<vn='1'>O ye <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s>, gather yourselves to <sn="5756">flee</s> out of the <sn="4480 7130">midst</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and <sn="8628">blow</s> the <sn="7782">trumpet</s> in <sn="8620">Tekoa</s>, and set <sn="5375">up</s> a sign of <sn="4864">fire</s><sn="5921">in</s><sn="1021">Beth</s> -haccerem: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="7451">evil</s><sn="8259">appeareth</s> out of the <sn="4480 6828">north</s>, and <sn="1419">great</s><sn="7667">destruction</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>I have <sn="1819">likened</s> the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="6726">Zion</s> to a <sn="5000">comely</s> and <sn="6026">delicate</s> woman. </v>
<vn='3'>The <sn="7462">shepherds</s> with their <sn="5739">flocks</s> shall <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">unto</s> her; they shall <sn="8628">pitch</s> their <sn="168">tents</s><sn="5921">against</s> her round <sn="5439">about</s>; they shall <sn="7462">feed</s> every <sn="376">one</s><sn="854">in</s> his <sn="3027">place</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="6942">Prepare</s> ye <sn="4421">war</s><sn="5921">against</s> her; <sn="6965">arise</s>, and let us go <sn="5927">up</s> at <sn="6672">noon</s>. <sn="188">Woe</s> unto us! <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="3117">day</s> goeth <sn="6437">away</s>, <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="6752">shadows</s> of the <sn="6153">evening</s> are stretched <sn="5186">out</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="6965">Arise</s>, and let us <sn="5927">go</s> by <sn="3915">night</s>, and let us <sn="7843">destroy</s> her <sn="759">palaces</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="3541">thus</s> hath the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s><sn="559">said</s>, Hew ye <sn="3772">down</s><sn="6097">trees</s>, and <sn="8210">cast</s> a <sn="5550">mount</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>: <sn="1931">this</s> is the <sn="5892">city</s> to be <sn="6485">visited</s>; she is <sn="3605">wholly</s><sn="6233">oppression</s> in the <sn="7130">midst</s> of her. </v>
<vn='7'>As a <sn="953">fountain</s> casteth <sn="6979">out</s> her <sn="4325">waters</s>, <sn="3651">so</s> she <sn="6979">casteth</s> out her <sn="7451">wickedness</s>: <sn="2555">violence</s> and <sn="7701">spoil</s> is <sn="8085">heard</s> in her; <sn="5921 6440">before</s> me <sn="8548">continually</s> is <sn="2483">grief</s> and <sn="4347">wounds</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>Be thou <sn="3256">instructed</s>, O <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, <sn="6435">lest</s> my <sn="5315">soul</s><sn="3363">depart</s><sn="4480">from</s> thee; <sn="6435">lest</s> I <sn="7760">make</s> thee <sn="8077">desolate</s>, a <sn="776">land</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="3427">inhabited</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, They shall throughly <sn="5953 5953">glean</s> the <sn="7611">remnant</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> as a <sn="1612">vine</s>: turn <sn="7725">back</s> thine <sn="3027">hand</s> as a grape <sn="1219">gatherer</s><sn="5921">into</s> the <sn="5552">baskets</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="5921">To</s><sn="4310">whom</s> shall I <sn="1696">speak</s>, and give <sn="5749">warning</s>, that they may <sn="8085">hear</s>? <sn="2009">behold</s>, their <sn="241">ear</s> is <sn="6189">uncircumcised</s>, and they <sn="3201 3808">cannot</s><sn="7181">hearken</s>: <sn="2009">behold</s>, the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">is</s> unto them a <sn="2781">reproach</s>; they have <sn="3808">no</s><sn="2654">delight</s> in it. </v>
<vn='11'>Therefore I am <sn="4392">full</s><sn="854">of</s> the <sn="2534">fury</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; I am <sn="3811">weary</s> with <sn="3557">holding</s> in: I will pour it <sn="8210">out</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="5768">children</s><sn="2351">abroad</s>, and <sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="5475">assembly</s> of young <sn="970">men</s><sn="3162">together</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1571">even</s> the <sn="376">husband</s><sn="5973">with</s> the <sn="802">wife</s> shall be <sn="3920">taken</s>, the <sn="2205">aged</s><sn="5973">with</s> him that is <sn="4390">full</s> of <sn="3117">days</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And their <sn="1004">houses</s> shall be <sn="5437">turned</s> unto <sn="312">others</s>, with their <sn="7704">fields</s> and <sn="802">wives</s><sn="3162">together</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> I will stretch <sn="5186">out</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="3027">hand</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of the <sn="776">land</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="3588">For</s> from the <sn="4480 6996">least</s> of them even <sn="5704">unto</s> the <sn="1419">greatest</s> of them every <sn="3605">one</s> is given <sn="1214">to</s><sn="1215">covetousness</s>; and from the <sn="4480 5030">prophet</s> even <sn="5704">unto</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s> every <sn="3605">one</s><sn="6213">dealeth</s><sn="8267">falsely</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>They have <sn="7495">healed</s> also <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7667">hurt</s> of the daughter of my <sn="5971">people</s><sn="5921 7043">slightly</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="7965">Peace</s>, <sn="7965">peace</s>; when there is <sn="369">no</s><sn="7965">peace</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>Were they <sn="954">ashamed</s><sn="3588">when</s> they had <sn="6213">committed</s><sn="8441">abomination</s>? <sn="1571">nay</s>, they were <sn="3808">not</s> at all <sn="954 954">ashamed</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s><sn="3045">could</s> they <sn="3637">blush</s>: <sn="3651">therefore</s> they shall <sn="5307">fall</s> among them that <sn="5307">fall</s>: at the <sn="6256">time</s> that I <sn="6485">visit</s> them they shall be cast <sn="3782">down</s>, <sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="5975">Stand</s> ye <sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="1870">ways</s>, and <sn="7200">see</s>, and <sn="7592">ask</s> for the <sn="5769">old</s><sn="5410">paths</s>, <sn="335 2088">where</s> is the <sn="2896">good</s><sn="1870">way</s>, and <sn="1980">walk</s> therein, and ye shall <sn="4672">find</s><sn="4771">rest</s> for your <sn="5315">souls</s>. But they <sn="559">said</s>, We will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1980">walk</s> therein. </v>
