1. Woe to those who devise iniquity,And work out evil on their beds!At morning light they practice it,Because it is in the power of their hand.
2. They covet fields and take them by violence,Also houses, and seize them.So they oppress a man and his house,A man and his inheritance.
3. Therefore thus says the Lord:“Behold, against this family I am devising disaster,From which you cannot remove your necks;Nor shall you walk haughtily,For this is an evil time.
4. In that day one shall take up a proverb against you,And lament with a bitter lamentation, saying:‘We are utterly destroyed!He has changed the heritage of my people;How He has removed it from me!To a turncoat He has divided our fields.’ ”
5. Therefore you will have no one to determine boundaries by lotIn the assembly of the Lord.
6. “Do not prattle,” you say to those who prophesy.So they shall not prophesy to you;They shall not return insult for insult.
7. You who are named the house of Jacob:“Is the Spirit of the Lord restricted?Are these His doings?Do not My words do goodTo him who walks uprightly?