1. Woe to those who plan iniquity, and work out evil on their couches; In the morning light they accomplish it when it lies within their power.

2. They covet fields, and seize them; houses, and they take them; They cheat an owner of his house, a man of his inheritance.

3. Therefore thus says the LORD: Behold, I am planning against this race an evil from which you shall not withdraw your necks; Nor shall you walk with head high, for it will be a time of evil.

4. On that day a satire shall be sung over you, and there shall be a plaintive chant: "Our ruin is complete, our fields are portioned out among our captors, The fields of my people are measured out, and no one can get them back!"

5. Thus you shall have no one to mark out boundaries by lot in the assembly of the LORD.

6. "Preach not," they preach, "let them not preach of these things!" The shame will not withdraw.

7. How can it be said, O house of Jacob, "Is the LORD short of patience, or are such his deeds?" Do not my words promise good to him who walks uprightly?

8. But of late my people has risen up as an enemy: you have stripped off the mantle covering the tunic Of those who go their way in confidence, as though it were spoils of war.

9. The women of my people you drive out from their pleasant houses; From their children you take away forever the honor I gave them.

10. "Up! Be off, this is no place to rest"; For any trifle you exact a crippling pledge.

11. If one, acting on impulse, should make the futile claim: "I pour you wine and strong drink as my prophecy," then he would be the prophet of this people.

12. I will gather you, O Jacob, each and every one, I will assemble all the remnant of Israel; I will group them like a flock in the fold, like a herd in the midst of its corral; they shall not be thrown into panic by men.

13. With a leader to break the path they shall burst open the gate and go out through it; Their king shall go through before them, and the LORD at their head.





“Quando ofendemos a justiça de Deus, apelamos à Sua misericórdia. Mas se ofendemos a Sua misericórdia, a quem podemos apelar? Ofender o Pai que nos ama e insultar quem nos auxilia é um pecado pelo qual seremos severamente julgados.” São Padre Pio de Pietrelcina