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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.
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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 fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
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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. Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks, neither shall ye walk haughtily; 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 shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We are utterly ruined: he changeth the portion of my people: how doth he remove it from me! to the rebellious he divideth our 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. Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the line by lot in the assembly 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. Prophesy ye not, thus they prophesy. They shall not prophesy to these: reproaches shall not depart.
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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. Shall it be said, O house of Jacob, Is the Spirit of Jehovah straitened? are these his doings? Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
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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. But of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye strip the robe from off the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse 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. The women of my people ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their young children ye take away my glory for ever.
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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. Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your resting-place; because of uncleanness that destroyeth, even with a grievous destruction.
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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 walking in a spirit of falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of 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. 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 a flock in the midst of their pasture; they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude 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. The breaker is gone up before them: they have broken forth and passed on to the gate, and are gone out thereat; and their king is passed on before them, and Jehovah at the head of them.
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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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