¹ H7725 If thou wilt return [H8799]   H3478 , O Israel H5002 , saith [H8803]   H3068 the LORD H7725 , return [H8799]   H5493 unto me: and if thou wilt put away [H8686]   H8251 thine abominations H6440 out of my sight H5110 , then shalt thou not remove [H8799]  .

² H7650 And thou shalt swear [H8738]   H3068 , The LORD H2416 liveth H571 , in truth H4941 , in judgment H6666 , and in righteousness H1471 ; and the nations H1288 shall bless [H8694]   H1984 themselves in him, and in him shall they glory [H8691]  .

³ H559 For thus saith [H8804]   H3068 the LORD H376 to the men H3063 of Judah H3389 and Jerusalem H5214 , Break up [H8798]   H5215 your fallow ground H2232 , and sow [H8799]   H6975 not among thorns.

⁴ H4135 Circumcise [H8734]   H3068 yourselves to the LORD H5493 , and take away [H8685]   H6190 the foreskins H3824 of your heart H376 , ye men H3063 of Judah H3427 and inhabitants [H8802]   H3389 of Jerusalem H2534 : lest my fury H3318 come forth [H8799]   H784 like fire H1197 , and burn [H8804]   H3518 that none can quench [H8764]   H6440 it, because H7455 of the evil H4611 of your doings.

⁵ H5046 Declare [H8685]   H3063 ye in Judah H8085 , and publish [H8685]   H3389 in Jerusalem H559 ; and say [H8798]   H8628 , Blow [H8798]   H7782 ye the trumpet H776 in the land H7121 : cry [H8798]   H4390 , gather together [H8761]   H559 , and say [H8798]   H622 , Assemble [H8734]   H935 yourselves, and let us go [H8799]   H4013 into the defenced H5892 cities.

⁶ H5375 Set up [H8798]   H5251 the standard H6726 toward Zion H5756 : retire [H8685]   H5975 , stay [H8799]   H935 not: for I will bring [H8688]   H7451 evil H6828 from the north H1419 , and a great H7667 destruction.

⁷ H738 The lion H5927 is come up [H8804]   H5441 from his thicket H7843 , and the destroyer [H8688]   H1471 of the Gentiles H5265 is on his way [H8804]   H3318 ; he is gone forth [H8804]   H4725 from his place H7760 to make [H8800]   H776 thy land H8047 desolate H5892 ; and thy cities H5327 shall be laid waste [H8799]   H3427 , without an inhabitant [H8802]  .

⁸ H2296 For this gird [H8798]   H8242 you with sackcloth H5594 , lament [H8798]   H3213 and howl [H8685]   H2740 : for the fierce H639 anger H3068 of the LORD H7725 is not turned back [H8804]   from us.

⁹ H3117 And it shall come to pass at that day H5002 , saith [H8803]   H3068 the LORD H3820 , that the heart H4428 of the king H6 shall perish [H8799]   H3820 , and the heart H8269 of the princes H3548 ; and the priests H8074 shall be astonished [H8738]   H5030 , and the prophets H8539 shall wonder [H8799]  .

¹⁰ H559 Then said [H8799]   H162 I, Ah H136 , Lord H3069 GOD H403 ! surely H5377 thou hast greatly [H8687]   H5377 deceived [H8689]   H5971 this people H3389 and Jerusalem H559 , saying [H8800]   H7965 , Ye shall have peace H2719 ; whereas the sword H5060 reacheth [H8804]   H5315 unto the soul.

¹¹ H6256 At that time H559 shall it be said [H8735]   H5971 to this people H3389 and to Jerusalem H6703 , A dry H7307 wind H8205 of the high places H4057 in the wilderness H1870 toward H1323 the daughter H5971 of my people H2219 , not to fan [H8800]   H1305 , nor to cleanse [H8687]  ,

¹² H4392 Even a full H7307 wind H935 from those places shall come [H8799]   H1696 unto me: now also will I give [H8762]   H4941 sentence against them.

¹³ H5927 Behold, he shall come up [H8799]   H6051 as clouds H4818 , and his chariots H5492 shall be as a whirlwind H5483 : his horses H7043 are swifter [H8804]   H5404 than eagles H188 . Woe H7703 unto us! for we are spoiled [H8795]  .

¹⁴ H3389 O Jerusalem H3526 , wash [H8761]   H3820 thine heart H7451 from wickedness H3467 , that thou mayest be saved [H8735]   H205 . How long shall thy vain H4284 thoughts H3885 lodge [H8686]   H7130 within thee?

¹⁵ H6963 For a voice H5046 declareth [H8688]   H1835 from Dan H8085 , and publisheth [H8688]   H205 affliction H2022 from mount H669 Ephraim.

