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Woe to Evildoers
1Woe 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.
2They ⚓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.
3Therefore 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.
4In 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.’ ”
5Therefore you will have no one to determine boundaries by lot
In the assembly of the Lord.
Lying Prophets
6“Do not prattle,” you say to those who prophesy.
So they shall not prophesy to you;
They shall not return insult for insult.
7You who are named the house of Jacob:
“Is the Spirit of the Lord restricted?
Are these His doings?
Do not My words do good
To him who walks uprightly?
8“Lately My people have risen up as an enemy—
You pull off the robe with the garment
From those who trust you, as they pass by,
Like men returned from war.
9The women of My people you cast out
From their pleasant houses;
From their children
You have taken away My glory forever.
10“Arise and depart,
For this is not your⚓rest;
Because it is ⚓defiled, it shall destroy,
Yes, with utter destruction.
11If a man should walk in a false spirit
And speak a lie, saying,
‘I will prophesy to you of wine and drink,’
Even he would be the ⚓prattler of this people.
Israel Restored
12“I⚓ will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob,
I will surely gather the remnant of Israel;
I will put them together ⚓like sheep of the fold,
Like a flock in the midst of their pasture;
⚓They shall make a loud noise because of so many people.
13The one who breaks open will come up before them;
They will break out,
Pass through the gate,
And go out by it;
⚓Their king will pass before them,
⚓With the Lord at their head.”
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Cov Neeg Ua Phem Yuav Raug Txim
1Cov neeg uas pw saum txaj tuav tswvyim mus ua phem yuav raug kev txomnyem. Thaum kaj ntug txoog lawv tawm mus ua phem raws li lawv twb xav tseg lawm.
2Thaum lawv xav tau luag tej teb, lawv mus txeeb kiag los ua lawv tug; thaum lawv xav tau luag tej tsev, lawv mus txeeb kiag los rau lawv yuav. Tsis muaj ib tug neeg twg uas nws tsevneeg lossis nws tej cuabtam yuav nyob tso siab lug tsis ploj li.
3Yog li ntawd, tus TSWV thiaj hais tias, “Kuv yuav tso kev puastsuaj los raug nej, thiab nej yuav khiav tsis dim li. Thaum nej raug kev ntxhov siab li ntawd, nej yuav tsis tau mus kev muaj plhus ntxiag lawm.
4Thaum txog hnub ntawd neeg yuav muab nej txojkev puastsuaj los piav ua yamntxwv qhia rau sawvdaws, thiab lawv yuav hu nkauj qhia nej txojkev tu siab rau sawvdaws mloog li no:
Peb raug kev puastsuaj tas lawm lauj!
Tus TSWV twb muab peb lub tebchaws tshem mus lawm,
thiab muab cob rau cov neeg uas
tuaj ntes peb ntawd txhais tes.”
5Yog li ntawd, thaum txog hnub uas tus TSWV rov tu lub tebchaws rau nws haivneeg nyob, nej yuav tsis muaj ib tug nrog luag muaj feem muaj tug li.
6Cov neeg yws kuv hais tias, “Koj tsis txhob tuaj qhia peb, tsis txhob qhia tej ntawd lawm. Vajtswv yeej tsis pub kom peb poob ntsejmuag ib zaug li.
7Koj xav hais tias cov Yixalayees raug foom tsis zoo lawm no los? Tus TSWV ua tsis taus siab ntev lawm los? Nws yog tus uas yuav ua tej ntawd ntag los? Nws tsis hais lus mos lus muag rau cov neeg uas ua ncaj li ntag los?”
8Tus TSWV teb hais tias, “Nej tuaj tawmtsam kuv haivneeg ib yam li yog yeebncuab. Cov neeg uas rov hauv tshavrog los xav hais tias lawv yuav tau zoo nyob kaj sab lug hauv lawv tej tsev, tiamsis nej mus tos kev huab lawv tej tsho loj nqa mus lawm.
9Nej muab tej pojniam uas yog kuv haivneeg ntiab tawm hauv lawv tej tsev uas yog lawv lub chaw tshua, thiab nej tsis pub lawv tej menyuam los yuav kuv txoj koob hmoov mus ibtxhis.
10Nej cia li sawv tawm mus; ntawm no tsis muaj chaw rau nej nkaum lawm. Twb yog vim nej tej kev txhaum, lub tebchaws thiaj raug kev puastsuaj.
11“Cov neeg no nyiam tus cevlus uas mus ncig dag rau ub rau no hais tias, ‘Kuv yog tus qhia rau nej hais tias cawv txiv hmab thiab cawv ntxwg yuav nchuav laub lug los rau nej.’
12“Tiamsis kuv yuav sau tagnrho nej cov Yixalayees uas seem los nyob ua ke. Kuv yuav coj nej los ua ke ib yam li pab yaj uas los sib sau rau hauv nkuaj. Yuav muaj neeg los nyob puv nkaus hauv nej lub tebchaws dua ib zaug ntxiv ib yam li pab yaj uas nyob puv nkaus hauv lub tshav zaub.”
13Tus TSWV yuav qhib kev rau lawv thiab coj lawv hauv lub tebchaws uas lawv raug ntes mus nyob rov qab los. Lawv yuav tsoo tej roojvag nroog tawg txua thiab tawm mus nyob ywj siab. Tus TSWV uas yog lawv tus Vajntxwv yuav coj lawv kev tawm mus.