The Pride of Israel

The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself— the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared:

“ I abhor Jacob’s pride

and detest his citadels,

so I will deliver up the city

and everything in it.”

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And if there are ten men left in one house, they too will die. 10 And when the relative who is to burn [the bodies][fn] picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside“Is anyone else with you?”

“None,” that person will answer.

“Silence,” [the relative] will retort,“for the name of the LORD must not be invoked.”

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For the LORD gives a command:

“The great house will be smashed to pieces,

and the small house to rubble.”

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“ Do horses gallop on the cliffs?

Does one plow [the sea][fn] with oxen?

But you have turned justice into poison

and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—

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you who rejoice vvv in Lo-debar[fn] and say,

‘Did we not take Karnaim[fn] by our own strength?’

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For behold, I will raise up a nation

against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD, the God of Hosts,

“ and they will oppress you

from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah.” 7