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the transgression of Jacob
is
all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What
is
the transgression
of Jacob?
is it
not Samaria? and what
are
the high places of Judah?
are they
not Jerusalem?
6
Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field,
and
as plantings of a vineyard: and I will
pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.
7
And all
the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with
the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered
it
of the hire of an harlot, and
they shall return to the hire of an harlot.
8
Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and
naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
9
For her wound
is
incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people,
even
to Jerusalem.
10
Declare ye
it
not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
11
Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came
not forth in the mourning of Beth-ezel; he shall receive of you his standing.
12
For the inhabitant
of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the L
ORD
unto the gate of Jerusalem.
13
O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she
is
the beginning of the sin
to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.
14
Therefore shalt thou
give presents to Moresheth-gath: the houses of Achzib
shall be
a lie to the kings of Israel.
15
Yet
will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of
Israel.
16
Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle;
for they are gone into captivity from thee.
CHAPTER 2
Woe 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.
2
And 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.
3
Therefore thus saith the L
ORD
; 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.
4
In 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.
5
Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord
by lot in the congregation of the L
ORD
.
6
Prophesy ye not,
say they to them that
prophesy: they shall
not prophesy to them,
that
they shall not take shame.
7
O
thou that art
named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the L
ORD
straitened?
are
these his
doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
8
Even 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
fromwar.
9
The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children
have ye taken away my glory for ever.
10
Arise ye, and depart; for this
is
not
your
rest: because it
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