1-5. Doom to those who plot evil,who go to bed dreaming up crimes!As soon as it’s morning,they’re off, full of energy, doing what they’ve planned.They covet fields and grab them,find homes and take them.They bully the neighbor and his family,see people only for what they can get out of them.God has had enough. He says,“I have some plans of my own:Disaster because of this interbreeding evil!Your necks are on the line.You’re not walking away from this.It’s doomsday for you.Mocking ballads will be sung of you,and you yourselves will sing the blues:‘Our lives are ruined,our homes and lands auctioned off.They take everything, leave us nothing!All is sold to the highest bidder.’”And there’ll be no one to stand up for you,no one to speak for you before God and his jury.
12-13. “I’m calling a meeting, Jacob.I want everyone back—all the survivors of Israel.I’ll get them together in one place—like sheep in a fold, like cattle in a corral—a milling throng of homebound people!Then I, God, will burst all confinementsand lead them out into the open.They’ll follow their King.I will be out in front leading them.”