23:009:008 The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon
           Israel.

23:009:009 And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant
           of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,

23:009:010 The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn
           stones:  the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them
           into cedars.

23:009:011 Therefore the lord shall set up the adversaries of Rezin
           against him, and join his enemies together;

23:009:012 The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall
           devour Israel with open mouth.  For all this his anger is not
           turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

23:009:013 For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither
           do they seek the lord of hosts.

23:009:014 Therefore the lord will cut off from Israel head and tail,
           branch and rush, in one day.

23:009:015 The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet
           that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

23:009:016 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they
           that are led of them are destroyed.

23:009:017 Therefore the lord shall have no joy in their young men,
           neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows:  for
           every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth
           speaketh folly.  For all this his anger is not turned away, but
           his hand is stretched out still.

23:009:018 For wickedness burneth as the fire:  it shall devour the briers
           and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest,
           and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.

23:009:019 Through the wrath of the lord of hosts is the land darkened,
           and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire:  no man shall
           spare his brother.

23:009:020 And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he
           shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: 
           they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm: 

23:009:021 Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh:  and they together
           shall be against Judah.  For all this his anger is not turned
           away, but his hand is stretched out still.

23:010:001 Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write
           grievousness which they have prescribed;

23:010:002 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the
           right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their
           prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

23:010:003 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the
           desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for
           help? and where will ye leave your glory?