Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
“Run
for
cover
, O
sons of Benjamin ;
flee
from Jerusalem!
Sound
the ram’s
horn
in Tekoa ;
send
up
a signal
over Beth- haccherem
, for disaster
looms
from the north, even
great destruction.
Strengthen
yourselves
, sons of Benjamin ,
From the midst
of
Jerusalem,
And
in Tekoa blow
ye
a trumpet,
And
over Beth- Haccerem
lift
ye
up
a
flame
, For evil
hath
been
seen
from the north, And
great destruction.
Though
she
is
beautiful
and delicate ,
I will
destroy
the Daughter of Zion.
The
comely
and the
delicate one
I have
cut
off,
The daughter of Zion.
Shepherds and their flocks
will
come
against
her;
they will
pitch
their
tents all
around
her, each tending
his own portion:
Unto
her
come
do
shepherds and their droves,
They have
stricken
tents by
her round
about
, They
have
fed
each `in'
his own station.
‘Prepare
for
battle
against her ;
rise up
, let
us
attack
at noon. Woe
to us, for the daylight
is
fading;
the evening shadows
grow
long.
Sanctify
ye
against her the
battle,
Rise, and
we
go
up
at noon. Wo
to us, for turned
hath
the day,
For
stretched
out
are
the shades
of
evening ,
Rise up
, let
us
attack
by night and destroy her fortresses!’”
`
Rise, and
we
go
up
by night ,
And we
destroy her palaces.'
For this
is
what
the
LORD
of Hosts says
: “
Cut down the
trees
and raise
a
siege
ramp
against Jerusalem .
This
city must
be punished;
there
is nothing
but
oppression in her midst.
For thus
said
Jehovah
of Hosts: Cut down her
wood,
And pour
out
against Jerusalem a
mount,
She
`is'
the
city to
be inspected,
Wholly
--
she
is oppression in her midst.
As a well gushes
its water
, so she pours
out
her evil.
Violence and destruction
resound
in her ;
sickness and wounds
are
ever
before
Me
.
As the
digging
of
a well ,
is
`for'
its waters
, So she hath
digged
`for'
her wickedness,
Violence and spoil
is
heard
in her ,
Before
My
face
continually
`are'
sickness and smiting
.
Be forewarned
, O Jerusalem, or
I
will
turn
away
from you;
I will
make you
a desolation, a land without
inhabitant
. ”
Be instructed
, O Jerusalem, Lest
My
soul
be
alienated
from thee,
Lest
I make thee
a desolation, a land not
inhabited
.
This
is
what
the
LORD
of Hosts says
: “
Glean the remnant of Israel as
thoroughly
as
a
vine.
Pass
your
hand once
more
like
a grape
gatherer over
the branches
. ”
Thus
said
Jehovah
of Hosts: They
surely
glean ,
as
a
vine,
the remnant of Israel ,
Put
back
thy
hand ,
as
a gatherer to
the baskets
.
To whom can
I give
this
warning?
Who
will
listen
to
me
? Look
, their ears
are
closed
, so
they cannot
hear
. See
, the
word of the
LORD
has
become
offensive
to them ;
they find
no
pleasure
in it.
To whom do
I speak,
and
testify,
and
they
hear
? Lo
, their ear
`is'
uncircumcised
, And
they are
not
able
to
attend
. Lo
, a
word of Jehovah
hath
been
to them for
a
reproach,
They delight
not
in it.
But
I
am
full
of
the LORD’s
wrath;
I am
tired
of holding
it
back.
“
Pour it out
on the children
in the street, and on the young
men
gathered
together .
For both
husband and
wife will
be
captured, the
old
and
the
very
old
alike.
And
with
the fury
of
Jehovah
I have
been
filled,
(I
have
been
weary
of containing,)
To
pour `
it '
on the suckling
in the street, And on the assembly
of
youths
together ,
For even
husband with
wife are
captured, An
elder
with
one
full
of
days,
Their houses will
be
turned over
to others, their
fields and wives as
well
, for I will
stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land, ”
declares
the
LORD
.
And
their houses have
been
turned to others, Fields and wives together
, For I stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land, An
affirmation
of
Jehovah
.
“
For from the
least of
them
to
the
greatest, all
are
greedy
for
gain ;
from prophet to
priest, all
practice
deceit.
For from their
least unto
their
greatest, Every
one
is
gaining
dishonest
gain ,
And
from prophet even
unto
priest, Every
one
is
dealing
falsely,
They dress
the wound
of My people with
very
little
care
, saying, ‘
Peace, peace ,’
when
there is no peace at
all
.
And
they heal
the breach
of the
daughter
of
my people slightly
, Saying, `
Peace, peace !'
and
there is no peace.
Are
they ashamed of
the
abomination
they have
committed?
No
, they have
no
shame
at all ;
they do
not even
know
how
to
blush.
So
they will
fall among the fallen;
when
I punish
them, they will
collapse
, ”
says
the
LORD
.
They were
ashamed when
they did
abomination!