<vn='17'>Also I <sn="6965">set</s><sn="6822">watchmen</s><sn="5921">over</s> you, saying, <sn="7181">Hearken</s> to the <sn="6963">sound</s> of the <sn="7782">trumpet</s>. But they <sn="559">said</s>, We will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7181">hearken</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="3651">Therefore</s><sn="8085">hear</s>, ye <sn="1471">nations</s>, and <sn="3045">know</s>, O <sn="5712">congregation</s>, <sn="*853"></s><sn="834">what</s> is among them. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="8085">Hear</s>, O <sn="776">earth</s>: <sn="2009">behold</s>, <sn="595">I</s> will <sn="935">bring</s><sn="7451">evil</s><sn="413">upon</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="5971">people</s>, even the <sn="6529">fruit</s> of their <sn="4284">thoughts</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> they have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7181">hearkened</s><sn="5921">unto</s> my <sn="1697">words</s>, nor to my <sn="8451">law</s>, but <sn="3988">rejected</s> it. </v>
<vn='20'>To <sn="4100">what</s><sn="2088">purpose</s><sn="935">cometh</s> there to me <sn="3828">incense</s> from <sn="4480 7614">Sheba</s>, and the <sn="2896">sweet</s><sn="7070">cane</s> from a <sn="4801">far</s><sn="4480 776">country</s>? your burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s> are <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7522">acceptable</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s> your <sn="2077">sacrifices</s><sn="6149">sweet</s> unto me. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="3651">Therefore</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I will <sn="5414">lay</s><sn="4383">stumblingblocks</s><sn="413">before</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="5971">people</s>, and the <sn="1">fathers</s> and the <sn="1121">sons</s><sn="3162">together</s> shall <sn="3782">fall</s> upon them; the <sn="7934">neighbor</s> and his <sn="7453">friend</s> shall <sn="6">perish</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, a <sn="5971">people</s><sn="935">cometh</s> from the <sn="6828">north</s><sn="4480 776">country</s>, and a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="1471">nation</s> shall be <sn="5782">raised</s> from the <sn="4480 3411">sides</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>They shall lay <sn="2388">hold</s> on <sn="7198">bow</s> and <sn="3591">spear</s>; <sn="1931">they</s> are <sn="394">cruel</s>, and have <sn="3808">no</s><sn="7355">mercy</s>; their <sn="6963">voice</s><sn="1993">roareth</s> like the <sn="3220">sea</s>; and they <sn="7392">ride</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="5483">horses</s>, set in <sn="6186">array</s> as <sn="376">men</s> for <sn="4421">war</s><sn="5921">against</s> thee, O <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="6726">Zion</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>We have <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8089">fame</s> thereof: our <sn="3027">hands</s> wax <sn="7503">feeble</s>: <sn="6869">anguish</s> hath taken <sn="2388">hold</s> of us, and <sn="2427">pain</s>, as of a woman in <sn="3205">travail</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>Go not <sn="408 3318">forth</s> into the <sn="7704">field</s>, <sn="408">nor</s><sn="1980">walk</s> by the <sn="1870">way</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="2719">sword</s> of the <sn="341">enemy</s> and <sn="4032">fear</s> is on every <sn="4480 5439">side</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>O <sn="1323">daughter</s> of my <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="2296">gird</s> thee with <sn="8242">sackcloth</s>, and wallow <sn="6428">thyself</s> in <sn="665">ashes</s>: <sn="6213">make</s> thee <sn="60">mourning</s>, as for an only <sn="3173">son</s>, most <sn="8563">bitter</s><sn="4553">lamentation</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="7703">spoiler</s> shall <sn="6597">suddenly</s><sn="935">come</s><sn="5921">upon</s> us. </v>
<vn='27'>I have <sn="5414">set</s> thee for a <sn="969">tower</s> and a <sn="4013">fortress</s> among my <sn="5971">people</s>, that thou mayest <sn="3045">know</s> and <sn="974">try</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="1870">way</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>They are <sn="3605">all</s><sn="5493">grievous</s><sn="5637">revolters</s>, <sn="1980">walking</s> with <sn="7400">slanders</s>: they are <sn="5178">brass</s> and <sn="1270">iron</s>; <sn="1992">they</s> are <sn="3605">all</s><sn="7843">corrupters</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>The <sn="4647">bellows</s> are <sn="2787">burned</s>, the <sn="5777">lead</s> is <sn="8552">consumed</s> of the <sn="4480 784">fire</s>; the <sn="6884">founder</s><sn="6884">melteth</s> in <sn="7723">vain</s>: for the <sn="7451">wicked</s> are <sn="3808">not</s> plucked <sn="5423">away</s>. </v>
<vn='30'><sn="3988">Reprobate</s><sn="3701">silver</s> shall men <sn="7121">call</s> them, <sn="3588">because</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="3988">rejected</s> them. </v>