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2:1  Woe to those who plot evil, who lie in their beds planning iniquity. When morning dawns they perform their wicked deeds since they have the power to do so.
2:2  They seize the fields that they covet; they confiscate houses as well. They lay hands on the owner of a house, and take his inheritance as well.
2:3  Therefore, thus says the Lord: Behold, I am planning against this people an evil from which you will not be able to save your necks. Nor will you walk proudly, for it will be a time of disaster.
2:4  On that day they will ridicule you, and your mournful dirge will be heard: “We are utterly ruined; our land has been appropriated by our captors. Our fields have been awarded to renegades, and no one can retrieve them.”
2:5  Therefore, you will have no one to divide the land by lot in the assembly of the Lord.
2:6  “Do not preach,” they advise; “one should not expound on such matters; disgrace will not overtake us.”
2:7  O house of Jacob, should it be said: “Has the Lord’s patience been exhausted? Does he do such things? His words only prophesy good to those who are upright.”
2:8  But now you have risen up as an enemy to my people. You strip the cloaks from travelers who pass by peacefully, or from soldiers returning from battle.
2:9  The women of my people you drive forth from their pleasant homes and deprive their children of my glory forever,
2:10  commanding them, “Get up and depart, for you cannot stay here.” To obtain something worthless for yourselves, you do not hesitate to practice extortion.
2:11  If someone were to go about uttering falsehoods and lies, and saying, “I prophesy that you will have your fill of wine and strong drink,” such a man would be the perfect prophet for a people like this.
2:12  I will gather all of you together, O Jacob; I will assemble the remnant of Israel. I will gather them together like sheep into a fold, like a flock in a pasture; no longer will they be filled with panic.
2:13  With their leader proceeding before them, they shall break through the gate and go out. Their king will go forth before them, the Lord at their head.