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Woe to those who join house to house ,
who lay field to field ,
till there is no room ,
and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land !
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In my ears [
says ]
LORD of hosts ,
of a truth many houses shall be desolate ,
even great and fair ,
without inhabitant .
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For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath ,
and a homer of seed shall yield [
but ]
an ephah .
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Woe to those who rise up early in the morning ,
that they may follow strong drink ,
who tarry late into the night ,
till wine inflame them !
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And the harp and the lute ,
the tambourine and the pipe ,
and wine ,
are [
in ]
their feasts ,
but they do not regard the work of LORD ,
nor have they considered the operation of his hands .
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Therefore my people have gone into captivity for lack of knowledge ,
and their honorable men are famished ,
and their multitude are parched with thirst .
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Therefore Sheol has enlarged its desire ,
and opened its mouth without measure .
And their glory ,
and their multitude ,
and their pomp ,
and he who rejoices among them ,
descend [
into it ].
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And the common man is bowed down ,
and the great man is debased ,
and the eyes of the lofty are humbled ,
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but LORD of hosts is exalted in justice ,
and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness .
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Then the lambs shall feed as in their pasture ,
and wanderers shall eat the waste places of the fat ones .
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Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood ,
and sin as it were with a cart rope ,
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who say ,
Let him make speed ,
let him hasten his work ,
that we may see it .
And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and 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 prudent in their own sight !
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Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine ,
and men of strength to mingle strong drink ,
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who justify the wicked for rewards ,
and take away the justice of the righteous man from him !
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Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble ,
and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame ,
so their root shall be as rottenness ,
and their blossom shall go up as dust ,
because they have rejected the law of LORD of hosts ,
an
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Therefore the anger of LORD is kindled against his people ,
and he has stretched forth his hand against them ,
and has smitten them .
And the mountains tremble ,
and their dead bodies are as refuse in the midst of the streets .
For all
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And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far ,
and will whistle for them from the end of the earth ,
and ,
behold ,
they shall come with speed swiftly .
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None shall be weary nor stumble among them .
None shall slumber nor sleep ,
nor shall the belt of their loins be loosed ,
nor the latchet of their shoes be broken ,
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whose arrows are sharp ,
and all their bows bent .
Their horses '
hoofs shall be accounted as flint ,
and their wheels as a whirlwind .
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Their roaring shall be like a lioness .
They shall roar like young lions .
Yea ,
they shall roar ,
and lay hold of the prey ,
and carry it away safe ,
and there shall be none to deliver .
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And they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea .
And if [
a man ]
looks to the land ,
behold ,
darkness [
and ]
distress ,
and the light is darkened in the clouds of it .