Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Now
the
word of the
LORD
came
to
me, saying,
And
there
is
a
word of Jehovah
unto
me, saying,
“
Go and proclaim
in the hearing
of Jerusalem that
this
is
what
the
LORD
says
: ‘
I remember
the devotion
of your
youth, your
love as
a
bride
, how
you
followed
Me in the
wilderness, in a land not sown.
`
Go ,
and thou
hast
called
in the ears
of Jerusalem ,
saying,
Thus
said
Jehovah
: I have
remembered
for
thee
The kindness
of thy
youth, the
love of
thine
espousals
, Thy
going
after
Me in a
wilderness, in a land not sown.
Israel
was
holy to the
LORD
, the firstfruits
of His harvest.
All who
devoured
her
found
themselves
guilty ;
disaster
came
upon
them, ’”
declares
the
LORD
.
Holy `is'
Israel
to Jehovah
, The first-fruit
of His increase,
All consuming
him
are
guilty ,
Evil
cometh
in
unto
them, an
affirmation
of
Jehovah
.
Hear the
word of the
LORD
, O house of Jacob, and all you
families of the house of Israel.
Hear a
word of Jehovah
, O house of Jacob, And all ye
families of the house of Israel.
This
is
what
the
LORD
says
: “
What fault
did
your fathers find
in Me that they strayed
so
far from Me, and followed
worthless
idols
, and became
worthless
themselves?
Thus
said
Jehovah
: What --
have
your fathers found
in Me perversity,
That they have
gone
far off
from Me, And go
after
the
vanity
, and become
vain,
They
did
not ask
, ‘
Where is the
LORD
who brought
us up from
the land of Egypt, who led
us through
the
wilderness, through
a land of deserts and pits, a land of
drought
and darkness
, a land where
no
one
travels
and
no
one
lives
? ’
And
have
not said
, Where `
is '
Jehovah,
Who bringeth
us up out
of
the land of Egypt, Who leadeth
us in
a
wilderness, In
a land of deserts and pits, In
a dry
land ,
and of
death-shade
, In
a land --
none
hath
passed
through
it,
Nor
dwelt
hath
man
there
? '
I brought
you into
a fertile
land to eat its fruit and bounty
, but
you
came
and defiled
My land, and made
My
inheritance detestable
.
Yea,
I bring
you in
to
a land of
fruitful
fields,
To eat its fruit and its
goodness
, And ye
come
in
and
defile
My land, And Mine
inheritance have
made
an
abomination
.
The priests did
not ask
, ‘
Where is the
LORD
? ’
The
experts
in
the law no
longer
knew
Me ,
and the leaders
rebelled
against Me .
The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed
useless
idols
.
The priests have
not said
, `
Where `
is '
Jehovah
? '
And
those
handling
the law have
not
known
Me .
And the shepherds
transgressed
against Me ,
And
the prophets have
prophesied by Baal ,
And after
those
who
profit
not
have
gone
.
Therefore, I will
contend
with you again
, declares
the
LORD
, and I
will
bring
a
case
against
your children’s
children
.
Therefore, yet
I plead
with you, An
affirmation
of
Jehovah
, And with
your sons'
sons
I
plead
.
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:
For,
pass
to the isles
of Chittim,
and see,
And
to Kedar send,
and consider well,
And
see if there hath
been like this:
Has
a nation ever
changed its
gods ,
though
they are no gods at
all?
Yet
My people have
exchanged
their
Glory
for useless
idols
.
Hath
a nation changed gods ?
(And
they `
are '
no gods !)
And
My people hath
changed
its
honour
For that
which
doth
not
profit
.
Be stunned
by
this
, O
heavens ;
be shocked
and
utterly
appalled
, ”
declares
the
LORD
.
Be astonished
, ye
heavens ,
at
this,
Yea,
be frightened
, be
greatly
wasted,
An
affirmation
of
Jehovah
.
“
For My
people
have
committed
two evils :
They have forsaken Me
, the
fountain of living water
, and
they
have
dug
their
own
cisterns—
broken cisterns
that cannot
hold
water
.
For two evils hath
My
people
done,
Me
they have forsaken, a
fountain of living waters
, To
hew
out
for
themselves
wells
--
broken wells,
That contain
not
the
waters
.
