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.
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