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Woe to those who join house to house ,
who add field to field ,
until there is no more room ,
and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land .
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The LORD of hosts has sworn in my hearing : "
Surely many houses shall be desolate ,
large and beautiful houses ,
without inhabitant .
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For ten acres of vineyard shall yield but one bath ,
and a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah ."
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Woe to those who rise early in the morning ,
that they may run after strong drink ,
who tarry late into the evening till wine inflames them !
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They have lyre and harp ,
timbrel and flute and wine at their feasts ;
but they do not regard the deeds of the LORD ,
or see the work of his hands .
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Therefore my people go into exile for want of knowledge ;
their honored men are dying of hunger ,
and their multitude is parched with thirst .
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Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth beyond measure ,
and the nobility of Jerusalem and her multitude go down ,
her throng and he who exults in her .
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Man is bowed down ,
and men are brought low ,
and the eyes of the haughty are humbled .
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But the LORD of hosts is exalted in justice ,
and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness .
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Then shall the lambs graze as in their pasture ,
fatlings and kids shall feed among the ruins .
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Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood ,
who draw sin as with cart ropes ,
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who say : "
Let him make haste ,
let him speed his work that we may see it ;
let the purpose of the Holy One of Israel draw near ,
and let it come ,
that we may know it !"
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Woe to those who call evil good and good evil ,
who put darkness for light and light for darkness ,
who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter !
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Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes ,
and shrewd in their own sight !
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Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine ,
and valiant men in mixing strong drink ,
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who acquit the guilty for a bribe ,
and deprive the innocent of his right !
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Therefore ,
as the tongue of fire devours the stubble ,
and as dry grass sinks down in the flame ,
so their root will be as rottenness ,
and their blossom go up like dust ;
for they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts ,
and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel .
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Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against his people ,
and he stretched out his hand against them and smote them ,
and the mountains quaked ;
and their corpses were as refuse in the midst of the streets .
For all this his anger is not turned away and his hand is stretched out still .
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He will raise a signal for a nation afar off ,
and whistle for it from the ends of the earth ;
and lo ,
swiftly ,
speedily it comes !
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None is weary ,
none stumbles ,
none slumbers or sleeps ,
not a waistcloth is loose ,
not a sandal-thong broken ;
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their arrows are sharp ,
all their bows bent ,
their horses '
hoofs seem like flint ,
and their wheels like the whirlwind .
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Their roaring is like a lion ,
like young lions they roar ;
they growl and seize their prey ,
they carry it off ,
and none can rescue .
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They will growl over it on that day ,
like the roaring of the sea .
And if one look to the land ,
behold ,
darkness and distress ;
and the light is darkened by its clouds .