1Woe[H1945] to them that devise[H2803]iniquity[H205], and work[H6466]evil[H7451] upon their beds[H4904]! when the morning[H1242]is[H3426]light[H216], they practise[H6213] it, because it is[H3426] in the power[H410] of their hand[H3027].
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And they covet[H2530]fields[H7704], and take them by violence[H1497]; and houses[H1004], and take them away[H5375]: so they oppress[H6231] a man[H1397] and his house[H1004], even a man[H376] and his heritage[H5159].
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Therefore thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]; Behold, against this family[H4940] do I devise[H2803] an evil[H7451], from which ye shall not remove[H4185] your necks[H6677]; neither shall ye go[H3212]haughtily[H7317]: for this time[H6256] is evil[H7451].
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In that day[H3117] shall one take up[H5375] a parable[H4912] against you, and lament[H5091] with a doleful[H5093]lamentation[H5092], and say[H559], We be utterly[H7703]spoiled[H7703]: he hath changed[H4171] the portion[H2506] of my people[H5971]: how hath he removed[H4185] it from me! turning away[H7725] he hath divided[H2505] our fields[H7704].
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Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast[H7993] a cord[H2256] by lot[H1486] in the congregation[H6951] of the LORD[H3068].
6Prophesy[H5197] ye not, say they to them that prophesy[H5197]: they shall not prophesy[H5197] to them, that they shall not take[H5253]shame[H3639].
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O thou that art named[H559] the house[H1004] of Jacob[H3290], is the spirit[H7307] of the LORD[H3068]straitened?[H7114] are these his doings?[H4611] do not my words[H1697] do good[H3190] to him that walketh[H1980]uprightly?[H3477]
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Even of late[H865] my people[H5971] is risen up[H6965] as an enemy[H341]: ye pull off[H6584] the robe[H145]with[H4136] the garment[H8008] from them that pass[H5674] by securely[H983] as men averse[H7725] from war[H4421].
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The women[H802] of my people[H5971] have ye cast out[H1644] from their pleasant[H8588]houses[H1004]; from their children[H5768] have ye taken away[H3947] my glory[H1926] for ever[H5769].
10Arise[H6965] ye, and depart[H3212]; for this is not your rest[H4496]: because it is polluted[H2930], it shall destroy[H2254] you, even with a sore[H4834]destruction[H2256].
11If[H3863] a man[H376]walking[H1980] in the spirit[H7307] and falsehood[H8267] do lie[H3576], saying, I will prophesy[H5197] unto thee of wine[H3196] and of strong drink[H7941]; he shall even be the prophet[H5197] of this people[H5971].
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I will surely[H622]assemble[H622], O Jacob[H3290], all of thee; I will surely[H6908]gather[H6908] the remnant[H7611] of Israel[H3478]; I will put[H7760] them together[H3162] as the sheep[H6629] of Bozrah[H1223], as the flock[H5739] in the midst[H8432] of their fold[H1699]: they shall make great noise[H1949] by reason of the multitude of men[H120].
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The breaker[H6555] is come up[H5927]before[H6440] them: they have broken up[H6555], and have passed through[H5674] the gate[H8179], and are gone out[H3318] by it: and their king[H4428] shall pass[H5674]before[H6440] them, and the LORD[H3068] on the head[H7218] of them.