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1. How terrible it will be for people who plan wickedness, who lie on their beds and make evil plans. When the morning light comes, they do what they planned, because they have the power to do so.
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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. They want fields, so they take them; they want houses, so they take them away. They cheat people to get their houses; they rob them even of their property.
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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. That is why the Lord says: "Look, I am planning trouble against such people, and you won't be able to save yourselves. You will no longer walk proudly, because it will be a terrible 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. At that time people will make fun of you and sing this sad song about you: 'We are completely ruined; the Lord has taken away my people's land. Yes, he has taken it away from me and divided our fields among our enemies!'"
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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 you will have no one from the Lord's people to throw lots to divide the land.
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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. The prophets say, "Don't prophesy to us! Don't prophesy about these things! Nothing to make us feel bad will happen!"
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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. But I must say this, people of Jacob: The Lord is becoming angry about what you have done. My words are welcome to the person who does what is right.
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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 you are fighting against my people like an enemy. You take the coats from people who pass by; you rob them of their safety; you plan 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've forced the women of my people from their nice houses; you've taken my glory from their children forever.
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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. Get up and leave. This is not your place of rest anymore. You have made this place unclean, and it is doomed to 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. But you people want a false prophet who will tell you nothing but lies. You want one who promises to prophesy good things for you if you give him wine and beer. He's just the prophet for you.
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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. "Yes, people of Jacob, I will bring all of you together; I will bring together all those left alive in Israel. I will put them together like sheep in a pen, like a flock in its pasture; the place will be filled with many people.
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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. Someone will open the way and lead the people out. The people will break through the gate and leave the city where they were held captive. Their king will go out in front of them, and the Lord will lead 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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