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But the wicked are
like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up
mire and
dirt.
But the wicked are
like the storm-
tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves
churn up
mire and
muck.
“Cry
aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice
like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their
transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and
forsook not the
ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways,
like a nation that does what is right and does not
forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”
Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to
afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a
bulrush, and to spread
sackcloth and ashes under him?
wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head
like a reed, and to spread out
sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.
Then your light will break forth
like the
dawn, and your
healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
And if thou draw out thy soul to the
hungry, and satisfy the
afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the
noonday:
and if you give
yourself to the
hungry and satisfy the
afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be
like noonday.
And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in
drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be
like a watered garden, and
like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-
scorched land and
strengthen your frame. You will be
like a well-watered garden,
like a spring whose waters never fail.
Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall,
groping like those without eyes. We
stumble at
midday as in the
twilight; among the vigorous we are
like the dead.
We
roar all
like bears, and
mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
We all
growl like bears and
moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
For he put on righteousness as a
breastplate, and an
helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of
vengeance for clothing, and was
clad with zeal as a
cloke.
So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come
like a
raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD.
Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
Who are these who fly like clouds, like doves to their shelters?
For
Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
For
Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines
like a bright light, her salvation
like a
blazing torch.
Wherefore art thou red in thine
apparel, and thy garments
like him that treadeth in the winefat?
Why are Your clothes red, and Your garments like one who treads the winepress?
That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not
stumble?
who led them through the depths
like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not
stumble?
As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so
didst thou lead thy people, to make
thyself a glorious name.
Like cattle going down to the valley, the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest. You led Your people this way to make for
Yourself a glorious name.
We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.
We have become like those You never ruled, like those not called by Your name.
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as
filthy rags; and we all do
fade as a leaf; and our
iniquities,
like the wind, have taken us away.
Each of us has become
like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are
like filthy rags; we all wither
like a leaf, and our
iniquities carry us away
like the wind.
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw
like the
bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not
hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.
The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw
like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither
harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.
He that killeth an ox is as if he
slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an
oblation, as if he offered
swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an
idol.
Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.
Whoever slaughters an ox is
like one who slays a man;
whoever sacrifices a lamb is
like one who breaks a dog’s neck;
whoever presents a grain offering is
like one who offers pig’s blood;
whoever offers
frankincense is
like one who blesses an
idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.
For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her
like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles
like a flowing stream: then shall ye
suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be
dandled upon her knees.
For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her
like a river, and the wealth of nations
like a flowing stream; you will
nurse and be carried on her arm, and
bounced upon her knees.
And when ye see this, your heart shall
rejoice, and your bones shall
flourish like an
herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his
indignation toward his enemies.
When you see, you will
rejoice, and you will
flourish like grass; then the hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants, but His wrath will be shown to His enemies.
For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his
chariots like a
whirlwind, to render his anger with
fury, and his
rebuke with flames of fire.
For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron
pillar, and
brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
Now behold, this day I have made you
like a fortified city, an iron
pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.
For pass over the isles of
Chittim, and see; and send unto
Kedar, and consider
diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
Cross over to the coasts of
Cyprus and take a look; send to
Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything
like this:
Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the
degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
I had planted you
like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn
yourself before Me into a
rotten, wild vine?
In vain have I
smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath
devoured your prophets,
like a destroying lion.
“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has
devoured your prophets
like a
voracious lion.”
Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been
lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast
polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been
violated? You sat beside the
highways waiting for your lovers,
like a
nomad in the desert. You have
defiled the land with your
prostitution and wickedness.
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my
fury come forth
like fire, and burn that none can
quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out
like fire and burn with no one to
extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”
Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his
chariots shall be as a
whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles.
Woe unto us! for we are
spoiled.
Behold, he advances
like the clouds, his
chariots like the
whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles.
Woe to us, for we are ruined!
As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been
rebellious against me, saith the LORD.
They
surround her
like men guarding a field, because she has rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.
