Verse
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Berean Standard Bible
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World English Bible
“
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 you will return, Israel, says
Yahweh,
if
you
will
return to me, and
if you will put
away
your abominations
out
of
my sight ;
then
you
shall
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 you shall
swear, As Yahweh
lives, 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
says Yahweh
to the men of Judah and to
Jerusalem ,
Break up your fallow
ground, and don't
sow 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 Yahweh
, and take
away
the foreskins of your heart
, you
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
you
in Judah, and
publish
in Jerusalem ;
and say ,
Blow you
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,
don't
stay;
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
your land desolate,
that
your 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 Yahweh
hasn't
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
. ”
It
shall
happen
at
that day, says
Yahweh
, 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 Yahweh!
surely
you have greatly
deceived this people and Jerusalem ,
saying, You shall
have peace ;
whereas
the
sword reaches
to
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 to 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?
Jerusalem,
wash your heart from
wickedness
, that you may be saved. How long shall
your
evil
thoughts lodge
within you?
For a voice resounds
from Dan, proclaiming
disaster
from the hills of Ephraim .
For a voice declares
from Dan, and
publishes
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
you
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 has been
rebellious
against me, says
Yahweh
.
“
Your ways
and deeds
have brought
this
upon
you .
This is your punishment
; how
bitter
it is, because
it pierces
to the
heart !”
Your way
and your
doings
have procured
these
things
to
you ;
this is your wickedness
; for
it is bitter
, for
it reaches
to your
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 can't
hold
my
peace;
because
you
have 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
on
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 don't
know
me ;
they are foolish 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 saw
the earth, and ,
behold,
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 saw
the mountains, and ,
behold, they trembled,
and
all the hills moved
back
and
forth
.
I looked
, and no man was
left;
all the birds of the air
had
fled.
I saw
, and ,
behold,
there
was
no man ,
and
all the birds of the sky
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 saw
, and ,
behold,
the fruitful field
was a wilderness,
and
all the
cities of
it
were broken
down at
the presence
of
Yahweh
, [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
says Yahweh,
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 flees for
the noise
of the horsemen
and archers;
they go
into
the thickets ,
and climb up
on
the rocks :
every city is forsaken,
and
not
a
man
dwells
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.
You, when
you
are
made
desolate
, what will you do ?
Though you clothe
yourself with
scarlet, though you deck
you
with ornaments
of
gold, though you enlarge your eyes with paint ,
in vain do
you
make
yourself
beautiful
; [
your ]
lovers despise you ,
they seek
your 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 who
brings
forth
her
first child ,
the voice
of the daughter of Zion ,
who
gasps
for breath, who
spreads
her hands, [saying],
Woe is me now!
for my soul faints before the murderers .
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