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| [1]If thou wilt returnH7725[H8799], O IsraelH3478, saithH5002[H8803] the LORDH3068, returnH7725[H8799] unto me: and if thou wilt put awayH5493[H8686] thine abominationsH8251 out of my sightH6440, then shalt thou not removeH5110.[H8799] |
[1]If Israel will return to me, saith the Lord, he shall return: and if he will remove his abominations out of his mouth, and fear before me, and swear, |
| [2]And thou shalt swearH7650[H8738], The LORDH3068 livethH2416, in truthH571, in judgmentH4941, and in righteousnessH6666; and the nationsH1471 shall blessH1288[H8694] themselves in him, and in him shall they gloryH1984.[H8691] |
[2]The Lord lives, with truth, in judgment and righteousness, then shall nations bless by him, and by him they shall praise God in Jerusalem. |
| [3]For thus saithH559[H8804] the LORDH3068 to the menH376 of JudahH3063 and JerusalemH3389, Break upH5214[H8798] your fallow groundH5215, and sowH2232[H8799] not among thornsH6975. |
[3]For thus saith the Lord to the men of Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Break up fresh ground for yourselves, and sow not among thorns. |
| [4]CircumciseH4135[H8734] yourselves to the LORDH3068, and take awayH5493[H8685] the foreskinsH6190 of your heartH3824, ye menH376 of JudahH3063 and inhabitantsH3427[H8802] of JerusalemH3389: lest my furyH2534 come forthH3318[H8799] like fireH784, and burnH1197[H8804] that none can quenchH3518[H8764] it, becauseH6440 of the evilH7455 of your doingsH4611. |
[4]Circumcise yourselves to your God, and circumcise your hardness of heart, ye men of Juda, and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my wrath go forth as fire, and burn, and there be none to quench it, because of the evil of your devices. |
| [5]DeclareH5046[H8685] ye in JudahH3063, and publishH8085[H8685] in JerusalemH3389; and sayH559[H8798], BlowH8628[H8798] ye the trumpetH7782 in the landH776: cryH7121[H8798], gather togetherH4390[H8761], and sayH559[H8798], AssembleH622[H8734] yourselves, and let us goH935[H8799] into the defencedH4013 citiesH5892. |
[5]Declare ye in Juda, and let it be heard in Jerusalem: say ye, Sound the trumpet in the land; cry ye aloud: say ye, Gather yourselves together, and let us enter into the fortified cities. |
| [6]Set upH5375[H8798] the standardH5251 toward ZionH6726: retireH5756[H8685], stayH5975[H8799] not: for I will bringH935[H8688] evilH7451 from the northH6828, and a greatH1419 destructionH7667. |
[6]Gather up your wares and flee to Sion: hasten, stay not: for I will bring evils from the north, and great destruction. |
| [7]The lionH738 is come upH5927[H8804] from his thicketH5441, and the destroyerH7843[H8688] of the GentilesH1471 is on his wayH5265[H8804]; he is gone forthH3318[H8804] from his placeH4725 to makeH7760[H8800] thy landH776 desolateH8047; and thy citiesH5892 shall be laid wasteH5327[H8799], without an inhabitantH3427.[H8802] |
[7]The lion is gone up from his lair, he has roused himself to the destruction of the nations, and has gone forth out of his place, to make the land desolate; and the cities shall be destroyed, so as to be without inhabitant. |
| [8]For this girdH2296[H8798] you with sackclothH8242, lamentH5594[H8798] and howlH3213[H8685]: for the fierceH2740 angerH639 of the LORDH3068 is not turned backH7725 from usH8804. |
[8]For these things gird yourselves with sackclothes, and lament, and howl: for the anger of the Lord is not turned away from you. |
| [9]And it shall come to pass at that dayH3117, saithH5002[H8803] the LORDH3068, that the heartH3820 of the kingH4428 shall perishH6[H8799], and the heartH3820 of the princesH8269; and the priestsH3548 shall be astonishedH8074[H8738], and the prophetsH5030 shall wonderH8539.[H8799] |
[9]And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be amazed, and the prophets shall wonder. |
| [10]Then saidH559[H8799] I, AhH162, LordH136 GODH3069! surelyH403 thou hast greatlyH5377[H8687] deceivedH5377[H8689] this peopleH5971 and JerusalemH3389, sayingH559[H8800], Ye shall have peaceH7965; whereas the swordH2719 reachethH5060[H8804] unto the soulH5315. |
