| New American Standard Bible 1995 | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Woe to those who scheme iniquity, Who work out evil on their beds! When morning comes, they do it, For it is in the power of their hands. | 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. |
| 2They covet fields and then seize them, And houses, and take them away. They rob a man and his house, A man and his inheritance. | 2They covet fields and seize them; they also take houses. They deprive a man of his home, a person of his inheritance. |
| 3Therefore thus says the LORD, "Behold, I am planning against this family a calamity From which you cannot remove your necks; And you will not walk haughtily, For it will be an evil time. | 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. |
| 4"On that day they will take up against you a taunt And utter a bitter lamentation and say, 'We are completely destroyed! He exchanges the portion of my people; How He removes it from me! To the apostate He apportions 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." |
| 5"Therefore you will have no one stretching a measuring line For you by lot in the assembly of the LORD. | 5Therefore, there will be no one in the assembly of the LORD to divide the land by casting lots." |
| 6Do not speak out,' so they speak out. But if they do not speak out concerning these things, Reproaches will not be turned back. | 6Quit your preaching," they preach." They should not preach these things; shame will not overtake us." |
| 7"Is it being said, O house of Jacob: 'Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient? Are these His doings?' Do not My words do good To the one walking 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? |
| 8"Recently My people have arisen as an enemy-- You strip the robe off the garment From unsuspecting passers-by, From those returned 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. |
| 9"The women of My people you evict, Each one from her pleasant house. From her children you take My splendor forever. | 9You force the women of My people out of their comfortable homes, and you take My blessing from their children forever. |
| 10"Arise and go, For this is no place of rest Because of the uncleanness that brings on destruction, A painful destruction. | 10Get up and leave, for this is not your place of rest, because defilement brings destruction-- a grievous destruction! |
| 11"If a man walking after wind and falsehood Had told lies and said, 'I will speak out to you concerning wine and liquor,' He would be spokesman to this people. | 11If a man of wind comes and invents lies:" I will preach to you about wine and beer," he would be just the preacher for this people! |
| 12"I will surely assemble all of you, Jacob, I will surely gather the 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 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 fold. It will be noisy with people. |
| 13"The breaker goes up before them; They break out, pass through the gate and go out by it. So their king goes on before them, And the LORD at their head." | 13One who breaks open the way will advance before them; they will break out, pass through the gate, and leave by it. Their King will pass through before them, the LORD as their leader. |
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