Verse
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Berean Standard Bible
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“
If you
will
return, O Israel, return
to
Me,”
declares
the LORD .
“
If you
will
remove
your
detestable
idols
from
My sight and
no
longer
waver
,
If thou
wilt
return, O Israel, saith
the LORD ,
return
unto
me:
and
if thou
wilt
put
away
thine
abominations
out
of
my sight, then
shalt
thou
not
remove.
and if
you
can
swear, ‘As
surely
as
the LORD lives
, ’
in truth, in justice
, and in righteousness ,
then
the nations will
be
blessed
by
Him, and in Him they will
glory. ”
And thou
shalt
swear, The LORD liveth
, in truth, in judgment
, and in righteousness ;
and
the nations shall
bless
themselves
in
him, and in him shall
they glory.
For this
is
what
the LORD says
to the men of Judah and Jerusalem :
“
Break up your unplowed
ground, and do
not
sow among the
thorns.
For thus
saith
the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem ,
Break up your fallow
ground, and sow not
among thorns.
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove
the foreskins of your hearts
, O
men of Judah and people
of Jerusalem .
Otherwise,
My wrath
will
break
out
like fire and burn with
no
one
to
extinguish
it, because of your
evil deeds
. ”
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take
away
the foreskins of your heart
, ye
men of Judah and inhabitants
of Jerusalem :
lest
my fury
come
forth
like fire ,
and burn that
none
can
quench
it, because of the
evil of
your
doings
.
Announce
in Judah, proclaim
in Jerusalem ,
and say :
“
Blow the ram’s
horn
throughout
the land .
Cry aloud
and say, ‘
Assemble yourselves and let us flee
to
the fortified
cities. ’
Declare
ye
in Judah, and
publish
in Jerusalem ;
and say ,
Blow ye
the trumpet
in
the land :
cry ,
gather
together,
and say, Assemble yourselves ,
and let us go
into
the defenced
cities.
Raise
a
signal
flag
toward Zion .
Seek
refuge!
Do
not delay!
For I am
bringing
disaster
from the north, and terrible
destruction.
Set
up
the
standard
toward Zion :
retire,
stay
not :
for I will
bring
evil
from the north, and a
great
destruction.
A
lion has
gone
up from his thicket, and a
destroyer of nations
has
set
out.
He has
left
his lair
to lay
waste
your
land .
Your
cities will
be reduced
to
ruins
and
lie
uninhabited
.
The
lion is
come
up from his thicket, and the
destroyer of the
Gentiles
is
on
his
way;
he is
gone
forth
from
his place
to make
thy
land desolate;
and
thy
cities shall
be laid
waste,
without
an
inhabitant
.
So
put
on
sackcloth, mourn
and wail,
for the fierce anger of the LORD has
not turned away
from us. ”
For
this
gird
you
with
sackcloth, lament
and howl:
for the fierce anger of the LORD is
not turned back
from us.
“In
that day, ”
declares
the LORD, “
the king and officials
will
lose
their
courage.
The priests will
tremble
in
fear
, and the prophets will
be
astounded
. ”
And
it
shall
come
to
pass
at
that day, saith
the LORD, that
the heart
of
the
king shall
perish,
and the heart
of
the
princes;
and
the
priests shall
be
astonished
, and the prophets shall
wonder
.
Then I
said, “
Ah, Lord GOD ,
how
completely
You
have
deceived this people and Jerusalem by
saying, ‘You
will
have peace ,’
while
a
sword is
at
our
throats
. ”
Then said I
, Ah, Lord GOD !
surely
thou
hast
greatly
deceived this people and Jerusalem ,
saying, Ye
shall
have peace ;
whereas
the
sword reacheth
unto
the
soul
.
At that time it will
be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “
A searing
wind from
the barren
heights
in the desert
blows
toward the daughter of My people, but
not to winnow
or
to sift;
At that time shall
it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry
wind of
the high
places
in the wilderness
toward the daughter of my people, not to fan,
nor
to cleanse,
a wind too
strong
for
that
comes
from Me .
Now I
also pronounce
judgments
against them. ”
Even
a full
wind from those
places
shall
come
unto
me :
now also will
I
give
sentence
against them.
Behold, he advances
like
the
clouds, his chariots like
the
whirlwind .
His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to
us ,
for we are ruined!
Behold, he shall
come
up
as
clouds, and
his chariots shall
be
as
a
whirlwind :
his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto
us !
for we are spoiled.
Wash
the
evil
from
your
heart,
O Jerusalem, so
that you
may
be saved. How long will
you
harbor
wicked
thoughts within you
?
O Jerusalem, wash
thine
heart
from
wickedness,
that thou
mayest
be saved. How long shall
thy
vain
thoughts lodge
within thee
?
For a voice resounds
from Dan, proclaiming
disaster
from the
hills
of
Ephraim.
For a voice declareth
from Dan, and
publisheth
affliction
from mount
Ephraim.
Warn
the nations now!
