2. They confiscate the fields they desire,and seize the houses they want.They defraud people of their homes,and deprive people of the land they have inherited.
3. Therefore the Lord says this: “Look, I am devising disaster for this nation!It will be like a yoke from which you cannot free your neck.You will no longer walk proudly, for it will be a time of catastrophe.
4. In that day people will sing this taunt song to you – they will mock you with this lament:‘We are completely destroyed;they sell off the property of my people.How they remove it from me!They assign our fields to the conqueror.’
5. Therefore no one will assign you land in the Lord’s community.
6. ‘Don’t preach with such impassioned rhetoric,’ they say excitedly.‘These prophets should not preach of such things;we will not be overtaken by humiliation.’
7. Does the family of Jacob say,‘The Lord’s patience can’t be exhausted – he would never do such things’?To be sure, my commands bring a rewardfor those who obey them,