Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
“Go
up
and down
the streets of Jerusalem .
Look
now and take
note;
search
her
squares.
If you can find a single
person
, anyone
who acts
justly, anyone
who seeks the
truth ,
then
I will forgive
the
city
.
Run
you
back
and forth
through
the streets of Jerusalem ,
and
see
now ,
and know,
and
seek
in
the
broad
places
of
it,
if you can find a man
, if
there
are
any
who does
justly, who seeks truth ;
and
I will pardon
her
.
Although
they say, ‘
As surely
as
the
LORD
lives ,’
they are
swearing
falsely. ”
Though
they say, As Yahweh
lives ;
surely
they swear
falsely.
O LORD
, do
not
Your eyes look for
truth? You struck
them, but they felt
no
pain.
You finished
them off
, but they refused to accept
discipline.
They have made their faces harder than stone
and
refused to repent
.
O Yahweh
, don't
your eyes look on
truth? you have
stricken
them, but they were
not
grieved;
you have
consumed
them, but they have
refused to receive
correction:
they have made their faces harder than a
rock;
they
have
refused to return
.
Then I said, “They
are only
the
poor; they have
played
the
fool,
for they do
not
know the way of the
LORD
, the justice
of their God .
Then I said, Surely
these
are poor; they are
foolish;
for they don't
know the way of Yahweh
, nor
the law
of their God :
I will go
to the powerful
and speak to them .
Surely
they know the way of the
LORD
, the justice
of their God. ”
But they
too,
with one accord ,
had
broken the yoke and torn
off
the chains
.
I will get
me
to the great
men,
and will
speak to them ;
for
they know the way of Yahweh
, and
the law
of their God. But these
with one accord have
broken the yoke ,
and burst
the bonds
.
Therefore a lion from
the forest will
strike
them down
, a wolf from
the desert
will
ravage
them .
A leopard will
lie
in
wait
near
their cities ,
and
everyone who ventures
out will
be torn to
pieces .
For
their rebellious
acts
are many, and their unfaithful
deeds
are
numerous
.
Therefore a lion out
of
the forest shall
kill
them, a wolf of
the evenings
shall
destroy
them ,
a leopard shall
watch
against
their cities ;
everyone who goes
out there
shall
be torn in
pieces ;
because
their transgressions
are many, [
and ]
their backsliding
is
increased
.
“Why
should
I forgive
you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods
that are not
gods .
I satisfied
their
needs
, yet
they committed adultery and assembled at the houses
of
prostitutes.
How
can
I pardon
you? your children have forsaken me ,
and sworn by them
that are no
gods :
when
I had
fed
them
to
the
full
, they committed adultery ,
and assembled themselves
in
troops
at the prostitutes '
houses
.
They are
well-
fed ,
lusty
stallions,
each
neighing
after his neighbor’s
wife.
They were
as
fed horses
roaming
at
large;
everyone
neighed
after his neighbor's
wife.
Should
I not punish
them
for these things? ”
declares
the
LORD.
“Should
I
not avenge
Myself
on such a nation as this?
Shall
I not visit
for these things? says
Yahweh;
and
shall
not my
soul
be
avenged
on such a nation as this?
Go up through
her vineyards
and
ravage
them
, but do
not
finish
them
off.
Strip
off
her branches ,
for they do
not belong
to
the
LORD
.
Go up on
her walls
, and
destroy;
but don't
make
a
full
end:
take
away
her branches ;
for they are
not Yahweh's
.
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been
utterly
unfaithful
to
Me, ”
declares
the
LORD
.
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt
very
treacherously
against
me, says
Yahweh
.
They have lied
about
the
LORD
and said :
“He
will
not do
anything
; harm
will
not
come to
us; we will
not
see sword or
famine .
They have denied
Yahweh,
and said ,
It
is
not he
; neither
shall
evil
come on
us; neither
shall
we see sword nor
famine :
The prophets are
but
wind, for
the word is not in them .
So
let
their
own
predictions
befall
them. ”
and
the prophets shall
become
wind, and
the word is not in them :
thus
shall
it
be
done
to
them.
Therefore this
is
what
the LORD
God of Hosts says:
“
Because you have
spoken
this word, I will make My words a
fire
in your mouth and this people the
wood it consumes
.
Therefore thus
says
Yahweh,
the God of hosts ,
Because you speak
this word, behold,
I will make my words in your mouth fire,
and this people wood ,
and
it shall
devour
them
.
Behold, I am
bringing
a distant
nation against
you, O
house of Israel, ”
declares
the
LORD.
“
It is an
established
nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do
not
know and
whose
speech
you
do
not
understand.
