| 1 H5414 Oh that [H8799] H7218 my head H4325 were waters H5869 , and mine eyes H4726 a fountain H1832 of tears H1058 , that I might weep [H8799] H3119 day H3915 and night H2491 for the slain H1323 of the daughter H5971 of my people! 2 H5414 Oh that [H8799] H4057 I had in the wilderness H4411 a lodging place H732 of wayfaring men [H8802] H5800 ; that I might leave [H8799] H5971 my people H3212 , and go [H8799] H5003 from them! for they be all adulterers [H8764] H6116 , an assembly H898 of treacherous men [H8802] . 3 H1869 And they bend [H8686] H3956 their tongues H7198 like their bow H8267 for lies H1396 : but they are not valiant [H8804] H530 for the truth H776 upon the earth H3318 ; for they proceed [H8804] H7451 from evil H7451 to evil H3045 , and they know [H8804] H5002 not me, saith [H8803] H3068 the LORD. 4 H8104 Take ye heed [H8734] H376 every one H7453 of his neighbour H982 , and trust [H8799] H251 ye not in any brother H251 : for every brother H6117 will utterly [H8800] H6117 supplant [H8799] H7453 , and every neighbour H1980 will walk [H8799] H7400 with slanders. 5 H2048 And they will deceive [H8762] H376 every one H7453 his neighbour H1696 , and will not speak [H8762] H571 the truth H3925 : they have taught [H8765] H3956 their tongue H1696 to speak [H8763] H8267 lies H3811 , and weary [H8738] H5753 themselves to commit iniquity [H8687] . 6 H3427 Thine habitation [H8800] H8432 is in the midst H4820 of deceit H4820 ; through deceit H3985 they refuse [H8765] H3045 to know [H8800] H5002 me, saith [H8803] H3068 the LORD. 7 H559 Therefore thus saith [H8804] H3068 the LORD H6635 of hosts H6884 , Behold, I will melt [H8802] H974 them, and try [H8804] H6213 them; for how shall I do [H8799] H6440 for H1323 the daughter H5971 of my people? 8 H3956 Their tongue H2671 is as an arrow H7819 shot out [H8803] H1696 ; it speaketh [H8765] H4820 deceit H1696 : one speaketh [H8762] H7965 peaceably H7453 to his neighbour H6310 with his mouth H7130 , but in heart H7760 he layeth [H8799] H696 his wait. 9 H6485 Shall I not visit [H8799] H5002 them for these things ? saith [H8803] H3068 the LORD H5315 : shall not my soul H5358 be avenged [H8691] H1471 on such a nation as this? 10 H2022 For the mountains H5375 will I take up [H8799] H1065 a weeping H5092 and wailing H4999 , and for the habitations H4057 of the wilderness H7015 a lamentation H3341 , because they are burned up [H8738] H376 , so that none H5674 can pass [H8802] H8085 through them; neither can men hear [H8804] H6963 the voice H4735 of the cattle H5775 ; both the fowl H8064 of the heavens H929 and the beast H5074 are fled [H8804] H1980 ; they are gone [H8804] . 11 H5414 And I will make [H8804] H3389 Jerusalem H1530 heaps H4583 , and a den H8577 of dragons H5414 ; and I will make [H8799] H5892 the cities H3063 of Judah H8077 desolate H3427 , without an inhabitant [H8802] . 12 H2450 Who is the wise H376 man H995 , that may understand [H8799] H6310 this? and who is he to whom the mouth H3068 of the LORD H1696 hath spoken [H8765] H5046 , that he may declare [H8686] H776 it, for what the land H6 perisheth [H8804] H3341 and is burned up [H8738] H4057 like a wilderness H5674 , that none passeth through [H8802] ? 