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And what are the high places of Judah? 2 Woe to those who devise iniquity,
Are they not Jerusalem? And work out evil on their beds!
At morning light they practice it,
“Therefore I will make Samaria a heap
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of ruins in the field, 2 Because it is in the power of their hand.
Places for planting a vineyard; They covet fields and take them
I will pour down her stones into the by violence,
valley, Also houses, and seize them.
And I will uncover her foundations. So they oppress a man and his house,
All her carved images shall be beaten
7 A man and his inheritance.
to pieces, 3 Therefore thus says the LORD:
And all her pay as a harlot shall be “Behold, against this family
burned with the fire;
All her idols I will lay desolate, I am devising disaster,
For she gathered it from the pay of a From which you cannot remove your
harlot, necks;
And they shall return to the pay of a Nor shall you walk haughtily,
harlot.” For this is an evil time.
4 In that day one shall take up a proverb
Therefore I will wail and howl, against you,
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I will go stripped and naked; And lament with a bitter lamentation,
I will make a wailing like the jackals saying:
And a mourning like the ostriches, ‘We are utterly destroyed!
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For her wounds are incurable. He has changed the heritage of my
For it has come to Judah; people;
It has come to the gate of My people— How He has removed it from me!
To Jerusalem. To a turncoat He has divided
10 Tell it not in Gath, our fields.’ ”
Weep not at all; 5 Therefore you will have no one to
In Beth Aphrah determine boundaries by lot
Roll yourself in the dust. In the assembly of the LORD.
11 Pass by in naked shame, you
inhabitant of Shaphir; 6 “Do not prattle,” you say to those
The inhabitant of Zaanan does not who prophesy.
go out. So they shall not prophesy to you;
Beth Ezel mourns; They shall not return insult for insult.
7 You who are named the house of Jacob:
Its place to stand is taken away from you.
“Is the Spirit of the LORD restricted?
12 For the inhabitant of Maroth pined Are these His doings?
for good, Do not My words do good
But disaster came down from the LORD To him who walks uprightly?
To the gate of Jerusalem.
O inhabitant of Lachish,
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Harness the chariot to the swift steeds
(She was the beginning of sin to the
daughter of Zion), 2:7 Spirit of the LORD. God responded to the
For the transgressions of Israel were evil prophets that their message affirming sin
found in you. in the nation was inconsistent with the Holy
14 Therefore you shall give presents to Spirit and His true message to Micah (3:8).
Moresheth Gath; God’s words do reward the righteous,but they
The houses of Achzib shall be a lie to also rebuke those engaging in evil deeds.
the kings of Israel.
I will yet bring an heir to you,
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O inhabitant of Mareshah; 8 “Lately My people have risen up as an
The glory of Israel shall come to enemy—
Adullam. You pull off the robe with the garment
16 Make yourself bald and cut off your hair, From those who trust you, as they
Because of your precious children; pass by,
Enlarge your baldness like an eagle, Like men returned from war.
For they shall go from you into captivity. 9 The women of My people you cast out

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