Verse
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King James Version
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Berean Standard Bible
If thou
wilt
return, O Israel, saith
the
LORD,
return unto
me :
and
if thou
wilt
put
away
thine
abominations
out
of
my sight, then
shalt
thou
not
remove.
“
If you
will
return, O Israel, return to
Me ,”
declares
the
LORD.
“
If you
will
remove
your
detestable
idols
from
My sight and
no
longer
waver
,
And thou
shalt
swear, The LORD liveth
, in truth, in judgment
, and in righteousness ;
and
the nations shall
bless
themselves
in
him, and in him shall
they glory.
and if
you
can
swear, ‘As
surely
as
the LORD lives
, ’
in truth, in justice
, and in righteousness ,
then
the nations will
be
blessed
by
Him, and in Him they will
glory. ”
For thus
saith
the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem ,
Break up your fallow
ground, and sow
not among thorns.
For this
is
what
the LORD says
to the men of Judah and Jerusalem :
“
Break up your unplowed
ground, and do
not sow
among the
thorns.
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take
away
the foreskins of your heart
, ye
men of Judah and inhabitants
of Jerusalem :
lest
my fury
come
forth
like fire ,
and burn that
none
can
quench
it, because of the
evil
of
your doings
.
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove
the foreskins of your hearts
, O
men of Judah and people
of Jerusalem .
Otherwise,
My wrath
will
break
out
like fire and burn with
no
one
to
extinguish
it, because of your evil
deeds
. ”
Declare
ye
in Judah, and
publish
in Jerusalem ;
and say ,
Blow ye
the trumpet
in
the land :
cry ,
gather
together,
and say, Assemble yourselves ,
and let us go
into
the defenced
cities.
Announce
in Judah, proclaim
in Jerusalem ,
and say :
“
Blow the ram’s
horn
throughout
the land .
Cry aloud
and say, ‘
Assemble yourselves and let us flee
to
the fortified
cities. ’
Set
up
the
standard
toward Zion :
retire,
stay
not :
for I will
bring
evil
from the north, and a
great
destruction.
Raise
a
signal
flag
toward Zion .
Seek
refuge!
Do
not delay!
For I am
bringing
disaster
from the north, and terrible
destruction.
The
lion is
come
up from his thicket, and the
destroyer of the
Gentiles
is
on
his
way;
he is
gone
forth
from
his place
to make
thy
land desolate;
and
thy
cities shall
be laid
waste,
without
an
inhabitant
.
A
lion has
gone
up from his thicket, and a
destroyer of nations
has
set
out.
He has
left
his lair
to lay
waste
your
land .
Your
cities will
be reduced
to
ruins
and
lie
uninhabited
.
For
this
gird
you
with
sackcloth, lament
and howl:
for the fierce anger of the LORD is
not turned back
from us.
So
put
on
sackcloth, mourn
and wail,
for the fierce anger of the LORD has
not turned away
from us. ”
And
it
shall
come
to
pass
at
that day, saith
the LORD, that
the
heart
of
the king shall
perish,
and the
heart
of
the
princes;
and
the priests shall
be
astonished
, and the prophets shall
wonder
.
“In
that day, ”
declares
the LORD, “
the king and officials
will
lose
their
courage.
The priests will
tremble
in
fear
, and the prophets will
be
astounded
. ”
Then said
I, Ah, Lord GOD !
surely
thou
hast
greatly
deceived this people and Jerusalem ,
saying, Ye
shall
have peace ;
whereas
the
sword reacheth
unto
the
soul
.
Then I said
, “
Ah, Lord GOD ,
how
completely
You
have
deceived this people and Jerusalem by
saying, ‘You
will
have peace ,’
while
a
sword is
at
our
throats
. ”
At that time shall
it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry
wind of
the high
places
in the wilderness
toward the daughter of my people, not to fan,
nor
to cleanse,
At that time it will
be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “
A searing
wind from
the barren
heights
in the desert
blows
toward the daughter of My people, but
not to winnow
or
to sift;
Even
a full
wind from those
places
shall
come
unto
me :
now also
will
I give
sentence
against them.
a wind too
strong
for
that
comes
from Me .
Now I also
pronounce
judgments
against them. ”
Behold, he shall
come
up
as
clouds, and
his chariots shall
be
as
a
whirlwind :
his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto
us !
for we are spoiled.
Behold, he advances
like
the
clouds, his chariots like
the
whirlwind .
His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to
us ,
for we are ruined!
O
Jerusalem,
wash thine
heart
from wickedness
, that thou
mayest
be saved. How long shall
thy
vain
thoughts lodge
within thee
?
Wash the
evil
from your
heart
, O
Jerusalem,
so
that you
may
be saved. How long will
you
harbor
wicked
thoughts within you
?
For a voice declareth
from Dan, and
publisheth
affliction
from mount
Ephraim.
For a voice resounds
from Dan, proclaiming
disaster
from the
hills
of
Ephraim.
