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Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?
Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, the sheep that were your pride?
What
wilt thou say when he shall
punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains,
and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in
travail?
What will you say when He sets over you close allies whom you
yourself trained? Will not pangs of
anguish grip you, as they do a woman in labor?
And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare.
And if you ask
yourself, “Why has this happened to me?” It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity that your skirts have been
stripped off
and your body has been exposed.
This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me,
and trusted in
falsehood.
This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me
and trusted in
falsehood.
I have seen thine
adulteries,
and thy neighings, the
lewdness of thy
whoredom,
and thine abominations on the hills in the fields.
Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem!
wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?
Judah mourneth,
and the gates thereof
languish; they are black unto the ground;
and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
“Judah mourns
and her gates
languish. Her people
wail for the land,
and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.
And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits,
and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were
ashamed and confounded,
and covered their heads.
The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are
ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.
Yea, the hind also
calved in the field,
and forsook it, because there was no grass.
Even the
doe in the field deserts her
newborn fawn because there is no grass.
And the wild
asses did stand in the high places, they
snuffed up the wind like
dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.
Wild
donkeys stand on barren heights; they
pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”
O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land,
and as a
wayfaring man that turneth aside to
tarry for a night?
O Hope of Israel, its
Savior in times of distress, why are You like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays but a night?
Why shouldest thou be as a man
astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us,
and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a
warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD,
and we are called by Your name. Do not
forsake us!
Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to
wander, they have not
refrained their feet, therefore the LORD
doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity,
and visit their sins.
This is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to
wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their guilt
and call their sins to account.”
When they fast, I will not hear their cry;
and when they offer burnt offering
and an
oblation, I will not accept them: but I will
consume them by the sword,
and by the famine,
and by the
pestilence.
Although they may fast, I will not
listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings
and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword
and famine
and plague.”
Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets
prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they
prophesy unto you a false vision
and divination,
and a thing of
nought,
and the
deceit of their heart.
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that
prophesy in my name,
and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword
and famine shall not be in this land; By sword
and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
Therefore this is what the LORD says about the prophets who
prophesy in My name: I did not send them, yet they say, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ By sword
and famine these very prophets will meet their end!
And the people to whom they
prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine
and the sword;
and they shall have none to
bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.
And the people to whom they
prophesy will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem because of famine
and sword. There will be no one to
bury them or their wives, their sons or their daughters. I will pour out their own evil upon them.
Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night
and day,
and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very
grievous blow.
You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day
and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been
shattered by a
crushing blow, a severely
grievous wound.
If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword!
and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine!
yea, both the prophet
and the priest go about into a land that they know not.
If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those
ravaged by famine! For both prophet
and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”
Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul
lothed Zion? why hast thou
smitten us,
and there is no
healing for us? we looked for peace,
and there is no good;
and for the time of
healing,
and behold trouble!
Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You
despise Zion? Why have You
stricken us so that we are beyond
healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come,
and for the time of
healing, but there was only terror.
We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness,
and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have
sinned against thee.
We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have
sinned against You.
Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.
And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee,
Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death;
and such as are for the sword, to the sword;
and such as are for the famine, to the famine;
and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.
If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’
And I will
appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to
slay,
and the dogs to
tear,
and the fowls of the heaven,
and the beasts of the earth, to
devour and destroy.
I will
appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to
drag away,
and the birds of the air
and beasts of the earth to
devour and destroy.
And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of
Manasseh the son of
Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
I will make them a
horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what
Manasseh son of
Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem.
Thou hast
forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee,
and destroy thee; I am
weary with
repenting.
You have
forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will stretch out My hand against you
and I will destroy you; I am
weary of showing
compassion.
And I will
fan them with a
fan in the gates of the land; I will
bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways.
I will
scatter them with a
winnowing fork at the gates of the land. I will
bereave and destroy My people who have not turned from their ways.
Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a
spoiler at
noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly,
and terrors upon the city.
I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at
noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them
anguish and dismay.
She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been
ashamed and confounded:
and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.
The mother of seven will grow
faint; she will
breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced
and humiliated.
And the rest I will put to the sword in the presence of their enemies,” declares the LORD.
Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of
strife and a man of
contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on
usury, nor men have lent to me on
usury; yet every one of them
doth curse me.
Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of
strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet
everyone curses me.
The LORD said: “Surely I will deliver you for a good purpose; surely I will
intercede with your enemy in your time of trouble, in your time of distress.
Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?
Thy substance
and thy treasures will I give to the
spoil without price,
and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.
Your wealth
and your treasures I will give up as
plunder, without charge for all your sins within all your borders.
And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire is
kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.
Then I will
enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for My anger will
kindle a fire that will burn against you.”
O LORD, thou knowest: remember me,
and visit me,
and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy
longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered
rebuke.
You understand, O LORD; remember me
and attend to me.
Avenge me against my persecutors. In Your
patience, do not take me away. Know that I
endure reproach for Your honor.
