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People’s Plans and God’s Plans

How terrible it will be for those
    who plan to harm others!
How terrible for those who make evil plans
    before they even get out of bed!
As soon as daylight comes,
    they carry out their plans.
    That’s because they have the power to do it.
If they want fields or houses,
    they take them.
They cheat people out of their homes.
    They rob them of their property.

So the Lord says to them,

“I am planning to send trouble on you.
    You will not be able to save yourselves from it.
You will not live so proudly anymore.
    It will be a time of trouble.

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Human Plans and God’s Plans

Woe to those who plan iniquity,
    to those who plot evil(A) on their beds!(B)
At morning’s light they carry it out
    because it is in their power to do it.
They covet fields(C) and seize them,(D)
    and houses, and take them.
They defraud(E) people of their homes,
    they rob them of their inheritance.(F)

Therefore, the Lord says:

“I am planning disaster(G) against this people,
    from which you cannot save yourselves.
You will no longer walk proudly,(H)
    for it will be a time of calamity.

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