Oppressors Judged 1Woe to those who dream up wickedness and prepare evil plansa on their beds! At morning lightb they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.c 2They covet fieldsd and seize them;e They deprive a man of his home,f you cannot free your necks from it.j Then you will not walk so proudlyk because it will be an evil time.l 4In that day one will take upm a taunt against you, and lament mournfully,n saying, He measures out the allotted land of my people. He allots our fieldsp to traitors.” 5Therefore, there will be no one to divide the land by casting lots.q, r God’s Word Rejected 6“Quit your preaching,”s theyt preach. “They should not preach these things;u shame will not overtake us.”v, w 7House of Jacob, should it be asked, “Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient?x Are these the things He does? ” to the one who walks uprightly?z 8But recently My people have risen up You strip off the splendid robeab from those who are passing through confidently,ac like those returning from war. 9You forcead the women of My people out of their comfortable homes, and you take My blessingae, af for this is not your place of rest,ag because defilementah brings destruction — “I will preach to you about wine and beer,”al he would be just the preacher for this people!am The Remnant Regathered 12I will indeed gatheran all of you, Jacob; I will collect the remnant of Israel.ao I will bring them together like sheep in a pen, like a flock in the middle of its fold. It will be noisy with people.ap 13One who breaks open the way they will break out, pass through the gate, Their King will pass through before them, Footnotes: a. 2:1 Ps 36:4; Is 32:7; Nah 1:11 b. 2:1 Hs 7:6-7 c. 2:1 Gn 31:29; Dt 28:32; Pr 3:27 d. 2:2 Jr 22:17; Am 8:4 e. 2:2 Is 5:8 f. 2:2 1Kg 21:1-15 g. 2:2 Ex 20:17; Is 5:8 h. 2:3 Dt 28:48; Jr 18:11 i. 2:3 Jr 8:3; Am 3:1-2 j. 2:3 Lm 1:14; 5:5 k. 2:3 Is 2:11-12 l. 2:3 Am 5:13 m. 2:4 Hab 2:6 n. 2:4 Jr 9:10,17-21; Mc 1:8 o. 2:4 Is 6:11; 24:3; Jr 4:13 p. 2:4 Jr 6:12; 8:10 q. 2:5 Lit r. 2:5 Nm 34:13,16-29; Jos 18:4,10 s. 2:6 Is 30:10; Am 2:12; 7:16 t. 2:6 = the prophets u. 2:6 Is 29:10; Mc 3:6 v. 2:6 Text emended; MT reads things. Shame will not depart. w. 2:6 Mc 6:16 x. 2:7 Is 50:2; 59:1 y. 2:7 Ps 119:65,68,116; Jr 15:16 z. 2:7 Ps 15:2; 84:11 aa. 2:8 Jr 12:8 ab. 2:8 Mc 3:2-3; 7:2-3 ac. 2:8 Ps 120:6-7 ad. 2:9 Jr 10:20 ae. 2:9 Perhaps the land af. 2:9 Ezk 39:21; Hab 2:14 ag. 2:10 Dt 3:19-20; 12:8-10 ah. 2:10 Ps 106:38 ai. 2:10 Lv 18:25-28 aj. 2:11 Or spirit ak. 2:11 Jr 5:13,31 al. 2:11 Is 28:7 am. 2:11 Is 30:10-11 an. 2:12 Mc 4:6-7 ao. 2:12 2Kg 19:31; Mc 5:7-8; 7:18 ap. 2:12 Jr 23:3; Ezk 36:35-38 |
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