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[1] Oh that my head were waters,
and my eyes a spring of tears,
that I might weep day and night
for the slain of the daughter of my people!
[2] Oh that I had in the wilderness
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.
[3] “They bend their tongue,
as their bow, for falsehood.
They have grown strong in the land,
but not for truth;
for they proceed from evil to evil,
and they don’t know me,” says Yahweh.
[4] “Everyone beware of his neighbor,
and don’t trust in any brother;
for every brother will utterly supplant,
and every neighbor will go around like a slanderer.
[5] Friends deceive each other,
and will not speak the truth.
They have taught their tongue to speak lies.
They weary themselves committing iniquity.
[6] Your habitation is in the middle of deceit.
Through deceit, they refuse to know me,” says Yahweh. [7] Therefore Yahweh of Armies says,
“Behold, I will melt them and test them;
for how should I deal with the daughter of my people?
[8] Their tongue is a deadly arrow.
It speaks deceit.
One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth,
but in his heart, he waits to ambush him.
[9] Shouldn’t I punish them for these things?” says Yahweh.
“Shouldn’t my soul be avenged on a nation such as this?
[10] I will weep and wail for the mountains,
and lament for the pastures of the wilderness,
because they are burned up, so that no one passes through;
Men can’t hear the voice of the livestock.
Both the birds of the sky and the animals have fled.
They are gone. [11] “I will make Jerusalem heaps,
a dwelling place of jackals.
I will make the cities of Judah a desolation,
without inhabitant.” [12] Who is wise enough to understand this? Who is he to whom the mouth of Yahweh has spoken, that he may declare it? Why has the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that no one passes through? [13] Yahweh says, “Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice or walked in my ways, [14] but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them.” [15] Therefore Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says, “Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink. [16] I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known. I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.” [17] Yahweh of Armies says,
“Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come.
Send for the skillful women, that they may come.
[18] 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.
[19] For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion,
‘How we are ruined!
We are greatly confounded
because we have forsaken the land,
because they have cast down our dwellings.’ ” [20] Yet hear Yahweh’s word, you women.
Let your ear receive the word of his mouth.
Teach your daughters wailing.
Everyone teach her neighbor a lamentation.
[21] For death has come up into our windows.
It has entered into our palaces
to cut off the children from outside,
and the young men from the streets. [22] Speak, “Yahweh says,
“ ‘The dead bodies of men will fall as dung on the open field,
and as the handful after the harvester.
No one will gather them.’ ” [23] Yahweh says,
“Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom.
Don’t let the mighty man glory in his might.
Don’t let the rich man glory in his riches.
[24] But let him who glories glory in this,
that he has understanding, and knows me,
that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness in the earth,
for I delight in these things,” says Yahweh. [25] “Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will punish all those who are circumcised only in their flesh: [26] Egypt, Judah, Edom, the children of Ammon, Moab, and all who have the corners of their hair cut off, who dwell in the wilderness, for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.”
and my eyes a spring of tears,
that I might weep day and night
for the slain of the daughter of my people!
[2] Oh that I had in the wilderness
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.
[3] “They bend their tongue,
as their bow, for falsehood.
They have grown strong in the land,
but not for truth;
for they proceed from evil to evil,
and they don’t know me,” says Yahweh.
[4] “Everyone beware of his neighbor,
and don’t trust in any brother;
for every brother will utterly supplant,
and every neighbor will go around like a slanderer.
[5] Friends deceive each other,
and will not speak the truth.
They have taught their tongue to speak lies.
They weary themselves committing iniquity.
[6] Your habitation is in the middle of deceit.
Through deceit, they refuse to know me,” says Yahweh. [7] Therefore Yahweh of Armies says,
“Behold, I will melt them and test them;
for how should I deal with the daughter of my people?
[8] Their tongue is a deadly arrow.
It speaks deceit.
One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth,
but in his heart, he waits to ambush him.
[9] Shouldn’t I punish them for these things?” says Yahweh.
“Shouldn’t my soul be avenged on a nation such as this?
[10] I will weep and wail for the mountains,
and lament for the pastures of the wilderness,
because they are burned up, so that no one passes through;
Men can’t hear the voice of the livestock.
Both the birds of the sky and the animals have fled.
They are gone. [11] “I will make Jerusalem heaps,
a dwelling place of jackals.
I will make the cities of Judah a desolation,
without inhabitant.” [12] Who is wise enough to understand this? Who is he to whom the mouth of Yahweh has spoken, that he may declare it? Why has the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that no one passes through? [13] Yahweh says, “Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice or walked in my ways, [14] but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them.” [15] Therefore Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says, “Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink. [16] I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known. I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.” [17] Yahweh of Armies says,
“Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come.
