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1. Strengthen yourselves, ye children of Benjamin, to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and sound an alarm with the trumpet in Thecue, and set up a signal over Baethacharma: for evil threatens from the north, and a great destruction is coming.
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1. O ye children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 , gather yourselves to flee H5756 out of the midst H4480 H7130 of Jerusalem H3389 , and blow H8628 the trumpet H7782 in Tekoa H8620 , and set up H5375 a sign of fire H4864 in H5921 Beth H1021 -haccerem: for H3588 evil H7451 appeareth H8259 out of the north H4480 H6828 , and great H1419 destruction H7667 .
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2. And thy pride, O daughter of Sion, shall be taken away.
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2. I have likened H1819 the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726 to a comely H5000 and delicate H6026 woman .
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3. The shepherds and their flocks shall come to her; and they shall pitch their tents against her round about, and shall feed their flocks each with his hand.
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3. The shepherds H7462 with their flocks H5739 shall come H935 unto H413 her ; they shall pitch H8628 their tents H168 against H5921 her round about H5439 ; they shall feed H7462 every one H376 in H854 his place H3027 .
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4. Prepare yourselves for war against her; rise up, and let us go up against her at noon. Woe to us! for the day has gone down, for the shadows of the day fail.
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4. Prepare H6942 ye war H4421 against H5921 her; arise H6965 , and let us go up H5927 at noon H6672 . Woe H188 unto us! for H3588 the day H3117 goeth away H6437 , for H3588 the shadows H6752 of the evening H6153 are stretched out H5186 .
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5. Rise, and let us go up against her by night, and destroy her foundations.
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5. Arise H6965 , and let us go H5927 by night H3915 , and let us destroy H7843 her palaces H759 .
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6. For thus saith the Lord, Hew down her trees, Gr. pour out a force array a numerous force against Jerusalem. O false city; there is all oppression in her.
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6. For H3588 thus H3541 hath the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 said H559 , Hew ye down H3772 trees H6097 , and cast H8210 a mount H5550 against H5921 Jerusalem H3389 : this H1931 is the city H5892 to be visited H6485 ; she is wholly H3605 oppression H6233 in the midst H7130 of her.
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7. As a cistern cools water, so her wickedness cools her, ungodliness and misery shall be heard in her, as continually before her.
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7. As a fountain H953 casteth out H6979 her waters H4325 , so H3651 she casteth H6979 out her wickedness H7451 : violence H2555 and spoil H7701 is heard H8085 in her; before H5921 H6440 me continually H8548 is grief H2483 and wounds H4347 .
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8. Thou shalt be chastened, O Jerusalem, with pain and the scourge, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee a desert land, which shall not be inhabited.
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8. Be thou instructed H3256 , O Jerusalem H3389 , lest H6435 my soul H5315 depart H3363 from H4480 thee; lest H6435 I make H7760 thee desolate H8077 , a land H776 not H3808 inhabited H3427 .
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9. For thus saith the Lord, Glean, glean thoroughly as a vine the remnant of Israel: turn back your hands as a grape-gatherer to his basket.
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9. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , They shall throughly glean H5953 H5953 the remnant H7611 of Israel H3478 as a vine H1612 : turn back H7725 thine hand H3027 as a grape gatherer H1219 into H5921 the baskets H5552 .
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10. To whom shall I speak, and testify, that he may hearken? behold, thine ears are uncircumcised, and they shall not be able to hear: behold, the word of the Lord is become to them a reproach, they will not at all desire it.
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10. To H5921 whom H4310 shall I speak H1696 , and give warning H5749 , that they may hear H8085 ? behold H2009 , their ear H241 is uncircumcised H6189 , and they cannot H3201 H3808 hearken H7181 : behold H2009 , the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 is H1961 unto them a reproach H2781 ; they have no H3808 delight H2654 in it.
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11. And I Gr. filled my wrath allowed my wrath to come to full, yet I kept it in, and did not utterly destroy them: I will pour it out on the children without, and on the assembly of young men together: for man and woman shall be taken together, the old man with him that is full of days.
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11. Therefore I am full H4392 of H854 the fury H2534 of the LORD H3068 ; I am weary H3811 with holding H3557 in : I will pour it out H8210 upon H5921 the children H5768 abroad H2351 , and upon H5921 the assembly H5475 of young men H970 together H3162 : for H3588 even H1571 the husband H376 with H5973 the wife H802 shall be taken H3920 , the aged H2205 with H5973 him that is full H4390 of days H3117 .
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12. And their houses shall be turned to others, with their fields and their wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of this land, saith the Lord.
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12. And their houses H1004 shall be turned H5437 unto others H312 , with their fields H7704 and wives H802 together H3162 : for H3588 I will stretch out H5186 H853 my hand H3027 upon H5921 the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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13. For from the least of them even to the greatest they have all committed iniquity; from the priest even to the false prophet they have all wrought falsely.
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13. For H3588 from the least H4480 H6996 of them even unto H5704 the greatest H1419 of them every one H3605 is given to H1214 covetousness H1215 ; and from the prophet H4480 H5030 even unto H5704 the priest H3548 every one H3605 dealeth H6213 falsely H8267 .
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14. And they healed the breach of my people imperfectly, making light of it, and saying, Peace, peace, and where is peace?
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14. They have healed H7495 also H853 the hurt H7667 of the daughter of my people H5971 slightly H5921 H7043 , saying H559 , Peace H7965 , peace H7965 ; when there is no H369 peace H7965 .
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15. They were ashamed because they failed; yet they were not ashamed as those who are truly ashamed, and they knew not their own disgrace: therefore shall they utterly fall when they do fall, and in the time of visitation shall they perish, said the Lord.
