Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
Oh ,
that my head were a
spring
of
water
, and my
eyes a fountain of tears !
I would
weep day and night over
the slain daughter of my people .
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 !
If
only
I had a
traveler’s
lodge
in the wilderness ,
I would
abandon
my people and depart
from them ,
for they are
all adulterers, a
crowd
of faithless
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
.
“
They bend their tongues like bows;
lies prevail
over
truth in
the land.
For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do
not take
Me into
account
, ”
declares
the LORD.
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.
“Let
everyone
guard
against
his neighbor;
do
not
trust any brother ,
for every brother deals
craftily
, and every friend
spreads
slander
.
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
.
Each
one betrays
his friend;
no
one
tells
the truth .
They have taught their tongues
to lie;
they
wear
themselves out
committing
iniquity.
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.
You
dwell
in the midst of deception
; in
their
deceit they refuse to know Me, ”
declares
the LORD.
Thine
habitation
is
in the midst of deceit
; through
deceit they refuse to know me, saith
the LORD.
Therefore this
is
what
the LORD of Hosts says:
“
Behold, I will refine
them and test
them ,
for what
else
can
I do because
of
the daughter of My people?
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 tongues
are
deadly
arrows
; they
speak
deception.
With his mouth a
man
speaks
peace
to
his
neighbor
, but in his
heart he sets
a
trap
for
him
.
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
.
Should
I not punish
them for these things? declares
the LORD .
Should
I
not avenge
Myself
on such a nation as this? ”
Shall
I not visit
them for these things? saith
the LORD :
shall
not my
soul
be
avenged
on such a nation as this?
I
will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains,
a
dirge
over
the wilderness pasture
, for
they have
been
scorched
so no
one
passes
through ,
and
the lowing
of cattle is
not
heard.
Both the birds
of the air
and the beasts
have
fled; they have
gone away
.
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 a
heap
of
rubble
, a haunt
for
jackals
; and I will make the cities of Judah a
desolation
, without inhabitant. ”
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 man
wise enough
to
understand this? To whom has
the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain
it ?
Why
is
the land destroyed
and scorched
like a desert
, so
no
one
can
pass
through it
?
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 answered
, “It
is
because they have forsaken My law ,
which I set before them ;
they
have not walked
in
it
or
obeyed My voice .
And the LORD saith
, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them ,
and
have not obeyed my voice ,
neither
walked
therein;
Instead,
they
have followed
the stubbornness
of their hearts
and gone
after the
Baals
, as
their fathers taught them .”
But
have walked
after
the imagination
of their own
heart,
and after Baalim
, which
their fathers taught them :
Therefore this
is
what
the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel ,
says:
“
Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned
water to drink.
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 among the nations
that
neither they nor their fathers have known ,
and I will send a sword after them until
I have finished
them off
. ”
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.
This
is
what
the LORD of Hosts says:
“Take
note
, and summon
the wailing
women; send for the
most
skillful
among
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:
Let them come
quickly
and take up a lament
over
us, that our eyes may overflow
with tears, and our eyelids may
gush with water
.
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 the
sound
of wailing is heard from
Zion :
‘
How devastated
we
are !
How
great
is
our
shame
! For
we have abandoned
the land because our dwellings have been
torn
down
. ’”
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
.
Now,
O
women,
hear the word of the LORD .
Open
your ears
to
the word of His mouth .
Teach your daughters to
wail
, and one another
to
lament
.
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 has
climbed
in
through
our windows ;
it
has
entered our fortresses
to cut off the children from the
streets
, the young men from the town
squares
.
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
.
Declare
that
this
is
what
the LORD says:
“
The corpses
of men will
fall like
dung upon the open field, like
newly
cut
grain
behind
the reaper
, with
no
one
to
gather it
. ”
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
.
This
is
what
the LORD says:
“
Let not the wise man boast
in his wisdom, nor
the strong
man in his strength
, nor
the wealthy
man in his riches .
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 who
boasts
boast
in this, that he understands
and knows
Me, that I am the LORD, who
exercises
loving
devotion
, justice
and righteousness on
the earth —
for I
delight
in these things, ”
declares
the LORD.
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 are
coming
, ”
declares
the LORD, “when
I will punish all who
are circumcised yet
uncircumcised :
Behold, the days come
, saith
the LORD, that
I will punish all them
which
are circumcised with
the
uncircumcised ;
Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the
inhabitants
of
the desert
who
clip
the hair
of
their
temples.
For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole
house of Israel is
uncircumcised in heart. ”
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.
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