Is Israel a
slave
? Was
he born
into
slavery
? Why
then
has
he become
prey?
A
servant
`
is '
Israel? Is
he a
child
of
the
house
? Wherefore
hath
he been
for
a
prey?
The
young lions have
roared
at
him;
they have growled
with
a
loud
voice .
They
have
laid
waste
his land ;
his cities lie
in
ruins,
without inhabitant.
Against
him
roar
do
young lions ,
They have given
forth
their
voice ,
And
make
his land become
a
desolation,
His cities have
been
burnt
without inhabitant.
The
men
of Memphis
and Tahpanhes
have
shaved
the crown of your
head .
Also
sons
of Noph
and Tahapanes
Consume
thee
--
the crown of the
head !
Have
you
not brought
this on
yourself
by forsaking the
LORD
your
God when
He led
you
in the way?
Dost
thou
not do
this to
thyself?
`
By '
thy
forsaking Jehovah
thy
God ,
At
the
time
He is
leading
thee
in the way?
Now what will
you
gain
on
your
way
to Egypt to drink the waters of the
Nile
? What will
you
gain
on
your
way
to Assyria
to drink the waters of the Euphrates
?
And
now ,
what --
to thee
in
the
way
of
Egypt ,
To drink the waters of Sihor
? And
what --
to thee
in
the
way
of
Asshur,
To drink the waters of the River
?
Your
own
evil
will
discipline
you;
your
own
apostasies
will
reprimand
you.
Consider
and realize
how
evil and bitter it
is for
you
to
forsake
the
LORD
your
God and to
have
no
fear of
Me
, ”
declares
the Lord GOD
of Hosts.
Instruct
thee
doth
thy
wickedness,
And thy
backslidings
reprove
thee,
Know
and
see
that
an
evil and a
bitter thing
`
Is '
thy
forsaking
Jehovah
thy
God ,
And My
fear not
being
on
thee
, An
affirmation
of
the Lord Jehovah
of Hosts.
“
For long
ago
you
broke
your
yoke and
tore
off
your
chains
, saying
, ‘
I will
not serve !’
Indeed
, on every high hill
and under every green tree you
lay
down
as
a prostitute
.
For from
of
old
thou
hast
broken
thy
yoke, Drawn
away
thy
bands
, and
sayest,
`
I do
not serve, '
For,
on every high height,
and under every green tree ,
Thou
art
wandering
--
a harlot
.
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?
And
I planted thee
a choice vine ,
wholly
a
true
seed ,
And
how hast
thou
been
turned
to
Me, To
the
degenerate
shoots
of
a
strange
vine?
Although
you
wash with lye
and use
an
abundance
of
soap, the
stain
of
your
guilt
is still
before Me, ”
declares
the Lord GOD
.
But
though
thou
dost
wash with nitre,
And dost
multiply
to
thyself
soap, Marked
is thine
iniquity
before Me, An
affirmation
of
the Lord Jehovah
.
“
How can
you
say
, ‘
I am
not defiled ;
I have not run
after
the
Baals’
? Look
at
your
behavior
in the
valley ;
acknowledge
what you
have
done .
You
are
a swift young
she-camel
galloping
here
and
there
,
How sayest
thou
, `
I have
not been
defiled ,
After
the
Baalim
I have not gone
? '
See
thy
way
in a
valley ,
know
what thou
hast
done ,
A swift dromedary
winding
her
ways
,
a wild donkey
at
home
in
the
wilderness, sniffing
the
wind
in the heat
of her desire.
Who can
restrain
her passion
? All
who
seek
her need
not
weary themselves ;
in mating
season
they will
find her.
A wild ass
accustomed
to
a
wilderness, In the desire
of her soul
she
hath
swallowed
up
wind,
Her
meeting
--
who doth
turn
her back
? None
seeking
her do
weary themselves ,
In her
month
they find her.
You
should
have
kept
your
feet
from going
bare
and your
throat from being
thirsty.
But
you
said
, ‘
It is hopeless!
