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Judgment against Wealthy Oppressors
What sorrow awaits you who lie awake at night,
thinking up evil plans.
You rise at dawn and hurry to carry them out,
simply because you have the power to do so.
What sorrow awaits you who lie awake at night,
thinking up evil plans.
You rise at dawn and hurry to carry them out,
simply because you have the power to do so.
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.
When you want a piece of land,
you find a way to seize it.
When you want someone’s house,
you take it by fraud and violence.
You cheat a man of his property,
stealing his family’s inheritance.
you find a way to seize it.
When you want someone’s house,
you take it by fraud and violence.
You cheat a man of his property,
stealing his family’s inheritance.
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.
But this is what the LORD says:
“I will reward your evil with evil;
you won’t be able to pull your neck out of the noose.
You will no longer walk around proudly,
for it will be a terrible time.”
“I will reward your evil with evil;
you won’t be able to pull your neck out of the noose.
You will no longer walk around proudly,
for it will be a terrible 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.”
Others will set your boundaries then,
and the LORD’s people will have no say
in how the land is divided.
True and False Prophets
and the LORD’s people will have no say
in how the land is divided.
True and False Prophets
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.”
Yet to this very hour
my people rise against me like an enemy!
You steal the shirts right off the backs
of those who trusted you,
making them as ragged as men
returning from battle.
my people rise against me like an enemy!
You steal the shirts right off the backs
of those who trusted you,
making them as ragged as men
returning from battle.
You have evicted women from their pleasant homes
and forever stripped their children of all that God would give them.
and forever stripped their children of all that God would give them.
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.
Up! Begone!
This is no longer your land and home,
for you have filled it with sin
and ruined it completely.
This is no longer your land and home,
for you have filled it with sin
and ruined it completely.
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.
Suppose a prophet full of lies would say to you,
“I’ll preach to you the joys of wine and alcohol!”
That’s just the kind of prophet you would like!
Hope for Restoration
“I’ll preach to you the joys of wine and alcohol!”
That’s just the kind of prophet you would like!
Hope for Restoration
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!
“Someday, O Israel, I will gather you;
I will gather the remnant who are left.
I will bring you together again like sheep in a pen,
like a flock in its pasture.
Yes, your land will again
be filled with noisy crowds!
I will gather the remnant who are left.
I will bring you together again like sheep in a pen,
like a flock in its pasture.
Yes, your land will again
be filled with noisy crowds!
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.
Your leader will break out
and lead you out of exile,
out through the gates of the enemy cities,
back to your own land.
Your king will lead you;
the LORD himself will guide you.”
and lead you out of exile,
out through the gates of the enemy cities,
back to your own land.
Your king will lead you;
the LORD himself will guide you.”
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.