2 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 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. 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. 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. 5 Therefore
thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation
of the LORD. 6 Prophesy
ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them,
that they shall not take shame.
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? 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. 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. 10 Arise
ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall
destroy you, even with a sore destruction. 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. 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. 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.