dynamicbible/bibles/asv/30-5.json

{"ch":5,"vss":[{"v":1,"w":[{"t":"Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel."}]},{"v":2,"w":[{"t":"The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is cast down upon her land; there is none to raise her up."}]},{"v":3,"w":[{"t":"For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth a hundred shall have ten left, to the house of Israel."}]},{"v":4,"w":[{"t":"For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live;"}]},{"v":5,"w":[{"t":"but seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el shall come to nought."}]},{"v":6,"w":[{"t":"Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el."}]},{"v":7,"w":[{"t":"Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,"}]},{"v":8,"w":[{"t":"[seek him] that maketh the Pleiades and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night; that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth (Jehovah is his name);"}]},{"v":9,"w":[{"t":"that bringeth sudden destruction upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress."}]},{"v":10,"w":[{"t":"They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly."}]},{"v":11,"w":[{"t":"Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof."}]},{"v":12,"w":[{"t":"For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins-ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right]."}]},{"v":13,"w":[{"t":"Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time."}]},{"v":14,"w":[{"t":"Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be with you, as ye say."}]},{"v":15,"w":[{"t":"Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph."}]},{"v":16,"w":[{"t":"Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the Lord: Wailing shall be in all the broad ways; and they shall say in all the streets, Alas! Alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful in lamentation to wailing."}]},{"v":17,"w":[{"t":"And in all vineyards shall be wailing; for I will pass through the midst of thee, saith Jehovah."}]},{"v":18,"w":[{"t":"Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! Wherefore would ye have the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light."}]},{"v":19,"w":[{"t":"As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him."}]},{"v":20,"w":[{"t":"Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?"}]},{"v":21,"w":[{"t":"I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies."}]},{"v":22,"w":[{"t":"Yea, though ye offer me your burnt-offerings and meal-offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fat beasts."}]},{"v":23,"w":[{"t":"Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols."}]},{"v":24,"w":[{"t":"But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream."}]},{"v":25,"w":[{"t":"Did ye bring unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?"}]},{"v":26,"w":[{"t":"Yea, ye have borne the tabernacle of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves."}]},{"v":27,"w":[{"t":"Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith Jehovah, whose name is the God of hosts."}]}]}