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1 # Oh that <05414> (8799) my head <07218> were waters <04325>, and mine eyes <05869> a fountain <04726> of tears <01832>, that I might weep <01058> (8799) day <03119> and night <03915> for the slain <02491> of the daughter <01323> of my people <05971>!
2 Oh that <05414> (8799) I had in the wilderness <04057> a lodging place <04411> of wayfaring men <0732> (8802); that I might leave <05800> (8799) my people <05971>, and go <03212> (8799) from them! for they be all adulterers <05003> (8764), an assembly <06116> of treacherous men <0898> (8802).
3 And they bend <01869> (8686) their tongues <03956> like their bow <07198> for lies <08267>: but they are not valiant <01396> (8804) for the truth <0530> upon the earth <0776>; for they proceed <03318> (8804) from evil <07451> to evil <07451>, and they know <03045> (8804) not me, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>.
4 Take ye heed <08104> (8734) every one <0376> of his neighbour <07453>, and trust <0982> (8799) ye not in any brother <0251>: for every brother <0251> will utterly <06117> (8800) supplant <06117> (8799), and every neighbour <07453> will walk <01980> (8799) with slanders <07400>.
5 And they will deceive <02048> (8762) every one <0376> his neighbour <07453>, and will not speak <01696> (8762) the truth <0571>: they have taught <03925> (8765) their tongue <03956> to speak <01696> (8763) lies <08267> , and weary <03811> (8738) themselves to commit iniquity <05753> (8687).
6 Thine habitation <03427> (8800) is in the midst <08432> of deceit <04820>; through deceit <04820> they refuse <03985> (8765) to know <03045> (8800) me, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>.
7 Therefore thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, Behold, I will melt <06884> (8802) them, and try <0974> (8804) them; for how shall I do <06213> (8799) for <06440> the daughter <01323> of my people <05971>?
8 Their tongue <03956> is as an arrow <02671> shot out <07819> (8803); it speaketh <01696> (8765) deceit <04820>: one speaketh <01696> (8762) peaceably <07965> to his neighbour <07453> with his mouth <06310>, but in heart <07130> he layeth <07760> (8799) his wait <0696>.
9 Shall I not visit <06485> (8799) them for these things? saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>: shall not my soul <05315> be avenged <05358> (8691) on such a nation <01471> as this?
10 For the mountains <02022> will I take up <05375> (8799) a weeping <01065> and wailing <05092>, and for the habitations <04999> of the wilderness <04057> a lamentation <07015>, because they are burned up <03341> (8738), so that none <0376> can pass <05674> (8802) through them; neither can men hear <08085> (8804) the voice <06963> of the cattle <04735> ; both the fowl <05775> of the heavens <08064> and the beast <0929> are fled <05074> (8804); they are gone <01980> (8804).
11 And I will make <05414> (8804) Jerusalem <03389> heaps <01530>, and a den <04583> of dragons <08577> ; and I will make <05414> (8799) the cities <05892> of Judah <03063> desolate <08077>, without an inhabitant <03427> (8802).
12 # Who is the wise <02450> man <0376>, that may understand <0995> (8799) this? and who is he to whom the mouth <06310> of the LORD <03068> hath spoken <01696> (8765), that he may declare <05046> (8686) it, for what the land <0776> perisheth <06> (8804) and is burned up <03341> (8738) like a wilderness <04057>, that none passeth through <05674> (8802)?
13 And the LORD <03068> saith <0559> (8799), Because they have forsaken <05800> (8800) my law <08451> which I set <05414> (8804) before <06440> them, and have not obeyed <08085> (8804) my voice <06963>, neither walked <01980> (8804) therein;
14 But have walked <03212> (8799) after <0310> the imagination <08307> of their own heart <03820>, and after <0310> Baalim <01168>, which their fathers <01> taught <03925> (8765) them:
15 Therefore thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478> ; Behold, I will feed <0398> (8688) them, even this people <05971>, with wormwood <03939>, and give them water <04325> of gall <07219> to drink <08248> (8689).
16 I will scatter <06327> (8689) them also among the heathen <01471>, whom neither they nor their fathers <01> have known <03045> (8804): and I will send <07971> (8765) a sword <02719> after <0310> them, till I have consumed <03615> (8763) them.
17 Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, Consider <0995> (8708) ye, and call <07121> (8798) for the mourning women <06969> (8789), that they may come <0935> (8799); and send <07971> (8798) for cunning <02450> women, that they may come <0935> (8799):
18 And let them make haste <04116> (8762), and take up <05375> (8799) a wailing <05092> for us, that our eyes <05869> may run down <03381> (8799) with tears <01832>, and our eyelids <06079> gush out <05140> (8799) with waters <04325>.
19 For a voice <06963> of wailing <05092> is heard <08085> (8738) out of Zion <06726>, How are we spoiled <07703> (8795)! we are greatly <03966> confounded <0954> (8804), because we have forsaken <05800> (8804) the land <0776>, because our dwellings <04908> have cast us out <07993> (8689).
20 Yet hear <08085> (8798) the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, O ye women <0802>, and let your ear <0241> receive <03947> (8799) the word <01697> of his mouth <06310>, and teach <03925> (8761) your daughters <01323> wailing <05092>, and every one <0802> her neighbour <07468> lamentation <07015>.
21 For death <04194> is come up <05927> (8804) into our windows <02474>, and is entered <0935> (8804) into our palaces <0759>, to cut off <03772> (8687) the children <05768> from without <02351>, and the young men <0970> from the streets <07339>.
22 Speak <01696> (8761), Thus saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>, Even the carcases <05038> of men <0120> shall fall <05307> (8804) as dung <01828> upon the open <06440> field <07704>, and as the handful <05995> after <0310> the harvestman <07114> (8802), and none shall gather <0622> (8764) them.
23 # Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>, Let not the wise <02450> man glory <01984> (8691) in his wisdom <02451>, neither let the mighty <01368> man glory <01984> (8691) in his might <01369>, let not the rich <06223> man glory <01984> (8691) in his riches <06239>:
24 But let him that glorieth <01984> (8693) glory <01984> (8691) in this, that he understandeth <07919> (8687) and knoweth <03045> (8800) me, that I am the LORD <03068> which exercise <06213> (8802) lovingkindness <02617> , judgment <04941>, and righteousness <06666>, in the earth <0776>: for in these things I delight <02654> (8804), saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>.
25 Behold, the days <03117> come <0935> (8802), saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>, that I will punish <06485> (8804) all them which are circumcised <04135> (8803) with the uncircumcised <06190>;
26 Egypt <04714>, and Judah <03063>, and Edom <0123>, and the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>, and Moab <04124>, and all that are in the utmost <07112> (8803) corners <06285>, that dwell <03427> (8802) in the wilderness <04057> : for all these nations <01471> are uncircumcised <06189>, and all the house <01004> of Israel <03478> are uncircumcised <06189> in the heart <03820>.