2:1 | Woe <01945> to them that devise <02803> (8802) iniquity <0205>, and work <06466> (8802) evil <07451> upon their beds <04904>! when the morning <01242> is light <0216>, they practise <06213> (8799) it, because it is <03426> in the power <0410> of their hand <03027>. |
2:2 | And they covet <02530> (8804) fields <07704>, and take [them] by violence <01497> (8804); and houses <01004>, and take [them] away <05375> (8804): so they oppress <06231> (8804) a man <01397> and his house <01004>, even a man <0376> and his heritage <05159>. {oppress: or, defraud} |
2:3 | Therefore thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>; Behold, against this family <04940> do I devise <02803> (8802) an evil <07451>, from which ye shall not remove <04185> (8686) your necks <06677>; neither shall ye go <03212> (8799) haughtily <07317>: for this time <06256> [is] evil <07451>. |
2:4 | In that day <03117> shall [one] take up <05375> (8799) a parable <04912> against you, and lament <05091> (8804) with a doleful <05093> lamentation <05092>, [and] say <0559> (8804), We be utterly <07703> (8800) spoiled <07703> (8738): he hath changed <04171> (8686) the portion <02506> of my people <05971>: how hath he removed <04185> (8686) [it] from me! turning away <07725> (8788) he hath divided <02505> (8762) our fields <07704>. {a doleful...: Heb. a lamentation of lamentations} {turning...: or, instead of restoring} |
2:5 | Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast <07993> (8688) a cord <02256> by lot <01486> in the congregation <06951> of the LORD <03068>. |
2:6 | Prophesy <05197> (8686) ye not, [say they to them that] prophesy <05197> (8686): they shall not prophesy <05197> (8686) to them, [that] they shall not take <05253> (8799) shame <03639>. {Prophesy ye...: or, Prophesy not as they prophesy: Heb. Drop, etc} |
2:7 | O [thou that art] named <0559> (8803) the house <01004> of Jacob <03290>, is the spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> straitened <07114> (8804)? [are] these his doings <04611>? do not my words <01697> do good <03190> (8686) to him that walketh <01980> (8802) uprightly <03477>? {straitened: or, shortened?} {uprightly: Heb. upright?} |
2:8 | Even of late <0865> my people <05971> is risen up <06965> (8787) as an enemy <0341> (8802): ye pull off <06584> (8686) the robe <0145> with <04136> the garment <08008> from them that pass <05674> (8802) by securely <0983> as men averse <07725> (8803) from war <04421>. {of late: Heb. yesterday} {with the: Heb. over against a} |
2:9 | The women <0802> of my people <05971> have ye cast out <01644> (8762) from their pleasant <08588> houses <01004>; from their children <05768> have ye taken away <03947> (8799) my glory <01926> for ever <05769>. {women: or, wives} |
2:10 | Arise <06965> (8798) ye, and depart <03212> (8798); for this [is] not [your] rest <04496>: because it is polluted <02930> (8800), it shall destroy <02254> (8762) [you], even with a sore <04834> (8737) destruction <02256>. |
2:11 | If <03863> a man <0376> walking <01980> (8802) in the spirit <07307> and falsehood <08267> do lie <03576> (8765), [saying], I will prophesy <05197> (8686) unto thee of wine <03196> and of strong drink <07941>; he shall even be the prophet <05197> (8688) of this people <05971>. {walking...: or, walk with the wind, and lie falsely} |
2:12 | I will surely <0622> (8800) assemble <0622> (8799), O Jacob <03290>, all of thee; I will surely <06908> (8763) gather <06908> (8762) the remnant <07611> of Israel <03478>; I will put <07760> (8799) them together <03162> as the sheep <06629> of Bozrah <01223> (8677) <01224>, as the flock <05739> in the midst <08432> of their fold <01699>: they shall make great noise <01949> (8686) by reason of [the multitude of] men <0120>. |
2:13 | The breaker <06555> (8802) is come up <05927> (8804) before <06440> them: they have broken up <06555> (8804), and have passed through <05674> (8799) the gate <08179>, and are gone out <03318> (8799) by it: and their king <04428> shall pass <05674> (8799) before <06440> them, and the LORD <03068> on the head <07218> of them. |