Send for the skillful women, that they may come.
[18] 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.
[19] For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion,
‘How we are ruined!
We are greatly confounded
because we have forsaken the land,
because they have cast down our dwellings.’ ” [20] Yet hear Yahweh’s word, you women.
Let your ear receive the word of his mouth.
Teach your daughters wailing.
Everyone teach her neighbor a lamentation.
[21] For death has come up into our windows.
It has entered into our palaces
to cut off the children from outside,
and the young men from the streets. [22] Speak, “Yahweh says,
“ ‘The dead bodies of men will fall as dung on the open field,
and as the handful after the harvester.
No one will gather them.’ ” [23] Yahweh says,
“Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom.
Don’t let the mighty man glory in his might.
Don’t let the rich man glory in his riches.
[24] But let him who glories glory in this,
that he has understanding, and knows me,
that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness in the earth,
for I delight in these things,” says Yahweh. [25] “Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will punish all those who are circumcised only in their flesh: [26] Egypt, Judah, Edom, the children of Ammon, Moab, and all who have the corners of their hair cut off, who dwell in the wilderness, for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.”
King James Version
[1] Oh thatH5414(QalImpf) my headH7218 were waters,H4325 and mine eyesH5869 a fountainH4726 of tears,H1832 that I might weepH1058(QalImpf) dayH3119 and nightH3915 for the slainH2491 of the daughterH1323 of my people!H5971 [2] Oh thatH5414(QalImpf) I had in the wildernessH4057 a lodging placeH4411 of wayfaring men;H732(QalActPtc) that I might leaveH5800(QalImpf) my people,H5971 and goH3212(QalImpf) from them! for they [be] all adulterers,H5003(PielPtc) an assemblyH6116 of treacherous men.H898(QalActPtc) [3] And they bendH1869(HiphImpf) their tonguesH3956 [like] their bowH7198 [for] lies:H8267 but they are not valiantH1396(QalPerf) for the truthH530 upon the earth;H776 for they proceedH3318(QalPerf) from evilH7451 to evil,H7451 and they knowH3045(QalPerf) not me, saithH5002(QalPasPtc) the Lord.H3068 [4] Take ye heedH8104(NiphImpv) every oneH376 of his neighbour,H7453 and trustH982(QalImpf) ye not in any brother:H251 for every brotherH251 will utterlyH6117(QalInf) supplant,H6117(QalImpf) and every neighbourH7453 will walkH1980(QalImpf) with slanders.H7400 [5] And they will deceiveH2048(PielImpf) every oneH376 his neighbour,H7453 and will not speakH1696(PielImpf) the truth:H571 they have taughtH3925(PielPerf) their tongueH3956 to speakH1696(PielInf) lies,H8267 [and] wearyH3811(NiphPerf) themselves to commit iniquity.H5753(HiphInf) [6] Thine habitationH3427(QalInf) [is] in the midstH8432 of deceit;H4820 through deceitH4820 they refuseH3985(PielPerf) to knowH3045(QalInf) me, saithH5002(QalPasPtc) the Lord.H3068 [7] Therefore thus saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH3068 of hosts,H6635 Behold, I will meltH6884(QalActPtc) them, and tryH974(QalPerf) them; for how shall I doH6213(QalImpf) forH6440 the daughterH1323 of my people?H5971 [8] Their tongueH3956 [is as] an arrowH2671 shot out;H7819(QalPasPtc) it speakethH1696(PielPerf) deceit:H4820 [one] speakethH1696(PielImpf) peaceablyH7965 to his neighbourH7453 with his mouth,H6310 but in heartH7130 he layethH7760(QalImpf) his wait.H696 [9] Shall I not visitH6485(QalImpf) them for these [things]? saithH5002(QalPasPtc) the Lord:H3068 shall not my soulH5315 be avengedH5358(HithImpf) on such a nationH1471 as this? [10] For the mountainsH2022 will I take upH5375(QalImpf) a weepingH1065 and wailing,H5092 and for the habitationsH4999 of the wildernessH4057 a lamentation,H7015 because they are burned up,H3341(NiphPerf) so that noneH376 can passH5674(QalActPtc) through [them]; neither can [men] hearH8085(QalPerf) the voiceH6963 of the cattle;H4735 both the fowlH5775 of the heavensH8064 and the beastH929 are fled;H5074(QalPerf) they are gone.H1980(QalPerf) [11] And I will makeH5414(QalPerf) JerusalemH3389 heaps,H1530 [and] a denH4583 of dragons;H8577 and I will makeH5414(QalImpf) the citiesH5892 of JudahH3063 desolate,H8077 without an inhabitant.H3427(QalActPtc) [12] Who [is] the wiseH2450 man,H376 that may understandH995(QalImpf) this? and [who is he] to whom the mouthH6310 of the LordH3068 hath spoken,H1696(PielPerf) that he may declareH5046(HiphImpf) it, for what the landH776 perishethH6(QalPerf) [and] is burned upH3341(NiphPerf) like a wilderness,H4057 that none passeth through?H5674(QalActPtc) [13] And the LordH3068 saith,H559(QalImpf) Because they have forsakenH5800(QalInf) my lawH8451 which I setH5414(QalPerf) beforeH6440 them, and have not obeyedH8085(QalPerf) my voice,H6963 neither walkedH1980(QalPerf) therein; [14] But have walkedH3212(QalImpf) afterH310 the imaginationH8307 of their own heart,H3820 and afterH310 Baalim,H1168 which their fathersH1 taughtH3925(PielPerf) them: [15] Therefore thus saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH3068 of hosts,H6635 the GodH430 of Israel;H3478 Behold, I will feedH398(HiphPtc) them, [even] this people,H5971 with wormwood,H3939 and give them waterH4325 of gallH7219 to drink.H8248(HiphPerf) [16] I will scatterH6327(HiphPerf) them also among the heathen,H1471 whom neither they nor their fathersH1 have known:H3045(QalPerf) and I will sendH7971(PielPerf) a swordH2719 afterH310 them, till I have consumedH3615(PielInf) them. [17] Thus saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH3068 of hosts,H6635 ConsiderH995(HiplImpv) ye, and callH7121(QalImpv) for the mourning women,H6969(PolePtc) that they may come;H935(QalImpf) and sendH7971(QalImpv) for cunningH2450 [women], that they may come:H935(QalImpf) [18] And let them make haste,H4116(PielImpf) and take upH5375(QalImpf) a wailingH5092 for us, that our eyesH5869 may run downH3381(QalImpf) with tears,H1832 and our eyelidsH6079 gush outH5140(QalImpf) with waters.H4325 [19] For a voiceH6963 of wailingH5092 is heardH8085(NiphPerf) out of Zion,H6726 How are we spoiled!H7703(PualPerf) we are greatlyH3966 confounded,H954(QalPerf) because we have forsakenH5800(QalPerf) the land,H776 because our dwellingsH4908 have cast [us] out.H7993(HiphPerf) [20] Yet hearH8085(QalImpv) the wordH1697 of the Lord,H3068 O ye women,H802 and let your earH241 receiveH3947(QalImpf) the wordH1697 of his mouth,H6310 and teachH3925(PielImpv) your daughtersH1323 wailing,H5092 and every oneH802 her neighbourH7468 lamentation.H7015 [21] For deathH4194 is come upH5927(QalPerf) into our windows,H2474 [and] is enteredH935(QalPerf) into our palaces,H759 to cut offH3772(HiphInf) the childrenH5768 from without,H2351 [and] the young menH970 from the streets.H7339 [22] Speak,H1696(PielImpv) Thus saithH5002(QalPasPtc) the Lord,H3068 Even the carcasesH5038 of menH120 shall fallH5307(QalPerf) as dungH1828 upon the openH6440 field,H7704 and as the handfulH5995 afterH310 the harvestman,H7114(QalActPtc) and none shall gatherH622(PielPtc) [them]. [23] Thus saithH559(QalPerf) the Lord,H3068 Let not the wiseH2450 [man] gloryH1984(HithImpf) in his wisdom,H2451 neither let the mightyH1368 [man] gloryH1984(HithImpf) in his might,H1369 let not the richH6223 [man] gloryH1984(HithImpf) in his riches:H6239 [24] But let him that gloriethH1984(HithPtc) gloryH1984(HithImpf) in this, that he understandethH7919(HiphInf) and knowethH3045(QalInf) me, that I [am] the LordH3068 which exerciseH6213(QalActPtc) lovingkindness,H2617 judgment,H4941 and righteousness,H6666 in the earth:H776 for in these [things] I delight,H2654(QalPerf) saithH5002(QalPasPtc) the Lord.H3068 [25] Behold, the daysH3117 come,H935(QalActPtc) saithH5002(QalPasPtc) the Lord,H3068 that I will punishH6485(QalPerf) all [them which are] circumcisedH4135(QalPasPtc) with the uncircumcised;H6190 [26] Egypt,H4714 and Judah,H3063 and Edom,H123 and the childrenH1121 of Ammon,H5983 and Moab,H4124 and all [that are] in the utmostH7112(QalPasPtc) corners,H6285 that dwellH3427(QalActPtc) in the wilderness:H4057 for all [these] nationsH1471 [are] uncircumcised,H6189 and all the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478 [are] uncircumcisedH6189 in the heart.H3820
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