7. they that pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father go unto the same maiden, to profane my holy name:
8. and they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of such as have been fined.
9. Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
10. Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
11. And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith Jehovah.
12. But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
13. Behold, I will press you in your place, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves.
14. And flight shall perish from the swift; and the strong shall not strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;
15. neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself; neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself;
16. and he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith Jehovah.