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[1] “At that time,” says Yahweh, “they will bring the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of his princes, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves. [2] They will spread them before the sun, the moon, and all the army of the sky, which they have loved, which they have served, after which they have walked, which they have sought, and which they have worshiped. They will not be gathered or be buried. They will be like dung on the surface of the earth. [3] Death will be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, that remain in all the places where I have driven them,” says Yahweh of Armies. [4] “Moreover you shall tell them, ‘Yahweh says:
“ ‘Do men fall, and not rise up again?
Does one turn away, and not return?
[5] Why then have the people of Jerusalem fallen back by a perpetual backsliding?
They cling to deceit.
They refuse to return.
[6] I listened and heard, but they didn’t say what is right.
No one repents of his wickedness, saying, “What have I done?”
Everyone turns to his course,
as a horse that rushes headlong in the battle.
[7] Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times.
The turtledove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time of their coming;
but my people don’t know Yahweh’s law. [8] “ ‘How do you say, “We are wise, and Yahweh’s law is with us”?
But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has made that a lie.
[9] The wise men are disappointed.
They are dismayed and trapped.
Behold, they have rejected Yahweh’s word.
What kind of wisdom is in them?
[10] Therefore I will give their wives to others
and their fields to those who will possess them.
For everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness;
from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.
[11] They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying,
“Peace, peace,” when there is no peace.
[12] Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination?
No, they were not at all ashamed.
They couldn’t blush.
Therefore they will fall among those who fall.
In the time of their visitation they will be cast down, says Yahweh. [13] “ ‘I will utterly consume them, says Yahweh.
No grapes will be on the vine,
no figs on the fig tree,
and the leaf will fade.
The things that I have given them
will pass away from them.’ ” [14] “Why do we sit still?
Assemble yourselves!
Let’s enter into the fortified cities,
and let’s be silent there;
for Yahweh our God has put us to silence,
and given us poisoned water to drink,
because we have sinned against Yahweh.
[15] We looked for peace, but no good came;
and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!
[16] The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan.
The whole land trembles at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones;
for they have come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it,
the city and those who dwell therein.”
[17] “For, behold, I will send serpents,
adders among you,
which will not be charmed;
and they will bite you,” says Yahweh.
[18] Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow!
My heart is faint within me.
[19] Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off:
“Isn’t Yahweh in Zion?
Isn’t her King in her?”“Why have they provoked me to anger with their engraved images,
and with foreign idols?” [20] “The harvest is past.
The summer has ended,
and we are not saved.” [21] For the hurt of the daughter of my people, I am hurt.
I mourn.
Dismay has taken hold of me.
[22] Is there no balm in Gilead?
Is there no physician there?
Why then isn’t the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
“ ‘Do men fall, and not rise up again?
Does one turn away, and not return?
[5] Why then have the people of Jerusalem fallen back by a perpetual backsliding?
They cling to deceit.
They refuse to return.
[6] I listened and heard, but they didn’t say what is right.
No one repents of his wickedness, saying, “What have I done?”
Everyone turns to his course,
as a horse that rushes headlong in the battle.
[7] Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times.
The turtledove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time of their coming;
but my people don’t know Yahweh’s law. [8] “ ‘How do you say, “We are wise, and Yahweh’s law is with us”?
But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has made that a lie.
[9] The wise men are disappointed.
They are dismayed and trapped.
Behold, they have rejected Yahweh’s word.
What kind of wisdom is in them?
[10] Therefore I will give their wives to others
and their fields to those who will possess them.
For everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness;
from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.
[11] They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying,
“Peace, peace,” when there is no peace.
[12] Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination?
No, they were not at all ashamed.
They couldn’t blush.
Therefore they will fall among those who fall.
In the time of their visitation they will be cast down, says Yahweh. [13] “ ‘I will utterly consume them, says Yahweh.
No grapes will be on the vine,
no figs on the fig tree,
and the leaf will fade.
The things that I have given them
will pass away from them.’ ” [14] “Why do we sit still?
Assemble yourselves!
Let’s enter into the fortified cities,
and let’s be silent there;
for Yahweh our God has put us to silence,
and given us poisoned water to drink,
because we have sinned against Yahweh.
