1
Woe to those who think iniquity◦ and work evil on their beds! In the light of the morning they do it, for their own hand is◦ for a god◦.*
2
And they covet fields, and they take· them ·by··robbery; and houses, and carry them away; and they oppress a mighty··man and his house, and a man◦ and his inheritance.
3
Therefore thus says Jehovah: Behold, against this family do I reckon evil, from which you shall not withdraw your necks; neither shall you go exaltedly; for it◦ is a time of evil.
4
In that◦ day shall one take··up a proverb against you, and lament◦, lamenting◦ with a lamentation◦, and say, Being devastated we are devastated! He has altered the partition of my people; how◦ He has withdrawn it from me! Turning··back He has partitioned our fields.
5
Therefore thou shalt not have◦ any who shall cast a cord by lot in the assembly of Jehovah.
6
Preach◦* ye not as they preach◦; they shall not preach◦ to these; they shall not take··away humiliation.
7
It is said of the house of Jacob, Is the spirit of Jehovah shortened◦, if these are His actions? Do not My words do··good to him if he walks uprightly?
8
And yesterday My people have arisen as an enemy on account of raiment; you strip··off the magnificent robe* from those who pass··by securely, returning from war.
9
The women of My people you have driven··out from their delightful◦ houses; with their babes you have taken My honor to eternity.
10
Arise ye, and go; for this is not your rest; on◦ account of it being defiled, it shall hurt you, and the hurt will be··grievous.
11
If◦ a man◦ is··walking* in spirit and lies◦ by falsity, saying, I will preach◦* to thee for wine and for strong··drink, then he shall be a preacher◦ of this people.
12
Gathering I will gather Jacob, all of thee; bringing··together I will bring··together what··is··left of Israel; I will set them as··one, as the flock of Bozrah, as the drove in the midst of their fold*; they shall make··a··noise from man.
13
The breaking··off has gone··up before them; they have broken··off, and have passed··through the gate, and have gone··out by it: and their king shall pass··through before them, and Jehovah at the head of them.
