1 Now the word of the LORD came to me saying, 2 “Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD,“I remember concerning you theadevotion of your youth, The love of your betrothals, Your following after Me in the wilderness, Through a land not sown. |
4 Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel. 5 Thus says the LORD,“What injustice did your fathers find in Me, That they went far from Me And walked after emptiness and became empty? 6“They did not say, ‘Where is the LORD Who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, Who led us through the wilderness, Through a land of deserts and of pits, Through a land of drought and ofbdeep darkness, Through a land that no one crossed And where no man dwelt?’ 7“I brought you into the fruitful land To eat its fruit and its good things. But you came and defiled My land, And My inheritance you made an abomination. 8“The priests did not say, ‘Where is the LORD?’ And those who handle the law did not know Me; Thecrulers also transgressed against Me, And the prophets prophesied by Baal And walked after things that did not profit. |
9 10 “For cross to the coastlands ofdKittim and see, And send to Kedar and observe closely And see if there has been such a thing as this! 11 |
15 “The young lions have roared at him, They haveeroared loudly. And they have made his land a waste; His cities have been destroyed, without inhabitant. 17 18 19 “Your own wickedness will correct you, And your apostasies will reprove you; Know therefore and see that it is evil and bitter For you to forsake the LORD your God, And the dread of Me is not in you,” declares the LordjGOD of hosts. |
20 “For long agokI broke your yoke And tore off your bonds; But you said, ‘I will not serve!’ For on every high hill And under every green tree You have lain down as a harlot. 21 22 23 24 A wild donkey accustomed to the wilderness, That sniffs the wind in her passion. In the time of hernheat who can turn her away? All who seek her will not become weary; In her month they will find her. 25 “Keep your feet from being unshod And your throat from thirst; But you said, ‘It isohopeless! No! For I have loved strangers, And after them I will walk.’ |
26 27 Who say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ And to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ For they have turned their back to Me, And not their face; But in the time of theirptrouble they will say, ‘Arise and save us.’ 28 “But where are your gods Which you made for yourself? Let them arise, if they can save you In the time of yourqtrouble; For according to the number of your cities Are your gods, O Judah. |
30 31 32 33 “How well you prepare your way To seek love! Therefore evenrthe wicked women You have taught your ways. 34 35 36 |
1 2 3 4 “Have you not just now called to Me, ‘My Father, You are thedfriend of my youth? |
6 Then the LORD said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen what faithless Israel did? She went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and she was a harlot there. 7 Igthought, ‘After she has done all these things she will return to Me’; but she did not return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it. 8 And I saw that for all the adulteries of faithless Israel, I had sent her away and given her a writ of divorce, yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear; but she went and was a harlot also. 9 Because of the lightness of her harlotry, she polluted the land and committed adultery with stones and trees. 10 Yet in spite of all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but rather in deception,” declares the LORD. |
11 And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has proved herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. 12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north and say,‘Return, faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD; ‘I will nothlook upon you in anger. For I am gracious,’ declares the LORD; ‘I will not be angry forever. |
15 “Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you on knowledge and understanding. 16 It shall be in those days when you are multiplied and increased in the land,” declares the LORD, “they will no longer say, ‘The ark of the covenant of the LORD.’ And it will not come to mind, nor will they remember it, nor will they miss it, nor will it be made again. 17 At that time they will call Jerusalem ‘The Throne of the LORD,’ and all the nations will be gathered to it, to Jerusalem, for the name of the LORD; nor will they walk anymore after the stubbornness of their evil heart. 18 In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north to the land that I gave your fathers as an inheritance. |
19 “Then I said,‘How I would set you amongkMy sons And give you a pleasant land, The most beautiful inheritance of the nations!’ And I said, ‘You shall call Me, My Father, And not turn away from following Me.’ 20“Surely, as a woman treacherously departs from herllover, So you have dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. |
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24 “But the shameful thing has consumed the labor of our fathers since our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. 25 Let us lie down in our shame, and let our humiliation cover us; for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. And we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.” |
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3 For thus says the LORD to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem,“aBreak up your fallow ground, And do not sow among thorns. |
