Oh that{H5414} my head{H7218} were waters,{H4325} and mine eyes{H5869} a fountain{H4726} of tears,{H1832} that I might weep{H1058} day{H3119} and night{H3915} for the slain{H2491} of the daughter{H1323} of my people!{H5971}

Oh that{H5414} I had in the wilderness{H4057} a lodging-place{H4411} of wayfaring men;{H732} that I might leave{H5800} my people,{H5971} and go{H3212} from them! for they are all adulterers,{H5003} an assembly{H6116} of treacherous men.{H898}

And they bend{H1869} their tongue,{H3956} [as it were] their bow,{H7198} for falsehood;{H8267} and they are grown strong{H1396} in the land,{H776} but not for truth:{H530} for they proceed{H3318} from evil{H7451} to evil,{H7451} and they know{H3045} not me, saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}

Take ye heed{H8104} every one{H376} of his neighbor,{H7453} and trust{H982} ye not in any brother;{H251} for every brother{H251} will utterly{H6117} supplant,{H6117} and every neighbor{H7453} will go{H1980} about with slanders.{H7400}

And they will deceive{H2048} every one{H376} his neighbor,{H7453} and will not speak{H1696} the truth:{H571} they have taught{H3925} their tongue{H3956} to speak{H1696} lies;{H8267} they weary{H3811} themselves to commit iniquity.{H5753}

Thy habitation{H3427} is in the midst{H8432} of deceit;{H4820} through deceit{H4820} they refuse{H3985} to know{H3045} me, saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}

Therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} Behold, I will melt{H6884} them, and try{H974} them; for how [else] should I do,{H6213} because{H6440} of the daughter{H1323} of my people?{H5971}

Their tongue{H3956} is a deadly{H7819} arrow;{H2671} it speaketh{H1696} deceit:{H4820} one speaketh{H1696} peaceably{H7965} to his neighbor{H7453} with his mouth,{H6310} but in his heart{H7130} he layeth{H7760} wait{H696} for him.

Shall I not visit{H6485} them for these things? saith{H5002} Jehovah;{H3068} shall not my soul{H5315} be avenged{H5358} on such a nation{H1471} as this?

For the mountains{H2022} will I take up{H5375} a weeping{H1065} and wailing,{H5092} and for the pastures{H4999} of the wilderness{H4057} a lamentation,{H7015} because they are burned up,{H3341} so that none{H376} passeth{H5674} through; neither can men hear{H8085} the voice{H6963} of the cattle;{H4735} both the birds{H5775} of the heavens{H8064} and the beasts{H929} are fled,{H5074} they are gone.{H1980}

And I will make{H5414} Jerusalem{H3389} heaps,{H1530} a dwelling-place{H4583} of jackals;{H8577} and I will make{H5414} the cities{H5892} of Judah{H3063} a desolation,{H8077} without inhabitant.{H3427}

Who is the wise{H2450} man,{H376} that may understand{H995} this? and [who is] he to whom the mouth{H6310} of Jehovah{H3068} hath spoken,{H1696} that he may declare{H5046} it? wherefore is the land{H776} perished{H6} and burned up{H3341} like a wilderness,{H4057} so that none passeth through?{H5674}

And Jehovah{H3068} saith,{H559} Because they have forsaken{H5800} my law{H8451} which I set{H5414} before{H6440} them, and have not obeyed{H8085} my voice,{H6963} neither walked{H1980} therein,

but have walked{H3212} after{H310} the stubbornness{H8307} of their own heart,{H3820} and after{H310} the Baalim,{H1168} which their fathers{H1} taught{H3925} them;

therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} Behold, I will feed{H398} them, even this people,{H5971} with wormwood,{H3939} and give them water{H4325} of gall{H7219} to drink.{H8248}

I will scatter{H6327} them also among the nations,{H1471} whom neither they nor their fathers{H1} have known;{H3045} and I will send{H7971} the sword{H2719} after{H310} them, till I have consumed{H3615} them.

Thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} Consider{H995} ye, and call{H7121} for the mourning women,{H6969} that they may come;{H935} and send{H7971} for the skilful{H2450} women, that they may come:{H935}

and let them make haste,{H4116} and take up{H5375} a wailing{H5092} for us, that our eyes{H5869} may run down{H3381} with tears,{H1832} and our eyelids{H6079} gush out{H5140} with waters.{H4325}

For a voice{H6963} of wailing{H5092} is heard{H8085} out of Zion,{H6726} How are we ruined!{H7703} we are greatly{H3966} confounded,{H954} because we have forsaken{H5800} the land,{H776} because they have cast down{H7993} our dwellings.{H4908}

Yet hear{H8085} the word{H1697} of Jehovah,{H3068} O ye women,{H802} and let your ear{H241} receive{H3947} the word{H1697} of his mouth;{H6310} and teach{H3925} your daughters{H1323} wailing,{H5092} and every one{H802} her neighbor{H7468} lamentation.{H7015}

For death{H4194} is come up{H5927} into our windows,{H2474} it is entered{H935} into our palaces;{H759} to cut off{H3772} the children{H5768} from without,{H2351} [and] the young men{H970} from the streets.{H7339}

Speak,{H1696} Thus saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} The dead bodies{H5038} of men{H120} shall fall{H5307} as dung{H1828} upon the open{H6440} field,{H7704} and as the handful{H5995} after{H310} the harvestman;{H7114} and none shall gather{H622} [them].

Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Let not the wise{H2450} man glory{H1984} in his wisdom,{H2451} neither let the mighty{H1368} man glory{H1984} in his might,{H1369} let not the rich{H6223} man glory{H1984} in his riches;{H6239}

but let him that glorieth{H1984} glory{H1984} in this, that he hath understanding,{H7919} and knoweth{H3045} me, that I am Jehovah{H3068} who exerciseth{H6213} lovingkindness,{H2617} justice,{H4941} and righteousness,{H6666} in the earth:{H776} for in these things I delight,{H2654} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}

Behold, the days{H3117} come,{H935} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} that I will punish{H6485} all them that are circumcised{H4135} in [their] uncircumcision:{H6190}

Egypt,{H4714} and Judah,{H3063} and Edom,{H123} and the children{H1121} of Ammon,{H5983} and Moab,{H4124} and all that have the corners{H6285} [of their hair] cut off,{H7112} that dwell{H3427} in the wilderness;{H4057} for all the nations{H1471} are uncircumcised,{H6189} and all the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478} are uncircumcised{H6189} in heart.{H3820}