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15. Were they ashamed H954 when H3588 they had committed H6213 abomination H8441 ? nay H1571 , they were not H3808 at all ashamed H954 H954 , neither H3808 could H3045 they blush H3637 : therefore H3651 they shall fall H5307 among them that fall H5307 : at the time H6256 that I visit H6485 them they shall be cast down H3782 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 .
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16. Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths of the Lord; and see what is the good way, and walk in it, and ye shall find purification for your souls. But they said, We will not walk in them.
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16. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , Stand H5975 ye in H5921 the ways H1870 , and see H7200 , and ask H7592 for the old H5769 paths H5410 , where H335 H2088 is the good H2896 way H1870 , and walk H1980 therein , and ye shall find H4672 rest H4771 for your souls H5315 . But they said H559 , We will not H3808 walk H1980 therein .
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17. I have set watchmen over you, saying, Hear ye the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hear it.
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17. Also I set H6965 watchmen H6822 over H5921 you, saying , Hearken H7181 to the sound H6963 of the trumpet H7782 . But they said H559 , We will not H3808 hearken H7181 .
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18. Therefore have the nations heard, and they that feed their flocks.
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18. Therefore H3651 hear H8085 , ye nations H1471 , and know H3045 , O congregation H5712 , H853 what H834 is among them.
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19. Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evils upon this people, even the fruit of their rebellions; for they have not heeded my words, and they have rejected my law.
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19. Hear H8085 , O earth H776 : behold H2009 , I H595 will bring H935 evil H7451 upon H413 this H2088 people H5971 , even the fruit H6529 of their thoughts H4284 , because H3588 they have not H3808 hearkened H7181 unto H5921 my words H1697 , nor to my law H8451 , but rejected H3988 it.
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20. Wherefore do ye bring me frankincense from Saba, and cinnamon from a land afar off? your whole-burnt-offerings are not acceptable, and your sacrifices have not been pleasant to me.
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20. To what H4100 purpose H2088 cometh H935 there to me incense H3828 from Sheba H4480 H7614 , and the sweet H2896 cane H7070 from a far H4801 country H4480 H776 ? your burnt offerings H5930 are not H3808 acceptable H7522 , nor H3808 your sacrifices H2077 sweet H6149 unto me.
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21. Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring weakness upon this people, and the fathers and sons shall be weak together; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.
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21. Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , Behold H2009 , I will lay H5414 stumblingblocks H4383 before H413 this H2088 people H5971 , and the fathers H1 and the sons H1121 together H3162 shall fall H3782 upon them ; the neighbor H7934 and his friend H7453 shall perish H6 .
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22. Thus saith the Lord, Behold, a people comes from the north, and Heb. and Alex. «a great nation’ nations shall be stirred up from the end of the earth.
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22. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , Behold H2009 , a people H5971 cometh H935 from the north H6828 country H4480 H776 , and a great H1419 nation H1471 shall be raised H5782 from the sides H4480 H3411 of the earth H776 .
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23. They shall lay hold on bow and spear; the people is fierce, and will have no mercy; their voice is as the roaring sea; they shall array themselves for war against thee as fire on horses and chariots, O daughter of Sion.
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23. They shall lay hold H2388 on bow H7198 and spear H3591 ; they H1931 are cruel H394 , and have no H3808 mercy H7355 ; their voice H6963 roareth H1993 like the sea H3220 ; and they ride H7392 upon H5921 horses H5483 , set in array H6186 as men H376 for war H4421 against H5921 thee , O daughter H1323 of Zion H6726 .
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24. We have heard the report of them: our hands are weakened: anguish has seized us, the pangs as of a woman in travail.
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24. We have heard H8085 H853 the fame H8089 thereof : our hands H3027 wax feeble H7503 : anguish H6869 hath taken hold H2388 of us, and pain H2427 , as of a woman in travail H3205 .
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25. Go not forth into the field, and walk not in the ways; for the sword of the enemy lingers round about.
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25. Go not forth H408 H3318 into the field H7704 , nor H408 walk H1980 by the way H1870 ; for H3588 the sword H2719 of the enemy H341 and fear H4032 is on every side H4480 H5439 .
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26. O daughter of my people, gird thyself with sackcloth: sprinkle thyself with ashes; make for thyself pitiable lamentation, as the mourning for a beloved son: for misery will come suddenly upon you.
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26. O daughter H1323 of my people H5971 , gird H2296 thee with sackcloth H8242 , and wallow thyself H6428 in ashes H665 : make H6213 thee mourning H60 , as for an only son H3173 , most bitter H8563 lamentation H4553 : for H3588 the spoiler H7703 shall suddenly H6597 come H935 upon H5921 us.
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27. I have caused thee to be tried among tried nations, and thou shalt know me when I have tried their way.
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27. I have set H5414 thee for a tower H969 and a fortress H4013 among my people H5971 , that thou mayest know H3045 and try H974 H853 their way H1870 .
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28. They are all disobedient, walking perversely: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupted.
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28. They are all H3605 grievous H5493 revolters H5637 , walking H1980 with slanders H7400 : they are brass H5178 and iron H1270 ; they H1992 are all H3605 corrupters H7843 .
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29. The bellows have failed from the fire, the lead has failed: the silversmith works at his trade in vain; their wickedness Gr. has not been melted away is not consumed.
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29. The bellows H4647 are burned H2787 , the lead H5777 is consumed H8552 of the fire H4480 H784 ; the founder H6884 melteth H6884 in vain H7723 : for the wicked H7451 are not H3808 plucked away H5423 .
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30. Call ye them reprobate silver, because the Lord has rejected them.
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30. Reprobate H3988 silver H3701 shall men call H7121 them, because H3588 the LORD H3068 hath rejected H3988 them.
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