Oh that [05414] my head [07218] were waters [04325], and mine eyes [05869] a fountain [04726] of tears [01832], that I might weep [01058] day [03119] and night [03915] for the slain [02491] of the daughter [01323] of my people [05971]!Oh…: Heb. Who will give my head, etc
Oh that [05414] I had in the wilderness [04057] a lodging place [04411] of wayfaring men [0732]; that I might leave [05800] my people [05971], and go [03212] from them! for they be all adulterers [05003], an assembly [06116] of treacherous men [0898].
And they bend [01869] their tongues [03956] like their bow [07198] for lies [08267]: but they are not valiant [01396] for the truth [0530] upon the earth [0776]; for they proceed [03318] from evil [07451] to evil [07451], and they know [03045] not me, saith [05002] the Lord [03068].
Take ye heed [08104] every one [0376] of his neighbour [07453], and trust [0982] ye not in any brother [0251]: for every brother [0251] will utterly [06117] supplant [06117], and every neighbour [07453] will walk [01980] with slanders [07400].neighbour: or, friend
And they will deceive [02048] every one [0376] his neighbour [07453], and will not speak [01696] the truth [0571]: they have taught [03925] their tongue [03956] to speak [01696] lies [08267], and weary [03811] themselves to commit iniquity [05753].deceive: or, mock
Thine habitation [03427] is in the midst [08432] of deceit [04820]; through deceit [04820] they refuse [03985] to know [03045] me, saith [05002] the Lord [03068].
Therefore thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] of hosts [06635], Behold, I will melt [06884] them, and try [0974] them; for how shall I do [06213] for [06440] the daughter [01323] of my people [05971]?
Their tongue [03956] is as an arrow [02671] shot out [07819]; it speaketh [01696] deceit [04820]: one speaketh [01696] peaceably [07965] to his neighbour [07453] with his mouth [06310], but in heart [07130] he layeth [07760] his wait [0696].in heart: Heb. in the midst of himhis wait: or, wait for him
Shall I not visit [06485] them for these things? saith [05002] the Lord [03068]: shall not my soul [05315] be avenged [05358] on such a nation [01471] as this?
For the mountains [02022] will I take up [05375] a weeping [01065] and wailing [05092], and for the habitations [04999] of the wilderness [04057] a lamentation [07015], because they are burned up [03341], so that none [0376] can pass [05674] through them; neither can men hear [08085] the voice [06963] of the cattle [04735]; both the fowl [05775] of the heavens [08064] and the beast [0929] are fled [05074]; they are gone [01980].habitations: or, pasturesburned up: or, desolateboth…: Heb. from the fowl even to, etc
And I will make [05414] Jerusalem [03389] heaps [01530], and a den [04583] of dragons [08577]; and I will make [05414] the cities [05892] of Judah [03063] desolate [08077], without an inhabitant [03427].desolate: Heb. desolation
Who is the wise [02450] man [0376], that may understand [0995] this? and who is he to whom the mouth [06310] of the Lord [03068] hath spoken [01696], that he may declare [05046] it, for what the land [0776] perisheth [06] and is burned up [03341] like a wilderness [04057], that none passeth through [05674]?
And the Lord [03068] saith [0559], Because they have forsaken [05800] my law [08451] which I set [05414] before [06440] them, and have not obeyed [08085] my voice [06963], neither walked [01980] therein;
But have walked [03212] after [0310] the imagination [08307] of their own heart [03820], and after [0310] Baalim [01168], which their fathers [01] taught [03925] them:imagination: or, stubbornness
Therefore thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Behold, I will feed [0398] them, even this people [05971], with wormwood [03939], and give them water [04325] of gall [07219] to drink [08248].
I will scatter [06327] them also among the heathen [01471], whom neither they nor their fathers [01] have known [03045]: and I will send [07971] a sword [02719] after [0310] them, till I have consumed [03615] them.
Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] of hosts [06635], Consider [0995] ye, and call [07121] for the mourning women [06969], that they may come [0935]; and send [07971] for cunning [02450] women, that they may come [0935]:
And let them make haste [04116], and take up [05375] a wailing [05092] for us, that our eyes [05869] may run down [03381] with tears [01832], and our eyelids [06079] gush out [05140] with waters [04325].
For a voice [06963] of wailing [05092] is heard [08085] out of Zion [06726], How are we spoiled [07703]! we are greatly [03966] confounded [0954], because we have forsaken [05800] the land [0776], because our dwellings [04908] have cast us out [07993].
Yet hear [08085] the word [01697] of the Lord [03068], O ye women [0802], and let your ear [0241] receive [03947] the word [01697] of his mouth [06310], and teach [03925] your daughters [01323] wailing [05092], and every one [0802] her neighbour [07468] lamentation [07015].
For death [04194] is come up [05927] into our windows [02474], and is entered [0935] into our palaces [0759], to cut off [03772] the children [05768] from without [02351], and the young men [0970] from the streets [07339].
Speak [01696], Thus saith [05002] the Lord [03068], Even the carcases [05038] of men [0120] shall fall [05307] as dung [01828] upon the open [06440] field [07704], and as the handful [05995] after [0310] the harvestman [07114], and none shall gather [0622] them.
Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068], Let not the wise [02450] man glory [01984] in his wisdom [02451], neither let the mighty [01368] man glory [01984] in his might [01369], let not the rich [06223] man glory [01984] in his riches [06239]:
But let him that glorieth [01984] glory [01984] in this, that he understandeth [07919] and knoweth [03045] me, that I am the Lord [03068] which exercise [06213] lovingkindness [02617], judgment [04941], and righteousness [06666], in the earth [0776]: for in these things I delight [02654], saith [05002] the Lord [03068].
Behold, the days [03117] come [0935], saith [05002] the Lord [03068], that I will punish [06485] all them which are circumcised [04135] with the uncircumcised [06190];punish: Heb. visit upon
Egypt [04714], and Judah [03063], and Edom [0123], and the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and Moab [04124], and all that are in the utmost [07112] corners [06285], that dwell [03427] in the wilderness [04057]: for all these nations [01471] are uncircumcised [06189], and all the house [01004] of Israel [03478] are uncircumcised [06189] in the heart [03820].in the utmost…: Heb. cut off into corners, or, having the corners of their hair polled