<vn='1'><sn="518">If</s> thou wilt <sn="7725">return</s>, O <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="7725">return</s><sn="413">unto</s> me: and <sn="518">if</s> thou wilt put <sn="5493">away</s> thine <sn="8251">abominations</s> out of my <sn="4480 6440">sight</s>, then shalt thou <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5110">remove</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And thou shalt <sn="7650">swear</s>, The <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="2416">liveth</s>, in <sn="571">truth</s>, in <sn="4941">judgment</s>, and in <sn="6666">righteousness</s>; and the <sn="1471">nations</s> shall bless <sn="1288">themselves</s> in him, and in him shall they <sn="1984">glory</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> to the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> and <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, Break <sn="5214">up</s> your fallow <sn="5215">ground</s>, and <sn="2232">sow</s><sn="408">not</s><sn="413">among</s><sn="6975">thorns</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>Circumcise <sn="4135">yourselves</s> to the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and take <sn="5493">away</s> the <sn="6190">foreskins</s> of your <sn="3824">heart</s>, ye <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> and <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>: <sn="6435">lest</s> my <sn="2534">fury</s> come <sn="3318">forth</s> like <sn="784">fire</s>, and <sn="1197">burn</s> that <sn="369">none</s> can <sn="3518">quench</s> it, <sn="4480 6440">because</s> of the <sn="7455">evil</s> of your <sn="4611">doings</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="5046">Declare</s> ye in <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and <sn="8085">publish</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>; and <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="8628">Blow</s> ye the <sn="7782">trumpet</s> in the <sn="776">land</s>: <sn="7121">cry</s>, gather <sn="4390">together</s>, and <sn="559">say</s>, Assemble <sn="622">yourselves</s>, and let us <sn="935">go</s><sn="413">into</s> the <sn="4013">defensed</s><sn="5892">cities</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>Set <sn="5375">up</s> the <sn="5251">standard</s> toward <sn="6726">Zion</s>: <sn="5756">retire</s>, <sn="5975">stay</s><sn="408">not</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="595">I</s> will <sn="935">bring</s><sn="7451">evil</s> from the <sn="4480 6828">north</s>, and a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="7667">destruction</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>The <sn="738">lion</s> is come <sn="5927">up</s> from his <sn="4480 5441">thicket</s>, and the <sn="7843">destroyer</s> of the <sn="1471">Gentiles</s> is on his <sn="5265">way</s>; he is gone <sn="3318">forth</s> from his <sn="4480 4725">place</s> to <sn="7760">make</s> thy <sn="776">land</s><sn="8047">desolate</s>; and thy <sn="5892">cities</s> shall be laid <sn="5327">waste</s>, <sn="4480 369">without</s> an <sn="3427">inhabitant</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="5921">For</s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="2296">gird</s> you with <sn="8242">sackcloth</s>, <sn="5594">lament</s> and <sn="3213">howl</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="2740">fierce</s><sn="639">anger</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> is <sn="3808">not</s> turned <sn="7725">back</s><sn="4480">from</s> us. </v>
<vn='9'>And it shall come to <sn="1961">pass</s> at <sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, that the <sn="3820">heart</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> shall <sn="6">perish</s>, and the <sn="3820">heart</s> of the <sn="8269">princes</s>; and the <sn="3548">priests</s> shall be <sn="8074">astonished</s>, and the <sn="5030">prophets</s> shall <sn="8539">wonder</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>Then <sn="559">said</s> I, <sn="162">Ah</s>, <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>! <sn="403">surely</s> thou hast greatly <sn="5377 5377">deceived</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="5971">people</s> and <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, Ye shall <sn="1961">have</s><sn="7965">peace</s>; whereas the <sn="2719">sword</s><sn="5060">reacheth</s><sn="5704">unto</s> the <sn="5315">soul</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>At <sn="1931">that</s><sn="6256">time</s> shall it be <sn="559">said</s> to <sn="2088">this</s><sn="5971">people</s> and to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, A <sn="6703">dry</s><sn="7307">wind</s> of the high <sn="8205">places</s> in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s> toward the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of my <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="3808">not</s> to <sn="2219">fan</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s> to <sn="1305">cleanse</s>, </v>
<vn='12'> Even a <sn="4392">full</s><sn="7307">wind</s> from <sn="4480 428">those</s> places shall <sn="935">come</s> unto me: <sn="6258">now</s><sn="1571">also</s> will <sn="589">I</s><sn="1696">give</s><sn="4941">sentence</s> against them. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, he shall come <sn="5927">up</s> as <sn="6051">clouds</s>, and his <sn="4818">chariots</s> shall be as a <sn="5492">whirlwind</s>: his <sn="5483">horses</s> are <sn="7043">swifter</s> than <sn="4480 5404">eagles</s>. <sn="188">Woe</s> unto us! <sn="3588">for</s> we are <sn="7703">spoiled</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>O <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, <sn="3526">wash</s> thine <sn="3820">heart</s> from <sn="4480 7451">wickedness</s>, <sn="4616">that</s> thou mayest be <sn="3467">saved</s>. How <sn="5704 4970">long</s> shall thy <sn="205">vain</s><sn="4284">thoughts</s><sn="3885">lodge</s><sn="7130">within</s> thee? </v>
<vn='15'><sn="3588">For</s> a <sn="6963">voice</s><sn="5046">declareth</s> from <sn="4480 1835">Dan</s>, and <sn="8085">publisheth</s><sn="205">affliction</s> from <sn="4480 2022">mount</s><sn="669">Ephraim</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>Make ye <sn="2142">mention</s> to the <sn="1471">nations</s>; <sn="2009">behold</s>, <sn="8085">publish</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, that <sn="5341">watchers</s><sn="935">come</s> from a <sn="4801">far</s><sn="4480 776">country</s>, and give <sn="5414">out</s> their <sn="6963">voice</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="5892">cities</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>As <sn="8104">keepers</s> of a <sn="7704">field</s>, <sn="1961">are</s> they <sn="5921">against</s> her round <sn="4480 5439">about</s>; <sn="3588">because</s> she hath been <sn="4784">rebellious</s> against me, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>Thy <sn="1870">way</s> and thy <sn="4611">doings</s> have <sn="6213">procured</s><sn="428">these</s> things unto thee; <sn="2063">this</s> is thy <sn="7451">wickedness</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> it is <sn="4751">bitter</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> it <sn="5060">reacheth</s><sn="5704">unto</s> thine <sn="3820">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>My <sn="4578">bowels</s>, my <sn="4578">bowels</s>! I am <sn="3176">pained</s> at my <sn="7023">very</s><sn="3820">heart</s>; my <sn="3820">heart</s> maketh a <sn="1993">noise</s> in me; I <sn="3808">cannot</s> hold my <sn="2790">peace</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> thou hast <sn="8085">heard</s>, O my <sn="5315">soul</s>, the <sn="6963">sound</s> of the <sn="7782">trumpet</s>, the <sn="8643">alarm</s> of <sn="4421">war</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="7667">Destruction</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="7667">destruction</s> is <sn="7121">cried</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="3605">whole</s><sn="776">land</s> is <sn="7703">spoiled</s>: <sn="6597">suddenly</s> are my <sn="168">tents</s><sn="7703">spoiled</s>, and my <sn="3407">curtains</s> in a <sn="7281">moment</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>How <sn="5704 4970">long</s> shall I <sn="7200">see</s> the <sn="5251">standard</s>, and <sn="8085">hear</s> the <sn="6963">sound</s> of the <sn="7782">trumpet</s>? </v>
