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.