Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
Go
to and fro in
streets of Jerusalem, And see ,
I
pray
you
, and know, And seek in her
broad places, if ye find a man, If there be one
doing
judgment, seeking
stedfastness
--
Then
am
I propitious
to
her
.
Run
ye
to and fro through
the
streets of Jerusalem, and see now
, and know, and seek in the
broad places thereof
, if ye can
find a man, if there be any
that
executeth
judgment, that
seeketh
the
truth;
and
I will
pardon
it
.
And if
they say, `Jehovah
liveth ,'
Surely to
a
falsehood
they swear.
And though
they say, The
LORD
liveth ;
surely they swear falsely
.
Jehovah,
Thine
eyes
, are they
not on
stedfastness
? Thou hast smitten
them, and
they have not grieved ,
Thou hast consumed them, They have refused to receive instruction,
They made their faces harder than a rock ,
They have refused to turn
back
.
O
LORD
, are not thine
eyes
upon
the
truth
? thou hast stricken
them, but
they have not grieved ;
thou hast consumed them, but
they have refused to receive correction:
they have
made their faces harder than a rock ;
they have refused to return
.
And
I
--
I said, `
Surely these `
are '
poor ,
They have
been
foolish ,
For they have
not known
the way of Jehovah
, The judgment of their God.
Therefore
I said, Surely these are poor ;
they are
foolish :
for they know
not the way of the
LORD
, nor
the judgment of their God.
I get me to
the great, and I
speak with
them ,
For they have known the way of Jehovah
, The judgment of their God .'
Surely
they
together
have broken the yoke, They
have
drawn
away
the bands
.
I will
get me unto
the great men
, and will
speak unto
them ;
for they have known the way of the
LORD
, and
the judgment of their God :
but
these
have altogether
broken the yoke, and
burst
the bonds
.
Therefore
smitten
them
hath
a lion out of the forest, A wolf of the deserts
doth
spoil them, A leopard is
watching
over their cities ,
Every one who
is
going
out of
them
is
torn ,
For
many
have
been
their transgressions, Mighty
have
been
their backslidings.
Wherefore
a lion out of the forest shall
slay
them
, and
a wolf of the evenings
shall
spoil them, a leopard shall
watch
over their cities :
every one that
goeth
out thence
shall
be
torn in
pieces:
because
their transgressions are
many
, and
their backslidings are
increased
.
For
this
I am
not
propitious
to
thee ,
Thy sons
have forsaken Me, And are
satisfied
by that which
is
not
god,
I satisfy
them, and
they commit
adultery, And at
the
house
of
a
harlot
They
gather
themselves together
.
How
shall
I pardon
thee for
this?
thy children
have forsaken me, and sworn
by them
that are
no
gods:
when
I had
fed
them to
the
full
, they then
committed
adultery, and assembled
themselves by
troops
in
the
harlots'
houses
.
Fed horses --
they
have
been
early
risers,
Each
to
the wife
of
his neighbour
they
neigh
.
They
were
as
fed horses in
the morning:
every
one
neighed
after
his neighbour's
wife
.
For
these
do
I not lay
a
charge
? An
affirmation
of
Jehovah,
And on a nation such
as this ,
Doth
not
My
soul
avenge
itself
?
Shall
I not visit
for
these
things
? saith
the
LORD:
and shall
not
my
soul
be
avenged
on such
a nation as this?
Go ye up on
her walls, and destroy ,
And
a
completion
make not ,
Turn
aside
her branches,
for they `
are '
not Jehovah's,
Go ye up upon
her walls, and destroy ;
but
make not a
full
end:
take
away
her battlements;
for they are not the
LORD's.
For dealt
treacherously
against
Me
have
the house of Israel ,
And the house of Judah, an
affirmation
of
Jehovah
.
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have
dealt
very
treacherously
against
me
, saith
the
LORD
.
They have lied
against
Jehovah
, And they
say
, ``
It is '
not He ,
Nor
come in
against
us doth
evil,
Yea,
sword
and
famine
we do
not
see .
They have belied
the
LORD
, and said
, It is not he ;
neither
shall
evil
come upon
us ;
neither
shall
we see sword
nor
famine:
And the prophets become wind, And the word is not in them ,'
--
thus it is
done by
them.
And the prophets shall
become wind, and the word is not in them :
thus shall
it be
done unto
them.
Therefore,
thus said
Jehovah,
God of Hosts, Because of
your
speaking
this word, Lo
, I am
making
My words in thy mouth become
fire, And this people wood, and it hath
devoured
them.
Wherefore
thus saith
the
LORD
God of hosts, Because ye
speak
this word, behold
, I will
make
my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall
devour
them.
Lo, I am
bringing
against
you
a nation from afar
, O house of Israel, an
affirmation
of
Jehovah,
A
nation
--
strong
it `
is ',
a nation --
from
of
old
it `
is '
, A nation --
thou knowest not its
tongue
, Nor
understandest what it
speaketh
.
Lo, I will
bring
a nation upon
you
from far
, O house of Israel, saith
the
LORD:
it is a mighty
nation ,
it is an
ancient
nation
, a nation whose
language
thou knowest not, neither
understandest what they
say
.
