Destruction of Jerusalem Impending
2
"The
comely and
dainty one, the
daughter of
Zion, I will
cut off.
3
"
Shepherds and their
flocks will
come to her, They will
pitch their
tents around her, They will
pasture each in his
place.
4
"
Prepare war against her;
Arise, and let us
attack at
noon.
Woe to us, for the
day declines, For the
shadows of the
evening lengthen !
5
"Arise, and let us
attack by
night And
destroy her
palaces !"
8
" Be
warned, O
Jerusalem,
Or I shall be
alienated from you, And
make you a
desolation, A
land not
inhabited."
10
To
whom shall I
speak and
give warning That they may
hear ?
Behold, their
ears are
closed And they
cannot * listen.
Behold, the
word of the
LORD has
become a
reproach to them; They
have no delight in it.
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But I am
full of the
wrath of the
LORD ; I am
weary with
holding it in. "
Pour it out on the
children in the
street And on the
gathering of
young men together ; For
both husband and
wife shall be
taken, The
aged and the
very * old *.
12
"Their
houses shall be
turned over to
others, Their
fields and their
wives together ; For I will
stretch out My
hand Against the
inhabitants of the
land,"
declares the
LORD.
13
"For from the
least of them even to the
greatest of them,
Everyone is
greedy for
gain, And from the
prophet even to the
priest Everyone deals falsely.
15
"Were they
ashamed because of the
abomination they have
done ? They were not
even ashamed at
all ; They did not
even know how to
blush.
Therefore they shall
fall among those who
fall ; At the
time that I
punish them, They shall be
cast down,"
says the
LORD.
16
Thus says the
LORD,
"Stand by the
ways and
see and
ask for the
ancient paths,
Where the
good way is, and
walk in it; And you will
find rest for your
souls. But they
said, 'We will not
walk in it.'
17
"And I
set watchmen over you, saying,
'Listen to the
sound of the
trumpet !' But they
said, 'We will not
listen.'
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"
Hear, O
earth :
behold, I am
bringing disaster on
this people, The
fruit of their
plans,
Because * they have not
listened to My
words, And as for My
law, they have
rejected it also.
The Enemy from the North
23
"They
seize bow and
spear ; They are
cruel and
have no mercy ; Their
voice roars like the
sea, And they
ride on
horses,
Arrayed as a
man for the
battle Against you, O
daughter of
Zion !"
24
We have
heard the
report of it; Our
hands are
limp.
Anguish has
seized us,
Pain as of a woman in
childbirth.
25
Do not
go out into the
field And do not
walk on the
road, For the
enemy has a
sword,
Terror is on
every side.
27
"I have
made you an
assayer and a
tester among My
people, That you may
know and
assay their
way."
28
All of them are
stubbornly rebellious,
Going about as a
talebearer. They are
bronze and
iron ; They,
all of them, are
corrupt.