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The voice of the
(it is sound wisdom to fear your name):
Hear, O tribe and assembly of the city! 1
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Can I forget 2 the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked,
and the scant measure that is accursed?
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Can I tolerate wicked scales
and a bag of dishonest weights?
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Your 3 wealthy are full of violence;
your 4 inhabitants speak lies,
with tongues of deceit in their mouths.
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Therefore I have begun 5 to strike you down,
making you desolate because of your sins.
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You shall eat, but not be satisfied,
and there shall be a gnawing hunger within you;
you shall put away, but not save,
and what you save, I will hand over to the sword.
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You shall sow, but not reap;
you shall tread olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil;
you shall tread grapes, but not drink wine.
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For you have kept the statutes of Omri 6
and all the works of the house of Ahab,
and you have followed their counsels.
Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your 7 inhabitants an object of hissing;
so you shall bear the scorn of my people.