[15] We looked for peace, but no good came;
and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!
[16] The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan.
The whole land trembles at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones;
for they have come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it,
the city and those who dwell therein.”
[17] “For, behold, I will send serpents,
adders among you,
which will not be charmed;
and they will bite you,” says Yahweh.
[18] Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow!
My heart is faint within me.
[19] Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off:
“Isn’t Yahweh in Zion?
Isn’t her King in her?”“Why have they provoked me to anger with their engraved images,
and with foreign idols?” [20] “The harvest is past.
The summer has ended,
and we are not saved.” [21] For the hurt of the daughter of my people, I am hurt.
I mourn.
Dismay has taken hold of me.
[22] Is there no balm in Gilead?
Is there no physician there?
Why then isn’t the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
King James Version
[1] At that time, H6256 saith H5002 (QalPasPtc) the Lord, H3068 they shall bring out H3318 (HiphImpf) the bones H6106 of the kings H4428 of Judah, H3063 and the bones H6106 of his princes, H8269 and the bones H6106 of the priests, H3548 and the bones H6106 of the prophets, H5030 and the bones H6106 of the inhabitants H3427 (QalActPtc) of Jerusalem, H3389 out of their graves: H6913 [2] and they shall spread H7849 (QalPerf) them before the sun, H8121 and the moon, H3394 and all the host H6635 of heaven, H8064 whom they have loved, H157 (QalPerf) and whom they have served, H5647 (QalPerf) and after H310 whom they have walked, H1980 (QalPerf) and whom they have sought, H1875 (QalPerf) and whom they have worshipped: H7812 (HithPerf) they shall not be gathered, H622 (NiphImpf) nor be buried; H6912 (NiphImpf) they shall be for dung H1828 upon the face H6440 of the earth. H127 [3] And death H4194 shall be chosen H977 (NiphPerf) rather than life H2416 by all the residue H7611 of them that remain H7604 (NiphPtc) of this evil H7451 family, H4940 which remain H7604 (NiphPtc) in all the places H4725 whither I have driven H5080 (HiphPerf) them, saith H5002 (QalPasPtc) the Lord H3068 of hosts. H6635
No Man Repented
[4] Moreover thou shalt say H559 (QalPerf) unto them, Thus saith H559 (QalPerf) the Lord; H3068 Shall they fall, H5307 (QalImpf) and not arise? H6965 (QalImpf) shall he turn away, H7725 (QalImpf) and not return? H7725 (QalImpf) [5] Why then is this people H5971 of Jerusalem H3389 slidden back H7725 (PolePerf) by a perpetual H5329 (NiphPtc) backsliding? H4878 they hold H2388 (HiphPerf) fast deceit, H8649 they refuse H3985 (PielPerf) to return. H7725 (QalInf) [6] I hearkened H7181 (HiphPerf) and heard, H8085 (QalImpf) but they spake not aright: H1696 (PielImpf) no man H376 repented H5162 (NiphPtc) him of H5921 his wickedness, H7451 saying, H559 (QalInf) What have I done? H6213 (QalPerf) every one turned H7725 (QalPerf) to his course, H4794 as the horse H5483 rusheth H7857 (QalActPtc) into the battle. H4421 [7] Yea, the stork H2624 in the heaven H8064 knoweth H3045 (QalPerf) her appointed times; H4150 and the turtle H8449 and the crane H5483 and the swallow H5693 observe H8104 (QalPerf) the time H6256 of their coming; H935 (QalInf) but my people H5971 know H3045 (QalPerf) not the judgment H4941 of the Lord. H3068 [8] How do ye say, H559 (QalImpf) We are wise, H2450 and the law H8451 of the Lord H3068 is with us? Lo, certainly H403 in vain H8267 made H6213 (QalPerf) he it; the pen H5842 of the scribes H5608 (QalActPtc) is in vain. H8267 [9] The wise H2450 men are ashamed,§ H3001 (HiphPerf) they are dismayed H2865 (QalPerf) and taken: H3920 (NiphImpf) lo, they have rejected H3988 (QalPerf) the word H1697 of the Lord; H3068 and what wisdom H2451 is in them?