Verse
KJV
King James Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
Oh that my head were waters
, and mine
eyes a fountain of tears ,
that
I might
weep day and night for
the slain of
the
daughter of my people !
Oh ,
that my head were a
spring
of
water
, and my
eyes a fountain of tears !
I would
weep day and night over
the slain daughter of my people .
Oh
that
I had in the wilderness a
lodging
place
of
wayfaring
men;
that
I might
leave
my people ,
and go
from them !
for they be
all adulterers, an
assembly
of treacherous
men
.
If
only
I had a
traveler’s
lodge
in the wilderness ,
I would
abandon
my people and depart
from them ,
for they are
all adulterers, a
crowd
of faithless
people
.
And
they bend their tongues like their
bow
for
lies :
but
they
are
not
valiant
for
the
truth upon
the earth;
for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know
not me, saith
the LORD.
“
They bend their tongues like bows;
lies prevail
over
truth in
the land.
For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do
not take
Me into
account
, ”
declares
the LORD.
Take
ye
heed
every
one
of
his neighbour,
and
trust
ye
not in
any brother :
for every brother will
utterly
supplant
, and every neighbour
will
walk
with
slanders
.
“Let
everyone
guard
against
his neighbor;
do
not trust
any brother ,
for every brother deals
craftily
, and every friend
spreads
slander
.
And
they
will
deceive
every
one his neighbour,
and
will
not
speak
the truth :
they have taught their tongue
to speak
lies,
and
weary
themselves to
commit
iniquity.
Each
one betrays
his friend;
no
one
tells
the truth .
They have taught their tongues
to lie;
they
wear
themselves out
committing
iniquity.
Thine
habitation
is
in the midst of deceit
; through
deceit they refuse to know me, saith
the LORD.
You
dwell
in the midst of deception
; in
their
deceit they refuse to know Me, ”
declares
the LORD.
Therefore thus
saith
the LORD of hosts ,
Behold, I will melt
them ,
and try
them ;
for how
shall
I do for
the daughter of my people?
Therefore this
is
what
the LORD of Hosts says:
“
Behold, I will refine
them and test
them ,
for what
else
can
I do because
of
the daughter of My people?
Their tongue
is
as
an
arrow
shot
out
; it
speaketh
deceit:
one
speaketh
peaceably
to
his
neighbour
with his mouth, but in heart he layeth
his
wait
.
Their tongues
are
deadly
arrows
; they
speak
deception.
With his mouth a
man
speaks
peace
to
his
neighbor
, but in his
heart he sets
a
trap
for
him
.
Shall
I not visit
them for these things? saith
the LORD :
shall
not my
soul
be
avenged
on such a nation as this?
Should
I not punish
them for these things? declares
the LORD .
Should
I
not avenge
Myself
on such a nation as this? ”
For
the
mountains
will
I take up a weeping and wailing ,
and
for the habitations
of
the wilderness a
lamentation
, because
they are
burned
up,
so that
none
can
pass
through them;
neither
can
men
hear
the voice
of the
cattle ;
both the fowl
of the heavens
and the beast
are
fled; they are
gone.
I will
take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains,
a
dirge
over
the wilderness pasture
, for
they have
been
scorched
so no
one
passes
through ,
and
the lowing
of cattle is
not
heard.
Both the birds
of the air
and the beasts
have
fled; they have
gone away
.
And I will make Jerusalem heaps,
and
a den
of dragons
; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate
, without an
inhabitant.
“
And I will make Jerusalem a heap
of rubble,
a
haunt
for
jackals
; and I will make the cities of Judah a
desolation
, without inhabitant. ”
Who is the wise
man ,
that
may
understand this? and
who
is
he
to whom the mouth of the LORD hath
spoken, that he may declare
it ,
for
what
the land perisheth
and is
burned
up
like a wilderness
, that
none
passeth
through?
Who is the man wise
enough
to
understand this? To whom has
the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain
it ?
Why
is
the land destroyed
and scorched
like a desert
, so
no
one
can
pass
through it
?
And the LORD saith
, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them ,
and
have not obeyed my voice ,
neither
walked
therein;
And the LORD answered
, “It
is
because they have forsaken My law ,
which I set before them ;
they
have not walked
in
it
or
obeyed My voice .
