Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
there
is
a
word of Jehovah
unto
me, saying,
Now
the
word of the
LORD
came
to
me, saying,
`
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.
“
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.
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
.
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
.
Hear a
word of Jehovah
, O house of Jacob, And all ye
families of the house of Israel.
Hear the
word of the
LORD
, O house of Jacob, and all you
families of the house of Israel.
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,
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?
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
? '
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
? ’
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
Therefore, yet
I plead
with you, An
affirmation
of
Jehovah
, And with
your
sons'
sons
I plead
.
Therefore, I will
contend
with you again
, declares
the
LORD
, and I will
bring
a
case
against
your
children’s
children
.
For,
pass
to the isles
of Chittim,
and
see,
And to Kedar send,
and consider well,
And
see if there hath
been like this:
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:
Hath
a nation changed gods ?
(And
they `
are '
no gods !)
And
My people hath
changed
its
honour
For that
which
doth
not
profit
.
Has
a nation ever
changed its
gods ,
though
they are no gods at
all?
Yet
My people have
exchanged
their
Glory
for useless
idols
.
Be astonished,
ye
heavens,
at
this, Yea,
be
frightened,
be greatly
wasted
, An
affirmation
of
Jehovah
.
Be stunned
by
this, O
heavens;
be shocked
and
utterly
appalled
, ”
declares
the
LORD
.
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
.
“
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
.
A
servant
`
is '
Israel? Is
he a
child
of
the
house
? Wherefore
hath
he been
for
a
prey?
Is Israel a
slave
? Was
he born
into
slavery
? Why
then
has
he become
prey?
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
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.
Also
sons
of Noph
and Tahapanes
Consume
thee
--
the crown of the
head !
The
men
of Memphis
and Tahpanhes
have
shaved
the crown of your
head .
Dost
thou
not do
this to
thyself?
`
By '
thy
forsaking Jehovah
thy
God,
At
the time
He is
leading
thee
in the way?
Have
you
not brought
this on
yourself
by forsaking the LORD
your
God
when
He led
you
in the way?
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
?
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
?
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.
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.
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
.
“
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
.
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?
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?
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
.
Although
you
wash with lye
and use
an
abundance
of
soap, the
stain
of
your
guilt
is still
before Me, ”
declares
the Lord GOD
.
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
,
“
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
,
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.
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.
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. '
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
. ’
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 ,
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
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 .'
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 !’
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 ,
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 .
Why do ye
strive
with
Me? All
of
you have transgressed
against Me, An
affirmation
of
Jehovah
.
Why do you
bring
a
case
against
Me? You have all
rebelled
against Me, ”
declares
the
LORD
.
In
vain
I have smitten
your sons ,
Instruction
they have
not
accepted ,
Devoured
hath
your sword your prophets ,
As
a destroying
lion.
“
I have struck
your sons in
vain;
they accepted no
discipline.
Your own
sword has
devoured
your prophets like
a voracious
lion. ”
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.'
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’?
Doth
a virgin
forget her ornaments?
A bride her bands
? And
My people have forgotten Me days without number.
Does
a maiden
forget her jewelry
or
a bride her wedding
sash
? Yet
My people have forgotten Me for
days without number.
What
--
dost
thou
make
pleasing
thy
ways
to
seek
love ?
Therefore
even the wicked
thou
hast
taught
thy
ways.
How
skillfully
you
pursue
love !
Even the most
immoral
of
women
could
learn
from
your
ways.
Also
in
thy
skirts hath
been
found
the blood of innocent needy
souls
, Not by
digging
have
I
found
them ,
but upon
all these .
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
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. '
you
say
, ‘
I am
innocent .
Surely His anger will
turn
from me .’
Behold
, I will
judge
you
, because you
say
, ‘
I have not sinned. ’
What?
thou
art
very
vile
to
repeat
thy
way
, Even
of
Egypt thou
art
ashamed,
As thou
hast
been
ashamed
of
Asshur,
How
unstable
you
are
, constantly
changing
your
ways!
You
will
be
disappointed
by
Egypt just
as you
were
by
Assyria.
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!
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.”
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