If thou wilt return,{H7725} O Israel,{H3478} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} if thou wilt return{H7725} unto me, and if thou wilt put away{H5493} thine abominations{H8251} out of my sight;{H6440} then shalt thou not be removed;{H5110}

and thou shalt swear,{H7650} As Jehovah{H3068} liveth,{H2416} in truth,{H571} in justice,{H4941} and in righteousness;{H6666} and the nations{H1471} shall bless{H1288} themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.{H1984}

For thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} to the men{H376} of Judah{H3063} and to Jerusalem,{H3389} Break up{H5214} your fallow ground,{H5215} and sow{H2232} not among thorns.{H6975}

Circumcise{H4135} yourselves to Jehovah,{H3068} and take away{H5493} the foreskins{H6190} of your heart,{H3824} ye men{H376} of Judah{H3063} and inhabitants{H3427} of Jerusalem;{H3389} lest my wrath{H2534} go forth{H3318} like fire,{H784} and burn{H1197} so that none can quench{H3518} it, because{H6440} of the evil{H7455} of your doings.{H4611}

Declare{H5046} ye in Judah,{H3063} and publish{H8085} in Jerusalem;{H3389} and say,{H559} Blow{H8628} ye the trumpet{H7782} in the land:{H776} cry{H7121} aloud{H4390} and say,{H559} Assemble{H622} yourselves, and let us go{H935} into the fortified{H4013} cities.{H5892}

Set up{H5375} a standard{H5251} toward Zion:{H6726} flee for safety,{H5756} stay{H5975} not; for I will bring{H935} evil{H7451} from the north,{H6828} and a great{H1419} destruction.{H7667}

A lion{H738} is gone up{H5927} from his thicket,{H5441} and a destroyer{H7843} of nations;{H1471} he is on his way,{H5265} he is gone forth{H3318} from his place,{H4725} to make{H7760} thy land{H776} desolate,{H8047} that thy cities{H5892} be laid waste,{H5327} without inhabitant.{H3427}

For this gird{H2296} you with sackcloth,{H8242} lament{H5594} and wail;{H3213} for the fierce{H2740} anger{H639} of Jehovah{H3068} is not turned back{H7725} from us.

And it shall come to pass at that day,{H3117} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} that the heart{H3820} of the king{H4428} shall perish,{H6} and the heart{H3820} of the princes;{H8269} and the priests{H3548} shall be astonished,{H8074} and the prophets{H5030} shall wonder.{H8539}

Then said{H559} I, Ah,{H162} Lord{H136} Jehovah!{H3069} surely{H403} thou hast greatly{H5377} deceived{H5377} this people{H5971} and Jerusalem,{H3389} saying,{H559} Ye shall have peace;{H7965} whereas the sword{H2719} reacheth{H5060} unto the life.{H5315}

At that time{H6256} shall it be said{H559} to this people{H5971} and to Jerusalem,{H3389} A hot{H6703} wind{H7307} from the bare heights{H8205} in the wilderness{H4057} toward{H1870} the daughter{H1323} of my people,{H5971} not to winnow,{H2219} nor to cleanse;{H1305}

a full{H4392} wind{H7307} from these shall come{H935} for me: now will I also utter{H1696} judgments{H4941} against them.

Behold, he shall come up{H5927} as clouds,{H6051} and his chariots{H4818} [shall be] as the whirlwind:{H5492} his horses{H5483} are swifter{H7043} than eagles.{H5404} Woe{H188} unto us! for we are ruined.{H7703}

O Jerusalem,{H3389} wash{H3526} thy heart{H3820} from wickedness,{H7451} that thou mayest be saved.{H3467} How long shall thine evil{H205} thoughts{H4284} lodge{H3885} within{H7130} thee?

For a voice{H6963} declareth{H5046} from Dan,{H1835} and publisheth{H8085} evil{H205} from the hills{H2022} of Ephraim:{H669}

make ye mention{H2142} to the nations;{H1471} behold, publish{H8085} against Jerusalem,{H3389} [that] watchers{H5341} come{H935} from a far{H4801} country,{H776} and give out{H5414} their voice{H6963} against the cities{H5892} of Judah.{H3063}

As keepers{H8104} of a field{H7704} are they against her round about,{H5439} because she hath been rebellious{H4784} against me, saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}

Thy way{H1870} and thy doings{H4611} have procured{H6213} these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness;{H7451} for it is bitter,{H4751} for it reacheth{H5060} unto thy heart.{H3820}

My anguish,{H4578} my anguish!{H4578} I am pained{H2342} at my very{H7023} heart;{H3820} my heart{H3820} is disquieted{H1993} in me; I cannot hold my peace;{H2790} because thou hast heard,{H8085} O my soul,{H5315} the sound{H6963} of the trumpet,{H7782} the alarm{H8643} of war.{H4421}

Destruction{H7667} upon destruction{H7667} is cried;{H7121} for the whole land{H776} is laid waste:{H7703} suddenly{H6597} are my tents{H168} destroyed,{H7703} [and] my curtains{H3407} in a moment.{H7281}

How long shall I see{H7200} the standard,{H5251} and hear{H8085} the sound{H6963} of the trumpet?{H7782}

For my people{H5971} are foolish,{H191} they know{H3045} me not; they are sottish{H5530} children,{H1121} and they have no understanding;{H995} they are wise{H2450} to do evil,{H7489} but to do good{H3190} they have no knowledge.{H3045}

I beheld{H7200} the earth,{H776} and, lo, it was waste{H8414} and void;{H922} and the heavens,{H8064} and they had no light.{H216}

I beheld{H7200} the mountains,{H2022} and, lo, they trembled,{H7493} and all the hills{H1389} moved to and fro.{H7043}

I beheld,{H7200} and, lo, there was no man,{H120} and all the birds{H5775} of the heavens{H8064} were fled.{H5074}

I beheld,{H7200} and, lo, the fruitful field{H3759} was a wilderness,{H4057} and all the cities{H5892} thereof were broken down{H5422} at the presence{H6440} of Jehovah,{H3068} [and] before his fierce{H2740} anger.{H639}

For thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} The whole land{H776} shall be a desolation;{H8077} yet will I not make{H6213} a full end.{H3617}

For this shall the earth{H776} mourn,{H56} and the heavens{H8064} above{H4605} be black;{H6937} because I have spoken{H1696} it, I have purposed{H2161} it, and I have not repented,{H5162} neither will I turn back{H7725} from it.

Every city{H5892} fleeth{H1272} for the noise{H6963} of the horsemen{H6571} and bowmen;{H7198} they go{H935} into the thickets,{H5645} and climb up{H5927} upon the rocks:{H3710} every city{H5892} is forsaken,{H5800} and not a man{H376} dwelleth{H3427} therein.{H2004}

And thou, when thou art made desolate,{H7703} what wilt thou do?{H6213} Though thou clothest{H3847} thyself with scarlet,{H8144} though thou deckest{H5710} thee with ornaments{H5716} of gold,{H2091} though thou enlargest{H7167} thine eyes{H5869} with paint,{H6320} in vain{H7723} dost thou make thyself fair;{H3302} [thy] lovers{H5689} despise{H3988} thee, they seek{H1245} thy life.{H5315}

For I have heard{H8085} a voice{H6963} as of a woman in travail,{H2470} the anguish{H6869} as of her that bringeth forth her first child,{H1069} the voice{H6963} of the daughter{H1323} of Zion,{H6726} that gaspeth{H3306} for breath, that spreadeth{H6566} her hands,{H3709} [saying], Woe{H188} is me now! for my soul{H5315} fainteth{H5888} before the murderers.{H2026}