4:1 | If thou wilt return <07725> (8799), O Israel <03478>, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>, return <07725> (8799) unto me: and if thou wilt put away <05493> (8686) thine abominations <08251> out of my sight <06440>, then shalt thou not remove <05110> (8799). |
4:2 | And thou shalt swear <07650> (8738), The LORD <03068> liveth <02416>, in truth <0571>, in judgment <04941>, and in righteousness <06666>; and the nations <01471> shall bless <01288> (8694) themselves in him, and in him shall they glory <01984> (8691). |
4:3 | For thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> to the men <0376> of Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389>, Break up <05214> (8798) your fallow ground <05215>, and sow <02232> (8799) not among thorns <06975>. |
4:4 | Circumcise <04135> (8734) yourselves to the LORD <03068>, and take away <05493> (8685) the foreskins <06190> of your heart <03824>, ye men <0376> of Judah <03063> and inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Jerusalem <03389>: lest my fury <02534> come forth <03318> (8799) like fire <0784>, and burn <01197> (8804) that none can quench <03518> (8764) [it], because <06440> of the evil <07455> of your doings <04611>. |
4:5 | Declare <05046> (8685) ye in Judah <03063>, and publish <08085> (8685) in Jerusalem <03389>; and say <0559> (8798), Blow <08628> (8798) ye the trumpet <07782> in the land <0776>: cry <07121> (8798), gather together <04390> (8761), and say <0559> (8798), Assemble <0622> (8734) yourselves, and let us go <0935> (8799) into the defenced <04013> cities <05892>. |
4:6 | Set up <05375> (8798) the standard <05251> toward Zion <06726>: retire <05756> (8685), stay <05975> (8799) not: for I will bring <0935> (8688) evil <07451> from the north <06828>, and a great <01419> destruction <07667>. {retire: or, strengthen} {destruction: Heb. breaking} |
4:7 | The lion <0738> is come up <05927> (8804) from his thicket <05441>, and the destroyer <07843> (8688) of the Gentiles <01471> is on his way <05265> (8804); he is gone forth <03318> (8804) from his place <04725> to make <07760> (8800) thy land <0776> desolate <08047>; [and] thy cities <05892> shall be laid waste <05327> (8799), without an inhabitant <03427> (8802). |
4:8 | For this gird <02296> (8798) you with sackcloth <08242>, lament <05594> (8798) and howl <03213> (8685): for the fierce <02740> anger <0639> of the LORD <03068> is not turned back <07725> (8804) from us. |
4:9 | And it shall come to pass at that day <03117>, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>, [that] the heart <03820> of the king <04428> shall perish <06> (8799), and the heart <03820> of the princes <08269>; and the priests <03548> shall be astonished <08074> (8738), and the prophets <05030> shall wonder <08539> (8799). |
4:10 | Then said <0559> (8799) I, Ah <0162>, Lord <0136> GOD <03069>! surely <0403> thou hast greatly <05377> (8687) deceived <05377> (8689) this people <05971> and Jerusalem <03389>, saying <0559> (8800), Ye shall have peace <07965>; whereas the sword <02719> reacheth <05060> (8804) unto the soul <05315>. |
4:11 | At that time <06256> shall it be said <0559> (8735) to this people <05971> and to Jerusalem <03389>, A dry <06703> wind <07307> of the high places <08205> in the wilderness <04057> toward <01870> the daughter <01323> of my people <05971>, not to fan <02219> (8800), nor to cleanse <01305> (8687), |
4:12 | [Even] a full <04392> wind <07307> from those [places] shall come <0935> (8799) unto me: now also will I give <01696> (8762) sentence <04941> against them. {a full...: or, a fuller wind than those} {give...: Heb. utter judgments} |
4:13 | Behold, he shall come up <05927> (8799) as clouds <06051>, and his chariots <04818> [shall be] as a whirlwind <05492>: his horses <05483> are swifter <07043> (8804) than eagles <05404>. Woe <0188> unto us! for we are spoiled <07703> (8795). |
4:14 | O Jerusalem <03389>, wash <03526> (8761) thine heart <03820> from wickedness <07451>, that thou mayest be saved <03467> (8735). How long shall thy vain <0205> thoughts <04284> lodge <03885> (8686) within <07130> thee? |
4:15 | For a voice <06963> declareth <05046> (8688) from Dan <01835>, and publisheth <08085> (8688) affliction <0205> from mount <02022> Ephraim <0669>. |
