The word of the LORD
came also unto me, saying
,
Thou shalt not take thee a wife
, neither shalt thou have sons
or daughters
in this place
.
For thus saith the LORD
concerning the sons
and concerning the daughters
that are born
in this place
, and concerning their mothers
that bare
them, and concerning their fathers
that begat
them in this land
;
They shall die of grievous
deaths
; they shall not be lamented
; neither shall they be buried
; but they shall be as dung
upon the face
of the earth
: and they shall be consumed
by the sword
, and by famine
; and their carcases
shall be meat
for the fowls
of heaven
, and for the beasts
of the earth
.
For thus saith the LORD
, Enter
not into the house
of mourning
, neither go
to lament
nor bemoan
them: for I have taken away
my peace
from this people
, saith
the LORD
, even lovingkindness
and mercies
.
Both the great and the small
shall die
in this land
: they shall not be buried
, neither shall men lament
for them, nor cut
themselves, nor make themselves bald
for them:
Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning
, to comfort
them for the dead
; neither shall men give them the cup
of consolation
to drink
for their father
or for their mother
.
Thou shalt not also go into the house
of feasting
, to sit
with them to eat
and to drink
.
For thus saith the LORD
of hosts
, the God
of Israel
; Behold, I will cause to cease
out of this place
in your eyes
, and in your days
, the voice
of mirth
, and the voice
of gladness
, the voice
of the bridegroom
, and the voice
of the bride
.
And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people
all these words
, and they shall say
unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD
pronounced
all this great
evil
against us? or what is our iniquity
? or what is our sin
that we have committed
against the LORD
our God
?
Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers
have forsaken
me, saith
the LORD
, and have walked
after
other
gods
, and have served
them, and have worshipped
them, and have forsaken
me, and have not kept
my law
;
And ye have done worse
than your fathers
; for, behold
, ye walk
every one
after
the imagination
of his evil
heart
, that they may not hearken
unto me:
Therefore will I cast you out of this land
into a land
that ye know
not, neither ye nor your fathers
; and there shall ye serve
other
gods
day
and night
; where I will not shew
you favour
.
Therefore, behold, the days come
, saith
the LORD
, that it shall no more be said
, The LORD
liveth
, that brought up
the children
of Israel
out of the land
of Egypt
;
But, The LORD liveth
, that brought up
the children
of Israel
from the land
of the north
, and from all the lands
whither he had driven
them: and I will bring them again
into their land
that I gave
unto their fathers
.
Behold, I will send for many
fishers
, saith
the LORD
, and they shall fish
them; and after
will I send
for many
hunters
, and they shall hunt
them from every mountain
, and from every hill
, and out of the holes
of the rocks
.
For mine eyes are upon all their ways
: they are not hid
from my face
, neither is their iniquity
hid
from
mine eyes
.
And first I will recompense
their iniquity
and their sin
double
; because they have defiled
my land
, they have filled
mine inheritance
with the carcases
of their detestable
and abominable things
.
O LORD, my strength
, and my fortress
, and my refuge
in the day
of affliction
, the Gentiles
shall come
unto thee from the ends
of the earth
, and shall say
, Surely our fathers
have inherited
lies
, vanity
, and things wherein there is no profit
.
Shall a man make
gods
unto himself, and they are no gods
?
Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know
, I will cause them to know
mine hand
and my might
; and they shall know
that my name
is The LORD
.