his house,
A man and his inheritance.
And houses, and take them away.
They rob 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, I am planning against this family a calamity
From which you cannot remove your necks;
And you will not walk haughtily,
For it will be an evil time.
“Behold, I am planning against this family a calamity
From which you cannot remove your necks;
And you will not walk haughtily,
For it will be an evil time.
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.
“On that day they will take up against you a taunt
And utter a bitter lamentation and say,
‘We are completely destroyed!
He exchanges the portion of my people;
How He removes it from me!
To the apostate He apportions our fields.’
And utter a bitter lamentation and say,
‘We are completely destroyed!
He exchanges the portion of my people;
How He removes it from me!
To the apostate He apportions our fields.’
“Therefore you will have no one stretching a measuring line
For you by lot in the assembly of the LORD.
For you by lot in the assembly of the LORD.
‘Do not speak out,’ so they speak out.
But if they do not speak out concerning these things,
Reproaches will not be turned back.
But if they do not speak out concerning these things,
Reproaches will not be turned back.
“Is it being said, O house of Jacob:
‘Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient?
Are these His doings?’
Do not My words do good
To the one walking uprightly?
‘Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient?
Are these His doings?’
Do not My words do good
To the one walking uprightly?
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?
“Recently My people have arisen as an enemy —
You strip the robe off the garment
From unsuspecting passers-by,
From those returned from war.
You strip the robe off the garment
From unsuspecting passers-by,
From those returned from war.
“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 evict,
Each one from her pleasant house.
From her children you take My splendor forever.
Each one from her pleasant house.
From her children you take 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 of rest
Because of the uncleanness that brings on destruction,
A painful destruction.
For this is no place of rest
Because of the uncleanness that brings on destruction,
A painful 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 walking after wind and falsehood
Had told lies and said,
‘I will speak out to you concerning wine and liquor,’
He would be spokesman to this people.
Had told lies and said,
‘I will speak out to you concerning wine and liquor,’
He would be spokesman to this people.
“I will surely assemble all of you, Jacob,
I will surely gather the remnant of Israel.
I will put them together like sheep in the fold;
Like a flock in the midst of its pasture
They will be noisy with men.
I will surely gather the remnant of Israel.
I will put them together like sheep in the fold;
Like a flock in the midst of its pasture
They will be noisy with men.
“The breaker goes up before them;
They break out, pass through the gate and go out by it.
So their king goes on before them,
And the LORD at their head.”
They break out, pass through the gate and go out by it.
So their king goes on before them,
And 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.”