For I have heard a voice as of a woman in
travail, and the
anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of
Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying,
Woe is me now! for my soul is
wearied because of murderers.
For I hear a cry
like a woman in labor, a cry of
anguish like one bearing her first child— the cry of the Daughter of
Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say, “
Woe is me, for my soul
faints before the murderers!”
Their quivers are like open graves; they are all mighty men.
And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them,
Like as ye have
forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
And when the people ask, ‘For what
offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ You are to tell them, ‘Just as you have
forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’”
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a
trap, they catch men.
For among My people are wicked men; they watch
like fowlers lying in wait; they set a
trap to catch men.
As a
cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of
deceit: therefore they are become great, and
waxen rich.
Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of
deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
I have
likened the daughter of
Zion to a comely and delicate woman.
Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy the Daughter of
Zion.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly
glean the
remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets.
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “
Glean the
remnant of Israel as thoroughly as a vine. Pass your hand once more
like a
grape gatherer over the branches.”
They shall lay hold on bow and
spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth
like the sea; and they
ride upon horses, set in
array as men for war against thee, O daughter of
Zion.
They
grasp the bow and
spear; they are cruel and
merciless. Their voice roars
like the sea, and they
ride upon horses, lined up
like men in formation against you, O Daughter of
Zion.”
We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble:
anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in
travail.
We have heard the report; our hands
hang limp.
Anguish has gripped us, pain
like that of a woman in labor.
I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
“I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, so you may know and try their ways.
And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.
I
hearkened and heard, but they spake not
aright: no man
repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
I have
listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’
Everyone has pursued his own course
like a horse charging into battle.
And they bend their tongues
like their bow for lies: but they are not
valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?
Who is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and
scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it?
Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the
harvestman, and none shall gather them.
Declare that this is what the LORD says: “The corpses of men will fall
like dung upon the open field,
like newly cut grain behind the
reaper, with no one to gather it.”
They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
Like scarecrows in a
cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no
harm, and neither can they do any good.”
Forasmuch as there is none
like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
There is none like You, O LORD. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power.
Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee
doth it
appertain:
forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none
like unto thee.
Who would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.
The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.
The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance— the LORD of Hosts is His name.
But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
For I was
like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had
plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
But You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You.
Drag away the wicked
like sheep to the slaughter and set them apart for the day of
carnage.
Mine
heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I
hated it.
My inheritance has become to Me
like a lion in the forest. She has
roared against Me; therefore I
hate her.
Is not My inheritance to Me
like a
speckled bird of prey with other birds of prey circling against her? Go, gather all the beasts of the field; bring them to
devour her.
This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this
girdle, which is good for nothing.
These evil people, who refuse to
listen to My words, who follow the
stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be
like this loincloth—of no use at all.
Therefore will I
scatter them as the
stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.
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!
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.
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 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.
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.
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 house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this
potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the
potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
“O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this
potter treats his clay? Just
like clay in the
potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very
horrible thing.
Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Inquire among the nations: Who has ever heard things like these? Virgin Israel has done a most terrible thing.
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.”
And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a
potter’s vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall
bury them in
Tophet, till there be no place to
bury.
and you are to
proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will
shatter this nation and this city,
like one
shatters a
potter’s
jar that can never again be repaired. They will
bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room to
bury them.
Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as
Tophet:
This is what I will do to this place and to its residents, declares the LORD. I will make this city like Topheth.
And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be
defiled as the place of
Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.
The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be
defiled like that place, Topheth—all the houses on whose rooftops they burned incense to all the host of heaven and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”
But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall
stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly
ashamed; for they shall not
prosper: their
everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
But the LORD is with me
like a
fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will
stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an
everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.
And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and
repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the
shouting at
noontide;
May that man be
like the cities that the LORD overthrew without
compassion. May he hear an outcry in the morning and a battle cry at
noon,
Enquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the LORD will deal with us according to all his
wondrous works, that he may go up from us.
“Please inquire of the LORD on our behalf, since
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is
waging war against us. Perhaps the LORD will perform for us something
like all His past wonders, so that
Nebuchadnezzar will withdraw from us.”
