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The Lord Jehovah has sworn by Himself, declares Jehovah, the God of Hosts: I abhor the pride of Jacob, and hate his palaces; and I will shut up the city and its fullness.

And it shall be, if ten men remain in one house, then they shall die.

And his uncle shall lift him up, and he who burns him, to bring out the bones from the house; and he shall say to that one left in the recesses of the house, Are any stillwith you? And he shall say, No. Then he shallsay, Hush! For no one shall mention the name of Jehovah.

For, behold, Jehovah commands, and He will strike the great house into pieces, and the little house into cracks.

Shall horses run on the rock? Or will one plow there with oxen? For you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,

those rejoicing for nothing, those saying, Have we not taken horns to ourselves by our own strength?

For, behold, I will raise a nation up against you, O house of Israel, declares Jehovah, the God of Hosts. And they shall oppress you from the entrance of Hamath to the torrent of the Arabah.