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Rh :And turn aside the way of the humble;
 * And a man and his father go unto the same maid,
 * To profane My holy name;
 * And they lay themselves down beside every altar
 * Upon clothes taken in pledge,
 * And in the house of their God they drink
 * The wine of them that have been fined.
 * Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them,
 * Whose height was like the height of the cedars,
 * And he was strong as the oaks;
 * Yet I destroyed his fruit from above,
 * And his roots from beneath.
 * Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt,
 * And led you forty years in the wilderness,
 * To possess the land of the Amorite.
 * And I raised up of your sons for prophets,
 * And of your young men for Nazirites.
 * Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel?
 * Saith the.
 * But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink;
 * And commanded the prophets, saying: 'Prophesy not.'
 * Behold, I will make it creak under you,
 * As a cart creaketh that is full of sheaves.
 * And flight shall fail the swift,
 * And the strong shall not exert his strength,
 * Neither shall the mighty deliver himself;
 * Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow;
 * And he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself;
 * Neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself;
 * And he that is courageous among the mighty
 * Shall flee away naked in that day,
 * Saith the.

Hear this word that the hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying:
 * You only have I known of all the families of the earth;
 * Therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities.


 * Will two walk together,
 * Except they have agreed?
 * Will a lion roar in the forest,
 * When he hath no prey?
 * Will a young lion give forth his voice out of his den,
 * If he have taken nothing?
 * Will a bird fall in a snare upon the earth,
 * Where there is no lure for it?
 * Will a snare spring up from the ground,
 * And have taken nothing at all?
 * Shall the horn be blown in a city,
 * And the people not tremble?
 * Shall evil befall a city,
 * And the hath not done it?
 * For the Lord will do nothing,
 * But He revealeth His counsel unto His servants the prophets.
 * The lion hath roared,
 * Who will not fear?
 * The Lord hath spoken,
 * Who can but prophesy?


 * Proclaim it upon the palaces at Ashdod,
 * And upon the palaces in the land of Egypt,