Dual Panel1Woe <01945> to them that devise <02803> (8802) iniquity <0205>_, and work <06466> (8802) evil <07451> upon their beds <04904>_! when the morning <01242> is light <0216>_, they practise <06213> (8799) it, because it is <03426> in the power <0410> of their hand <03027>_.
2And they covet <02530> (8804) fields <07704>_, and take [them] by violence <01497> (8804)_; and houses <01004>_, and take [them] away <05375> (8804)_: so they oppress <06231> (8804) a man <01397> and his house <01004>_, even a man <0376> and his heritage <05159>_. {oppress: or, defraud}
3Therefore thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>_; Behold, against this family <04940> do I devise <02803> (8802) an evil <07451>_, from which ye shall not remove <04185> (8686) your necks <06677>_; neither shall ye go <03212> (8799) haughtily <07317>_: for this time <06256> [is] evil <07451>_.
4In that day <03117> shall [one] take up <05375> (8799) a parable <04912> against you, and lament <05091> (8804) with a doleful <05093> lamentation <05092>_, [and] say <0559> (8804)_, We be utterly <07703> (8800) spoiled <07703> (8738)_: he hath changed <04171> (8686) the portion <02506> of my people <05971>_: how hath he removed <04185> (8686) [it] from me! turning away <07725> (8788) he hath divided <02505> (8762) our fields <07704>_. {a doleful...: Heb. a lamentation of lamentations} {turning...: or, instead of restoring}
5Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast <07993> (8688) a cord <02256> by lot <01486> in the congregation <06951> of the LORD <03068>_.
6Prophesy <05197> (8686) ye not, [say they to them that] prophesy <05197> (8686)_: they shall not prophesy <05197> (8686) to them, [that] they shall not take <05253> (8799) shame <03639>_. {Prophesy ye...: or, Prophesy not as they prophesy: Heb. Drop, etc}
7O [thou that art] named <0559> (8803) the house <01004> of Jacob <03290>_, is the spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> straitened <07114> (8804)_? [are] these his doings <04611>_? do not my words <01697> do good <03190> (8686) to him that walketh <01980> (8802) uprightly <03477>_? {straitened: or, shortened?} {uprightly: Heb. upright?}
8Even of late <0865> my people <05971> is risen up <06965> (8787) as an enemy <0341> (8802)_: ye pull off <06584> (8686) the robe <0145> with <04136> the garment <08008> from them that pass <05674> (8802) by securely <0983> as men averse <07725> (8803) from war <04421>_. {of late: Heb. yesterday} {with the: Heb. over against a}
9The women <0802> of my people <05971> have ye cast out <01644> (8762) from their pleasant <08588> houses <01004>_; from their children <05768> have ye taken away <03947> (8799) my glory <01926> for ever <05769>_. {women: or, wives}
10Arise <06965> (8798) ye, and depart <03212> (8798)_; for this [is] not [your] rest <04496>_: because it is polluted <02930> (8800)_, it shall destroy <02254> (8762) [you], even with a sore <04834> (8737) destruction <02256>_.
11If <03863> a man <0376> walking <01980> (8802) in the spirit <07307> and falsehood <08267> do lie <03576> (8765)_, [saying], I will prophesy <05197> (8686) unto thee of wine <03196> and of strong drink <07941>_; he shall even be the prophet <05197> (8688) of this people <05971>_. {walking...: or, walk with the wind, and lie falsely}
12I will surely <0622> (8800) assemble <0622> (8799)_, O Jacob <03290>_, all of thee; I will surely <06908> (8763) gather <06908> (8762) the remnant <07611> of Israel <03478>_; I will put <07760> (8799) them together <03162> as the sheep <06629> of Bozrah <01223> (8677) <01224>_, as the flock <05739> in the midst <08432> of their fold <01699>_: they shall make great noise <01949> (8686) by reason of [the multitude of] men <0120>_.
13The breaker <06555> (8802) is come up <05927> (8804) before <06440> them: they have broken up <06555> (8804)_, and have passed through <05674> (8799) the gate <08179>_, and are gone out <03318> (8799) by it: and their king <04428> shall pass <05674> (8799) before <06440> them, and the LORD <03068> on the head <07218> of them.