For thussaith the Lord GOD; The citythatwent out by a thousandshallleave an hundred, and thatwhichwentforth by an hundredshallleave ten, to the house of Israel.
Seek him thatmaketh the sevenstars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of deathinto the morning, and maketh the day darkwithnight: thatcalleth for the waters of the sea, and poureththem out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:
Forasmuchtherefore as yourtreading is upon the poor, and ye takefrom him burdens of wheat: ye havebuilthouses of hewnstone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye haveplantedpleasantvineyards, but ye shall not drinkwine of them.
For I knowyourmanifoldtransgressions, and yourmightysins: theyafflict the just, theytake a bribe, and theyturnaside the poor in the gatefromtheirright.
Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saiththus; Wailingshall be in all streets; and theyshall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and theyshallcall the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.