Thy words were found,
and I did eat them;
and thy word was unto me the joy
and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
Your words were found,
and I
ate them. Your words became my joy
and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.
Why is my pain perpetual,
and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be
healed?
wilt thou be altogether unto me as a
liar,
and as waters that fail?
Why is my pain unending,
and my wound incurable, refusing to be
healed? You have indeed become like a
mirage to me— water that is not there.
Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again,
and thou shalt stand before me:
and if thou take forth the precious from the
vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.
Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence.
And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My
spokesman. It is they who must turn to you, but you must not turn to them.
And I will make thee unto this people a
fenced brasen wall:
and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee
and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD.
And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked,
and I will
redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.
For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons
and concerning the daughters that are born in this place,
and concerning their mothers that bare them,
and concerning their fathers that
begat them in this land;
For this is what the LORD says concerning the sons and daughters born in this place, and the mothers who bore them, and the fathers who fathered them in this land:
They shall die of
grievous deaths; they shall not be
lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth:
and they shall be consumed by the sword,
and by famine;
and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven,
and for the beasts of the earth.
“They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be
mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword
and famine,
and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air
and beasts of the earth.”
For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of
mourning, neither go to
lament nor
bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness
and mercies.
Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Do not enter a house where there is a funeral meal. Do not go to
mourn or show sympathy, for I have removed from this people My peace, My loving devotion,
and My
compassion,” declares the LORD.
Both the great
and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men
lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves
bald for them:
“Both great
and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or
mourned, nor will
anyone cut himself or
shave his head for them.
Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
You must not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down with them to eat and drink.
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes,
and in your days, the voice of
mirth,
and the voice of
gladness, the voice of the
bridegroom,
and the voice of the
bride.
For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to remove from this place, before your very eyes
and in your days, the sounds of joy
and gladness, the voices of the
bride and bridegroom.
And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt
shew this people all these words,
and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?
When you tell these people all these things, they will ask you, ‘Why has the LORD pronounced all this great
disaster against us? What is our guilt? What is the sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?’
Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have
forsaken me, saith the LORD,
and have walked after other gods,
and have served them,
and have worshipped them,
and have
forsaken me,
and have not kept my law;
Then you are to answer them: ‘It is because your fathers have
forsaken Me, declares the LORD,
and followed other gods,
and served
and worshiped them. They abandoned Me
and did not keep My instruction.
And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not
hearken unto me:
And you have done more evil than your fathers. See how each of you follows the
stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying Me.
Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers;
and there shall ye serve other gods day
and night; where I will not
shew you favour.
So I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’
But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north,
and from all the lands
whither he had driven them:
and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.
Instead they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of the north and all the other lands to which He had banished them.’ For I will return them to their land that I gave to their forefathers.
Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD,
and they shall fish them;
and after will I send for many hunters,
and they shall
hunt them from every mountain,
and from every hill,
and out of the holes of the rocks.
But for now I will send for many
fishermen, declares the LORD,
and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters,
and they will
hunt them down on every mountain
and hill, even from the clefts of the rocks.
For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not
hid from my face, neither is their iniquity
hid from mine eyes.
For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes.
And first I will
recompense their iniquity
and their sin double; because they have
defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their
detestable and abominable things.
And I will first repay them double their iniquity
and their sin, because they have
defiled My land with the
carcasses of their
detestable idols,
and they have filled My inheritance with their abominations.”
O LORD, my strength,
and my fortress,
and my refuge in the day of
affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth,
and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity,
and things wherein there is no profit.
O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.
Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?
Can man make gods for himself? Such are not gods!”
Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The LORD.
“Therefore behold, I will inform them, and this time I will make them know My power and My might; then they will know that My name is the LORD.
The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron,
and with the point of a
diamond: it is
graven upon the table of their heart,
and upon the horns of your altars;
“The sin of Judah is written with an iron
stylus, engraved with a
diamond point on the tablets of their hearts
and on the horns of their altars.
Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.
Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles by the green trees and on the high hills.
O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance
and all thy treasures to the
spoil,
and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders.
O My mountain in the
countryside, I will give over your wealth
and all your treasures as
plunder, because of the sin of your high places, within all your borders.
And thou, even
thyself, shalt discontinue from thine
heritage that I gave thee;
and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have
kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever.
Thus saith the LORD;
Cursed be the man that trusteth in man,
and maketh flesh his arm,
and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
This is what the LORD says: “
Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength
and turns his heart from the LORD.
For he shall be like the
heath in the desert,
and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the
parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land
and not inhabited.
He will be like a
shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the
parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters,
and that spreadeth out her roots by the river,
and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green;
and shall not be careful in the year of
drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes,
and its leaves are always green. It does not
worry in a year of
drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.
The heart is
deceitful above all things
and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
I the LORD search the heart, I try the
reins, even to give every man according to his ways,
and according to the fruit of his doings.
I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
As the
partridge sitteth on eggs,
and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches,
and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days,
and at his end shall be a
fool.
Like a
partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him,
and in the end he will be the
fool.”
