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
!
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 be all adulterers
, an assembly
of treacherous men
.
And they bend their tongues
like their bow
for lies
: but they are not valiant
for the truth
upon the earth
; for they proceed
from evil
to evil
, and they know
not me, saith
the LORD
.
Take ye heed every one
of his neighbour
, and trust
ye not in any brother
: for every brother
will utterly
supplant
, and every neighbour
will walk
with slanders
.
And they will deceive every one
his neighbour
, and will not speak
the truth
: they have taught
their tongue
to speak
lies
, and weary
themselves to commit iniquity
.
Thine habitation is in the midst
of deceit
; through deceit
they refuse
to know
me, saith
the LORD
.
Therefore thus saith the LORD
of hosts
, Behold, I will melt
them, and try
them; for how shall I do
for
the daughter
of my people
?
Their tongue is as an arrow
shot out
; it speaketh
deceit
: one speaketh
peaceably
to his neighbour
with his mouth
, but in heart
he layeth
his wait
.
Shall I not visit them for these things ? saith
the LORD
: shall not my soul
be avenged
on such a nation
as this?
For the mountains will I take up
a weeping
and wailing
, and for the habitations
of the wilderness
a lamentation
, because they are burned up
, so that none
can pass
through them ; neither can men hear
the voice
of the cattle
; both the fowl
of the heavens
and the beast
are fled
; they are gone
.
And I will make Jerusalem
heaps
, and a den
of dragons
; and I will make
the cities
of Judah
desolate
, without an inhabitant
.
Who is the wise man
, that may understand
this? and who is he to whom the mouth
of the LORD
hath spoken
, that he may declare
it, for what the land
perisheth
and is burned up
like a wilderness
, that none passeth through
?
And the LORD saith
, Because they have forsaken
my law
which I set
before
them, and have not obeyed
my voice
, neither walked
therein;
But have walked after
the imagination
of their own heart
, and after
Baalim
, which their fathers
taught
them:
Therefore thus saith the LORD
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 also among the heathen
, whom neither they nor their fathers
have known
: and I will send
a sword
after
them, till I have consumed
them.
Thus saith the LORD
of hosts
, Consider
ye, and call
for the mourning women
, that they may come
; and send
for cunning
women , that they may come
:
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 a voice of wailing
is heard
out of Zion
, How are we spoiled
! we are greatly
confounded
, because we have forsaken
the land
, because our dwellings
have cast us out
.
Yet hear the word
of the LORD
, O ye women
, and let your ear
receive
the word
of his mouth
, and teach
your daughters
wailing
, and every one
her neighbour
lamentation
.
For death is come up
into our windows
, and is entered
into our palaces
, to cut off
the children
from without
, and the young men
from the streets
.
Speak, Thus saith
the LORD
, Even the carcases
of men
shall fall
as dung
upon the open
field
, and as the handful
after
the harvestman
, and none shall gather
them .
Thus saith the LORD
, 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 that glorieth glory
in this, that he understandeth
and knoweth
me, that I am the LORD
which exercise
lovingkindness
, judgment
, and righteousness
, in the earth
: for in these things I delight
, saith
the LORD
.
Behold, the days come
, saith
the LORD
, that I will punish
all them which are circumcised
with the uncircumcised
;
Egypt, and Judah
, and Edom
, and the children
of Ammon
, and Moab
, and all that are in the utmost
corners
, that dwell
in the wilderness
: for all these nations
are uncircumcised
, and all the house
of Israel
are uncircumcised
in the heart
.