| King James Bible | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Woe 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. | 1Woe to those who dream up wickedness and prepare evil plans on their beds! At morning light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands. |
| 2And 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. | 2They covet fields and seize them; they also take houses. They deprive a man of his home, a person of his inheritance. |
| 3Therefore 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. | 3Therefore, the LORD says: I am now planning a disaster against this nation; you cannot free your necks from it. Then you will not walk so proudly because it will be an evil time. |
| 4In 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. | 4In that day one will take up a taunt against you and lament mournfully, saying, "We are totally ruined! He measures out the allotted land of my people. How he removes it from me! He allots our fields to traitors." |
| 5Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD. | 5Therefore, there will be no one in the assembly of the LORD to divide the land by casting lots. |
| 6Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame. | 6"Quit your preaching," they preach. "They should not preach these things; shame will not overtake us." |
| 7O 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? | 7House of Jacob, should it be asked, "Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient? Are these the things he does?" Don't my words bring good to the one who walks uprightly? |
| 8Even 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. | 8But recently my people have risen up like an enemy: You strip off the splendid robe from those who are passing through confidently, like those returning from war. |
| 9The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever. | 9You force the women of my people out of their comfortable homes, and you take my blessing from their children forever. |
| 10Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction. | 10Get up and leave, for this is not your place of rest because defilement brings destruction--a grievous destruction! |
| 11If 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. | 11If a man comes and utters empty lies--"I will preach to you about wine and beer"--he would be just the preacher for this people! |
| 12I 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. | 12I will indeed gather all of you, Jacob; I will collect the remnant of Israel. I will bring them together like sheep in a pen, like a flock in the middle of its pasture. It will be noisy with people. |
| 13The 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. | 13One who breaks open the way will advance before them; they will break out, pass through the city gate, and leave by it. Their King will pass through before them, the LORD as their leader. |
| King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. | The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. |
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