Behold, I will
bring
a nation on
you from
far
, house of Israel, says
Yahweh:
it is a
mighty
nation, it
is
an ancient nation, a nation whose language you don't
know ,
neither
understand what
they
say
.
Their quivers
are
like
open graves;
they are all mighty men.
Their quiver
is
an
open tomb,
they are all mighty men.
They will
devour
your harvest and food;
they
will
consume
your sons and daughters; they will
eat up your flocks and herds; they will
feed
on
your vines and fig trees .
With
the
sword
they will
destroy
the
fortified cities in which you trust. ”
They shall
eat
up
your harvest ,
and your bread,
[which]
your
sons and your
daughters should
eat
; they shall
eat up your flocks and your
herds; they shall
eat
up
your vines and your
fig trees ;
they shall
beat
down
your
fortified cities ,
in which you trust ,
with
the
sword
.
“Yet
even in those days, ”
declares
the
LORD
, “
I will not make a full end of
you.
But
even in those days, says
Yahweh
, I will not make a full end with
you.
And
when the
people
ask
, ‘For
what
offense
has the
LORD
our God done all these things to us? ’
You are
to tell
them, ‘Just
as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will
you serve foreigners
in a land that is not your
own
. ’”
It
shall
happen,
when you
shall
say
, Why
has Yahweh
our God done all these things to us? then
shall
you say
to them, Like
as you have forsaken me ,
and served foreign gods in your land, so shall
you serve strangers
in a land that is not yours
.
Declare this in the house of Jacob and proclaim
it in Judah :
Declare you
this in the house of Jacob ,
and publish
it in Judah ,
saying,
“
Hear this, O
foolish and
senseless
people, who have eyes but
do
not
see
, who have ears but
do
not
hear .
Hear now
this, foolish people, and
without
understanding;
who have eyes, and
don't
see;
who have ears ,
and
don't
hear :
Do
you not
fear Me? ”
declares
the
LORD.
“Do
you not
tremble before
Me
, the
One
who set
the sand as
the
boundary
for the sea, an
enduring
barrier
it cannot
cross
? The waves surge
, but
they cannot
prevail .
They roar but
cannot
cross
it.
Don't
you fear me? says
Yahweh:
won't
you tremble at
my
presence
, who have
placed
the sand for the bound
of
the
sea, by
a
perpetual
decree,
that
it can't
pass
it
? and
though
the waves of
it
toss
themselves
, yet
they can't
prevail ;
though
they roar ,
yet
they
can't
pass
over
it.
But these
people have
stubborn
and rebellious hearts.
They have
turned
aside
and gone away
.
But this
people has
a
revolting
and a
rebellious heart;
they are
revolted
and gone.
They have
not
said
in their hearts
, ‘
Let us fear the
LORD
our God, who gives the
rains
, both autumn
and spring
, in season ,
who keeps
for
us the appointed weeks of harvest. ’
Neither
say
they in their heart
, Let us now
fear Yahweh
our God, who gives rain
, both the
former
and the
latter
, in its
season ;
who preserves
to
us the appointed weeks of the
harvest.
Your iniquities have diverted
these from
you;
your sins have deprived
you of
My
bounty
.
Your iniquities have turned
away
these things,
and
your sins have withheld
good
from
you.
For among My people are wicked men ;
they watch like
fowlers lying
in wait; they set a trap to
catch men.
For among my people are found
wicked men :
they watch ,
as
fowlers lie
in wait; they set a trap ,
they
catch men.
Like
cages
full of birds, so their houses are
full of deceit .
Therefore they have
become powerful
and rich.
As
a
cage
is
full of birds, so are
their houses full of deceit :
therefore they are
become great,
and grew
rich.
They have
grown
fat and
sleek
, and
have
excelled
in the
deeds of the
wicked.
They have
not
taken
up
the cause of the fatherless, that they might
prosper; nor
have
they
defended
the rights
of the needy.
They are
grew
fat, they
shine:
yes,
they
overpass
in deeds of wickedness;
they don't
plead
the cause ,
the
cause
of the fatherless, that they may
prosper; and
the right
of the needy they
don't
judge
.
Should
I not punish
them
for these things? ”
declares
the
LORD.
“Should
I
not avenge
Myself
on such a nation as this?
Shall
I not visit
for these things? says
Yahweh;
shall
not my
soul
be
avenged
on such a nation as this?
A horrible
and shocking
thing has
happened
in the land .
A wonderful
and horrible
thing is
happen
in the land :
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own
authority.
My people love it so ,
but
what will you do in the end?
the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear
rule by their means;
and
my people love to
have
it so :
and
what will you do in the end of
it
?
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