Red-Letter King James Bible 1769 Edition (KJV)

1 Against oppression. 4 A lamentation. 7 A reproof of injustice and idolatry. 12 A promise of restoring Jacob.

2:1 ¶ Woe 1945 to them that devise 2803 z8802 iniquity, 205 and work 6466 z8802 evil 7451 upon x5921 their beds! 4904 when the morning 1242 is light, 216 they practise 6213 z8799 it, because x3588 it is 3426 in the power 410 of their hand. 3027

2:2 And they covet 2530 z8804 fields, 7704 and take [them] by violence; 1497 z8804 and houses, 1004 and take [them] away: 5375 z8804 so they oppress 6231 z8804 a man 1397 and his house, 1004 even a man 376 and his heritage. 5159

2:3 Therefore x3651 thus x3541 saith 559 z8804 the LORD; 3068 Behold, x2009 against x5921 this x2063 family 4940 do I devise 2803 z8802 an evil, 7451 from x4480 x8033 which x834 ye shall not x3808 remove 4185 z8686 your necks; 6677 neither x3808 shall ye go y3212 z8799 x1980 haughtily: 7317 for x3588 this x1931 time 6256 [is] evil. 7451

2:4 ¶ In that x1931 day 3117 shall [one] take up 5375 z8799 a parable 4912 against x5921 you, and lament 5091 z8804 with a doleful 5093 lamentation, 5092 [and] say, 559 z8804 We be x1961 utterly y7703 z8800 spoiled: 7703 z8738 he hath changed 4171 z8686 the portion 2506 of my people: 5971 how x349 hath he removed 4185 z8686 [it] from me! turning away y7725 z8788 x7728 he hath divided 2505 z8762 our fields. 7704

2:5 Therefore x3651 thou shalt have x1961 none x3808 that shall cast 7993 z8688 a cord 2256 by lot 1486 in the congregation 6951 of the LORD. 3068

2:6 Prophesy 5197 z8686 ye not, x408 [say they to them that] prophesy: 5197 z8686 they shall not x3808 prophesy 5197 z8686 to them, x428 [that] they shall not x3808 take 5253 z8799 shame. 3639

2:7 ¶ O [thou that art] named 559 z8803 the house 1004 of Jacob, 3290 is the spirit 7307 of the LORD 3068 straitened? 7114 z8804 [are] these x428 his doings? 4611 do not x3808 my words 1697 do good 3190 z8686 to x5973 him that walketh 1980 z8802 uprightly? 3477

2:8 Even of late 865 my people 5971 is risen up 6965 z8787 as an enemy: 341 z8802 ye pull off 6584 z8686 the robe 145 with 4136 x4480 the garment 8008 from them that pass y5674 z8802 by x4480 x5674 securely 983 as men averse 7725 z8803 from war. 4421

2:9 The women 802 of my people 5971 have ye cast out 1644 z8762 from their pleasant 8588 houses; 1004 x4480 from x4480 x5921 their children 5768 have ye taken away 3947 z8799 my glory 1926 for ever. 5769

2:10 Arise 6965 z8798 ye, and depart; y3212 z8798 x1980 for x3588 this x2063 [is] not x3808 [your] rest: 4496 because x5668 it is polluted, 2930 z8800 it shall destroy 2254 z8762 [you], even with a sore 4834 z8737 destruction. 2256

2:11 If 3863 a man 376 walking 1980 z8802 in the spirit 7307 and falsehood 8267 do lie, 3576 z8765 [saying], I will prophesy 5197 z8686 unto thee of wine 3196 and of strong drink; 7941 he shall even be x1961 the prophet 5197 z8688 of this x2088 people. 5971

2:12 ¶ I will surely y622 z8800 assemble, 622 z8799 O Jacob, 3290 all x3605 of thee; I will surely y6908 z8763 gather 6908 z8762 the remnant 7611 of Israel; 3478 I will put 7760 z8799 them together 3162 as the sheep 6629 of Bozrah, 1223 z8677 y1224 as the flock 5739 in the midst 8432 of their fold: 1699 they shall make great noise 1949 z8686 by reason of [the multitude of] men. 120 x4480

2:13 The breaker 6555 z8802 is come up 5927 z8804 before 6440 them: they have broken up, 6555 z8804 and have passed through 5674 z8799 the gate, 8179 and are gone out 3318 z8799 by it: and their king 4428 shall pass 5674 z8799 before 6440 them, and the LORD 3068 on the head 7218 of them.