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King James Version
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 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 I had in the wilderness a lodging -
place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are
all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
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.
And they bend their tongue,
`as
it
were'
their bow ,
for falsehood;
and
they are grown
strong
in
the
land,
but
not for truth :
for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah
.
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
.
Take ye heed every one of his neighbor
, and trust ye not in any brother ;
for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor
will go
about
with slanders.
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.
And they will deceive every one his neighbor
, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies ;
they
weary themselves to commit iniquity.
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.
Thy
habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah
.
Thine
habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the
LORD
.
Therefore thus saith Jehovah
of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how `else'
should
I do ,
because
of
the daughter of my people?
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?
Their tongue is a
deadly
arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor
with his mouth, but in his
heart he layeth wait for
him
.
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.
Shall I not visit them for these things? saith Jehovah;
shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the
LORD:
shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures
of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none passeth
through; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the birds
of the heavens and the beasts
are fled ,
they are gone.
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.
And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling-place
of jackals
; and I will make the cities of Judah a
desolation
, without inhabitant.
And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and
a den
of dragons
; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate
, without an
inhabitant.
Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and `
who is '
he to whom the mouth of Jehovah
hath spoken, that he may declare it ?
wherefore
is
the land perished
and burned up like a wilderness, so
that none passeth through?
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?
And Jehovah
saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein ,
And the
LORD
saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein ;
but have walked after the stubbornness
of their own heart, and after the
Baalim, which their fathers taught them ;
But have walked after the imagination
of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them :
therefore thus saith Jehovah
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 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.
I will scatter them also among the nations
, whom neither they nor their fathers have known ;
and I will send the
sword after them, till I have consumed them.
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.
Thus saith Jehovah
of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the
skilful
women, that they may come:
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:
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.
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.
For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we ruined
! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because they
have
cast
down
our dwellings.
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
.
Yet hear the word of Jehovah
, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth ;
and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbor
lamentation.
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.
For death is come up into our windows, it
is entered into our palaces ;
to cut off the children from without, `
and '
the young men from the streets.
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.
Speak, Thus saith Jehovah
, The dead
bodies
of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman ;
and none shall gather `
them '
.
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.
Thus saith Jehovah
, 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 ;
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 :
but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he hath
understanding,
and knoweth me, that I am Jehovah
who
exerciseth
lovingkindness, justice
, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith Jehovah
.
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
.
Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah
, that I will punish all them that
are circumcised in
`their'
uncircumcision:
Behold, the days come, saith the
LORD
, that I will punish all them which
are circumcised with
the
uncircumcised;
Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that have
the corners `of
their
hair'
cut
off
, that dwell in the wilderness ;
for all the
nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.
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.
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