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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]
[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]
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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]
[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.
[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]
[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.
[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
[12]Even a fullH4392 windH7307 from those places shall comeH935[H8799] unto me: now also will I giveH1696[H8762] sentence against themH4941.
[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]
[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?
[15]For a voiceH6963 declarethH5046[H8688] from DanH1835, and publishethH8085[H8688] afflictionH205 from mountH2022 EphraimH669.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[21]How long shall I seeH7200[H8799] the standardH5251, and hearH8085[H8799] the soundH6963 of the trumpetH7782?
[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]
[23]I beheldH7200[H8804] the earthH776, and, lo, it was without formH8414, and voidH922; and the heavensH8064, and they had no lightH216.
[24]I beheldH7200[H8804] the mountainsH2022, and, lo, they trembledH7493[H8801], and all the hillsH1389 moved lightlyH7043.[H8701]
[25]I beheldH7200[H8804], and, lo, there was no manH120, and all the birdsH5775 of the heavensH8064 were fledH5074.[H8804]
[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.
[27]For thus hath the LORDH3068 saidH559[H8804], The whole landH776 shall be desolateH8077; yet will I not makeH6213[H8799] a full endH3617.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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]
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