1 GLT If only my head{ was} water, and my eyes{ were} a fountain of tears, and I will weep day and night, the slain of the daughter of my people. BSB BSB: Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
2 GLT Who will give me a lodging place of travelers in the desert, and I would leave my people and walk away from them. For all of them are adulterers, a company of ones dealing treacherously! BSB BSB: If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.
3 GLT “They tread on their deceitful bow with their tongues, and not of faithfulness{ do} they grow strong in the land. For from wicked thing to wicked thing they go, and they do not know me— the declaration of Yahweh.” BSB BSB: “They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
4 GLT Let each one guard against his neighbor and do not trust in any brother. For every brother, being a deceiver, deceives, and every neighbor walks{ in} slander. BSB BSB: “Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
5 GLT And each one will deceive against his neighbor and they will not speak the truth. They teach their tongue to speak deceitful things. Committing iniquity, they become weary. BSB BSB: Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.
6 GLT Your dwelling{ is} in the midst of deceit, in deceit they refuse to know me— the declaration of Yahweh.” BSB BSB: You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.
7 GLT Therefore, thus says Yahweh of hosts,“Behold, I am refining them and will test them, for how shall I act from before the face of the daughter of my people? BSB BSB: Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of the daughter of My people?
8 GLT Their tongue is a murderous arrow, it speaks a deceitful thing. With his mouth he speaks peace with their neighbors, and in his midst he sets his ambush. BSB BSB: Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.
9 GLT Shall I not visit against them because of these things— the declaration of Yahweh— shall I not avenge my life against a nation that{ is} like this? BSB BSB: Should I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD. Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?”
10 GLT upon the mountains I will raise up weeping and lamentation, and upon the pastures of the wilderness a funeral song, for they are burned from no man passing through. They do not hear the sound of cattle, from the birds of the heavens until the animals, they have fled and gone away. BSB BSB: I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.
11 GLT And I will appoint Jerusalem for piles of ruins, a dwelling- place of jackals, and I will make the cities of Judah a ruin without dwellers.” BSB BSB: “And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
12 GLT Who is the man that{ is} wise and he understands this? And whom has the mouth of Yahweh spoken to him, and he will declare it? Because of what has the land perished and been destroyed like the wilderness from no man passing through? BSB BSB: Who is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it?
13 GLT And Yahweh said,“Because of their abandoning my law that I set before the face of them, and they do not listen to my voice and they do not walk by it. BSB BSB: And the LORD answered, “It is because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them; they have not walked in it or obeyed My voice.
14 GLT And they walked after their stubborn hearts and after the Baals, which fathers taught them. BSB BSB: Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.”
15 GLT Therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel,‘Behold, I am feeding them, this people wormwood and making them drink water of poison. BSB BSB: Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.
16 GLT And I will scatter them among the nations that they have not known, they and their fathers, and I will send out a sword after them until my destroying them.’” BSB BSB: I will scatter them among the nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send a sword after them until I have finished them off.”
17 GLT Thus says Yahweh of hosts,“Think about this, and call funeral singers and let them come, and send out to the skilled ones and let them come. BSB BSB: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.
18 GLT Let them hurry and lift up a lament over us, and our eyes have melted{ with} tears, and our eyelids flow{ with} water. BSB BSB: Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.
19 GLT For the sound of lamentation is heard from Zion,‘How we are devastated. We are greatly ashamed, for we have abandoned the land because they tore down our dwellings.’ BSB BSB: For the sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How devastated we are! How great is our shame! For we have abandoned the land because our dwellings have been torn down.’”
20 GLT Now hear Yahweh’ s word, women, let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters a lamentation and each woman, her neighbor a funeral song. BSB BSB: Now, O women, hear the word of the LORD. Open your ears to the word of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail, and one another to lament.
21 GLT For death has come up into our windows, it enters into our palaces, cutting off children from outside, and young men from the open places. BSB BSB: For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.
22 GLT Speak’ thus{ is} the declaration of Yahweh— the corpse of a man will fall like dung upon the face of the ground, and like fallen grain after the reapers, and there is no one to gather them.’” BSB BSB: Declare that this is what the LORD says: “The corpses of men will fall like dung upon the open field, like newly cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather it.”
23 GLT Thus says Yahweh,“Do not let the wise one boast on account of his wisdom, and do not let the warrior boast on account of his strength. Do not let the rich one boast on account of his riches. BSB BSB: This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
24 GLT For if in this let the boaster boast, understanding and knowing me, for I{ am} Yahweh, doing covenant faithfulness, justice and righteousness on the earth. For in these I take pleasure— the declaration of Yahweh.” BSB BSB: But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth—for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.
25 GLT “Behold, days{ are} coming— the declaration of Yahweh— and I will visit against all of the circumcised in the foreskin, BSB BSB: “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh—
26 GLT against Egypt and against Judah, and against Edom and against the sons of Ammon, and against Moab and against all of those cutting a corner, those dwelling in the desert, for all of the uncircumcised nations and all of the house of Israel{ has} an uncircumcised heart.” BSB BSB: Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”
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