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1. Woe to those plotting wickedness and preparing evil on their beds! In the light of the morning they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.
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1. Woe H1945 to them that devise H2803 iniquity H205 , and work H6466 evil H7451 upon H5921 their beds H4904 ! when the morning H1242 is light H216 , they practice H6213 it, because H3588 it is H3426 in the power H410 of their hand H3027 .
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2. And they covet and seize fields and houses, and carry them away. And they oppress a man and his household, even a man and his inheritance.
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2. 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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3. So Jehovah says this: Behold, I am plotting an evil against this family, from which you shall not remove your necks; nor shall you go exalted, for it is an evil time.
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3. Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; Behold H2009 , against H5921 this H2063 family H4940 do I devise H2803 an evil H7451 , from H4480 H8033 which H834 ye shall not H3808 remove H4185 your necks H6677 ; neither H3808 shall ye go H1980 haughtily H7317 : for H3588 this H1931 time H6256 is evil H7451 .
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4. In that day one shall lift up a parable against you and lament a lament of lamenting. He says, We shall be completely laid waste. He has exchanged the share of my people. How He has removed it for me! To the turncoat He has divided the fields.
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4. In that H1931 day H3117 shall one take up H5375 a parable H4912 against H5921 you , and lament H5091 with a doleful H5093 lamentation H5092 , and say H559 , We be H1961 utterly spoiled H7703 H7703 : he hath changed H4171 the portion H2506 of my people H5971 : how H349 hath he removed H4185 it from me! turning away H7728 he hath divided H2505 our fields H7704 .
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5. So there shall not be for you one casting a line by lot in the congregation of Jehovah.
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5. Therefore H3651 thou shalt have H1961 none H3808 that shall cast H7993 a cord H2256 by lot H1486 in the congregation H6951 of the LORD H3068 .
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6. Do not drop words as they drop! They shall not drop words about these; they shall not draw back reproaches.
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6. Prophesy H5197 ye not H408 , say they to them that prophesy H5197 : they shall not H3808 prophesy H5197 to them H428 , that they shall not H3808 take H5253 shame H3639 .
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7. House of Jacob, it is said, The Spirit of Jehovah is limited, if these are His doings. Do not My Words do good with the one who walks upright?
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7. O thou that art named H559 the house H1004 of Jacob H3290 , is the spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 straitened H7114 ? are these H428 his doings H4611 ? do not H3808 my words H1697 do good H3190 to H5973 him that walketh H1980 uprightly H3477 ?
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8. Even yesterday My people have risen up like an enemy. You strip off an inner robe from before an outer garment, from those who pass by confidently, those returning from war.
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8. Even of late H865 my people H5971 is risen up H6965 as an enemy H341 : ye pull off H6584 the robe H145 with H4480 H4136 the garment H8008 from them that pass by H4480 H5674 securely H983 as men averse H7725 from war H4421 .
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9. You have thrown the wives of My people out from the house of her delight; you have taken away My majesty forever from her children.
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9. The women H802 of my people H5971 have ye cast out H1644 from their pleasant H8588 houses H4480 H1004 ; from H4480 H5921 their children H5768 have ye taken away H3947 my glory H1926 forever H5769 .
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10. Rise up and go! For because of destroying uncleanness, even a grievous destruction, this is not your rest.
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10. Arise H6965 ye , and depart H1980 ; for H3588 this H2063 is not H3808 your rest H4496 : because H5668 it is polluted H2930 , it shall destroy H2254 you , even with a sore H4834 destruction H2256 .
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11. If a man walks with wind, and he lies in deceit, saying, I will drop words to you for wine and for fermented drink, he shall even be a dropper of words for this people.
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11. If 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 H1961 the prophet H5197 of this H2088 people H5971 .
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12. Gathering I will gather all of you, Jacob; gathering I will gather the remnant of Israel. I will set him together like the sheep of Bozrah, like a flock in the midst of its fold. They shall be in commotion because of men.
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12. I will surely assemble H622 H622 , O Jacob H3290 , all H3605 of thee ; I will surely gather H6908 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 H4480 H120 .
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13. He breaking up has come before them; they have broken up and have passed through the gate and have gone out of it. And their king shall pass before them, and Jehovah at their head.
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13. 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.
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