1 Ah! you plotters of iniquity,who work out evil on your beds!In the morning light you carry it outfor it lies within your power.
2 You covet fields, and seize them;houses, and take them;You cheat owners of their houses,people of their inheritance.
3 Therefore thus says the Lord:Look, I am planning against this family an evilfrom which you cannot free your necks;Nor shall you walk with head held high,for it will be an evil time.
4 On that day you shall be mocked,and there will be bitter lament:“Our ruin is complete,our fields are divided among our captors,The fields of my people are measured out,and no one can get them back!”
5 Thus you shall have no onein the assembly of the Lordto allot to you a share of land.
6 “Do not preach,” they preach,“no one should preach of these things!Shame will not overtake us.”
7 How can it be said, house of Jacob,“Is the Lord short of patience;are these the Lord’s deeds?”Do not my words promise goodto the one who walks in justice?