Make
ye
mention
to
the nations ;
behold,
publish
against
Jerusalem ,
that
watchers
come
from a far
country,
and
give
out
their voice
against the cities of Judah.
Warn
the nations now!
Proclaim
to
Jerusalem :
“A
besieging
army
comes
from a distant
land;
they
raise
their voices
against the cities of Judah.
As
keepers
of
a field, are
they
against
her
round
about;
because she hath
been
rebellious
against me, saith
the LORD.
They
surround
her
like
men
guarding
a field, because she has
rebelled
against Me, ”
declares
the LORD.
Thy
way
and thy
doings
have procured
these
things
unto
thee;
this is thy
wickedness,
because
it is bitter
, because it reacheth
unto
thine
heart .
“Your
ways
and deeds
have brought
this upon
you.
This
is your
punishment;
how
bitter
it is, because it pierces
to
the
heart !”
My bowels
, my bowels
! I am
pained
at
my very
heart;
my heart maketh
a
noise
in
me; I cannot hold
my
peace,
because
thou
hast
heard ,
O
my
soul,
the sound of the trumpet
, the alarm of war
.
My anguish
, my anguish
! I writhe
in
pain!
Oh,
the
pain
in
my chest!
My heart pounds
within
me; I cannot be
silent.
For
I
have
heard the sound of the horn
, the alarm of battle
.
Destruction
upon
destruction
is cried;
for the whole land is spoiled:
suddenly
are
my tents spoiled
, and
my curtains in a moment.
Disaster
after
disaster
is proclaimed,
for the whole land is laid
waste.
My tents are
destroyed
in
an
instant
, my curtains in a moment.
How long shall
I see the standard,
and hear the sound of the trumpet
?
How long must
I see the signal
flag
and hear the sound of the horn
?
For my people is
foolish,
they have not known me ;
they are sottish
children, and
they
have
none
understanding :
they are wise
to
do
evil, but to do good they
have
no
knowledge
.
“
For My people are
fools;
they have not known Me .
They are foolish
children, without
understanding .
They are skilled
in
doing
evil, but they
know
not
how
to do good. ”
I beheld
the earth, and ,
lo,
it was without
form,
and void; and
the heavens, and they had no light.
I looked
at
the earth, and it was formless
and void; I
looked
to
the heavens, and they had no light.
I beheld
the mountains, and ,
lo
, they trembled,
and
all the hills moved
lightly
.
I looked
at
the mountains, and behold
, they were
quaking;
all the hills were
swaying
.
I beheld
, and ,
lo,
there
was
no man ,
and
all the birds of the heavens
were
fled.
I looked
, and no man was
left;
all the birds of the air
had
fled.
I beheld
, and ,
lo,
the fruitful place
was a wilderness,
and
all the
cities thereof
were broken
down at
the
presence
of
the LORD, and
by
his fierce anger.
I looked
, and the fruitful land
was a desert.
All its
cities were torn
down before
the LORD, before
His fierce anger.
For thus
hath
the LORD said,
The whole land shall
be desolate ;
yet
will
I not make
a
full
end
.
For this
is
what
the LORD says:
“
The whole land will
be desolate ,
but
I will
not finish
its
destruction
.
For
this
shall
the earth mourn ,
and the heavens above be
black;
because
I have spoken it
, I have purposed
it
, and will not repent,
neither
will
I
turn back from
it
.
Therefore
the earth will
mourn and the heavens above will
grow
dark.
I have spoken, I have planned
, and I
will not relent
or
turn back. ”
The
whole
city shall
flee
for
the noise
of the horsemen
and bowmen;
they shall
go
into
thickets ,
and climb up
upon
the rocks :
every city shall
be
forsaken,
and
not
a
man
dwell
therein
.
Every
city flees
at
the sound
of the horseman
and archer.
They enter
the
thickets and climb among
the rocks .
Every city is
abandoned;
no
inhabitant
is
left
.
And when
thou
art
spoiled
, what wilt
thou
do ?
Though thou
clothest
thyself
with
crimson
, though thou
deckest
thee
with ornaments
of
gold, though thou
rentest
thy
face
with painting,
in vain shalt
thou
make
thyself
fair
; thy
lovers will
despise thee,
they will
seek
thy
life.
And you
, O
devastated
one,
what will
you
do ,
though you
dress
yourself
in
scarlet
, though you
adorn
yourself
with gold jewelry
, though you
enlarge
your
eyes
with paint?
You
adorn
yourself
in vain; your
lovers despise you;
they want
to
take
your
life.
For I have
heard
a voice
as
of
a woman in travail
, and
the
anguish
as
of her
that
bringeth
forth
her first child ,
the voice
of the daughter of Zion ,
that
bewaileth
herself
, that
spreadeth
her hands ,
saying
, Woe is me now!
for my soul is
wearied
because
of
murderers .
For I hear
a cry
like
a woman in labor
, a
cry
of anguish
like
one
bearing
her first child —
the cry
of the Daughter of Zion gasping
for
breath
, stretching
out
her hands to
say
, “
Woe is me ,
for my soul faints
before
the
murderers !”
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