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And turn aside the way of the humble;

And a man and his father go unto the same maid,

To profane My holy name;

⁸And they lay themselves down beside every altar

Upon clothes taken in pledge,

And in the house of their God they drink

The wine of them that have been fined.

⁹Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them,

Whose height was like the height of the cedars,

And he was strong as the oaks;

Yet I destroyed his fruit from above,

And his roots from beneath.

¹⁰Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt,

And led you forty years in the wilderness,

To possess the land of the Amorite.

¹¹And I raised up of your sons for prophets,

And of your young men for Nazirites.

Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel?

Saith the Lord.

¹²But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink;

And commanded the prophets, saying: 'Prophesy not.'

¹³Behold, I will make it creak under you,

As a cart creaketh that is full of sheaves.

¹⁴And flight shall fail the swift,

And the strong shall not exert his strength,

Neither shall the mighty deliver himself;

¹⁵Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow;

And he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself;

Neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself;

¹⁶And he that is courageous among the mighty

Shall flee away naked in that day,

Saith the Lord.

3Hear this word that the Lord hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying:

²You only have I known of all the families of the earth;

Therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities.

 

³Will two walk together,

Except they have agreed?

⁴Will a lion roar in the forest,

When he hath no prey?

Will a young lion give forth his voice out of his den,

If he have taken nothing?

⁵Will a bird fall in a snare upon the earth,

Where there is no lure for it?

Will a snare spring up from the ground,

And have taken nothing at all?

⁶Shall the horn be blown in a city,

And the people not tremble?

Shall evil befall a city,

And the Lord hath not done it?

⁷For the Lord God will do nothing,

But He revealeth His counsel unto His servants the prophets.

⁸The lion hath roared,

Who will not fear?

The Lord God hath spoken,

Who can but prophesy?

 

⁹Proclaim it upon the palaces at Ashdod,

And upon the palaces in the land of Egypt,

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