Proclaim
to
Jerusalem :
“A
besieging
army
comes
from a distant
land;
they
raise
their voices
against the cities of Judah.
Make
ye
mention
to
the nations ;
behold,
publish
against
Jerusalem ,
that
watchers
come
from a far
country,
and
give
out
their voice
against the cities of Judah.
They
surround
her
like
men
guarding
a field, because she has
rebelled
against Me, ”
declares
the LORD.
As
keepers
of
a field, are
they
against
her
round
about;
because she hath
been
rebellious
against me, saith
the LORD.
“Your
ways
and deeds
have brought
this
upon
you.
This is your
punishment;
how
bitter
it is, because it pierces
to
the
heart !”
Thy
way
and thy
doings
have procured
these
things
unto
thee;
this is thy
wickedness,
because
it is bitter
, because it reacheth
unto
thine
heart .
My anguish
, my anguish
! I writhe
in
pain!
Oh,
the
pain
in
my chest!
My heart pounds
within
me; I cannot be
silent.
For
I
have
heard the sound of the horn
, the alarm of battle
.
My bowels
, my bowels
! I am
pained
at
my very
heart;
my heart maketh
a
noise
in
me; I cannot hold
my
peace,
because
thou
hast
heard ,
O
my
soul,
the sound of the trumpet
, the alarm of war
.
Disaster
after
disaster
is proclaimed,
for the whole land is laid
waste.
My tents are
destroyed
in
an
instant
, my curtains in a moment.
Destruction
upon
destruction
is cried;
for the whole land is spoiled:
suddenly
are
my tents spoiled
, and
my curtains in a moment.
How long must
I see the signal
flag
and hear the sound of the horn
?
How long shall
I see the standard,
and hear the sound of the trumpet
?
“
For My people are
fools;
they have not known Me .
They are foolish
children, without
understanding .
They are skilled
in
doing
evil, but they
know
not
how
to do good. ”
For my people is
foolish,
they have not known me ;
they are sottish
children, and
they
have
none
understanding :
they are wise
to
do
evil, but to do good they
have
no
knowledge
.
I looked
at
the earth, and it was formless
and void; I
looked
to
the heavens, and they had no light.
I beheld
the earth, and ,
lo,
it was without
form,
and void; and
the heavens, and they had no light.
I looked
at
the mountains, and behold
, they were
quaking;
all the hills were
swaying
.
I beheld
the mountains, and, lo,
they trembled,
and
all the hills moved
lightly
.
I looked
, and no man was
left;
all the birds of the air
had
fled.
I beheld
, and ,
lo,
there
was
no man ,
and
all the birds of the heavens
were
fled.
I looked
, and the fruitful land
was a desert.
All its
cities were torn
down before
the LORD, before
His fierce anger.
I beheld
, and ,
lo,
the fruitful place
was a wilderness,
and
all the
cities thereof
were broken
down at
the presence
of
the
LORD, and
by
his fierce anger.
For this
is
what
the LORD says:
“
The whole land will
be desolate ,
but
I
will not finish
its
destruction
.
For thus
hath
the LORD said,
The whole land shall
be desolate ;
yet
will I
not make
a
full
end
.
Therefore
the earth will
mourn and the heavens above will
grow
dark.
I have spoken, I have planned
, and I
will not relent
or
turn back. ”
For
this
shall
the earth mourn ,
and the heavens above be
black;
because
I have spoken it
, I have purposed
it
, and will not repent,
neither
will
I
turn back from
it
.
Every
city flees
at
the sound
of the horseman
and archer.
They enter
the
thickets and climb among
the rocks .
Every city is
abandoned;
no
inhabitant
is
left
.
The
whole
city shall
flee
for
the noise
of the horsemen
and bowmen;
they shall
go
into
thickets ,
and climb up
upon
the rocks :
every city shall
be
forsaken,
and
not
a
man
dwell
therein
.
And you,
O
devastated
one
, what will
you
do ,
though you
dress
yourself
in
scarlet
, though you
adorn
yourself
with gold jewelry
, though you
enlarge
your
eyes
with paint?
You
adorn
yourself
in vain; your
lovers despise you;
they want
to
take
your
life.
And when
thou
art
spoiled
, what wilt
thou
do ?
Though thou
clothest
thyself
with
crimson
, though thou
deckest
thee
with ornaments
of
gold, though thou
rentest
thy
face
with painting,
in vain shalt
thou
make
thyself
fair
; thy
lovers will
despise thee,
they will
seek
thy
life.
For I hear
a cry
like
a woman in labor
, a
cry
of
anguish like
one
bearing
her first child —
the cry
of the Daughter of Zion gasping
for
breath
, stretching
out
her hands to
say
, “
Woe is me ,
for my soul faints
before
the
murderers !”
For I have
heard
a voice
as
of
a woman in travail
, and
the
anguish as
of
her that
bringeth
forth
her
first child ,
the voice
of the daughter of Zion, that
bewaileth
herself,
that
spreadeth
her hands, saying,
Woe is me now!
for my soul is
wearied
because
of
murderers .
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