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  2:1 ¶
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. |
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2:1 ¶
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.° |
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2:2
And they covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. |
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2:2
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.° |
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2:3
Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks, neither shall ye walk haughtily; for it is an evil time. |
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2:3
Therefore°
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.° |
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2:4 ¶
In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, [and] say, We are utterly ruined: he changeth the portion of my people: how doth he remove [it] from me! to the rebellious he divideth our fields. |
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2:4 ¶
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.° |
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2:5
Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the line by lot in the assembly of Jehovah. |
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2:5
Therefore°
thou shalt have°
none°
that shall cast°°
a cord°
by lot°
in the congregation°
of the LORD.° |
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2:6
Prophesy ye not, [thus] they prophesy. They shall not prophesy to these: reproaches shall not depart. |
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2:6
Prophesy°°
ye not,°
[say they to them that] prophesy:°°
they shall not°
prophesy°°
to them,°
[that] they shall not°
take°°
shame.° |
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2:7 ¶
Shall it be said, O house of Jacob, Is the Spirit of Jehovah straitened? are these his doings? Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly? |
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2:7 ¶
O [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?° |
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2:8
But of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye strip the robe from off the garment from them that pass by securely [as men] averse from war. |
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2:8
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°°
from war.° |
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2:9
The women of my people ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their young children ye take away my glory for ever. |
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2:9
The women°
of my people°
have ye cast out°°
from their pleasant°
houses;°°
from°°
their children°
have ye taken away°°
my glory°
for ever.° |
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2:10
Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your resting-place; because of uncleanness that destroyeth, even with a grievous destruction. |
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2:10
Arise°°
ye, and depart;°°°
for°
this°
[is] not°
[your] rest:°
because°
it is polluted,°°
it shall destroy°°
[you], even with a sore°°
destruction.° |
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2:11
If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood do lie, [saying], I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people. |
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2:11
If°
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.° |
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2:12 ¶
I 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 a flock in the midst of their pasture; they shall make great noise by reason of [the multitude of] men. |
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2:12 ¶
I 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.°° |
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2:13
The breaker is gone up before them: they have broken forth and passed on to the gate, and are gone out thereat; and their king is passed on before them, and Jehovah at the head of them. |
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2:13
The 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. |
