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Yahweh '
s voice calls to the city ,
and wisdom sees your name : "
Listen to the rod ,
and he who appointed it .
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Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked ,
and a short ephah {
An ephah is a measure of volume (
about 22 litres or about 23 of a bushel ),
and a short ephah is made smaller than a full ephah for the purpose of cheating customers .}
that is accursed ?
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Shall I be pure with dishonest scales ,
and with a bag of deceitful weights ?
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Her rich men are full of violence ,
her inhabitants speak lies ,
and their tongue is deceitful in their speech .
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Therefore I also have struck you with a grievous wound .
I have made you desolate because of your sins .
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You shall eat ,
but not be satisfied .
Your humiliation will be in your midst .
You will store up ,
but not save ;
and that which you save I will give up to the sword .
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You will sow ,
but won '
t reap .
You will tread the olives ,
but won '
t anoint yourself with oil ;
and crush grapes ,
but won '
t drink the wine .
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For the statutes of Omri are kept ,
and all the works of the house of Ahab .
You walk in their counsels ,
that I may make you a ruin ,
and her inhabitants a hissing ;
And you will bear the reproach of my people ."