But
have walked
after
the imagination
of their own
heart,
and after Baalim
, which
their fathers taught them :
Instead,
they
have followed
the stubbornness
of their hearts
and gone
after the
Baals
, as
their fathers taught them .”
Therefore thus
saith
the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel ;
Behold, I will feed them,
even
this people ,
with
wormwood ,
and give them water of
gall
to drink.
Therefore this
is
what
the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel ,
says:
“
Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned
water to drink.
I will scatter them also
among the heathen,
whom
neither they nor their fathers have known :
and I will send a sword after them ,
till
I have consumed
them.
I will scatter them among the nations
that
neither they nor their fathers have known ,
and I will send a sword after them until
I have finished
them off
. ”
Thus
saith
the LORD of hosts ,
Consider
ye
, and call
for
the mourning
women ,
that
they
may
come
; and
send for cunning
women,
that
they
may
come:
This
is
what
the LORD of Hosts says:
“Take
note
, and summon
the wailing
women; send for the
most
skillful
among
them.
And
let them make
haste,
and take up a wailing
for
us, that our eyes may run
down
with tears, and our eyelids gush out
with waters
.
Let them come
quickly
and take up a lament
over
us, that our eyes may overflow
with tears, and our eyelids may
gush with water
.
For a
voice
of wailing is heard out
of
Zion ,
How are
we
spoiled!
we are greatly
confounded,
because
we have forsaken
the land ,
because our dwellings have cast
us
out
.
For the
sound
of wailing is heard from
Zion :
‘
How devastated
we are !
How
great
is
our
shame!
For
we have abandoned
the land because our dwellings have been
torn
down
. ’”
Yet
hear the word of the LORD ,
O
ye
women,
and
let
your ear
receive
the word of his mouth ,
and
teach your daughters wailing
, and every
one her
neighbour
lamentation
.
Now,
O
women,
hear the word of the LORD .
Open
your ears
to
the word of His mouth .
Teach your daughters to
wail
, and one another
to
lament
.
For death is
come
up
into
our windows ,
and
is
entered into
our palaces,
to cut off the children from without
, and
the young men from the streets
.
For death has
climbed
in
through
our windows ;
it
has
entered our fortresses
to cut off the children from the
streets
, the young men from the town
squares
.
Speak,
Thus
saith
the LORD ,
Even
the carcases
of men shall
fall as
dung upon the open field, and
as
the
handful
after
the harvestman
, and
none
shall
gather them
.
Declare
that
this
is
what
the LORD says:
“
The corpses
of men will
fall like
dung upon the open field, like
newly
cut
grain
behind
the reaper
, with
no
one
to
gather it
. ”
Thus
saith
the LORD ,
Let not the wise man glory
in his wisdom, neither
let
the mighty
man glory
in his might
, let
not
the rich
man glory
in his riches :
This
is
what
the LORD says:
“
Let not the wise man boast
in his wisdom, nor
the strong
man in his strength
, nor
the wealthy
man in his riches .
But let him that
glorieth
glory
in this, that he understandeth
and knoweth
me, that I am the LORD which
exercise
lovingkindness
, judgment
, and righteousness ,
in
the earth :
for in these things I
delight
, saith
the LORD.
But let him who
boasts
boast
in this, that he understands
and knows
Me, that I am the LORD, who
exercises
loving
devotion
, justice
and righteousness on
the earth —
for I
delight
in these things, ”
declares
the LORD.
Behold, the days come
, saith
the LORD, that
I will punish all them
which
are circumcised with
the
uncircumcised ;
“
Behold, the days are
coming
, ”
declares
the LORD, “when
I will punish all who
are circumcised yet
uncircumcised :
Egypt, and
Judah, and
Edom, and
the
children
of
Ammon, and
Moab, and all that
are
in
the utmost
corners,
that
dwell
in
the wilderness:
for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all
the house of Israel are
uncircumcised in the
heart.
Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants
of
the desert
who
clip
the
hair
of
their
temples.
For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole
house of Israel is
uncircumcised in heart. ”
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