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9 The voice of the LORD will call to the city - And it is sound wisdom to fear Your name: "Hear, O tribe. Who has appointed its time?
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Listen! The LORD is calling to the city— and to fear your name is wisdom— “Heed the rod and the One who appointed it.
10 "Is there yet a man in the wicked house, Along with treasures of wickedness And a short measure that is cursed?
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Am I still to forget your ill-gotten treasures, you wicked house, and the short ephah, which is accursed?
11 "Can I justify wicked scales And a bag of deceptive weights?
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Shall I acquit someone with dishonest scales, with a bag of false weights?
12 "For the rich men of the city are full of violence, Her residents speak lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
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Your rich people are violent; your inhabitants are liars and their tongues speak deceitfully.
13 "So also I will make you sick, striking you down, Desolating you because of your sins.
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Therefore, I have begun to destroy you, to ruin you because of your sins.
14 "You will eat, but you will not be satisfied, And your vileness will be in your midst. You will try to remove for safekeeping, But you will not preserve anything, And what you do preserve I will give to the sword.
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You will eat but not be satisfied; your stomach will still be empty.You will store up but save nothing, because what you save I will give to the sword.
15 "You will sow but you will not reap. You will tread the olive but will not anoint yourself with oil; And the grapes, but you will not drink wine.
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You will plant but not harvest; you will press olives but not use the oil, you will crush grapes but not drink the wine.
16 "The statutes of Omri And all the works of the house of Ahab are observed; And in their devices you walk. Therefore I will give you up for destruction And your inhabitants for derision, And you will bear the reproach of My people."
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You have observed the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their traditions. Therefore I will give you over to ruin and your people to derision; you will bear the scorn of the nations. ”
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