Then said the LORD
unto me, Though Moses
and Samuel
stood
before
me, yet my mind
could not be toward this people
: cast them out
of my sight
, and let them go forth
.
And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth
? then thou shalt tell
them, Thus saith
the LORD
; Such as are for death
, to death
; and such as are for the sword
, to the sword
; and such as are for the famine
, to the famine
; and such as are for the captivity
, to the captivity
.
And I will appoint over them four
kinds
, saith
the LORD
: the sword
to slay
, and the dogs
to tear
, and the fowls
of the heaven
, and the beasts
of the earth
, to devour
and destroy
.
And I will cause them to be removed
into all kingdoms
of the earth
, because
of Manasseh
the son
of Hezekiah
king
of Judah
, for that which he did
in Jerusalem
.
For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem
? or who shall bemoan
thee? or who shall go aside
to ask
how thou doest
?
Thou hast forsaken me, saith
the LORD
, thou art gone
backward
: therefore will I stretch out
my hand
against thee, and destroy
thee; I am weary
with repenting
.
And I will fan them with a fan
in the gates
of the land
; I will bereave
them of children, I will destroy
my people
, since they return
not from their ways
.
Their widows are increased
to me above the sand
of the seas
: I have brought
upon them against the mother
of the young men
a spoiler
at noonday
: I have caused him to fall
upon it suddenly
, and terrors
upon the city
.
She that hath borne seven
languisheth
: she hath given up
the ghost
; her sun
is gone
down while it was yet day
: she hath been ashamed
and confounded
: and the residue
of them will I deliver
to the sword
before
their enemies
, saith
the LORD
.
Woe is me, my mother
, that thou hast borne
me a man
of strife
and a man
of contention
to the whole earth
! I have neither lent on usury
, nor men have lent to me on usury
; yet every one of them doth curse
me.
The LORD said
, Verily
it shall be well
with thy remnant
; verily
I will cause the enemy
to entreat
thee well in the time
of evil
and in the time
of affliction
.
Shall iron break
the northern
iron
and the steel
?
Thy substance and thy treasures
will I give
to the spoil
without price
, and that for all thy sins
, even in all thy borders
.
And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies
into a land
which thou knowest
not: for a fire
is kindled
in mine anger
, which shall burn
upon you.
O LORD, thou knowest
: remember
me, and visit
me, and revenge
me of my persecutors
; take me not away
in thy longsuffering
: know
that for thy sake I have suffered
rebuke
.
Thy words were found
, and I did eat
them; and thy word
was unto me the joy
and rejoicing
of mine heart
: for I am called
by thy name
, O LORD
God
of hosts
.
I sat not in the assembly
of the mockers
, nor rejoiced
; I sat
alone
because
of thy hand
: for thou hast filled
me with indignation
.
Why is my pain perpetual
, and my wound
incurable
, which refuseth
to be healed
? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar
, and as waters
that fail
?
Therefore thus saith the LORD
, If thou return
, then will I bring thee again
, and thou shalt stand
before
me: and if thou take forth
the precious
from the vile
, thou shalt be as my mouth
: let them return
unto thee; but return
not thou unto them.
And I will make thee unto this people
a fenced
brasen
wall
: and they shall fight
against thee, but they shall not prevail
against thee: for I am with thee to save
thee and to deliver
thee, saith
the LORD
.
And I will deliver thee out of the hand
of the wicked
, and I will redeem
thee out of the hand
of the terrible
.