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?