Woeto those who addhouseto house[and] joinfieldto field,Untilthere is nomoreroom,So that you have to livealonein the midstof the land!
"He has livedin desolatecities,In housesnoone would inhabit,Whichare destinedto become ruins.
"Nothingremainsfor him to devour,Thereforehis prosperitydoes not endure.
He who profitsillicitlytroubleshis own house,But he who hatesbribeswill live.
"Sonof man,your brothers,your relatives,your fellowexilesand the wholehouseof Israel,allof them, [are those] to whomthe inhabitantsof Jerusalemhave said,'Gofarfrom the LORD;thislandhas been givenus as a possession.'
"Sonof man,they who livein thesewasteplacesin the landof Israelare saying,Abrahamwas [only] one,yet he possessedthe land;so to us whoare manythe landhas been givenas a possession.'
Thussaysthe LORD,"For threetransgressionsof the sonsof Ammonand for fourI will not revokeits [punishment], Becausethey rippedopenthe pregnantwomenof GileadIn orderto enlargetheir borders.
Woeto those who schemeiniquity,Who workout evilon their beds!When morningcomes, they doit, For it is in the powerof their hands.
They covetfieldsand then seize[them], And houses,and take[them] away. They roba manand his house,A manand his inheritance.
"Will not allof thesetakeup a taunt-songagainsthim, Even mockery[and] insinuationsagainst him And say,Woeto him who increaseswhat is not his-- For howlong--And makeshimself richwith loans?'
"But woeto you, scribesand Pharisees,hypocrites,becauseyou shutoff the kingdomof heavenfrom people;for you do not enterin yourselves,nordo you allowthosewho are enteringto goin.