§ [10] Therefore will I give H5414 (QalImpf) their wives H802 unto others, H312 and their fields H7704 to them that shall inherit H3423 (QalActPtc) them: for every one from the least H6996 even unto the greatest H1419 is given H1214 (QalActPtc) to covetousness, H1215 from the prophet H5030 even unto the priest H3548 every one dealeth H6213 (QalActPtc) falsely. H8267 [11] For they have healed H7495 (PielImpf) the hurt H7667 of the daughter H1323 of my people H5971 slightly, H7043 (NiphPerf) saying, H559 (QalInf) Peace, H7965 peace; H7965 when there is no peace. H7965 [12] Were they ashamed H3001 (HiphPerf) when they had committed H6213 (QalPerf) abomination? H8441 nay, they were not at all H954 (QalInf) ashamed, H954 (QalImpf) neither could H3045 (QalPerf) they blush: H3637 (NiphInf) therefore shall they fall H5307 (QalImpf) among them that fall: H5307 (QalActPtc) in the time H6256 of their visitation H6486 they shall be cast down, H3782 (NiphImpf) saith H559 (QalPerf) the Lord. H3068 [13] I will surely H622 (QalInf) consume H5486 (HiphImpf) them,§ saith H5002 (QalPasPtc) the Lord: H3068 there shall be no grapes H6025 on the vine, H1612 nor figs H8384 on the fig tree, H8384 and the leaf H5929 shall fade; H5034 (QalPerf) and the things that I have given H5414 (QalImpf) them shall pass away H5674 (QalImpf) from them. [14] Why do we sit still? H3427 (QalActPtc) assemble H622 (NiphImpv) yourselves, and let us enter H935 (QalImpf) into the defenced H4013 cities, H5892 and let us be silent H1826 (NiphImpf) there: for the Lord H3068 our God H430 hath put us to silence, H1826 (HiphPerf) and given us water H4325 of gall H7219§ to drink, H8248 (HiphImpf) because we have sinned H2398 (QalPerf) against the Lord. H3068 [15] We looked H6960 (PielInf) for peace, H7965 but no good H2896 came; and for a time H6256 of health, H4832 and behold trouble! H1205 [16] The snorting H5170 of his horses H5483 was heard H8085 (NiphPerf) from Dan: H1835 the whole land H776 trembled H7493 (QalPerf) at the sound H6963 of the neighing H4684 of his strong ones; H47 for they are come, H935 (QalImpf) and have devoured H398 (QalImpf) the land, H776 and all H4393 that is in it;§ the city, H5892 and those that dwell H3427 (QalActPtc) therein. [17] For, behold, I will send H7971 (PielPtc) serpents, H5175 cockatrices, H6848 among you, which will not be charmed, H3908 and they shall bite H5391 (PielPerf) you, saith H5002 (QalPasPtc) the Lord. H3068The Prophet’s Sorrow
[18] When I would comfort H4010 myself again§st sorrow, H3015 my heart H3820 is faint H1742 in me. [19] Behold the voice H6963 of the cry H7775 of the daughter H1323 of my people H5971 because of them that dwell in a far H4801 country: H776§ Is not the Lord H3068 in Zion? H6726 is not her king H4428 in her? Why have they provoked me to anger H3707 (HiphPerf) with their graven images, H6456 and with strange H5236 vanities? H1892 [20] The harvest H7105 is past, H5674 (QalPerf) the summer H7019 is ended, H3615 (QalPerf) and we are not saved. H3467 (NiphPerf) [21] For the hurt H7667 of the daughter H1323 of my people H5971 am I hurt; H7665 (HophPerf) I am black; H6937 (QalPerf) astonishment H8047 hath taken hold H2388 (HiphPerf) on me. [22] Is there no balm H6875 in Gilead; H1568 is there no physician H7495 (QalActPtc) there? why then H3588 is not the health H724 of the daughter H1323 of my people H5971 recovered? H5927 (QalPerf)§Footnotes
- § 8:9a Or, have they been ashamed, etc.
- § 8:9b Heb. the wisdom of what thing
- § 8:13 Or, in gathering I will consume
- § 8:14 Or, poison
- § 8:16 Heb. the fullness thereof
- § 8:18 Heb. upon
- § 8:19 Heb. because of the country of them that are far off
- § 8:22 Heb. gone up
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