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2 Woe to those who dream up wickedness
and prepare evil plansap on their beds!
At morning lightaq they accomplish it
because the power is in their hands.a
2 They covet fieldsb and seize them;c
they also take houses.
They deprive a man of his home,d
a person of his inheritance.e
I am now planningf a disaster
against this nation;g
you cannot free your necks from it.h
Then you will not walk so proudlyi
because it will be an evil time.j
4 In that day one will take upk a taunt against you
and lament mournfully,l saying,
“We are totally ruined!m
He measures out the allotted land of my people.
How he removes it from me!
He allots our fieldsn to traitors.”
5 Therefore, there will be no one
in the assembly of the Lord
to divide the land by casting lots.A,o
6 “Quit your preaching,”p theyB preach.
“They should not preach these things;q
shame will not overtake us.”C,r
7 House of Jacob, should it be asked,
“Is the Spirit of the Lord impatient?s
Are these the things he does?”
Don’t my words bring goodt
to the one who walks uprightly?u
8 But recently my people have risen up
like an enemy:v
You strip off the splendid robew
from those who are passing through confidently,x
like those returning from war.
9 You forcey the women of my people
out of their comfortable homes,
from their children forever.
for this is not your place of restaa
because defilementab brings destruction—
a grievous destruction!ac
and utters empty lies—ad
“I will preach to you about wine and beer”—ae
he would be just the preacher for this people!af
12 I will indeed gatherag all of you, Jacob;
I will collect the remnant of Israel.ah
I will bring them together like sheep in a pen,
like a flock in the middle of its pasture.
It will be noisy with people.ai
13 One who breaks open the way
will advance before them;
they will break out, pass through the city gate,
and leave by it.
Their King will pass through before them,
the Lord as their leader.
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