[10]And I said, O sovereign Lord, verily thou hast deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, There shall be peace; whereas behold, the sword has reached even to their soul. |
| [11]At that timeH6256 shall it be saidH559[H8735] to this peopleH5971 and to JerusalemH3389, A dryH6703 windH7307 of the high placesH8205 in the wildernessH4057 towardH1870 the daughterH1323 of my peopleH5971, not to fanH2219[H8800], H1305nor to cleanseH8687 |
[11]At that time they shall say to this people and to Jerusalem, There is a spirit of error in the wilderness: the way of the daughter of my people is not to purity, nor to holiness. |
| [12]Even a fullH4392 windH7307 from those places shall comeH935[H8799] unto me: now also will I giveH1696[H8762] sentence against themH4941. |
[12]But a spirit of full vengeance shall come upon me; and now I declare my judgments against them. |
| [13]Behold, he shall come upH5927[H8799] as cloudsH6051, and his chariotsH4818 shall be as a whirlwindH5492: his horsesH5483 are swifterH7043[H8804] than eaglesH5404. WoeH188 unto us! for we are spoiledH7703.[H8795] |
[13]Behold, he shall come up as a cloud, and his chariots as a tempest: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are in misery. |
| [14]O JerusalemH3389, washH3526[H8761] thine heartH3820 from wickednessH7451, that thou mayest be savedH3467[H8735]. How long shall thy vainH205 thoughtsH4284 lodgeH3885[H8686] within theeH7130? |
[14]Cleanse thine heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that thou mayest be saved: how long will thy grievous thoughts be within thee? |
| [15]For a voiceH6963 declarethH5046[H8688] from DanH1835, and publishethH8085[H8688] afflictionH205 from mountH2022 EphraimH669. |
[15]For a voice of one publishing from Dan shall come, and trouble out of mount Ephraim shall be heard of. |
| [16]Make ye mentionH2142[H8685] to the nationsH1471; behold, publishH8085[H8685] against JerusalemH3389, that watchersH5341[H8802] comeH935[H8802] from a farH4801 countryH776, and give outH5414[H8799] their voiceH6963 against the citiesH5892 of JudahH3063. |
[16]Remind ye the nations; behold, they are come: proclaim it in Jerusalem, that bands are approaching from a land afar off, and have uttered their voice against the cities of Juda. |
| [17]As keepersH8104[H8802] of a fieldH7704, are they against her round aboutH5439; because she hath been rebelliousH4784[H8804] against me, saithH5002[H8803] the LORDH3068. |
[17]As keepers of a field, they have surrounded her; because thou, saith the Lord, has neglected me. |
| [18]Thy wayH1870 and thy doingsH4611 have procuredH6213[H8804] these things unto thee; this is thy wickednessH7451, because it is bitterH4751, because it reachethH5060[H8804] unto thine heartH3820. |
[18]Thy ways and thy devices have brought these things upon thee; this is thy wickedness, for it is bitter, for it has reached to thy heart. |
| [19]My bowelsH4578, my bowelsH4578! I am painedH2342[H8799][H8675][H3176][H8686] at my veryH7023 heartH3820; my heartH3820 maketh a noiseH1993[H8802] in me; I cannot hold my peaceH2790[H8686], because thou hast heardH8085[H8804], O my soulH5315, the soundH6963 of the trumpetH7782, the alarmH8643 of warH4421. |
[19]I am pained in my bowels, my bowels, and the sensitive powers of my heart; my soul is in great commotion, my heart is torn: I will not be silent, for my soul has heard the sound of a trumpet, the cry of war, and of distress: it calls on destruction; |
| [20]DestructionH7667 upon destructionH7667 is criedH7121[H8738]; for the whole landH776 is spoiledH7703[H8795]: suddenlyH6597 are my tentsH168 spoiledH7703[H8795], and my curtainsH3407 in a momentH7281. |
[20]for all the land is distressed: suddenly my tabernacle is distressed, my curtains have been rent asunder. |
| [21]How long shall I seeH7200[H8799] the standardH5251, and hearH8085[H8799] the soundH6963 of the trumpetH7782? |
[21]How long shall I see fugitives, and hear the sound of the trumpet? |
