Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
“
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
dost
turn
back
, O Israel, An
affirmation
of
Jehovah,
unto
Me turn
back
, And
if thou
dost
turn
aside
Thine
abominations
from My face
, Then
thou
dost
not
bemoan.
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
hast
sworn
--
Jehovah
liveth
, In truth, in judgment
, and in righteousness, And
blessed themselves
in
Him have
nations
, And in Him they boast
themselves
.
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
said
Jehovah,
To the man
of Judah ,
and to
Jerusalem: Till
for
yourselves
tillage
, And do not sow unto
the 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
. ”
Be
circumcised
to Jehovah
, And turn
aside
the foreskins of your heart
, O man
of Judah ,
and ye
inhabitants
of Jerusalem, Lest
My fury
go
out as
fire ,
and hath
burned
, And
there
is
none
quenching,
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
in Judah, and
in Jerusalem sound
, And say ye,
`
Blow a
trumpet
in
the land ,'
Call
ye
fully,
and say ye:
`Be
gathered
, and we
go
in
to the fenced
city
. '
Raise
a
signal
flag
toward
Zion.
Seek
refuge!
Do
not delay!
For I am bringing disaster
from the north, and terrible
destruction.
Lift
up
an
ensign
Zionward,
Strengthen
yourselves,
stand
not still,
For evil
I am bringing in
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
.
Gone up hath
a
lion
from his thicket, And a destroyer of nations hath
journeyed,
He hath
come
forth
from
his place
To make
thy
land become
a
desolation,
Thy
cities are
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
on sackcloth, lament
and howl
, For the fierce anger of Jehovah
hath
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
hath
come
to
pass,
in that day, An
affirmation
of
Jehovah:
`Perish
doth
the heart
of
the king ,
And the heart
of
the
princes,
And
astonished
have
been
the
priests, And the prophets do
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.”
And
I say
, `
Ah, Lord Jehovah
, Surely
thou
hast
entirely
forgotten
this people and Jerusalem ,
saying, Peace is
for
you
, And
struck
hath
a sword unto
the
soul!'
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 it is
said of
this people ,
And of
Jerusalem :
`
A dry
wind of
high
places
in the wilderness,'
The way
of
the
daughter of My people, (
Not for
winnowing,
nor
for
cleansing,)
a wind too
strong
for
that
comes
from Me .
Now I
also pronounce
judgments against
them. ”
A full
wind from these
doth
come
for
Me ,
Now ,
also ,
I
speak
judgments with
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!
Lo
, as
clouds he
cometh
up
, And
as
a
hurricane
his chariots ,
Lighter
than eagles have
been
his
horses,
Wo
to us, for we have
been
spoiled.
Wash the
evil
from your
heart, O Jerusalem, so
that you
may
be saved .
How
long
will
you
harbor
wicked
thoughts within
you
?
Wash from evil
thy
heart, O Jerusalem, That thou
mayest
be saved ,
Till
when
dost
thou
lodge
in
thy
heart
Thoughts of
thy
strength
?
For a voice resounds
from Dan, proclaiming
disaster
from the
hills
of
Ephraim.
For a voice is
declaring
from Dan, And
sounding
sorrow
from mount
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 ,
Lo,
sound
ye
to Jerusalem: `Besiegers
are
coming
from the
land afar
off,
And
they give
forth
against cities of Judah their
voice
.
They
surround
her
like
men
guarding
a field ,
because
she
has
rebelled
against Me, ”
declares
the
LORD
.
As
the
keepers
of
a field They
have
been
against her
round
about,
For
with
Me she
hath
been
rebellious
, An
affirmation
of
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 done
these
to
thee,
This `
is '
thy
vexation,
for
`
it is '
bitter
, For
it hath
struck
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 bowels
, my bowels
! I am
pained
`at'
the walls
of
my heart ,
Make
a
noise
for
me doth
My
heart,
I am
not
silent ,
For the
voice
of
a
trumpet
I have heard, O
my
soul
--
a
shout
of battle !
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 proclaimed, For spoiled
hath
been
all
the land ,
Suddenly
spoiled
have
been
my tents, In a moment --
my
curtains
.
How
long
must
I see the
signal
flag
and
hear the sound
of the
horn
?
Till
when
do
I see an
ensign?
Do
I
hear the voice
of a
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,
me
they have not known ,
Foolish sons
`are'
they
, yea,
they `
are '
not
intelligent
, Wise
`are'
they to do evil,
And
to
do
good they
have
not
known
.
I looked at
the earth
, and it
was
formless
and void ;
I
looked
to
the heavens, and they
had
no
light.
I looked `to'
the land
, and lo,
waste
and void ,
And
unto
the heavens, and their
light is
not
.
I looked at
the mountains, and behold
, they were
quaking;
all the hills were
swaying
.
I have
looked `to'
the mountains, And lo
, they are
trembling.
And
all the hills moved
themselves
lightly
.
I looked, and no
man was
left;
all the
birds
of the air
had
fled.
I have
looked, and lo,
man is
not,
And
all fowls
of the heavens
have
fled.
I looked, and the fruitful land
was
a desert.
All its cities were
torn
down before
the
LORD
, before
His fierce
anger.
I have
looked, and lo,
The fruitful place
`is'
a wilderness,
And
all its cities have
been
broken
down, Because
of
Jehovah,
Because
of
the
fierceness
of
His anger.
For this
is
what
the
LORD
says
: “
The whole
land will
be
desolate
, but I will
not finish
its
destruction
.
For thus
said
Jehovah
: All
the land is
a
desolation
, but a
completion
I make
not.
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
doth
the land
mourn ,
And black
have
been
the heavens above ,
because
I have spoken --
I have purposed
, And I have
not repented,
Nor
do
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
.
From
the voice
of the horseman ,
And of
him
shooting
with
the bow,
all
the
city
is
fleeing,
They
have
come
into
thickets ,
And on
cliffs
they
have
gone
up,
All
the city is forsaken,
And
there
is no
one
dwelling
in
them
.
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
, O spoiled
one, what dost
thou?
For
thou
puttest
on
scarlet, For
thou
adornest
thyself
`
with '
ornaments
of
gold .
For
thou
rendest
with pain
thine
eyes,
In vain thou
dost
make
thyself
fair,
Kicked
against
thee
have
doting
ones,
Thy
life they
do
seek
.
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 a voice
as
of
a sick
woman I
have
heard
, Distress,
as
of one bringing
forth
a
first -born,
The voice
of the daughter of Zion, She
bewaileth
herself,
she
spreadeth
out her hands, `Wo
to
me now
, for weary
is
my soul of
slayers
! '
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