Thereforethussaith the LORD; Behold, againstthisfamily do I devise an evil, fromwhich ye shall not removeyournecks; neithershall ye go haughtily: for thistime is evil.
In that day shall one take up a parableagainst you, and lamentwith a dolefullamentation, and say, We be utterlyspoiled: he hathchanged the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turningaway he hathdivided our fields.
O thouthat art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORDstraitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him thatwalkethuprightly?
If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I willprophesyuntothee of wine and of strongdrink; he shalleven be the prophet of thispeople.
I willsurelyassemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I willsurelygather the remnant of Israel; I will put themtogether as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of theirfold: theyshallmakegreatnoise by reason of the multitude of men.
The breaker is come up beforethem: theyhavebroken up, and havepassedthrough the gate, and are gone out by it: and theirkingshallpassbeforethem, and the LORD on the head of them.