<vn='22'><sn="3588">For</s> my <sn="5971">people</s> is <sn="191">foolish</s>, they have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3045">known</s> me; <sn="1992">they</s> are <sn="5530">sottish</s><sn="1121">children</s>, and <sn="1992">they</s> have <sn="3808">none</s><sn="995">understanding</s>: <sn="1992">they</s> are <sn="2450">wise</s> to do <sn="7489">evil</s>, but to do <sn="3190">good</s> they have <sn="3808">no</s><sn="3045">knowledge</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>I <sn="7200">beheld</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="776">earth</s>, and, <sn="2009">lo</s>, it was without <sn="8414">form</s>, and <sn="922">void</s>; and the <sn="8064">heavens</s>, and they had <sn="369">no</s><sn="216">light</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>I <sn="7200">beheld</s> the <sn="2022">mountains</s>, and, <sn="2009">lo</s>, they <sn="7493">trembled</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1389">hills</s> moved <sn="7043">lightly</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>I <sn="7200">beheld</s>, and, <sn="2009">lo</s>, there was <sn="369">no</s><sn="120">man</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5775">birds</s> of the <sn="8064">heavens</s> were <sn="5074">fled</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>I <sn="7200">beheld</s>, and, <sn="2009">lo</s>, the fruitful <sn="3759">place</s> was a <sn="4057">wilderness</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5892">cities</s> thereof were broken <sn="5422">down</s> at the <sn="4480 6440">presence</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="4480 6440">by</s> his <sn="2740">fierce</s><sn="639">anger</s>. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="3541">thus</s> hath the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s>, The <sn="3605">whole</s><sn="776">land</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="8077">desolate</s>; yet will I <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6213">make</s> a full <sn="3617">end</s>. </v>
<vn='28'><sn="5921">For</s><sn="2063">this</s> shall the <sn="776">earth</s><sn="56">mourn</s>, and the <sn="8064">heavens</s><sn="4480 4605">above</s> be <sn="6937">black</s>: <sn="5921 3588">because</s> I have <sn="1696">spoken</s> it, I have <sn="2161">purposed</s> it, and will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5162">repent</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> will I turn <sn="7725">back</s><sn="4480">from</s> it. </v>
<vn='29'>The <sn="3605">whole</s><sn="5892">city</s> shall <sn="1272">flee</s> for the <sn="4480 6963">noise</s> of the <sn="6571">horsemen</s> and <sn="7411 7198">bowmen</s>; they shall <sn="935">go</s> into <sn="5645">thickets</s>, and climb <sn="5927">up</s> upon the <sn="3710">rocks</s>: <sn="3605">every</s><sn="5892">city</s> shall be <sn="5800">forsaken</s>, and <sn="369">not</s> a <sn="376">man</s><sn="3427">dwell</s><sn="2004">therein</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>And when <sn="859">thou</s> art <sn="7703">spoiled</s>, <sn="4100">what</s> wilt thou <sn="6213">do</s>? <sn="3588">Though</s> thou <sn="3847">clothest</s> thyself with <sn="8144">crimson</s>, <sn="3588">though</s> thou <sn="5710">deckest</s> thee with <sn="5716">ornaments</s> of <sn="2091">gold</s>, <sn="3588">though</s> thou <sn="7167">rentest</s> thy <sn="5869">face</s> with <sn="6320">painting</s>, in <sn="7723">vain</s> shalt thou make thyself <sn="3302">fair</s>; thy <sn="5689">lovers</s> will <sn="3988">despise</s> thee, they will <sn="1245">seek</s> thy <sn="5315">life</s>. </v>
<vn='31'><sn="3588">For</s> I have <sn="8085">heard</s> a <sn="6963">voice</s> as of a woman in <sn="2470">travail</s>, and the <sn="6869">anguish</s> as of her that bringeth forth her first <sn="1069">child</s>, the <sn="6963">voice</s> of the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="6726">Zion</s>, that bewaileth <sn="3306">herself</s>, that <sn="6566">spreadeth</s> her <sn="3709">hands</s>, saying, <sn="188">Woe</s> is me <sn="4994">now</s>! <sn="3588">for</s> my <sn="5315">soul</s> is <sn="5888">wearied</s> because of <sn="2026">murderers</s>. </v>