1 GLT “At that time— the declaration of Yahweh— they will bring out the bones of the kings of Judah and and the bones of its rulers, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the dwellers of Jerusalem from the graves. BSB BSB: “At that time,” declares the LORD, “the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of the officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be removed from their graves.
2 GLT And they will spread them out to the sun and to the moon and to all of the armies of the heavens that they loved them and that they served them, and that they walked after them and that they sought them, and that they bowed down to them. They will not be gathered, and they will not be buried again. They will be for dung on the face of the land. BSB BSB: They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.
3 GLT And they will choose death more than life for all of the remnant who are remaining from this evil family, in all of the places of those who{ are} remaining, where I drove them there— the declaration of Yahweh of hosts. BSB BSB: And wherever I have banished them, the remnant of this evil family will choose death over life,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
4 GLT And I will say to them,‘Thus says Yahweh," Will they fall and not get up? If they will turn, will they not also turn? BSB BSB: So you are to tell them this is what the LORD says: “Do men fall and not get up again? Does one turn away and not return?
5 GLT Why{ is} this people, Jerusalem, turned, enduring apostasy? They grasp upon deceit and refuse to turn. BSB BSB: Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
6 GLT I paid attention and listened, they did not speak right. There was not a man sorry because of his wickedness, saying,“What have I done?” All of them turn in their running, like a stallion plunging into battle. BSB BSB: I have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle.
7 GLT Even the stork in the heavens knows its times, and a dove, and a swift one, and a crane keep the time of their coming, and my people do not know the judgment of Yahweh. BSB BSB: Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.
8 GLT How will you say,“We are wise, and the law of Yahweh{ is} with us”? Indeed, behold! The stylus of the deceitful scribes have made{ it} for a deceitful thing. BSB BSB: How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?
9 GLT The wise men have been ashamed, they are dismayed and captured. Behold! They refused against the word of Yahweh, and the wisdom of what{ is} to them? BSB BSB: The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have?
10 GLT Therefore I will give their wives to others, their fields to those possessing them, for from the least until the greatest, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain! From the prophet and until the priest, all of them practice deceit. BSB BSB: Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.
11 GLT They healed the breaking of the daughter of my people upon being light, saying,“Peace, Peace,” and there is not peace. BSB BSB: They dress the wound of the daughter of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.
12 GLT Were they ashamed when they did an abomination? Even being ashamed, they were not ashamed, they did not know to be humiliated! Therefore they will fall among the fallen, they will stumble in the time of their visitation says Yahweh. BSB BSB: Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse, says the LORD.
14 GLT Because of what{ are} we sitting? Be gathered! Let us go to the cities of fortification, and we will perish there. For Yahweh our God will cause us to perish, and he will make us drink water of poison, for we have sinned against him. BSB BSB: Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
15 GLT Hope for peace, and there is not good, for a time of healing, and behold, terror. BSB BSB: We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.
16 GLT The snorting of his stallions was heard from Dan. From the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole earth quakes, and they will come and consume the land and its fullness, the city and those dwelling in it. BSB BSB: The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who dwell in it.
17 GLT For behold, I{ am} sending out snakes among you, poisonous snakes that there is not for them a charm. and they will bite you— the declaration of Yahweh.’” BSB BSB: “For behold, I will send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you,” declares the LORD.
18 GLT My incurable is upon grief, and my heart is sick within me. BSB BSB: My sorrow is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.
19 GLT Behold! The sound of a cry for help of the daughter of my people from a far away land! Is Yahweh not in Zion? Is her king no longer in her? Why do they provoke me to anger with their idols and with vain foreign things? BSB BSB: Listen to the cry of the daughter of my people from a land far away: “Is the LORD no longer in Zion? Is her King no longer there?” “Why have they provoked Me to anger with their carved images, with their worthless foreign idols?”
20 GLT The harvest has passed, summer has ended, and we have not been delivered. BSB BSB: “The harvest has passed, the summer has ended, but we have not been saved.”
21 GLT I am broken because of the breaking of the daughter of my people. I mourn at the horrible thing. It has seized me. BSB BSB: For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me.
22 GLT Is there no Balsam medicine in Gilead? Is there not a healer there? Why does the healing of the daughter of my people not go up? BSB BSB: Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
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