For I love
foreign
gods
, and I
must
go
after them. ’
Withhold
thy
foot
from being
unshod,
And thy
throat from thirst
, And
thou
sayest,
`
It is incurable,
No,
for I have
loved
strangers
, and after them I
go
. '
As the thief is
ashamed
when he is caught
, so the house of Israel is
disgraced.
They, their kings, their officials
, their priests, and their prophets
As the shame
of
a
thief when he is found
, So put
to
shame
have
been
the house of Israel ,
They, their kings, their heads
, And
their priests, and their prophets ,
say
to a
tree
, ‘You
are
my father ,’
and to a stone, ‘You
gave
me birth.’
For they have
turned their
backs
to
Me and not their
faces
, yet
in the time of trouble
they beg
, ‘Rise
up
and save us !’
Saying
to wood
, `
My father `art'
thou!'
And to a stone, `Thou
hast
brought
me forth,'
For they turned unto
me the
back
and not the
face
, And
in the time of their
vexation,
They say
, `Arise
Thou,
and save us .'
But
where are the
gods you
made for
yourselves
? Let them rise
up
in your
time of trouble
and
save
you
if
they
can;
for your
gods
are
as
numerous
as
your
cities, O Judah .
And
where `
are '
thy
gods ,
that
thou
hast
made to
thyself
? Let them arise,
if
they
may
save
thee,
In the
time of thy
vexation,
For --
the
number
of
thy
cities have
been
thy
gods
, O Judah ,
Why do you
bring
a
case
against
Me? You have all
rebelled
against Me, ”
declares
the
LORD
.
Why do ye
strive
with
Me? All
of
you have transgressed
against Me, An
affirmation
of
Jehovah
.
“
I have struck
your sons in
vain;
they accepted no
discipline.
Your own
sword has
devoured
your prophets like
a voracious
lion. ”
In
vain
I have smitten
your sons ,
Instruction
they have
not
accepted ,
Devoured
hath
your sword your prophets ,
As
a destroying
lion.
You
people
of
this
generation, consider
the word of the
LORD
: “
Have I been a
wilderness
to Israel or
a land of dense
darkness? Why
do
My people say
, ‘
We are
free
to
roam;
we will
come to
You
no
more’?
O
generation, see
ye
the word of Jehovah
: A
wilderness
have I been to Israel ?
A land of thick
darkness? Wherefore
have
My people said
, `
We mourned,
We come not
in
again
unto
Thee.'
Does
a maiden
forget her jewelry
or
a bride her wedding
sash
? Yet
My people have forgotten Me for
days without number.
Doth
a virgin
forget her ornaments?
A bride her bands
? And
My people have forgotten Me days without number.
How
skillfully
you
pursue
love !
Even the most
immoral
of
women
could
learn
from
your
ways.
What
--
dost
thou
make
pleasing
thy
ways
to
seek
love ?
Therefore
even the wicked
thou
hast
taught
thy
ways.
Moreover,
your
skirts are
stained
with
the blood of the
innocent poor
, though
you
did
not find
them breaking
in.
But in
spite
of
all these things
Also
in
thy
skirts hath
been
found
the blood of innocent needy
souls
, Not by
digging
have
I
found
them ,
but upon
all these .
you
say
, ‘
I am
innocent .
Surely His anger will
turn
from me .’
Behold
, I will
judge
you
, because you
say
, ‘
I have not sinned. ’
And
thou
sayest
, `Because
I have
been
innocent ,
Surely turned
back
hath
His anger from me ?'
Lo
, I have
been
judged
with
thee
, Because of
thy
saying
, `
I have not sinned. '
How
unstable
you
are
, constantly
changing
your
ways!
You
will
be
disappointed
by
Egypt just
as you
were
by
Assyria.
What?
thou
art
very
vile
to
repeat
thy
way
, Even
of
Egypt thou
art
ashamed,
As thou
hast
been
ashamed
of
Asshur,
Moreover
, you
will
leave
that
place
with
your
hands on your
head, for the
LORD
has
rejected
those
you
trust;
you
will
not prosper
by
their
help.”
Also
from
this
thou
goest
out
, And
thy
hands on thy
head, For Jehovah
hath
kicked
at
thy
confidences,
And
thou
dost
not give
prosperity
to
them!
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