14 Therefore you will send gifts to Moresheth-Geth; but the cities of Achziv will be a deception to the kings of Israel. (An enumeration of various settlements whose inhabitants behave differently during difficult times).
15 I will bring you another heir, O woman of Moresh; it will go to Odollam, the glory of Israel. (An enumeration of various settlements whose inhabitants behave differently during difficult times).
16 Take off your hair, cut your hair, grieving for your dearly beloved sons; widen your baldness because of them, like that of a molting eagle, for they will be exiled from you. (Hair had a «sacred» status. This refers to the great lamb hawk, whose head and neck are bald and covered with down, a trait not common to any of the eagle breeds.)
Chapter 2
1 Woe to those who plot iniquity, and plot evil deeds in their beds, which they commit in the morning at dawn, because there is power in their hand! (The prophet convicts Judah and Israel of their sins and calls for correction, both comforting and threatening.)
2 They desire fields and take them by force; houses and take them away; they rob a man and his house, a husband and his inheritance. (The prophet convicts Judah and Israel of their sins and calls for correction, both comforting and threatening.)
3 Therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, I intend to bring upon this generation such a calamity that you will not cast off your neck, neither will you walk upright; for this is an evil time. (The prophet convicts Judah and Israel of their sins and calls for correction, both comforting and threatening.)
4 On that day they will utter a parable about you and weep bitterly and say: «We are completely ruined! The inheritance of my people is given to others; how will he return to me! Our fields have already been divided among foreigners.» (The prophet convicts Judah and Israel of their sins and calls for correction, both comforting and threatening.)
5 Therefore, you will not have anyone who would cast lots for measurement in the congregation before the Lord. (The lot was cast in the public assembly in front of the chief Jewish priest).
6 Do not prophesy, you prophets; do not prophesy to them, lest dishonor come upon you. (In its original meaning, Judaism was not limited to the instructions of the priests, but also included the instructions and warnings of the prophets, uttered, as the prophets themselves and their listeners believed, by inspiration «from above.» Thus, in addition to the priestly Judaism, there was also the Judaism of the prophets, but both remained unwritten from the very beginning and for a number of centuries).
7 O you who are called the house of Jacob! Has the Spirit of the Lord been humbled? are these his actions? Are not My words beneficial to him who does what is right? (The prophet convicts Judah and Israel of their sins and calls for correction, both comforting and threatening.)
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