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Woe unto them that join house to house ,
that lay field to field ,
till there be no place ,
that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth !
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In mine ears said the LORD of hosts ,
Of a truth many houses shall be desolate ,
even great and fair ,
without inhabitant .
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Yea ,
ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath ,
and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah .
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Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning ,
that they may follow strong drink ;
that continue until night ,
till wine inflame them !
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And the harp ,
and the viol ,
the tabret ,
and pipe ,
and wine ,
are in their feasts :
but they regard not the work of the LORD ,
neither consider the operation of his hands .
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Therefore my people are gone into captivity ,
because they have no knowledge :
and their honourable men are famished ,
and their multitude dried up with thirst .
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Therefore hell hath enlarged herself ,
and opened her mouth without measure :
and their glory ,
and their multitude ,
and their pomp ,
and he that rejoiceth ,
shall descend into it .
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And the mean man shall be brought down ,
and the mighty man shall be humbled ,
and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled :
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But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment ,
and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness .
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Then shall the lambs feed after their manner ,
and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat .
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Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity ,
and sin as it were with a cart rope :
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That say ,
Let him make speed ,
and hasten his work ,
that we may see it :
and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come ,
that we may know it !
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Woe unto them that call evil good ,
and good evil ;
that put darkness for light ,
and light for darkness ;
that put bitter for sweet ,
and sweet for bitter !
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Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes ,
and prudent in their own sight !
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Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine ,
and men of strength to mingle strong drink :
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Which justify the wicked for reward ,
and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him !
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Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble ,
and the flame consumeth the chaff ,
so their root shall be as rottenness ,
and their blossom shall go up as dust :
because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts ,
and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel .
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Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people ,
and he hath stretched forth his hand against them ,
and hath smitten them :
and the hills did tremble ,
and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets .
For all this his anger is not turned away ,
but his hand is stretched out still .
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And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far ,
and will hiss unto 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 ;
neither shall the girdle 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 counted like flint ,
and their wheels like a whirlwind :
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Their roaring shall be like a lion ,
they shall roar like young lions :
yea ,
they shall roar ,
and lay hold of the prey ,
and shall carry it away safe ,
and none shall deliver it .
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And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea :
and if one look unto the land ,
behold darkness and sorrow ,
and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof .