In that day one will take up(A) a taunt against you
and lament mournfully,(B) saying,
“We are totally ruined!(C)
He measures out the allotted land of my people.
How he removes it from me!
He allots our fields(D) to traitors.”
Therefore, there will be no one
in the assembly of the Lord
to divide the land by casting lots.[a](E)

God’s Word Rejected

“Quit your preaching,”(F) they[b] preach.
“They should not preach these things;(G)
shame will not overtake us.”[c](H)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:5 Lit Lord stretching the measuring line by lot
  2. 2:6 = the prophets
  3. 2:6 Text emended; MT reads things. Shame will not depart

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