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1. Alas for me! for I am become as one gathering straw in harvest, and as one gathering grape-gleanings in the vintage, when there is no cluster for me to eat the first-ripe fruit: alas my soul!
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1. Woe H480 is me! for H3588 I am H1961 as when they have gathered H625 the summer fruits H7019 , as the grape gleanings H5955 of the vintage H1210 : there is no H369 cluster H811 to eat H398 : my soul H5315 desired H183 the firstripe fruit H1063 .
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2. For the godly is perished from the earth; and there is none among men that orders his way aright: they all quarrel even to blood: they grievously afflict every one his neighbour:
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2. The good H2623 man is perished H6 out of H4480 the earth H776 : and there is none H369 upright H3477 among men H120 : they all H3605 lie in wait H693 for blood H1818 ; they hunt H6679 every man H376 H853 his brother H251 with a net H2764 .
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3. they prepare their hands for mischief, the prince asks a reward, and the judge speaks flattering words; it is the desire of their soul:
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3. That they may do evil H5921 H7451 with both hands H3709 earnestly H3190 , the prince H8269 asketh H7592 , and the judge H8199 asketh for a reward H7966 ; and the great H1419 man , he H1931 uttereth H1696 his mischievous H1942 desire H5315 : so they wrap it up H5686 .
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4. therefore I will take away their goods as a devouring moth, and as one who Gr. goes upon, etc. acts by a rigid rule in a day of Lit. watching visitation. Woe, woe, thy times of vengeance are come; now shall be their lamentations.
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4. The best H2896 of them is as a brier H2312 : the most upright H3477 is sharper than a thorn hedge H4480 H4534 : the day H3117 of thy watchmen H6822 and thy visitation H6486 cometh H935 ; now H6258 shall be H1961 their perplexity H3998 .
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5. Trust not in friends, and confide not in guides: beware of thy wife, so as not to commit anything to her.
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5. Trust H539 ye not H408 in a friend H7453 , put ye not confidence H982 H408 in a guide H441 : keep H8104 the doors H6607 of thy mouth H6310 from her that lieth H4480 H7901 in thy bosom H2436 .
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6. For the son dishonours his father, the daughter will rise up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: those in his house shall be all a man’s enemies.
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6. For H3588 the son H1121 dishonoreth H5034 the father H1 , the daughter H1323 riseth up H6965 against her mother H517 , the daughter H3618 -in-law against her mother H2545 -in-law ; a man H376 's enemies H341 are the men H376 of his own house H1004 .
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7. But I will look to the Lord; I will wait upon God my Saviour: my God will hearken to me.
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7. Therefore I H589 will look H6822 unto the LORD H3068 ; I will wait H3176 for the God H430 of my salvation H3468 : my God H430 will hear H8085 me.
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8. Rejoice not against me, mine enemy; for I have fallen yet shall arise; for though I should sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light to me.
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8. Rejoice H8055 not H408 against me , O mine enemy H341 : when H3588 I fall H5307 , I shall arise H6965 ; when H3588 I sit H3427 in darkness H2822 , the LORD H3068 shall be a light H216 unto me.
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9. I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he make good my cause: he also shall Or, execute my judgement maintain my right, and shall bring me out to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
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9. I will bear H5375 the indignation H2197 of the LORD H3068 , because H3588 I have sinned H2398 against him, until H5704 he plead H7378 my cause H7379 , and execute H6213 judgment H4941 for me : he will bring me forth H3318 to the light H216 , and I shall behold H7200 his righteousness H6666 .
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10. And she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shall clothe herself with shame, who says, Where is the Lord thy God? mine eyes shall look upon her: now shall she be for trampling as mire in the ways.
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10. Then she that is mine enemy H341 shall see H7200 it , and shame H955 shall cover H3680 her which said H559 unto H413 me, Where H346 is the LORD H3068 thy God H430 ? mine eyes H5869 shall behold H7200 her: now H6258 shall she be H1961 trodden down H4823 as the mire H2916 of the streets H2351 .
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11. It is the day of Or, plastering, or anointing making of brick; that day shall be thine utter destruction, and that day shall utterly abolish thine ordinances.
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11. In the day H3117 that thy walls H1447 are to be built H1129 , in that H1931 day H3117 shall the decree H2706 be far removed H7368 .
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12. And thy cities shall be levelled, and parted among the Assyrians; and thy strong cities shall be parted from Tyre to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.
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12. In that H1931 day H3117 also he shall come H935 even to H5704 thee from H4480 Assyria H804 , and from the fortified H4693 cities H5892 , and from H4480 the fortress H4693 even to H5704 the river H5104 , and from sea H3220 to sea H4480 H3220 , and from mountain H2022 to mountain H2022 .
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13. And the land shall be utterly desolate together with them that inhabit it, because of the fruit of their doings.
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13. Notwithstanding the land H776 shall be H1961 desolate H8077 because of H5921 them that dwell H3427 therein , for the fruit H4480 H6529 of their doings H4611 .
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14. Tend thy people with thy rod, the sheep of thine inheritance, those that inhabit by themselves the thicket in the midst of Carmel: they shall feed in the land of Basan, and in the land of Galaad, as in the days of old.
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14. Feed H7462 thy people H5971 with thy rod H7626 , the flock H6629 of thine heritage H5159 , which dwell H7931 solitarily H910 in the wood H3293 , in the midst H8432 of Carmel H3760 : let them feed H7462 in Bashan H1316 and Gilead H1568 , as in the days H3117 of old H5769 .
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15. And according to the days of thy departure out of Egypt shall ye see marvellous things.
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15. According to the days H3117 of thy coming out H3318 of the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 will I show H7200 unto him marvelous H6381 things .
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16. The nations shall see and be ashamed; and at all their might they shall lay their hands upon their mouth, their ears shall be deafened.
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16. The nations H1471 shall see H7200 and be confounded H954 at all H4480 H3605 their might H1369 : they shall lay H7760 their hand H3027 upon H5921 their mouth H6310 , their ears H241 shall be deaf H2790 .
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17. They shall lick the dust as serpents crawling on the earth, they shall be confounded in their Gr. confinement holes; they shall be amazed at the Lord our God, and will be afraid of thee.
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17. They shall lick H3897 the dust H6083 like a serpent H5175 , they shall move H7264 out of their holes H4480 H4526 like worms H2119 of the earth H776 : they shall be afraid H6342 of H413 the LORD H3068 our God H430 , and shall fear H3372 because of H4480 thee.
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18. Who is a God like thee, cancelling iniquities, and passing over the sins of the remnant of his inheritance? and he has not kept his anger for a testimony, for he delights in mercy.
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18. Who H4310 is a God H410 like unto thee H3644 , that pardoneth H5375 iniquity H5771 , and passeth by H5674 H5921 the transgression H6588 of the remnant H7611 of his heritage H5159 ? he retaineth H2388 not H3808 his anger H639 forever H5703 , because H3588 he H1931 delighteth H2654 in mercy H2617 .
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19. He will return and have mercy upon us; he will sink our iniquities, and they shall be cast into the depth of the sea, even all our sins.
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19. He will turn again H7725 , he will have compassion H7355 upon us ; he will subdue H3533 our iniquities H5771 ; and thou wilt cast H7993 all H3605 their sins H2403 into the depths H4688 of the sea H3220 .
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20. He shall give blessings truly to Jacob, and mercy to Abraam, as thou swarest to our fathers, according to the former days.
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20. Thou wilt perform H5414 the truth H571 to Jacob H3290 , and the mercy H2617 to Abraham H85 , which H834 thou hast sworn H7650 unto our fathers H1 from the days H4480 H3117 of old H6924 .
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