Woe to those who ascheme
iniquity
, Who work
out evil
on their beds
! 1 bWhen morning
comes, they do
it, For it is in the cpower
of their hands
.
They acovet fields
and then bseize
them, And houses
, and take
them away. They 1 crob
a man
and his house
, A man
and his inheritance
.
Therefore thus
says
the LORD
, "Behold
, I am aplanning
against
this
bfamily
a calamity
From which
you ccannot
remove
your necks
; And you will not walk
dhaughtily
, For it will be an eevil
time
.
"On that day they will atake
up against
you a 1taunt
And 2 butter
a bitter
lamentation
and say
, `We are completely
cdestroyed
! He exchanges
the portion
of my people
; How
He removes
it from me! To the apostate
He dapportions
our fields
.'
"Therefore you will have
no
one 1 astretching
a measuring
line
For you by lot
in the assembly
of the LORD
.
` aDo not 1speak out,' so they 1speak
out. But if 2they do bnot 1speak
out concerning these
things
, cReproaches
will not be turned
back
.
"Is it being said, O house
of Jacob
: `Is the Spirit
of the LORD
aimpatient
? Are these
His doings
?' Do not My words
bdo
good
To the one cwalking
uprightly
?
" 1Recently My people
have arisen
as an aenemy
-- You bstrip
the 2robe
off
the garment
From cunsuspecting
passers-by
, From those returned
from war
.
"The women of My people
you aevict
, Each one from her pleasant
house
. From her children
you take
My bsplendor
forever
.
"Arise and go
, For this
is no
place
aof rest
Because
of the buncleanness
that brings
on destruction
, A painful
destruction
.
"If a man
walking
after wind
and afalsehood
Had told
lies
and said, `I will 1speak
out to you concerning bwine
and liquor
,' He would be 2spokesman
to cthis
people
.
"I will surely aassemble
all
of you, Jacob
, I will surely
gather
the bremnant
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
."