1OhH4310that 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 mypeopleH5971!
2Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodgingplaceקַשְׁתָּ֣םkash.TamH7198of wayfaring men; that I mightleaveH3318mypeopleH3808, andgoH3318from them! for they beallיָדָ֖עוּya.Da.'uH3045adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
3And they bend their tongue as it were their bow for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, butnotH408for truth: for theyproceedיַהֲלֹֽךְ׃ya.ha.LokhH1980from evil to evil, and they knownotH408meוְעַל־ve.'al-H5921, saith the LORD.
4Take ye heedeveryH376one of his neighbour, and trust yenotלֹ֣אlo'H3808inanyH376brother: foreveryH376brother will utterly supplant, andeveryH376neighbour will goaboutH1696with slanders.
5And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and willnotH3045speak the truth: they havetaughtH3045their tongue to speakliesH4820; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.
6Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit;throughלָכֵ֗ןla.KhenH3651deceit they refuse to knowmeמִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.NeiH6440, saith theLORDH3068.
7Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; forhowשָׁל֤וֹםsha.LomH7965elseרֵעֵ֙הוּ֙re.'E.huH7453should I do, because of the daughter of mypeopleH1696?
8Their tongue is adeadlyH5315arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with hismouthH5315, but in hisheartH5315he layeth wait for him.
9Shall Inotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shallnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808my soul be avenged onsuchוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808a nation as this?
10For the mountains will ItakeH5414upH5414a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation,becauseH1097they are burnedupH5414,soH5414that none passeth through; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled, they are gone.
11And I willmakeH5046Jerusalem heaps, a dwellingplaceהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776of jackals; and I willmakeH5046the cities of Judah a desolation,withoutH1097inhabitant.
12Who is the wise man, that mayunderstandשָׁמְע֥וּsha.me.'UH8085this? and who is he towhomH834themouthH6440of theLORDH3068hathspokenוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, that he may declare it? wherefore is thelandH6440and perished burnedupעַל־'al-H5921like a wilderness,soהָ֥לְכוּHal.khuH1980thatnoneH3808passeththroughעַל־'al-H5921?
13And the LORD saith,BecauseH834they have forsaken my lawwhichH834IsetH834before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;
14but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baalim,whichמֵי־mei-H4325their fathers taught them:
15thereforethusH3808saith the LORD of hosts, theGodH3808of Israel,BeholdH3808, I willfeedכַּלּוֹתִ֖יka.lo.TiH3615them,evenעַ֥ד'adH5704thispeopleבַּגּוֹיִ֔םba.go.YimH1471, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
16I will scatter them also among the nations,whomוְקִרְא֥וּve.kir.'UH7121neither theynorH413their fathers have known: and I willsendH7971the swordafterH413them, till I have consumed them.
17Thus saith the LORD of hosts,Considerוְתִשֶּׂ֥נָהve.ti.Se.nahH5375ye, and call for the mourning women, that they maycomeH3381; and send for the cunning women, that they maycomeH3381:
18and let themmakeנִשְׁמַ֥עnish.Ma'H8085haste, and takeupמִשְׁכְּנוֹתֵֽינוּ׃ סmish.ke.no.Tei.nuH4908awailingH5092forusH3588, that our eyes may rundownH7993with tears, and our eyelids gushoutH7993with waters.
19For a voice ofwailingH5092isheardH8085out of Zion,HowH3588areweH3588spoiled!weH3588are greatly confounded,becauseH3588weH3588have forsaken the land,becauseH3588they have castdownH3588our dwellings.
20Yet 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 oneherלְהַכְרִ֤יתle.hakh.RitH3772neighbour lamentation.
21Fordeathנִבְלַ֣תniv.LatH5038iscomeוְנָֽפְלָה֙ve.na.fe.LahH5307upH5921intoH5921our windows, it is enteredintoH5921our palaces; to cutoffH5921the children fromwithoutוְאֵ֥יןve.'EinH369, and the youngmenהָֽאָדָ֔םha.'a.DamH120from the streets.
22Speakאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559,ThusH3541saith theLORDH3068, The carcases ofmenהַגִּבּ֖וֹרha.gi.BorH1368shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, andnoneH408shall gather them.
23Thus saith theLORDH3068, LetnotH518thewiseהַשְׂכֵּל֮has.KelH7919man glory in his wisdom,neitherH518let the mighty man glory in his might, letnotH518the rich man glory in his riches:
24butletוּפָ֣קַדְתִּ֔יu.Fa.kad.TiH6485him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth, and knowethmeעַל־'al-H5921, that I am theLORDH3068which exercise lovingkindness,judgmentבָּאִ֖יםba.'ImH935, and righteousness, in the earth: for intheseכָּל־kol-H3605things I delight, saith theLORDH3068.
25Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punishallH3605themwhichהַגּוֹיִם֙ha.go.YimH1471are circumcised in their uncircumcision;
26Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that have the corners of their hair polled, that dwell in the wilderness: for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.
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