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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 He has altered the partition of my people; how He has withdrawn it from me!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.
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Therefore thou shalt not have any who shall cast a cord by lot in the assembly of Jehovah.
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Preach ye not as they preach; they shall not preach to these; they shall not take away humiliation.
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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?
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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.
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The women of My people you have driven out from their delightful houses; with their babes you have taken My honor to eternity.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