Its
quiver `
is '
as an open sepulchre, All of
them
--
mighty ones
.
Their
quiver is as an open sepulchre, they
are
all mighty men
.
And it
hath
consumed
thy
harvest and thy bread, They
consume
thy sons ,
and thy daughters ,
It
consumeth
thy flock,
and thy
herd,
It
consumeth
thy vine,
and thy fig -tree,
It
maketh
poor
thy fenced cities, In
which
thou art
trusting
--
by
the sword.
And they
shall
eat
up
thine
harvest ,
and thy bread, which
thy sons and thy daughters should
eat:
they
shall
eat
up
thy flocks
and thine
herds:
they
shall
eat
up
thy vines
and thy fig trees:
they
shall
impoverish
thy fenced cities, wherein
thou trustedst,
with
the sword.
And
even
in those days, an
affirmation
of
Jehovah
, I do
not make you
a completion
.
Nevertheless
in those days, saith
the
LORD
, I will
not make a full
end
with
you
.
And it hath
come to pass, when ye say, `For
what
hath
Jehovah
our God done
to
us
all these? '
That
thou hast
said
unto
them, `
As ye have forsaken Me, And serve
the
gods of
a
foreigner
in your land, So do
ye serve strangers in a land not yours
.
And it shall
come to pass, when ye shall
say, Wherefore
doeth
the
LORD
our God all these things
unto
us
? then
shalt
thou answer
them, Like
as ye have forsaken me, and served
strange
gods in your land, so shall
ye serve strangers in a land that
is
not your's
.
Declare ye
this in the house of Jacob, And sound
ye
it in Judah, saying,
Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish
it in Judah, saying,
Hear ye,
I
pray
you,
this, O people, foolish
and without heart,
Eyes
they
have, and they
see not ,
Ears
they
have, and they
hear not .
Hear now
this, O foolish
people, and without understanding;
which
have eyes
, and see not ;
which
have ears
, and hear not :
Me
do
ye not fear,
an
affirmation
of
Jehovah
? From
My
presence
are
ye not pained?
Who
hath
made
sand the border
of the sea ,
A limit
age-during
, and
it passeth
not
over
it ,
They
shake
themselves, and
they are
not able,
Yea,
sounded
have
its
billows
, and
they pass
not over .
Fear
ye not me
? saith
the
LORD:
will
ye not tremble
at
my
presence,
which
have
placed
the
sand for
the bound
of the sea by
a perpetual
decree
, that
it cannot
pass
it :
and
though
the
waves
thereof
toss
themselves, yet
can
they not prevail;
though
they
roar
, yet
can
they not pass
over it?
And
this people hath an
apostate
and rebellious heart ,
They have
turned
aside,
and they
go
on
.
But
this people hath a
revolting
and a
rebellious heart ;
they are
revolted
and gone
.
And
they have
not
said
in their heart, `
Let us fear ,
we
pray
you,
Jehovah
our God, who
is
giving
rain, The sprinkling
and the gathered
, in its
season ,
The appointed weeks of harvest He
keepeth
for
us
. '
Neither
say
they in their heart, Let us now
fear the
LORD
our God, that
giveth
rain, both
the former
and the latter
, in his
season :
he
reserveth
unto
us
the appointed weeks of the
harvest.
Your iniquities have turned these
away, And your sins have kept
the
good from you.
Your iniquities have turned away these
things
, and your sins have withholden
good things
from you.
For the
wicked
have
been
found
among My people .
It
looketh
about
the
covering
of
snares
, They have
set up
a trap --
men
they capture
.
For among my people are
found
wicked
men:
they
lay
wait
, as
he
that
setteth
snares;
they set a trap ,
they catch
men
.
As a cage full of fowls
, So their houses are
full of deceit ,
Therefore they have
been
great, and are
rich.
As a cage is
full of birds
, so are
their houses full of deceit :
therefore they are
become
great, and waxen
rich.
They have
been
fat, they have
shone,
Yea, they have
overpassed
the acts
of the evil,
Judgment
they have
not judged
, The judgment
of the fatherless --
and
they prosper ,
And the judgment
of the needy they have
not judged
.
They are
waxen
fat, they shine:
yea, they overpass
the deeds
of the wicked:
they judge
not the
cause
, the cause
of the fatherless ,
yet
they prosper ;
and the right
of the needy do
they not judge
.
For these do
not I
inspect,
an
affirmation
of
Jehovah,
On a nation such
as this ,
Doth
not
My
soul
avenge
itself
?
Shall
I
not
visit
for these things?
saith
the
LORD:
shall
not my
soul
be
avenged
on such
a nation as this?
An
astonishing
and horrible thing hath
been
in the land .
A
wonderful
and horrible thing is
committed
in the land ;
The prophets have
prophesied
falsely, And the priests bear rule by their means ,
And My people have loved
`
it '
so ,
And what do they
at
its
latter
end?
The prophets prophesy
falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means ;
and my people love
to
have it so :
and what will
ye
do in
the
end thereof
?
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