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that
forsake thee shall be
ashamed,
and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have
forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who
abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.
Heal me, O LORD,
and I shall be
healed; save me,
and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
Heal me, O LORD,
and I will be
healed; save me,
and I will be saved, for You are my praise.
Let them be confounded that
persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil,
and destroy them with double destruction.
Let my persecutors be put to shame, but do not let me be put to shame. Let them be
terrified, but do not let me be
terrified. Bring upon them the day of
disaster and shatter them with double destruction.
Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;
This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and stand at the gate of the people, through which the kings of Judah go in and out; and stand at all the other gates of Jerusalem.
And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates:
Say to them, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, all people of Judah and Jerusalem who enter through these gates.
Thus saith the LORD; Take
heed to
yourselves,
and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
This is what the LORD says: Take
heed for
yourselves; do not carry a load or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.
But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
And it shall come to pass, if ye
diligently hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but
hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;
If, however, you
listen carefully to Me, says the LORD,
and bring no load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day,
and keep the Sabbath day holy,
and do no work on it,
Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings
and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in
chariots and on horses, they,
and their princes, the men of Judah,
and the inhabitants of Jerusalem:
and this city shall remain for ever.
then kings
and princes will enter through the gates of this city. They will sit on the throne of David, riding in
chariots and on horses with their officials, along with the men of Judah
and the residents of Jerusalem,
and this city will be inhabited
forever.
And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the LORD.
And people will come from the cities of Judah
and the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin,
and from the foothills, the hill country,
and the Negev, bringing burnt offerings
and sacrifices, grain offerings
and frankincense,
and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.
But if ye will not
hearken unto me to
hallow the sabbath day,
and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I
kindle a fire in the gates thereof,
and it shall
devour the palaces of Jerusalem,
and it shall not be
quenched.
But if you do not
listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will
kindle an
unquenchable fire in its gates to
consume the citadels of Jerusalem.’”
Arise,
and go down to the
potter’s house,
and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
“Go down at once to the
potter’s house,
and there I will
reveal My message to you.”
Then I went down to the
potter’s house,
and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
So I went down to the
potter’s house
and saw him working at the wheel.
And the vessel that he made of clay was
marred in the hand of the
potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the
potter to make it.
But the vessel that he was shaping from the clay became
flawed in his hand; so he formed it into another vessel, as it seemed best for him to do.
At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation,
and concerning a kingdom, to
pluck up,
and to pull down,
and to destroy it;
At any time I might
announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted,
torn down,
and destroyed.
And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
And if at another time I
announce that I will build up
and establish a nation or kingdom,
If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will
repent of the good,
wherewith I said I would benefit them.
and if it does evil in My sight
and does not
listen to My voice, then I will relent of the good I had intended for it.
Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah,
and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you,
and devise a
device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way,
and make your ways
and your doings good.
Now therefore, tell the men of Judah
and the residents of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I am
planning a
disaster for you
and devising a plan against you. Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways,
and correct your ways
and deeds.’
And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.
But they will reply, ‘It is hopeless. We will follow our own plans,
and each of us will act according to the
stubbornness of his evil heart.’”
Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity,
and they have caused them to
stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;
Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them
stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on
rutted bypaths instead of on the
highway.
I will
scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will
shew them the back,
and not the face, in the day of their
calamity.
I will
scatter them before the enemy like the east wind. I will show them My back
and not My face in the day of their
calamity.”
Then said they, Come,
and let us
devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come,
and let us
smite him with the tongue,
and let us not give
heed to any of his words.
Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an
oracle to the prophet. Come, let us
denounce him
and pay no
heed to any of his words.”
Attend to me, O LORD. Hear what my accusers are saying!
Shall evil be
recompensed for good? for they have
digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them,
and to turn away thy wrath from them.
Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have
dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.
Therefore deliver up their children to the famine,
and pour out their blood by the force of the sword;
and let their wives be
bereaved of their children,
and be widows;
and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.
Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle.
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a
troop suddenly upon them: for they have
digged a pit to take me,
and hid snares for my feet.
Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have
dug a pit to capture me
and have hidden snares for my feet.
Thus saith the LORD, Go
and get a
potter’s
earthen bottle,
and take of the ancients of the people,
and of the ancients of the priests;
This is what the LORD says: “Go
and buy a clay
jar from a
potter. Take some of the elders of the people
and leaders of the priests,
And go forth unto the valley of the son of
Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate,
and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,
and go out to the Valley of Ben-
hinnom near the entrance of the
Potsherd Gate.
Proclaim there the words I speak to you,
And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah,
and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which
whosoever heareth, his ears shall
tingle.
saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah
and residents of Jerusalem. This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such
disaster on this place that the ears of all who hear of it will ring,
Because they have
forsaken me,
and have
estranged this place,
and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah,
and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;
because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.
And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah
and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives,
and I will give their
carcasses as food to the birds of the air
and the beasts of the earth.
And I will make this city
desolate,
and an
hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be
astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.