Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
“
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,
If thou
wilt
return, O Israel, saith
Jehovah,
if
thou
wilt
return unto
me, and
if thou
wilt
put
away
thine
abominations
out
of
my sight ;
then
shalt
thou
not
be
removed;
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. ”
and thou
shalt
swear, As Jehovah
liveth
, in truth, in justice, and in righteousness ;
and
the nations shall
bless
themselves
in
him, and in him shall
they glory.
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.
For thus
saith
Jehovah
to the men of Judah and to
Jerusalem ,
Break up your fallow
ground, and sow not
among thorns.
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
. ”
Circumcise yourselves to Jehovah
, and take
away
the foreskins of your heart
, ye
men of Judah and inhabitants
of Jerusalem ;
lest
my wrath go
forth
like fire ,
and burn so
that
none
can
quench
it, because of the
evil of
your
doings
.
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. ’
Declare
ye
in Judah, and
publish
in Jerusalem ;
and say ,
Blow ye
the trumpet
in
the land :
cry aloud and say, Assemble yourselves ,
and let us go
into
the fortified cities.
Raise
a signal
flag
toward Zion .
Seek
refuge!
Do
not delay!
For I am
bringing
disaster
from the north, and terrible
destruction.
Set
up
a standard
toward Zion :
flee
for
safety,
stay
not ;
for I will
bring
evil
from the north, and a
great
destruction.
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
.
A lion is
gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations ;
he is
on
his way,
he
is
gone
forth
from
his
place,
to make
thy
land desolate,
that
thy
cities be laid
waste,
without
inhabitant
.
So
put
on
sackcloth, mourn
and wail ,
for the fierce anger of the
LORD
has
not turned away
from us. ”
For
this
gird
you
with
sackcloth, lament
and wail ;
for the fierce anger of Jehovah
is
not turned back
from us.
“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
. ”
And
it
shall
come
to
pass
at
that day, saith
Jehovah
, 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
.
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
. ”
Then said I
, Ah, Lord Jehovah!
surely
thou
hast
greatly
deceived this people and Jerusalem ,
saying, Ye
shall
have peace ;
whereas
the
sword reacheth
unto
the
life
.
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
;
At that time shall
it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A hot
wind from the bare
heights in the wilderness
toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow ,
nor
to cleanse
;
a wind too
strong
for
that
comes
from Me .
Now I also pronounce
judgments against them. ”
a full
wind from these
shall
come
for
me :
now will
I also utter
judgments against them.
Behold, he advances
like
the
clouds, his chariots like
the whirlwind .
His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to
us ,
for we are ruined !
Behold, he shall
come
up
as
clouds, and
his chariots `shall
be'
as
the whirlwind :
his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto
us !
for we are ruined .
Wash
the
evil
from
your
heart,
O Jerusalem, so
that you
may
be saved. How long will
you
harbor
wicked
thoughts within you
?
O Jerusalem, wash
thy
heart
from
wickedness,
that thou
mayest
be saved. How long shall
thine
evil
thoughts lodge
within thee
?
For a voice resounds
from Dan, proclaiming
disaster
from the hills of Ephraim .
For a voice declareth
from Dan, and
publisheth
evil
from the hills of Ephraim :
Warn
the nations now!
Proclaim
to
Jerusalem :
“A
besieging
army
comes
from a distant
land;
they
raise
their voices
against the cities of Judah.
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.
They
surround
her
like
men
guarding
a field, because she has
rebelled
against Me, ”
declares
the
LORD
.
As
keepers
of
a field are
they
against
her
round
about
, because she hath
been
rebellious
against me, saith
Jehovah
.
“Your
ways
and deeds
have brought
this
upon
you.
This is your
punishment
; how
bitter
it is, because
it pierces
to
the
heart !”
Thy
way
and thy
doings
have procured
these
things
unto
thee;
this is thy
wickedness
; for
it is bitter
, for
it reacheth
unto
thy
heart .
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
.
My anguish, my anguish! I am
pained
at
my very
heart;
my heart is
disquieted
in
me; I cannot hold
my
peace;
because
thou
hast
heard ,
O
my
soul,
the sound of the trumpet
, the alarm of war
.
Disaster
after
disaster
is proclaimed,
for the whole land is laid waste .
My tents are
destroyed in
an
instant
, my curtains in a moment.
Destruction
upon
destruction
is cried;
for the whole land is laid waste :
suddenly
are
my tents destroyed, `and'
my curtains in a moment.
How long must
I see the signal
flag
and hear the sound of the horn
?
How long shall
I see the standard,
and hear the sound of the trumpet
?
“
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. ”
For my people are foolish,
they know
me not;
they are sottish
children, and
they
have
no
understanding ;
they are wise
to
do
evil, but to do good they
have
no
knowledge
.
I looked
at
the earth, and it was formless
and void; I
looked
to
the heavens, and they had no light.
I beheld
the earth, and ,
lo,
it was waste
and void; and
the heavens, and they had no light.
I looked
at
the mountains, and behold
, they were
quaking;
all the hills were
swaying
.
I beheld
the mountains, and, lo,
they trembled,
and
all the hills moved
to
and
fro
.
I looked
, and no man was
left;
all the birds of the air
had
fled.
I beheld
, and ,
lo,
there
was
no man ,
and
all the birds of the heavens
were
fled.
I looked
, and the fruitful land
was a desert.
All its
cities were torn
down before
the LORD
, before His fierce anger.
I beheld
, and ,
lo,
the fruitful field
was a wilderness,
and
all the
cities thereof
were broken
down at
the presence
of
Jehovah
, `and'
before his fierce anger.
For this
is
what
the
LORD
says:
“
The whole land will
be desolate,
but
I
will not finish
its
destruction
.
For thus
saith
Jehovah,
The whole land shall
be a
desolation;
yet
will I
not make
a
full
end
.
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. ”
For
this
shall
the earth mourn ,
and the heavens above be
black;
because
I have spoken it
, I have purposed
it
, and I have
not repented,
neither
will
I
turn back from
it
.
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
.
Every city fleeth
for
the noise
of the horsemen
and bowmen;
they go
into
the thickets ,
and climb up
upon
the rocks :
every city is forsaken,
and
not
a
man
dwelleth
therein
.
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.
And thou
, when
thou
art
made
desolate
, what wilt
thou
do ?
Though thou
clothest
thyself
with
scarlet, though thou
deckest
thee
with ornaments
of
gold, though thou
enlargest
thine
eyes with paint ,
in vain dost
thou
make
thyself
fair
; `thy'
lovers despise thee,
they seek
thy
life.
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 !”
For I have
heard
a voice
as
of
a woman in travail
, the
anguish as
of
her that
bringeth
forth
her
first child ,
the voice
of the daughter of Zion ,
that
gaspeth
for breath, that
spreadeth
her hands, `saying',
Woe is me now!
for my soul fainteth
before the murderers .
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