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1. 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!
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1. Oh that H4310 my head H7218 were H5414 waters H4325 , and mine eyes H5869 a fountain H4726 of tears H1832 , that I might weep H1058 day H3119 and night H3915 for H5921 the slain H2491 of the daughter H1323 of my people H5971 !
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2. 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.
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2. Oh that I had H4310 H5414 in the wilderness H4057 a lodging place H4411 of wayfaring men H732 ; that I might leave H5800 H853 my people H5971 , and go H1980 from H4480 H854 them! for H3588 they be all H3605 adulterers H5003 , an assembly H6116 of treacherous men H898 .
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3. 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.
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3. And they bend H1869 H853 their tongues H3956 like their bow H7198 for lies H8267 : but they are not H3808 valiant H1396 for the truth H530 upon the earth H776 ; for H3588 they proceed H3318 from evil H4480 H7451 to H413 evil H7451 , and they know H3045 not H3808 me, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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4. 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.
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4. Take ye heed H8104 every one H376 of his neighbor H4480 H7453 , and trust H982 ye not H408 in H5921 any H3605 brother H251 : for H3588 every H3605 brother H251 will utterly supplant H6117 H6117 , and every H3605 neighbor H7453 will walk H1980 with slanders H7400 .
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5. 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.
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5. And they will deceive H2048 every one H376 his neighbor H7453 , and will not H3808 speak H1696 the truth H571 : they have taught H3925 their tongue H3956 to speak H1696 lies H8267 , and weary themselves H3811 to commit iniquity H5753 .
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6. Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
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6. Thine habitation H3427 is in the midst H8432 of deceit H4820 ; through deceit H4820 they refuse H3985 to know H3045 me, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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7. 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?
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7. Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , Behold H2009 , I will melt H6884 them , and try H974 them; for H3588 how H349 shall I do H6213 for H4480 H6440 the daughter H1323 of my people H5971 ?
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8. 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.
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8. Their tongue H3956 is as an arrow H2671 shot out H7819 ; it speaketh H1696 deceit H4820 : one speaketh H1696 peaceably H7965 to H854 his neighbor H7453 with his mouth H6310 , but in heart H7130 he layeth H7760 his wait H696 .
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9. Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
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9. Shall I not H3808 visit H6485 them for H5921 these H428 things ? saith H5002 the LORD H3068 : shall not H3808 my soul H5315 be avenged H5358 on such H834 a nation H1471 as this H2088 ?
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10. 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.
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10. For H5921 the mountains H2022 will I take up H5375 a weeping H1065 and wailing H5092 , and for H5921 the habitations H4999 of the wilderness H4057 a lamentation H7015 , because H3588 they are burned up H3341 , so that none H4480 H1097 H376 can pass through H5674 them ; neither H3808 can men hear H8085 the voice H6963 of the cattle H4735 ; both the fowl H4480 H5775 of the heavens H8064 and the beast H929 are fled H5074 ; they are gone H1980 .
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11. And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
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11. And I will make H5414 H853 Jerusalem H3389 heaps H1530 , and a den H4583 of dragons H8577 ; and I will make H5414 the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 desolate H8077 , without H4480 H1097 an inhabitant H3427 .
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12. 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?
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12. Who H4310 is the wise H2450 man H376 , that may understand H995 H853 this H2063 ? and who is he to H413 whom the mouth H6310 of the LORD H3068 hath spoken H1696 , that he may declare H5046 it, for H5921 what H4100 the land H776 perisheth H6 and is burned up H3341 like a wilderness H4057 , that none H4480 H1097 passeth through H5674 ?
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13. And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;
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13. And the LORD H3068 saith H559 , Because H5921 they have forsaken H5800 H853 my law H8451 which H834 I set H5414 before H6440 them , and have not H3808 obeyed H8085 my voice H6963 , neither H3808 walked H1980 therein;
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14. But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:
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14. But have walked H1980 after H310 the imagination H8307 of their own heart H3820 , and after H310 Baalim H1168 , which H834 their fathers H1 taught H3925 them:
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15. 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.
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15. Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , the God H430 of Israel H3478 ; Behold H2009 , I will feed H398 them, even H853 this H2088 people H5971 , with wormwood H3939 , and give them water H4325 of gall H7219 to drink H8248 .
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16. 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.
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16. I will scatter H6327 them also among the heathen H1471 , whom H834 neither H3808 they H1992 nor their fathers H1 have known H3045 : and I will send H7971 H853 a sword H2719 after H310 them, till H5704 I have consumed H3615 them.
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17. 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:
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17. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , Consider H995 ye , and call H7121 for the mourning women H6969 , that they may come H935 ; and send H7971 for H413 cunning H2450 women , that they may come H935 :
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18. 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.
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18. And let them make haste H4116 , and take up H5375 a wailing H5092 for H5921 us , that our eyes H5869 may run down H3381 with tears H1832 , and our eyelids H6079 gush out H5140 with waters H4325 .
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19. 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.
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19. For H3588 a voice H6963 of wailing H5092 is heard H8085 out of Zion H4480 H6726 , How H349 are we spoiled H7703 ! we are greatly H3966 confounded H954 , because H3588 we have forsaken H5800 the land H776 , because H3588 our dwellings H4908 have cast us out H7993 .
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20. 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.
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20. Yet H3588 hear H8085 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 , O ye women H802 , and let your ear H241 receive H3947 the word H1697 of his mouth H6310 , and teach H3925 your daughters H1323 wailing H5092 , and every one H802 her neighbor H7468 lamentation H7015 .
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21. 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.
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21. For H3588 death H4194 is come up H5927 into our windows H2474 , and is entered H935 into our palaces H759 , to cut off H3772 the children H5768 from without H4480 H2351 , and the young men H970 from the streets H4480 H7339 .
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22. 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.
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22. Speak H1696 , Thus H3541 saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , Even the carcasses H5038 of men H120 shall fall H5307 as dung H1828 upon H5921 the open H6440 field H7704 , and as the handful H5995 after H4480 H310 the harvest man H7114 , and none H369 shall gather H622 them .
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23. 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:
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23. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , Let not H408 the wise H2450 man glory H1984 in his wisdom H2451 , neither H408 let the mighty H1368 man glory H1984 in his might H1369 , let not H408 the rich H6223 man glory H1984 in his riches H6239 :
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24. 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.
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24. But H3588 H518 let him that glorieth H1984 glory H1984 in this H2063 , that he understandeth H7919 and knoweth H3045 me, that H3588 I H589 am the LORD H3068 which exercise H6213 lovingkindness H2617 , judgment H4941 , and righteousness H6666 , in the earth H776 : for H3588 in these H428 things I delight H2654 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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25. Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
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25. Behold H2009 , the days H3117 come H935 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , that I will punish H6485 H5921 all H3605 them which are circumcised H4135 with the uncircumcised H6190 ;
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26. 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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26. Egypt H4714 , and Judah H3063 , and Edom H123 , and the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 , and Moab H4124 , and all H3605 that are in the utmost H7112 corners H6285 , that dwell H3427 in the wilderness H4057 : for H3588 all H3605 these nations H1471 are uncircumcised H6189 , and all H3605 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 are uncircumcised H6189 in the heart H3820 .
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