Woe to them that devise iniquity, not on a sudden impulse, but with deliberate planning, AND WORK EVIL UPON THEIR BEDS! using even the night-time to hatch out further schemes of wickedness. WHEN THE MORNING IS LIGHT, as soon as the day dawns, THEY PRACTICE IT, BECAUSE IT IS IN THE POWER OF THEIR HAN... [ Continue Reading ]
DENUNCIATION OF THE PREVALENT EVILS... [ Continue Reading ]
And they covet fields, the property and inheritance of others, AND TAKE THEM BY VIOLENCE, seizing them as it suits their fancy, AND HOUSES, AND TAKE THEM AWAY, oppressing the poor with a show of right. SO THEY OPPRESS, overwhelm and put to their own use, A MAN AND HIS HOUSE, EVEN A MAN AND HIS HERIT... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore, thus saith the Lord, Behold, against this family, upon this generation of evil-doers, DO I DEVISE AN EVIL, He, in turn, planning how He may punish them adequately with a severe judgment, FROM WHICH YE SHALL NOT REMOVE YOUR NECKS, like a yoke which may not be shaken off no matter how heavy... [ Continue Reading ]
In that day shall one take up a parable against you, the enemies inventing bywords and mocking jingles, AND LAMENT WITH A DOLEFUL LAMENTATION, for the mocking song of the enemies would be a mournful dirge in the mouths of the children of Israel, AND SAY, WE BE UTTERLY SPOILED, completely destroyed!.... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the Lord, to cast a measuring-line on a lot of ground in the assembly of Jehovah, for the possessions of the children of Israel belonged to them only as long as they remained faithful to the God of the covenant and w... [ Continue Reading ]
Prophesy not, say they to them that prophesy, literally, "Drop not," or, "drivel not, they drivel," almost like the American slang, "Dry up! they drivel," in speaking to the true prophets in a silly fashion. THEY SHALL NOT PROPHESY TO THEM THAT THEY SHALL NOT TAKE SHAME, that is: If the prophecy, wh... [ Continue Reading ]
O thou that art named the house of Jacob, the people who still considered themselves the covenant nation, IS THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD STRAITENED, impatient? Did He not exercise patience and long-suffering?. ARE THESE HIS DOINGS? Are the impending punishments coming because He delights in them, because... [ Continue Reading ]
Expulsion of the Leaders and Restoration Of The Lord's People... [ Continue Reading ]
Even of late, in fact, yesterday, MY PEOPLE IS RISEN UP AS AN ENEMY, taking an open stand against Jehovah. And this hostility is openly shown. YE PULL OFF THE ROBE WITH THE GARMENT, stripping off the mantle or upper garment, FROM THEM THAT PASS BY SECURELY, considering themselves safe from robbery a... [ Continue Reading ]
The women of My people, the unprotected widows, HAVE YE CAST OUT FROM THEIR PLEASANT HOUSES, the houses of their delight, to which they were attached by the memory of their wedded love; FROM THEIR CHILDREN HAVE YE TAKEN AWAY MY GLORY, the ornament or gift which He has given them, FOREVER, namely, by... [ Continue Reading ]
Arise ye and depart! into the exile which the enemies would force upon them; FOR THIS IS NOT YOUR REST, they would not be permitted to remain in Canaan; BECAUSE IT IS POLLUTED, IT SHALL DESTROY YOU, EVEN WITH A SORE DESTRUCTION, or, "on account of the corruption which brings destruction, and that a... [ Continue Reading ]
If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood, in vanity and falsehood, namely, in preaching his own ideas, DO LIE, SAYING, I WILL PROPHESY UNTO THEE OF WINE AND OF STRONG DRINK, that is, of the enjoyment of this present life, HE SHALL EVEN BE THE PROPHET OF THIS PEOPLE, he would meet with the approv... [ Continue Reading ]
I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee, all those whom He intended as members of His congregation; I WILL SURELY GATHER THE REMNANT OF ISRAEL, collecting the believers from all the nations of the earth; I WILL PUT THEM TOGETHER, in one fold, John 10:16, AS THE SHEEP OF BOZRAH, the rich meadowl... [ Continue Reading ]
The breaker is come up before them, rather, "There will go up before them He that breaketh through," their powerful Champion; THEY HAVE BROKEN UP, rather, "they break up,". AND HAVE PASSED THROUGH THE GATE, passing into the gate of the Lord's Church, AND ARE GONE OUT BY IT, having free access to the... [ Continue Reading ]