1 O ye children 1121 of Benjamin 1144, gather yourselves to flee 5756 out of the midst 7130 of Jerusalem 3389, and blow 8628 the trumpet 7782 in Tekoa 8620, and set up 5375 a sign 4864 of fire in Bethhaccerem 1021: for evil 7451 appeareth 8259 out of the north 6828, and great 1419 destruction 7667.
2 I have likened 1820 the daughter 1323 of Zion 6726 to a comely 5116 and delicate 6026 woman.
3 The shepherds 7462 with their flocks 5739 shall come 935 unto her; they shall pitch 8628 their tents 168 against her round about 5439; they shall feed 7462 every one 376 in his place 3027.
4 Prepare 6942 ye war 4421 against her; arise 6965, and let us go up 5927 at noon 6672. Woe 188 unto us! for the day 3117 goeth away 6437, for the shadows 6752 of the evening 6153 are stretched out 5186.
5 Arise 6965, and let us go 5927 by night 3915, and let us destroy 7843 her palaces 759.
6 For thus hath the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635 said 559, Hew ye down 3772 trees 6097, and cast 8210 a mount 5550 against Jerusalem 3389: this is the city 5892 to be visited 6485; she is wholly oppression 6233 in the midst 7130 of her.
7 As a fountain 953 casteth out 6979 her waters 4325, so she casteth out 6979 her wickedness 7451: violence 2555 and spoil 7701 is heard 8085 in her; before me 6440 continually 8548 is grief 2483 and wounds 4347.
8 Be thou instructed 3256, O Jerusalem 3389, lest my soul 5315 depart 3363 from thee; lest I make 7760 thee desolate 8077, a land 776 not inhabited 3427.
9 Thus saith 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, They shall throughly 5953 glean 5953 the remnant 7611 of Israel 3478 as a vine 1612: turn back 7725 thine hand 3027 as a grapegatherer 1219 into the baskets 5552.
10 To whom shall I speak 1696, and give warning 5749, that they may hear 8085? behold, their ear 241 is uncircumcised 6189, and they cannot 3201 hearken 7181: behold, the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 is unto them a reproach 2781; they have no delight 2654 in it.
11 Therefore I am full 4392 of the fury 2534 of the LORD 3068; I am weary 3811 with holding in 3557: I will pour it out 8210 upon the children 5768 abroad 2351, and upon the assembly 5475 of young men 970 together 3162: for even the husband 376 with the wife 802 shall be taken 3920, the aged 2205 with him that is full 4390 of days 3117.
12 And their houses 1004 shall be turned 5437 unto others 312, with their fields 7704 and wives 802 together 3162: for I will stretch out 5186 my hand 3027 upon the inhabitants 3427 of the land 776, saith 5002 the LORD 3068.
13 For from the least 6996 of them even unto the greatest 1419 of them every one is given 1214 to covetousness 1215; and from the prophet 5030 even unto the priest 3548 every one dealeth 6213 falsely 8267.
14 They have healed 7495 also the hurt 7667 of the daughter 1323 of my people 5971 slightly 7043, saying 559, Peace 7965, peace 7965; when there is no peace 7965.
15 Were they ashamed 3001 when they had committed 6213 abomination 8441? nay 1571, they were not at all 954 ashamed 954, neither 1571 could 3045 they blush 3637: therefore they shall fall 5307 among them that fall 5307: at the time 6256 that I visit 6485 them they shall be cast down 3782, saith 559 the LORD 3068.
16 Thus saith 559 the LORD 3068, Stand 5975 ye in the ways 1870, and see 7200, and ask 7592 for the old 5769 paths 5410, where is the good 2896 way 1870, and walk 3212 therein, and ye shall find 4672 rest 4771 for your souls 5315. But they said 559, We will not walk 3212 therein.
17 Also I set 6965 watchmen 6822 over you, saying, Hearken 7181 to the sound 6963 of the trumpet 7782. But they said 559, We will not hearken 7181.
18 Therefore hear 8085, ye nations 1471, and know 3045, O congregation 5712, what is among them.
19 Hear 8085, O earth 776: behold, I will bring 935 evil 7451 upon this people 5971, even the fruit 6529 of their thoughts 4284, because they have not hearkened 7181 unto my words 1697, nor to my law 8451, but rejected 3988 it.
20 To what purpose cometh 935 there to me incense 3828 from Sheba 7614, and the sweet 2896 cane 7070 from a far 4801 country 776? your burnt offerings 5930 are not acceptable 7522, nor your sacrifices 2077 sweet 6149 unto me.
21 Therefore thus saith 559 the LORD 3068, Behold, I will lay 5414 stumblingblocks 4383 before this people 5971, and the fathers 1 and the sons 1121 together 3162 shall fall 3782 upon them; the neighbour 7934 and his friend 7453 shall perish 6.
22 Thus saith 559 the LORD 3068, Behold, a people 5971 cometh 935 from the north 6828 country 776, and a great 1419 nation 1471 shall be raised 5782 from the sides 3411 of the earth 776.
23 They shall lay hold 2388 on bow 7198 and spear 3591; they are cruel 394, and have no mercy 7355; their voice 6963 roareth 1993 like the sea 3220; and they ride 7392 upon horses 5483, set in array 6186 as men 376 for war 4421 against thee, O daughter 1323 of Zion 6726.
24 We have heard 8085 the fame 8089 thereof: our hands 3027 wax feeble 7503: anguish 6869 hath taken hold 2388 of us, and pain 2427, as of a woman in travail 3205.
25 Go not forth 3318 into the field 7704, nor walk 3212 by the way 1870; for the sword 2719 of the enemy 341 and fear 4032 is on every side 5439.
26 O daughter 1323 of my people 5971, gird 2296 thee with sackcloth 8242, and wallow 6428 thyself in ashes 665: make 6213 thee mourning 60, as for an only son 3173, most bitter 8563 lamentation 4553: for the spoiler 7703 shall suddenly 6597 come 935 upon us.
27 I have set 5414 thee for a tower 969 and a fortress 4013 among my people 5971, that thou mayest know 3045 and try 974 their way 1870.
28 They are all grievous 5493 revolters 5637, walking 1980 with slanders 7400: they are brass 5178 and iron 1270; they are all corrupters 7843.
29 The bellows 4647 are burned 2787, the lead 5777 is consumed 8552 of the fire 800 784; the founder 6884 melteth 6884 in vain 7723: for the wicked 7451 are not plucked away 5423.
30 Reprobate 3988 silver 3701 shall men call 7121 them, because the LORD 3068 hath rejected 3988 them.