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Therefore, there will be no one
in the assembly of the Lord
to divide the land by casting lots.[a](A)

God’s Word Rejected

‘Abandon your preaching,’(B) they[b] preach.
‘They should not preach these things;(C)
shame will not overtake us.’[c](D)
House of Jacob, should it be asked,
‘Is the Spirit of the Lord impatient?(E)
Are these the things he does? ’
Don’t my words bring good(F)
to the one who walks uprightly?(G)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:5 Lit Lord stretching the measuring line by lot
  2. 2:6 = the prophets
  3. 2:6 Text emended; MT reads things. Shame will not depart