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| [1]Oh that I were in the wilderness, in a lodging-place of wayfaring men, that I might leave my people, and go from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. |
[1]Oh, that mine head were full of water and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people. |
| [2]And they bend their tongue, their bow of falsehood; and they are grown mighty in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and Me they know not, saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇. |
[2]Oh, that I had in the wilderness a cottage of wayfaring men that I might leave my people, and go from them: for they be all adulterers and an assembly of rebels, |
| [3]Take ye heed every one o neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother acteth subtly, and every neighbour goeth about with slanders. |
[3]And they bend their tongues like their bows for lies: but they have no courage for the truth upon the earth: for they proceed from evil to worse, and they have not known me, saith the Lord. |
| [4]And they deceive every one his neighbour, and truth they speak not; they have taught their tongue to speak lies, they weary themselves to commit iniquity. |
[4]Let every one take heed of his neighbor, and trust you not in any brother: for every brother will use deceit, and every friend will deal deceitfully, |
| [5]Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know Me, saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇. |
[5]And every one will deceive his friend, and will not speak the truth: for they have taught their tongues to speak lies, and take great pains to do wickedly. |
| [6]Therefore thus saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 of hosts: behold, I will smelt them, and try them; for how else should I do, because of the daughter of My people? |
[6]Thine habitation is in the midst of deceivers: because of their deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord. |
| [7]Their tongue is a sharpened arrow, it speaketh deceit; one speaketh peaceably to h neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him. |
[7]Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them: for what should I else do for the daughter of my people? |
| [8]Shall I not punish them for thes things? saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇; shall not My soul be avenged on such a nation as this? |
[8]Their tongue is as an arrow shot out, and speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him. |
| [9]For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none passeth through. And they hear not the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled, and gone. |
[9]Shall I not visit them for these things, saith the Lord? Or shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? |
| [10]And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a lair of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without an inhabitant. |
[10]Upon the mountains will I take up a weeping and a lamentation, and upon the fair places of the wilderness a mourning, because they are burned up: so that none can pass through them, neither can men hear the voice of the flock: both the fowl of the air, and the beast are fled away and gone. |
| [11]Who is the wise man, that he may understand this? And who is he to whom the mouth of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 hath spoken, that he may declare it? Wherefore is the land perished and laid waste like a wilderness, so that none passeth through? |
[11]And I will make Jerusalem an heap, and a den of dragons, and I will make the cities of Judah waste, without an inhabitant. |
| [12]And 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 saith: Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have not hearkened to My voice, neither walked therein; |
[12]Who is wise, to understand this? And to whom the mouth of the Lord hath spoken, even he shall declare it. Why doth the land perish, and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through? |
| [13]But have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baalim, which their fathers taught them. |
[13]And the Lord saith, Because they have forsaken my law, which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked thereafter, |
| [14]Therefore thus saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink. |
[14]But have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after Baalims, which their fathers taught them, |
| [15]I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them. |
[15]Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed this people with wormwood, and give them waters of gall to drink: |
| [16]Thus saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 of hosts: Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the wise women, that they may come; |
[16]I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them. |
| [17]And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters. |
[17]Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Take heed, and call for the mourning women, that they may come, and send for skillful women that they may come, |
| [18]For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion: 'How are we undone! We are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.' |
[18]And let them make haste, and let them take up a lamentation for us, that our eyes may cast out tears and our eye lids gush out of water. |
| [19]Yea, hear the word of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of His mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation: |
[19]For a lamentable noise is heard out of Zion, How are we destroyed, and utterly confounded, for we have forsaken the land, and our dwellings have cast us out. |
| [20]'For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from the street, and the young men from the broad places.— |
[20]Therefore hear the word of the Lord, O ye women, and let your ears regard the words of his mouth, and teach your daughters to mourn, and every one her neighbor to lament. |
| [21]Speak: Thus saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇—And the carcasses of men fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, which none gathereth.' |
[21]For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to destroy the children without, and the young men in the streets. |
| [22]Thus saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇: Let not the wise man glory in h wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches; |
[22]Speak, thus saith the Lord, The carcasses of men shall lie, even as the dung upon the field, and as the handful after the mower, and none shall gather them. |
| [23]But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth, and knoweth Me, that I am 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 who exercise mercy, justice, and righteousness, in the earth; for in these things I delight, saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇. |
[23]Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, nor the strong man glory in his strength, neither the rich man glory in his riches. |
| [24]Behold, the days come, saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, that I will punish all them that are circumcised in their uncircumcision: |
[24]But let him that glorieth, glory in this, that he understandeth, and knoweth me: for I am the Lord, which show mercy, judgment, and righteousness in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord. |
| [25]Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that have the corners of their hair polled, that dwell in the wilderness; for all the nations are uncircumcised, but all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart. |
[25]Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will visit all them, which are circumcised with the uncircumcised: |
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[26]Egypt and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all the utmost corners of them that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart. |