Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
And
there
is
a
word of Jehovah
unto
me, saying,
Moreover
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 cry
in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith
the
LORD;
I remember
thee ,
the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when
thou
wentest
after me in the
wilderness, in a land that
was
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
holiness
unto
the
LORD
, and
the firstfruits
of his increase :
all that
devour
him shall
offend;
evil shall
come
upon
them, saith
the
LORD
.
Hear a
word of Jehovah
, O house of Jacob, And all ye
families of the house of Israel .
Hear ye
the
word of the
LORD
, O house of Jacob, and all the
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 ,
Thus saith
the
LORD,
What iniquity
have your fathers found in me, that they are
gone far from me, and have
walked
after vanity, and are
become vain ?
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
? '
Neither
said they
, Where is the
LORD
that
brought
us up out of the land of Egypt, that
led
us through
the
wilderness, through
a land of deserts and of
pits, through
a land of
drought
, and of the
shadow
of
death, through
a land that
no
man
passed through, and
where
no
man dwelt
?
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.
And
I brought
you into
a plentiful
country
, to eat the
fruit thereof
and the
goodness thereof;
but
when
ye
entered
, ye defiled
my land, and made mine
heritage
an abomination.
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 said not
, Where is the
LORD
? and they
that
handle
the law knew
me not:
the pastors
also
transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked
after things
that
do
not profit
.
Therefore,
yet
I plead with you, An
affirmation
of
Jehovah
, And with your sons'
sons
I plead.
Wherefore
I will
yet
plead with you, saith
the
LORD
, and with your children's
children
will
I plead.
For ,
pass to
the isles of Chittim, and see ,
And to
Kedar
send, and consider well
, And see if there hath
been
like
this:
For pass over
the isles of Chittim, and see ;
and send unto
Kedar
, and consider diligently
, and see if there be
such
a
thing.
Hath a nation changed gods ?
(And
they
`
are '
no gods !)
And
My people hath
changed its
honour
For that which doth not profit.
Hath a nation changed their
gods ,
which
are yet
no gods ?
but
my people have
changed their
glory
for that which doth not profit.
Be astonished, ye heavens, at this, Yea,
be frightened
, be greatly
wasted
, An
affirmation
of
Jehovah
.
Be astonished, O
ye heavens, at this, and
be horribly
afraid
, be ye
very
desolate
, saith
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 waters, and
hewed
them
out cisterns,
broken cisterns
, that can
hold
no
water
.
A
servant
`
is '
Israel? Is he a child
of
the
house
? Wherefore
hath
he been
for
a
prey
?
Is Israel a
servant
? is he a homeborn
slave
? why
is
he spoiled
?
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 roared
upon
him
, and
yelled
, and they
made
his land waste:
his cities are
burned
without inhabitant.
Also sons
of Noph and Tahapanes Consume
thee
--
the crown of the
head !
Also the
children
of Noph and Tahapanes have
broken
the crown of thy
head .
Dost
thou not do
this to
thyself ?
`By'
thy
forsaking
Jehovah
thy God, At
the
time
He is
leading
thee in
the way?
Hast
thou not procured
this unto
thyself ,
in
that
thou
hast
forsaken
the
LORD
thy God, when
he led
thee by
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?
And now what hast
thou
to do
in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or
what hast
thou
to do
in the way of Assyria
, to drink the waters of the river?
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.
Thine
own
wickedness shall
correct
thee
, and thy backslidings shall
reprove thee :
know therefore
and see that it
is
an evil thing
and bitter ,
that
thou
hast
forsaken
the
LORD
thy God, and that
my fear is
not in
thee, saith
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 of old time
I
have
broken thy yoke, and
burst
thy bands ;
and thou
saidst
, I will
not transgress;
when
upon
every high hill
and under every green tree thou wanderest,
playing
the
harlot.
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?
Yet
I had
planted thee a noble
vine, wholly a right
seed :
how then
art
thou turned into
the degenerate plant
of a strange vine unto
me
?
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
.
For
though thou wash thee
with nitre, and take
thee
much
soap, yet
thine iniquity is
marked
before me, saith
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 canst
thou say
, I am
not polluted
, I have not gone after
Baalim
? see thy way in the
valley, know what thou hast done :
thou
art
a swift dromedary traversing
her ways ;
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 ass used
to the
wilderness, that
snuffeth
up the
wind at
her pleasure;
in
her
occasion
who can
turn her away
? all
they
that
seek
her will
not
weary themselves ;
in her month they shall
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. '
Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst :
but
thou saidst
, There
is no hope:
no;
for I have loved strangers, and after them will
I go.
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 found, so is
the house of Israel ashamed;
they, their kings, their princes
, and 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. '
Saying to a
stock
, Thou
art
my father ;
and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth :
for they have
turned their
back
unto me ,
and not their
face :
but
in the time of their trouble
they will
say, Arise, 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 thy gods that thou hast made thee
? let them arise, if they can
save thee in the time of thy trouble:
for according
to
the number of thy cities are
thy gods, O Judah .
Why
do
ye strive
with Me? All of
you
have transgressed against Me, An
affirmation
of
Jehovah
.
Wherefore
will
ye plead
with me? ye
all have transgressed against me, saith
the
LORD
.
In vain I
have smitten your sons,
Instruction
they have
not
accepted,
Devoured
hath
your sword your prophets, As
a destroying lion.
In vain have I
smitten your children;
they received
no
correction:
your own
sword hath
devoured
your prophets, like
a destroying 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 .'
O generation, see ye the word of the
LORD.
Have I been a
wilderness
unto
Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say
my people, We are
lords;
we will
come no
more
unto thee ?
Doth
a virgin
forget her ornaments ?
A bride her bands
? And
My people have forgotten Me days without number.
Can
a maid
forget her ornaments ,
or
a bride her attire
? yet
my people have forgotten me days without number.
What
--
dost
thou make
pleasing
thy ways
to seek love? Therefore even
the
wicked
thou
hast taught thy ways.
Why
trimmest
thou thy way
to seek love? therefore hast thou
also
taught the
wicked
ones
thy 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.
Also in thy skirts is
found the blood of the
souls of
the
poor
innocents:
I have
not
found it
by
secret
search
, but upon all these.
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. '
Yet
thou sayest, Because I am
innocent, surely his anger shall
turn
from me .
Behold
, I will
plead
with thee, because thou
sayest
, 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,
Why
gaddest
thou about
so
much
to change
thy way ?
thou also
shalt
be
ashamed of
Egypt
, as thou wast
ashamed of 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 !
Yea,
thou shalt
go
forth
from
him
, and thine
hands upon
thine
head :
for the
LORD
hath rejected
thy confidences, and thou shalt
not prosper
in
them .
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