Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
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 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 !
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
.
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
.
“
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
.
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
.
“Let
everyone
guard
against
his neighbor ;
do
not
trust any brother ,
for every brother deals
craftily
, and every friend
spreads
slander
.
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
.
Each
one betrays
his friend;
no
one
tells
the truth .
They have taught their tongues
to lie
; they wear
themselves out
committing
iniquity.
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.
You
dwell
in the midst of deception
; in
their
deceit they refuse to know Me, ”
declares
the
LORD
.
Thy
habitation
is
in the midst of deceit
; through
deceit they refuse to know me, saith
Jehovah
.
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?
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?
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.
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.
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
them for these things? saith
Jehovah;
shall
not my
soul
be
avenged
on such a nation as this?
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
.
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.
“
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. ”
And I will make Jerusalem heaps
, a dwelling-place
of
jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.
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
?
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?
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 .
And Jehovah
saith
, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them ,
and
have not obeyed my voice ,
neither
walked
therein,
Instead,
they
have followed
the stubbornness of their hearts
and gone
after the Baals
, as
their fathers taught them .”
but
have walked
after
the stubbornness of their own
heart,
and after the Baalim
, which
their fathers taught them ;
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.
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.
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
. ”
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.
This
is
what
the
LORD
of Hosts says:
“Take
note
, and summon
the wailing
women; send for the most
skillful
among
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:
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
.
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 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. ’”
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
. ”
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'
.
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 .
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 ;
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
.
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
.
“
Behold, the days are
coming
, ”
declares
the
LORD
, “when
I will punish all who
are circumcised yet
uncircumcised
:
Behold, the days come
, saith
Jehovah
, that
I will punish all them
that
are circumcised in
`their'
uncircumcision
:
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. ”
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.
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