Verse
KJV
King James Version
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Hear ye
this word which
I take
up
against
you, even
a lamentation, O house of Israel .
Hear this word that
I am
bearing
to
you, A lamentation, O house of Israel :
The virgin of Israel is
fallen;
she
shall
no
more
rise:
she
is
forsaken
upon
her land ;
there
is
none
to
raise
her
up.
`Fallen,
not
again
to
rise,
hath
the virgin of Israel ,
Left
on
her land --
she
hath
no
raiser
up. '
For thus saith
the Lord GOD;
The city that went
out by
a thousand shall
leave an hundred, and that which went
forth
by
an hundred shall
leave ten ,
to the house of Israel.
For thus said
the Lord Jehovah:
The city that is
going
out a thousand ,
Doth
leave an hundred, And that which is
going
out
an hundred ,
Doth
leave ten to the house of Israel.
For thus saith
the
LORD
unto
the house of Israel ,
Seek ye me, and ye
shall
live :
For thus said
Jehovah
to
the house of Israel :
Seek ye Me, and live ,
But
seek not Bethel
, nor
enter
into
Gilgal, and pass not to
Beersheba:
for Gilgal shall
surely
go
into
captivity
, and Bethel
shall
come
to
nought
.
And
seek not Beth-El
, and
Gilgal enter
not
, And Beer-Sheba
pass not through,
For Gilgal doth
utterly
remove
, And Beth-El
doth
become
vanity
.
Seek the
LORD
, and ye
shall
live ;
lest he break
out
like
fire in
the house of Joseph, and devour
it, and there be
none
to
quench
it
in
Bethel
.
Seek ye
Jehovah
, and live ,
Lest He prosper
as
fire `against'
the house of Joseph, And it hath
consumed
, And there is
no
quencher
for
Beth-El
.
Ye who turn
judgment
to wormwood, and leave
off
righteousness in
the earth,
Ye who are
turning
to wormwood judgment
, And righteousness to
the earth have
put
down
,
Seek
him
that
maketh
the seven
stars
and Orion
, and turneth
the shadow
of death into
the
morning
, and maketh
the
day dark
with
night :
that
calleth
for
the waters of the sea, and poureth them out
upon
the face of the earth :
The
LORD
is his name :
The maker
of
Kimah
and Kesil
, And the turner
to
morning
of death -shade
, And day `as'
night He
hath
made
dark,
Who
is
calling
to
the waters of the sea, And poureth them on
the face of the earth ,
Jehovah
`
is '
His name ;
That
strengtheneth
the spoiled against the strong, so
that
the spoiled shall
come
against the
fortress.
Who
is
brightening
up
the spoiled against the strong, And
the spoiled against a
fortress cometh
.
They hate
him
that
rebuketh
in the gate, and they abhor
him
that
speaketh
uprightly
.
They have
hated
a
reprover
in the gate, And a
plain
speaker
they abominate
.
Forasmuch
therefore as
your treading
is
upon
the poor, and ye take from him burdens
of wheat:
ye have built houses
of
hewn
stone
, but
ye shall
not dwell in them ;
ye have planted pleasant
vineyards
, but
ye shall
not drink wine of
them
.
Therefore ,
because
of
your trampling
on
the poor, And the
tribute
of
corn
ye take from him ,
Houses
of hewn
work
ye have built, And
ye do
not dwell in them ,
Desirable
vineyards
ye have planted, And
ye do
not drink their
wine.
For I know
your manifold
transgressions and your
mighty sins :
they
afflict
the just
, they
take
a
bribe
, and they
turn
aside
the poor
in the gate from
their
right
.
For I have
known
--
many
`are'
your transgressions ,
And mighty your
sins ,
Adversaries
of
the righteous
, taking
ransoms
, And the needy
in the gate ye
turned
aside
.
Therefore the prudent
shall
keep
silence
in
that time ;
for it
is
an evil time.
Therefore is
the wise
at
that time silent,
For an evil time it
`is'
.
Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live :
and so the
LORD
, the
God of hosts, shall
be
with you, as ye have
spoken
.
Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live ,
And it
is
so ;
Jehovah
, God of Hosts, `is'
with you, as ye said
.
Hate the
evil, and love the
good, and establish
judgment in the gate :
it may be that
the
LORD
God of hosts will
be
gracious
unto
the remnant of Joseph.
Hate evil, and love good, And set
up
judgment in the gate ,
It may be Jehovah,
God of Hosts ,
doth
pity
the remnant of Joseph.
Therefore the
LORD
, the
God of hosts, the LORD, saith
thus;
Wailing
shall
be
in all streets;
and they
shall
say
in all the
highways
, Alas !
alas !
and they
shall
call
the husbandman to mourning, and such
as
are
skilful of lamentation
to
wailing.
Therefore, thus
said
Jehovah,
God of Hosts, the Lord, In all broad
places
`is'
lamentation,
And in all out-places
they
say
, `
Alas ,
alas ,'
And called
the husbandman to mourning, And to
lamentation
the
skilful of wailing.
And in all vineyards shall
be
wailing:
for I will
pass through
thee
, saith
the
LORD
.
And in all vineyards `is'
lamentation,
For I pass into
thy
midst
, said
Jehovah
.
Woe
unto
you
that
desire
the day of the
LORD!
to
what
end
is it
for
you ?
the day of the
LORD
is darkness, and not light .
Ho,
ye
who
are
desiring
the day of Jehovah,
Why
`
is '
this
to
you --
the day of Jehovah?
It
is darkness, and not light ,
As if
a
man
did
flee
from a
lion, and a
bear met him ;
or
went
into
the house, and leaned
his hand on the wall, and a
serpent bit
him.
As `when'
one
fleeth
from the
face
of
the
lion, And the
bear hath
met him ,
And
he
hath
come
in
to
the house, And hath
leant
his hand on the wall, And the
serpent hath
bitten
him.
Shall
not the day of the
LORD
be
darkness ,
and not light ?
even
very
dark
, and
no brightness in
it
?
Is
not the day of Jehovah
darkness and not light, Even
thick
darkness
that
hath
no brightness?
I hate,
I despise
your feast
days
, and I will
not smell
in
your solemn
assemblies
.
I have
hated
--
I have
loathed
your festivals
, And I am
not refreshed
by
your restraints
.
Though ye offer
me
burnt offerings and your meat
offerings
, I will
not accept
them:
neither
will
I
regard
the peace offerings
of your fat
beasts
.
For
though ye cause
burnt -
offerings and your presents
to
ascend
to
Me
, I am
not pleased,
And
the peace -offering
of your fatlings
I
behold
not
.
Take
thou
away
from me the noise of thy songs ;
for
I
will
not
hear
the melody
of thy viols
.
Turn
aside
from Me the noise of thy songs ,
Yea,
the praise
of thy psaltery
I
hear
not
.
But
let
judgment
run
down
as waters, and righteousness as a mighty
stream.
And
roll
on
as waters doth
judgment
, And righteousness as a perennial
stream.
Have
ye
offered
unto
me
sacrifices and offerings
in the
wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
Sacrifices and offering
did
ye
bring
nigh
to
Me,
In a
wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
But
ye have
borne
the
tabernacle
of
your Moloch
and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which
ye made to
yourselves.
And
ye bare
Succoth
your king,
and Chiun your images, The star of your god, that
ye made for
yourselves.
Therefore
will
I cause
you to
go
into
captivity
beyond Damascus, saith
the
LORD
, whose
name
is
The
God of hosts.
And
I removed
you beyond Damascus, Said
Jehovah
, God of Hosts `is'
His
name
.
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