13 H3068 And the LORD H559 saith [H8799] H5800 , Because they have forsaken [H8800] H8451 my law H5414 which I set [H8804] H6440 before H8085 them, and have not obeyed [H8804] H6963 my voice H1980 , neither walked [H8804] therein; 14 H3212 But have walked [H8799] H310 after H8307 the imagination H3820 of their own heart H310 , and after H1168 Baalim H1 , which their fathers H3925 taught [H8765] them: 15 H559 Therefore thus saith [H8804] H3068 the LORD H6635 of hosts H430 , the God H3478 of Israel H398 ; Behold, I will feed [H8688] H5971 them, even this people H3939 , with wormwood H4325 , and give them water H7219 of gall H8248 to drink [H8689] . 16 H6327 I will scatter [H8689] H1471 them also among the heathen H1 , whom neither they nor their fathers H3045 have known [H8804] H7971 : and I will send [H8765] H2719 a sword H310 after H3615 them, till I have consumed [H8763] them. 17 H559 Thus saith [H8804] H3068 the LORD H6635 of hosts H995 , Consider [H8708] H7121 ye, and call [H8798] H6969 for the mourning women [H8789] H935 , that they may come [H8799] H7971 ; and send [H8798] H2450 for cunning H935 women, that they may come [H8799] : 18 H4116 And let them make haste [H8762] H5375 , and take up [H8799] H5092 a wailing H5869 for us, that our eyes H3381 may run down [H8799] H1832 with tears H6079 , and our eyelids H5140 gush out [H8799] H4325 with waters. 19 H6963 For a voice H5092 of wailing H8085 is heard [H8738] H6726 out of Zion H7703 , How are we spoiled [H8795] H3966 ! we are greatly H954 confounded [H8804] H5800 , because we have forsaken [H8804] H776 the land H4908 , because our dwellings H7993 have cast us out [H8689] . 20 H8085 Yet hear [H8798] H1697 the word H3068 of the LORD H802 , O ye women H241 , and let your ear H3947 receive [H8799] H1697 the word H6310 of his mouth H3925 , and teach [H8761] H1323 your daughters H5092 wailing H802 , and every one H7468 her neighbour H7015 lamentation. 21 H4194 For death H5927 is come up [H8804] H2474 into our windows H935 , and is entered [H8804] H759 into our palaces H3772 , to cut off [H8687] H5768 the children H2351 from without H970 , and the young men H7339 from the streets. 22 H1696 Speak [H8761] H5002 , Thus saith [H8803] H3068 the LORD H5038 , Even the carcases H120 of men H5307 shall fall [H8804] H1828 as dung H6440 upon the open H7704 field H5995 , and as the handful H310 after H7114 the harvestman [H8802] H622 , and none shall gather [H8764] them . 23 H559 Thus saith [H8804] H3068 the LORD H2450 , Let not the wise H1984 man glory [H8691] H2451 in his wisdom H1368 , neither let the mighty H1984 man glory [H8691] H1369 in his might H6223 , let not the rich H1984 man glory [H8691] H6239 in his riches: 24 H1984 But let him that glorieth [H8693] H1984 glory [H8691] H7919 in this, that he understandeth [H8687] H3045 and knoweth [H8800] H3068 me, that I am the LORD H6213 which exercise [H8802] H2617 lovingkindness H4941 , judgment H6666 , and righteousness H776 , in the earth H2654 : for in these things I delight [H8804] H5002 , saith [H8803] H3068 the LORD. 25 H3117 Behold, the days H935 come [H8802] H5002 , saith [H8803] H3068 the LORD H6485 , that I will punish [H8804] H4135 all them which are circumcised [H8803] H6190 with the uncircumcised; 26 H4714 Egypt H3063 , and Judah H123 , and Edom H1121 , and the children H5983 of Ammon H4124 , and Moab H7112 , and all that are in the utmost [H8803] H6285 corners H3427 , that dwell [H8802] H4057 in the wilderness H1471 : for all these nations H6189 are uncircumcised H1004 , and all the house H3478 of Israel H6189 are uncircumcised H3820 in the heart. |