| New American Standard Bible 1995 | International Standard Version |
| 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. | 1"Woe to those who are crafting iniquity, planning evil well into the night! When morning's light comes, they carry out their plans because they have the power to do so. |
| 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 covet houses, and grab them, too. They harass the valiant man, along with his household, an individual and his estate. |
| 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. | 3"Therefore this is what the LORD says, 'I'm crafting evil against this family, from which you can't escape. You won't strut around arrogantly, because the times are evil.' |
| 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.' | 4"When this happens, someone will compose a proverb about you, lamenting sorrowfully, 'We are completely ruined! He has given my people's heritage to others. How he has removed it from me, dividing up our fields!' |
| 5"Therefore you will have no one stretching a measuring line For you by lot in the assembly of the LORD. | 5"This is why there will not be left even a single person to settle boundary disputes in the LORD's community. |
| 6Do not speak out,' so they speak out. But if they do not speak out concerning these things, Reproaches will not be turned back. | 6To those who speak out, they will declare, 'Don't prophesy to anyone!' so their shame won't go away. |
| 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? | 7"It is said, house of Jacob, 'The Spirit of the LORD is limited, if he acts this way, is he not?' "But my words benefit those who live righteously, do they not? |
| 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. | 8Lately my people have acted like an enemy— you strip travelers who thought they were as secure as those who return 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 have evicted the wives of my people from their dream homes; you have removed my majesty from their children permanently. |
| 10"Arise and go, For this is no place of rest Because of the uncleanness that brings on destruction, A painful destruction. | 10"Get up and go, because there's no rest for you here! Since everything is polluted, it can only cause destruction, even heavy 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. | 11Suppose a man who keeps company with a deceiving spirit prophesies like this: 'Drink wine and strong drink!' Won't the people accept him as a prophet?" |
| 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. | 12"Jacob, how I will surely gather all of you! How I will gather the survivors of Israel! I will gather them together like sheep in a pen, like the flock in the midst of the sheepfold. There will be a great commotion because of all the 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." | 13God will stand up and break through in their presence. Then they will pass through the gate, going out by it. Their king will pass in front of them with the LORD at their head." |
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