Yea
, they are
not
at all ashamed,
Yea,
blushing
they have
not known,
Therefore
they do
fall among those
falling,
In
the time
I have
inspected
them, They stumble
, said
Jehovah
.
This
is
what
the
LORD
says
: “
Stand at
the crossroads
and look.
Ask for the
ancient
paths :
‘
Where is the good way? ’
Then
walk
in it, and you
will
find rest for your
souls
. But
they said
, ‘
We will
not walk
in
it!’
Thus
said
Jehovah
: Stand ye
by
the ways
and see,
and
ask for paths of
old,
Where `
is '
this
--
the good way? and
go
ye
in it, And find rest for yourselves
. And
they say
, `
We do
not go.'
I appointed
watchmen
over
you and
said
, ‘Listen
for
the sound
of the ram’s
horn
. ’
But
they answered
, ‘
We will
not listen!’
And
I have
raised
up
for
you watchmen
, Attend
ye
to
the voice
of the trumpet
. And
they say
, `
We do
not attend.'
Therefore hear, O nations, and learn
, O congregations
, what
will
happen
to
them.
Therefore hear, O nations, and know
, O company
, That
which
`is'
upon
them.
Hear, O earth !
I am bringing disaster
on this people, the fruit of their own
schemes
, because
they have
paid
no attention to
My
word
and have
rejected
My instruction
.
Hear, O earth ,
lo,
I am bringing evil
on this people, The fruit of their devices
, For
to
My
words
they gave
no attention ,
And My law
--
they
kick
against
it
.
What
use
to Me is
frankincense from Sheba or
sweet cane from a distant
land ?
Your burnt offerings are not acceptable;
your sacrifices do
not please
Me. ”
Why
`is'
this
to Me ?
frankincense from Sheba cometh,
And
the
sweet cane from a land afar
off,
Your burnt -
offerings `
are '
not for
acceptance,
And
your sacrifices have
not been
sweet
to
Me.
Therefore this
is
what
the
LORD
says
: “
I will
lay
stumbling
blocks
before
this people ;
fathers and sons alike
will
be
staggered;
friends
and neighbors
will
perish. ”
Therefore thus
said
Jehovah
: Lo,
I do
give
to
this people stumbling
blocks,
And
stumbled
against
them
have
fathers and sons together,
The
neighbour
and his
friend
do
perish.
This
is
what
the
LORD
says
: “Behold
, an
army
is
coming
from the
land
of
the
north ;
a great nation is stirred up from the ends
of the earth.
Thus
said
Jehovah
: Lo
, a
people
hath
come
from a
north country,
And
a great nation is stirred up from the sides
of the earth.
They
grasp
the
bow and spear;
they are
cruel
and merciless.
Their voice roars
like
the
sea, and they ride upon
horses
, lined
up
like
men
in formation
against you
, O Daughter of Zion. ”
Bow and javelin
they take
hold
of,
Fierce
it
`is',
and they
have
no
mercy,
Their voice as
a
sea doth
sound
, And on
horses
they ride, set
in array
as
a
man
of
war,
Against thee
, O daughter of Zion.
We have heard the
report;
our hands hang
limp.
Anguish
has
gripped
us, pain like
that
of a woman in
labor
.
`
We have heard its
sound,
feeble
have
been
our hands ,
Distress
hath
seized
us, pain as
of a travailing
woman.
Do
not
go out
to the fields;
do
not
walk
the road.
For the
enemy
has
a sword ;
terror
is on
every
side
.
Go not
forth
to the field,
And
in
the way
walk
not,
For a sword hath
the
enemy,
fear
`
is '
round
about
.
O daughter of my people, dress
yourselves
in
sackcloth and roll in ashes .
Mourn
with
bitter
wailing
, as
you
would
for
an only son
, for suddenly the
destroyer
will
come upon
us.
O daughter of My people, Gird
on
sackcloth ,
and roll thyself
in ashes, The
mourning
of
an only one
make
for
thee
, A
lamentation
most
bitter,
For suddenly come doth
the
spoiler
against
us.
“
I have appointed
you
to
examine
My people like
ore
, so
you
may
know
and try
their ways
.
A
watch-tower
I have given
thee,
Among
My people a
fortress
, And thou
knowest,
and
hast
tried
their way
.
All are hardened
rebels
, walking around
as
slanderers.
They
are
bronze
and iron ;
all of them are corrupt
.
All of
them
are turned
aside
by
apostates
, Walking slanderously
--
brass
and iron ,
All of them are corrupters
.
The bellows blow
fiercely
, blasting
away
the
lead
with
fire .
The refining
proceeds
in vain, for
the wicked are
not purged
.
The bellows have
been
burnt
, By
fire hath
the lead
been
consumed,
In vain hath
a
refiner
refined
, And
the wicked have
not been
drawn
away
.
They are
called rejected
silver
, because
the
LORD
has
rejected
them .”
`Silver
rejected,'
they have
called to
them
, For
Jehovah
hath
kicked
against
them !
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