2:1 They meditated troubles, and wrought
wickedness on their beds, and they put it in execution with the daylight;
for they have not lifted up their hands to God.
2:2 And they desired fields, and plundered orphans, and oppressed families,
and spoiled a man and his house, even a man and his inheritance.
2:3 Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I devise evils against this
family, out of which ye shall not lift up your necks, neither shall ye walk
upright speedily: for the time is evil.
2:4 In that day shall a parable be taken up against you, and a plaintive
lamentation shall be uttered, saying, We are thoroughly miserable: the
portion of my people has been measured out with a line, and there was none
to hinder him so as to turn him back; your fields have been divided.
2:5 Therefore thou shalt have no one to cast a line for the lot.
2:6 Weep not with tears in the assembly of the Lord, neither let [any] weep
for these things; for he shall not remove the reproaches,
2:7 who says, The house of Jacob has provoked the Spirit of the Lord; are
not these his practices? Are not the Lord's words right with him? and have
they not proceeded correctly?
2:8 Even beforetime my people withstood [him] as an enemy against his peace;
they have stripped off his skin to remove hope [in] the conflict of war.
2:9 The leaders of my people shall be cast forth from their luxurious
houses; they are rejected because of their evil practices; draw ye near to
the everlasting mountains.
2:10 Arise thou, and depart; for this is not thy rest because of
uncleanness: ye have been utterly destroyed;
2:11 ye have fled, no one pursuing [you: thy] spirit has framed falsehood,
it has dropped on thee for wine and strong drink. But it shall come to pass,
[that] out of the dropping of this people,
2:12 Jacob shall be completely gathered with all [his people:] I will surely
receive the remnant of Israel; I will cause them to return together, as
sheep in trouble, as a flock in the midst of their fold: they shall rush
forth from among men through the breach made before them:
2:13 they have broken through, and passed the gate, and gone out by it: and
their king has gone out before them, and the Lord shall lead them. |
2:1 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and
work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it,
because it is in the power of their hand.
2:2 And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take
them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
2:3 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise
an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go
haughtily: for this time is evil.
2:4 In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a
doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the
portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath
divided our fields.
2:5 Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the
congregation of the LORD.
2:6 Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy
to them, that they shall not take shame.
2:7 O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD
straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that
walketh uprightly?
2:8 Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe
with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war.
2:9 The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from
their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.
2:10 Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is
polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.
2:11 If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will
prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet
of this people.
2:12 I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the
remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the
flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of
the multitude of men.
2:13 The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have
passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass
before them, and the LORD on the head of them. |