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Woe to those who devise iniquity, And work out evil on their beds! At morning light they practice it, Because it is in the power of their hand.
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They covet fields and take them by violence, Also houses, and seize them. So they oppress a man and his house, A man and his inheritance.
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Therefore thus says the Lord: "Behold, against this family I am devising disaster, From which you cannot remove your necks; Nor shall you walk haughtily, For this is an evil time.
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In that day one shall take up a proverb against you, And lament with a bitter lamentation, saying: 'We are utterly destroyed! He has changed the heritage of my people; How He has removed it from me! To a turncoat He has divided our fields.' "
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Therefore you will have no one to determine boundaries by lot In the assembly of the Lord.
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"Do not prattle," you say to those who prophesy. So they shall not prophesy to you; They shall not return insult for insult.
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You who are named the house of Jacob: "Is the Spirit of the Lord restricted? Are these His doings? Do not My words do good To him who walks uprightly?