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Woe to those who ^(C1)devise wrongdoing, Who practice evil on their beds! ^(F1)(C2)When morning comes, they do it, Because it is in the ^(C3)power of their hands.

They ^(C1)covet fields, so they ^(C2)seize them; And houses, so they take them. They ^(F1)(C3)exploit a man and his house, A person and his inheritance.

Therefore this is what the LORD says: "Behold, I am ^(C1)planning against this ^(C2)family a catastrophe From which you ^(C3)cannot remove your necks; And you will not walk ^(C4)haughtily, For it will be an ^(C5)evil time.

-"On that day they will ^(C1)take up against you a ^(F1)song of mocking And ^(F2)(C2)utter a song of mourning and say, 'We are completely ^(C3)destroyed! He exchanges the share of my people; How He removes it from me! To the apostate He ^(C4)apportions our fields.'

-"Therefore you will have no one ^(F1)(C1)applying a measuring line For you by lot in the assembly of the LORD.

'^(C1)Do not prophesy,' so they prophesy. But if ^(F1)they do ^(C2)not prophesy about these things, ^(C3)Insults will not be turned back.

-"Is it being said, house of Jacob: 'Is the Spirit of the LORD ^(C1)impatient? Are these His works?' Do My words not ^(C2)do good For the one ^(C3)walking rightly?

-"^(F1)Recently My people have arisen as an ^(C1)enemy— You ^(C2)strip the robe off the garment From ^(C3)unsuspecting passers-by, From those returned from war.

-"You ^(C1)evict the women of My people, Each one from her pleasant house. From her children you take My ^(C2)splendor forever.

-"Arise and go, For this is no place ^(C1)of rest Because of the ^(C2)uncleanness that brings on destruction, A painful destruction.

-"If someone walking after wind and ^(C1)falsehood Had lied and said, 'I will prophesy to you about ^(C2)wine and liquor,' He would become a prophet to ^(C3)this people.

"I will certainly ^(C1)assemble all of you, Jacob, I will certainly gather the ^(C2)remnant of Israel. I will put them together like sheep in the fold; Like a flock in the midst of its pasture They will be noisy with people.

-"The one who breaks through goes up before them; They break through, pass through the gate, and go out by it. So their king passes on before them, And the LORD at their head."