13 “Behold, he goes up like clouds,
And his chariots like the whirlwind;
His horses are swifter than eagles.
Woe to us, for we are ruined!”
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14 Wash your heart from evil, O Jerusalem,
That you may be saved.
How long will your wicked thoughts
Lodge within you?
15 For a voice declares from Dan,
And proclaims wickedness from Mount Ephraim.
16 “Report it to the nations, now!
Proclaim over Jerusalem,
‘Besiegers come from a far country,
And lift their voices against the cities of Judah.
17 ‘Like watchmen of a field they are against her round about,
Because she has rebelled against Me,’ declares the LORD.
18 “Your ways and your deeds
Havef Lit donebrought these things to you.
This is your evil. How bitter!
How it has touched your heart!”
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19 Myg Lit inward partssoul, myh Lit inward partssoul! I am in anguish!i Lit The walls of my heartOh, my heart!
My heart is pounding in me;
I cannot be silent,
Becausej Or I, my soul, heardyou have heard, O my soul,
The sound of the trumpet,
The alarm of war.
20 Disaster on disaster is proclaimed,
For the whole land is devastated;
Suddenly my tents are devastated,
My curtains in an instant.
21 How long must I see the standard
And hear the sound of the trumpet?
22 “For My people are foolish,
They know Me not;
They are stupid children
And have no understanding.
They are shrewd to do evil,
But to do good they do not know.”
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23 I looked on the earth, and behold, it wask Or a waste and emptiness 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 hillsl Lit moved lightlymoved to and fro.
25 I looked, and behold, there was no man,
And all the birds of the heavens had fled.
26 I looked, and behold,m Or Carmelthe fruitful land was a wilderness,
And all its cities were pulled down
Before the LORD, before His fierce anger.
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27 For thus says the LORD,
“The whole land shall be a desolation,
Yet I will not execute a complete destruction.
28 “For this the earth shall mourn
And the heavens above be dark,
Because I have spoken, I have purposed,
And I will notn Lit be sorrychange My mind, nor will I turn from it.”
29 At the sound of the horseman and bowman every city flees;
They go into the thickets and climb among the rocks;
Every city is forsaken,
And no man dwells in them.
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.
Youro Lit paramourslovers despise you;
They seek your life.
31 For I heard ap Lit soundcry as of a woman in labor,
The anguish as of one giving birth to her first child,
Theq Lit soundcry of the daughter of Zion gasping for breath,
Stretching out herr Lit palmshands, saying,
“Ah, woe is me, fors Lit my soul faintsI faint before murderers.” |