| [22]For my peopleH5971 is foolishH191, they have not knownH3045[H8804] me; they are sottishH5530 childrenH1121, and they have none understandingH995[H8737]: they are wiseH2450 to do evilH7489[H8687], but to do goodH3190[H8687] they have no knowledgeH3045.[H8804] |
[22]For the princes of my people have not known me, they are foolish and unwise children: they are wise to do evil, but how to do good they have not known. |
| [23]I beheldH7200[H8804] the earthH776, and, lo, it was without formH8414, and voidH922; and the heavensH8064, and they had no lightH216. |
[23]I looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was not; and to the sky, an there was no light in it. |
| [24]I beheldH7200[H8804] the mountainsH2022, and, lo, they trembledH7493[H8801], and all the hillsH1389 moved lightlyH7043.[H8701] |
[24]I beheld the mountains, and they trembled, and I saw all the hills in commotion. |
| [25]I beheldH7200[H8804], and, lo, there was no manH120, and all the birdsH5775 of the heavensH8064 were fledH5074.[H8804] |
[25]I looked, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky were scared. |
| [26]I beheldH7200[H8804], and, lo, the fruitful placeH3759 was a wildernessH4057, and all the citiesH5892 thereof were broken downH5422[H8738] at the presenceH6440 of the LORDH3068, and by his fierceH2740 angerH639. |
[26]I saw, and, behold, Carmel was desert, and all the cities were burnt with fire at the presence of the Lord, and at the presence of his fierce anger they were utterly destroyed. |
| [27]For thus hath the LORDH3068 saidH559[H8804], The whole landH776 shall be desolateH8077; yet will I not makeH6213[H8799] a full endH3617. |
[27]Thus saith the Lord, The whole land shall be desolate; but I will not make a full end. |
| [28]For this shall the earthH776 mournH56[H8799], and the heavensH8064 aboveH4605 be blackH6937[H8804]: because I have spokenH1696[H8765] it, I have purposedH2161[H8804] it, and will not repentH5162[H8738], neither will I turn backH7725 from itH8799. |
[28]For these things let the earth mourn, and let the sky be dark above: for I have spoken, and I will not repent; I have purposed, and I will not turn back from it. |
| [29]The whole cityH5892 shall fleeH1272[H8802] for the noiseH6963 of the horsemenH6571 and bowmenH7198[H7411][H8802]; they shall goH935[H8804] into thicketsH5645, and climb upH5927[H8804] upon the rocksH3710: every cityH5892 shall be forsakenH5800[H8803], and not a manH376 dwellH3427[H8802] thereinH2004. |
[29]The whole land has recoiled from the noise of the horseman and the bent bow; they have gone into the caves, and have hidden themselves in the groves, and have gone up upon the rocks: every city was abandoned, no man dwelt in them. |
| [30]And when thou art spoiledH7703[H8803], what wilt thou doH6213[H8799]? Though thou clothestH3847[H8799] thyself with crimsonH8144, though thou deckestH5710[H8799] thee with ornamentsH5716 of goldH2091, though thou rentestH7167[H8799] thy faceH5869 with paintingH6320, in vainH7723 shalt thou make thyself fairH3302[H8691]; thy loversH5689[H8802] will despiseH3988[H8804] thee, they will seekH1245[H8762] thy lifeH5315. |
[30]And what wilt thou do? Though thou clothe thyself with scarlet, and adorn thyself with golden ornaments; though thou adorn thine eyes with stibium, thy beauty will be in vain: thy lovers have rejected thee, they seek thy life. |
| [31]For I have heardH8085[H8804] a voiceH6963 as of a woman in travailH2470[H8802], and the anguishH6869 as of her that bringeth forth her first childH1069[H8688], the voiceH6963 of the daughterH1323 of ZionH6726, that bewailethH3306[H8691] herself, that spreadethH6566[H8762] her handsH3709, saying, WoeH188 is me now! for my soulH5315 is weariedH5888[H8804] because of murderersH2026.[H8802] |
[31]For I have heard thy groaning as the voice of a woman in travail, as of her that brings forth her first child; the voice of the daughter of Zion shall fail through weakness, and she shall lose the strength of her hands, saying, Woe is me! for my soul faints because of the slain. |