He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the
pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that
besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.
Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but
whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who
besiege you will live; he will retain his life
like a
spoil of war.
O house of David, thus saith the LORD;
Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is
spoiled out of the hand of the
oppressor, lest my
fury go out
like fire, and burn that none can
quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘
Administer justice every morning, and
rescue the
victim of
robbery from the hand of his
oppressor, or My wrath will go forth
like fire and burn with no one to
extinguish it because of their evil deeds.
For thus saith the LORD unto the king’s house of Judah; Thou art
Gilead unto me, and the head of
Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.
For this is what the LORD says concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You are
like Gilead to Me,
like the summit of
Lebanon; but I will surely turn you into a desert,
like cities that are uninhabited.
He shall be buried with the burial of an
ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
He will be buried
like a
donkey,
dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.
O inhabitant of
Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how
gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in
travail!
Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones
shake; I am
like a
drunken man, and
like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his
holiness.
As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones
tremble. I have become
like a
drunkard,
like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, because of His holy words.
I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an
horrible thing: they commit
adultery, and walk in lies: they
strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none
doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as
Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as
Gomorrah.
And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a
horrible thing: They commit
adultery and walk in lies. They
strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all
like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are
like Gomorrah.”
Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
“Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”
One
basket had very good figs, even
like the figs that are first ripe: and the other
basket had very
naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
One
basket had very good figs,
like those that
ripen early, but the other
basket contained very poor figs, so bad they could not be eaten.
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel;
Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away
captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.
“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Like these good figs, so I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I have sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans.
And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give
Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:
But
like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with
Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the
remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.
Therefore
prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall
roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy
habitation; he shall
mightily roar upon his
habitation; he shall give a
shout, as they that
tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
So you are to
prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will
roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy
habitation. He will
roar loudly over His pasture;
like those who
tread the grapes, He will call out with a
shout against all the inhabitants of the earth.
And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be
lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.
Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be
mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be
like dung lying on the ground.
Howl, ye
shepherds, and cry; and
wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall
like a pleasant vessel.
Wail, you
shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be
shattered like fine pottery.
He has left His den
like a lion, for their land has been made a
desolation by the sword of the
oppressor, and because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
Then will I make this house
like Shiloh, and will make this city a
curse to all the nations of the earth.
then I will make this house
like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of
cursing among all the nations of the earth.’”
Why hast thou
prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be
like Shiloh, and this city shall be
desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
How
dare you
prophesy in the name of the LORD that this house will become
like Shiloh and this city will be
desolate and deserted!” And all the people assembled against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
Micah the Morasthite
prophesied in the days of
Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts;
Zion shall be
plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
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Micah the Moreshite
prophesied in the days of
Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘
Zion will be
plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a
heap of
rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the
pestilence, and will make them
like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will send against them sword and famine and plague, and I will make them
like rotten figs, so bad they cannot be eaten.
And of them shall be taken up a
curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee
like Zedekiah and
like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon
roasted in the fire;
Because of them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use this
curse: ‘May the LORD make you
like Zedekiah and
Ahab, whom the king of Babylon
roasted in the fire!’
The LORD hath made thee priest in the
stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is
mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.
‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any
madman who acts
like a prophet—you must put him in stocks and neck irons.
Ask ye now, and see whether a man
doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in
travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?
Ask now, and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale?
Alas! for that day is great, so that none is
like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
How
awful that day will be! None will be
like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved out of it.
Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of
Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the
herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
They will come and
shout for joy on the heights of
Zion; they will be
radiant over the
bounty of the LORD— the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be
like a well-watered garden, and never again will they
languish.
I have surely heard Ephraim
bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast
chastised me, and I was
chastised, as a
bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
I have surely heard Ephraim’s
moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely,
like an untrained
calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
And it shall come to pass, that
like as I have watched over them, to
pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to
afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.
Just as I watched over them to
uproot and
tear down, to
demolish, destroy, and bring
disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they
brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt— a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.