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11 In that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A scorching wind from the bare heights in the wilderness in the direction of the daughter of My people—not to winnow and not to cleanse, 12 a wind too strong fordthis—will comeeat My command; now I will also pronounce judgments against them. |
14 16 17 18 “Your ways and your deeds Havefbrought these things to you. This is your evil. How bitter! How it has touched your heart!” |
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23 I looked on the earth, and behold, it wask formless and void; And to the heavens, and they had no light. 24 I looked on the mountains, and behold, they were quaking, And all the hillslmoved to and fro. 26 I looked, and behold,mthe fruitful land was a wilderness, And all its cities were pulled down Before the LORD, before His fierce anger. |
27 28 “For this the earth shall mourn And the heavens above be dark, Because I have spoken, I have purposed, And I will notnchange My mind, nor will I turn from it.” 29 30 And you, O desolate one, what will you do? Although you dress in scarlet, Although you decorate yourself with ornaments of gold, Although you enlarge your eyes with paint, In vain you make yourself beautiful. Yourolovers despise you; They seek your life. |
1 “Roam to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, And look now and take note. And seek in her open squares, If you can find a man, If there is one who does justice, who seeksatruth, Then I will pardon her. |
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7 9 “Shall I not punishdthese people,” declares the LORD, “And on a nation such as this Shall I not avenge Myself? |
10 11 12 They have lied about the LORD And said, “eNot He; Misfortune will not come on us, And we will not see sword or famine. |
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18 “Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not make you a complete destruction. 19 It shall come about whenfthey say, ‘Why has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ then you shall say to them, ‘As you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so you will serve strangers in a land that is not yours.’ |
21 ‘Now hear this, O foolish andgsenseless people, Who have eyes but do not see; Who have ears but do not hear. 22 24 26 ‘For wicked men are found among My people, They watch like fowlershlying in wait; They set a trap, They catch men. 27 28 29 ‘Shall I not punishlthese people?’ declares the LORD, ‘On a nation such as this Shall I not avenge Myself?’ |
31 The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rulemon their own authority; And My people love it so! But what will you do at the end of it? |
1 “Flee for safety, O sons of Benjamin, From the midst of Jerusalem! Now blow a trumpet in Tekoa And raise a signal overaBeth-haccerem; For evil looks down from the north, And a great destruction. 3 4 |
6 For thus says the LORD of hosts,“Cut down her trees And cast up a siege against Jerusalem. This is the city to be punished, In whose midst there is only oppression. 7“As a wellhkeeps its waters fresh, So sheikeeps fresh her wickedness. Violence and destruction are heard in her; Sickness and wounds are ever before Me. 8“Be warned, O Jerusalem, OrjI shall be alienated from you, And make you a desolation, A land not inhabited.” |
9 10 To whom shall I speak and give warning That they may hear? Behold, their ears arekclosed And they cannot listen. Behold, the word of the LORD has become a reproach to them; They have no delight in it. 11 12 13 “For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, Everyone is greedy for gain, And from the prophet even to the priest Everyonendeals falsely. 14 |
16 17 19 “Hear, O earth: behold, I am bringing disaster on this people, The fruit of theiroplans, Because they have not listened to My words, And as for My law, they have rejected it also. 20 “For what purpose does frankincense come to Me from Sheba And thepsweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable And your sacrifices are not pleasing to Me.” |
21 Therefore, thus says the LORD,“Behold, I amqlaying stumbling blocks before this people. And they will stumble against them, Fathers and sons together; Neighbor andrfriend will perish.” 22 Thus says the LORD,“Behold, a people is coming from the north land, And a great nation will be aroused from the remote parts of the earth. 23“They seize bow and spear; They are cruel and have no mercy; Their voice roars like the sea, And they ride on horses, Arrayed as a man for the battle Against you, O daughter of Zion!” 24We have heard the report of it; Our hands are limp. Anguish has seized us, Pain as of a woman in childbirth. 25Do not go out into the field And do not walk on the road, For the enemy has a sword, Terror is on every side. 26O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth 27 “I have made you an assayer and a tester among My people,That you may know and assay their way.”And roll in ashes; sMourn as for an only son, A lamentation most bitter. For suddenly the destroyer Will come upon us. 28All of them are stubbornly rebellious, Going about as a talebearer. They are bronze and iron; They, all of them, are corrupt. 29The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed by the fire; In vain the refining goes on, But the wicked are nottseparated. |
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