4. In that day a parable shall be taken up upon you, and a song shall be sung with melody by them that say: We are laid waste and spoiled: the portion of my people is changed: how shall he depart from me, whereas he is returning that will divide our land?
5. Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the cord of a lot in the assembly of the Lord.
6. Speak ye not, saying: It shall not drop upon these, confusion shall not take them.
7. The house of Jacob saith: Is the spirit of the Lord straitened, or are these his thoughts? Are not my words good to him that walketh uprightly?