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10     Get up and go! This is no place for you to rest,
        because when something is contaminated with evil,
    It destroys people painfully and completely.
11     If someone going on about nothing of worth wanders by and says,
        “I’ve come to preach to you of whiskey and wine,”
    Then these selfish people would hire him
        as their official speaker just because they like his message.

12     I will certainly gather you all together, people of Jacob;
        I will surely bring you together with the survivors of Israel’s decimation.
    I will gather them like sheep in a fold,
        and like a flock trapped in the center of their pasture,
    They will make a great noise, there will be so many of them.

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10 Get up, go away!
    For this is not your resting place,(A)
because it is defiled,(B)
    it is ruined, beyond all remedy.
11 If a liar and deceiver(C) comes and says,
    ‘I will prophesy for you plenty of wine and beer,’(D)
    that would be just the prophet for this people!(E)

Deliverance Promised

12 “I will surely gather all of you, Jacob;
    I will surely bring together the remnant(F) of Israel.
I will bring them together like sheep in a pen,
    like a flock in its pasture;
    the place will throng with people.(G)

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