4:16 | Make ye mention <02142> (8685) to the nations <01471>; behold, publish <08085> (8685) against Jerusalem <03389>, [that] watchers <05341> (8802) come <0935> (8802) from a far <04801> country <0776>, and give out <05414> (8799) their voice <06963> against the cities <05892> of Judah <03063>. |
4:17 | As keepers <08104> (8802) of a field <07704>, are they against her round about <05439>; because she hath been rebellious <04784> (8804) against me, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>. |
4:18 | Thy way <01870> and thy doings <04611> have procured <06213> (8804) these [things] unto thee; this [is] thy wickedness <07451>, because it is bitter <04751>, because it reacheth <05060> (8804) unto thine heart <03820>. |
4:19 | My bowels <04578>, my bowels <04578>! I am pained <02342> (8799) (8675) <03176> (8686) at my very <07023> heart <03820>; my heart <03820> maketh a noise <01993> (8802) in me; I cannot hold my peace <02790> (8686), because thou hast heard <08085> (8804), O my soul <05315>, the sound <06963> of the trumpet <07782>, the alarm <08643> of war <04421>. {my very...: Heb. the walls of my heart} |
4:20 | Destruction <07667> upon destruction <07667> is cried <07121> (8738); for the whole land <0776> is spoiled <07703> (8795): suddenly <06597> are my tents <0168> spoiled <07703> (8795), [and] my curtains <03407> in a moment <07281>. |
4:21 | How long shall I see <07200> (8799) the standard <05251>, [and] hear <08085> (8799) the sound <06963> of the trumpet <07782>? |
4:22 | For my people <05971> [is] foolish <0191>, they have not known <03045> (8804) me; they [are] sottish <05530> children <01121>, and they have none understanding <0995> (8737): they [are] wise <02450> to do evil <07489> (8687), but to do good <03190> (8687) they have no knowledge <03045> (8804). |
4:23 | I beheld <07200> (8804) the earth <0776>, and, lo, [it was] without form <08414>, and void <0922>; and the heavens <08064>, and they [had] no light <0216>. |
4:24 | I beheld <07200> (8804) the mountains <02022>, and, lo, they trembled <07493> (8801), and all the hills <01389> moved lightly <07043> (8701). |
4:25 | I beheld <07200> (8804), and, lo, [there was] no man <0120>, and all the birds <05775> of the heavens <08064> were fled <05074> (8804). |
4:26 | I beheld <07200> (8804), and, lo, the fruitful place <03759> [was] a wilderness <04057>, and all the cities <05892> thereof were broken down <05422> (8738) at the presence <06440> of the LORD <03068>, [and] by his fierce <02740> anger <0639>. |
4:27 | For thus hath the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8804), The whole land <0776> shall be desolate <08077>; yet will I not make <06213> (8799) a full end <03617>. |
4:28 | For this shall the earth <0776> mourn <056> (8799), and the heavens <08064> above <04605> be black <06937> (8804): because I have spoken <01696> (8765) [it], I have purposed <02161> (8804) [it], and will not repent <05162> (8738), neither will I turn back <07725> (8799) from it. |
4:29 | The whole city <05892> shall flee <01272> (8802) for the noise <06963> of the horsemen <06571> and bowmen <07198> <07411> (8802); they shall go <0935> (8804) into thickets <05645>, and climb up <05927> (8804) upon the rocks <03710>: every city <05892> [shall be] forsaken <05800> (8803), and not a man <0376> dwell <03427> (8802) therein <02004>. |
4:30 | And [when] thou [art] spoiled <07703> (8803), what wilt thou do <06213> (8799)? Though thou clothest <03847> (8799) thyself with crimson <08144>, though thou deckest <05710> (8799) thee with ornaments <05716> of gold <02091>, though thou rentest <07167> (8799) thy face <05869> with painting <06320>, in vain <07723> shalt thou make thyself fair <03302> (8691); [thy] lovers <05689> (8802) will despise <03988> (8804) thee, they will seek <01245> (8762) thy life <05315>. {face: Heb. eyes} |
4:31 | For I have heard <08085> (8804) a voice <06963> as of a woman in travail <02470> (8802), [and] the anguish <06869> as of her that bringeth forth her first child <01069> (8688), the voice <06963> of the daughter <01323> of Zion <06726>, [that] bewaileth <03306> (8691) herself, [that] spreadeth <06566> (8762) her hands <03709>, [saying], Woe <0188> [is] me now! for my soul <05315> is wearied <05888> (8804) because of murderers <02026> (8802). |