¹⁶ H2142 Make ye mention [H8685]   H1471 to the nations H8085 ; behold, publish [H8685]   H3389 against Jerusalem H5341 , that watchers [H8802]   H935 come [H8802]   H4801 from a far H776 country H5414 , and give out [H8799]   H6963 their voice H5892 against the cities H3063 of Judah.

¹⁷ H8104 As keepers [H8802]   H7704 of a field H5439 , are they against her round about H4784 ; because she hath been rebellious [H8804]   H5002 against me, saith [H8803]   H3068 the LORD.

¹⁸ H1870 Thy way H4611 and thy doings H6213 have procured [H8804]   H7451 these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness H4751 , because it is bitter H5060 , because it reacheth [H8804]   H3820 unto thine heart.

¹⁹ H4578 My bowels H4578 , my bowels H2342 ! I am pained [H8799]   [H8675]   H3176   [H8686]   H7023 at my very H3820 heart H3820 ; my heart H1993 maketh a noise [H8802]   H2790 in me; I cannot hold my peace [H8686]   H8085 , because thou hast heard [H8804]   H5315 , O my soul H6963 , the sound H7782 of the trumpet H8643 , the alarm H4421 of war.

²⁰ H7667 Destruction H7667 upon destruction H7121 is cried [H8738]   H776 ; for the whole land H7703 is spoiled [H8795]   H6597 : suddenly H168 are my tents H7703 spoiled [H8795]   H3407 , and my curtains H7281 in a moment.

²¹ H7200 How long shall I see [H8799]   H5251 the standard H8085 , and hear [H8799]   H6963 the sound H7782 of the trumpet?

²² H5971 For my people H191 is foolish H3045 , they have not known [H8804]   H5530 me; they are sottish H1121 children H995 , and they have none understanding [H8737]   H2450 : they are wise H7489 to do evil [H8687]   H3190 , but to do good [H8687]   H3045 they have no knowledge [H8804]  .

²³ H7200 I beheld [H8804]   H776 the earth H8414 , and, lo, it was without form H922 , and void H8064 ; and the heavens H216 , and they had no light.

²⁴ H7200 I beheld [H8804]   H2022 the mountains H7493 , and, lo, they trembled [H8801]   H1389 , and all the hills H7043 moved lightly [H8701]  .

²⁵ H7200 I beheld [H8804]   H120 , and, lo, there was no man H5775 , and all the birds H8064 of the heavens H5074 were fled [H8804]  .

²⁶ H7200 I beheld [H8804]   H3759 , and, lo, the fruitful place H4057 was a wilderness H5892 , and all the cities H5422 thereof were broken down [H8738]   H6440 at the presence H3068 of the LORD H2740 , and by his fierce H639 anger.

²⁷ H3068 For thus hath the LORD H559 said [H8804]   H776 , The whole land H8077 shall be desolate H6213 ; yet will I not make [H8799]   H3617 a full end.

²⁸ H776 For this shall the earth H56 mourn [H8799]   H8064 , and the heavens H4605 above H6937 be black [H8804]   H1696 : because I have spoken [H8765]   H2161 it, I have purposed [H8804]   H5162 it, and will not repent [H8738]   H7725 , neither will I turn back [H8799]   from it.

²⁹ H5892 The whole city H1272 shall flee [H8802]   H6963 for the noise H6571 of the horsemen H7198 and bowmen H7411   [H8802]   H935 ; they shall go [H8804]   H5645 into thickets H5927 , and climb up [H8804]   H3710 upon the rocks H5892 : every city H5800 shall be forsaken [H8803]   H376 , and not a man H3427 dwell [H8802]   H2004 therein.

³⁰ H7703 And when thou art spoiled [H8803]   H6213 , what wilt thou do [H8799]   H3847 ? Though thou clothest [H8799]   H8144 thyself with crimson H5710 , though thou deckest [H8799]   H5716 thee with ornaments H2091 of gold H7167 , though thou rentest [H8799]   H5869 thy face H6320 with painting H7723 , in vain H3302 shalt thou make thyself fair [H8691]   H5689 ; thy lovers [H8802]   H3988 will despise [H8804]   H1245 thee, they will seek [H8762]   H5315 thy life.

³¹ H8085 For I have heard [H8804]   H6963 a voice H2470 as of a woman in travail [H8802]   H6869 , and the anguish H1069 as of her that bringeth forth her first child [H8688]   H6963 , the voice H1323 of the daughter H6726 of Zion H3306 , that bewaileth [H8691]   H6566 herself, that spreadeth [H8762]   H3709 her hands H188 , saying, Woe H5315 is me now! for my soul H5888 is wearied [H8804]   H2026 because of murderers [H8802]  .