Oh that{H5414}{(H8799)} my head{H7218} were waters{H4325}, and mine eyes{H5869} a fountain{H4726} of tears{H1832}, that I might weep{H1058}{(H8799)} day{H3119} and night{H3915} for the slain{H2491} of the daughter{H1323} of my people{H5971}!

Oh that{H5414}{(H8799)} I had in the wilderness{H4057} a lodging place{H4411} of wayfaring men{H732}{(H8802)}; that I might leave{H5800}{(H8799)} my people{H5971}, and go{H3212}{(H8799)} from them! for they be all adulterers{H5003}{(H8764)}, an assembly{H6116} of treacherous men{H898}{(H8802)}.

And they bend{H1869}{(H8686)} their tongues{H3956} like their bow{H7198} for lies{H8267}: but they are not valiant{H1396}{(H8804)} for the truth{H530} upon the earth{H776}; for they proceed{H3318}{(H8804)} from evil{H7451} to evil{H7451}, and they know{H3045}{(H8804)} not me, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.

Take ye heed{H8104}{(H8734)} every one{H376} of his neighbour{H7453}, and trust{H982}{(H8799)} ye not in any brother{H251}: for every brother{H251} will utterly{H6117}{(H8800)} supplant{H6117}{(H8799)}, and every neighbour{H7453} will walk{H1980}{(H8799)} with slanders{H7400}.

And they will deceive{H2048}{(H8762)} every one{H376} his neighbour{H7453}, and will not speak{H1696}{(H8762)} the truth{H571}: they have taught{H3925}{(H8765)} their tongue{H3956} to speak{H1696}{(H8763)} lies{H8267}, and weary{H3811}{(H8738)} themselves to commit iniquity{H5753}{(H8687)}.

Thine habitation{H3427}{(H8800)} is in the midst{H8432} of deceit{H4820}; through deceit{H4820} they refuse{H3985}{(H8765)} to know{H3045}{(H8800)} me, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.

Therefore thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, Behold, I will melt{H6884}{(H8802)} them, and try{H974}{(H8804)} them; for how shall I do{H6213}{(H8799)} for{H6440} the daughter{H1323} of my people{H5971}?

Their tongue{H3956} is as an arrow{H2671} shot out{H7819}{(H8803)}; it speaketh{H1696}{(H8765)} deceit{H4820}: one speaketh{H1696}{(H8762)} peaceably{H7965} to his neighbour{H7453} with his mouth{H6310}, but in heart{H7130} he layeth{H7760}{(H8799)} his wait{H696}.

Shall I not visit{H6485}{(H8799)} them for these things? saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}: shall not my soul{H5315} be avenged{H5358}{(H8691)} on such a nation{H1471} as this?

For the mountains{H2022} will I take up{H5375}{(H8799)} a weeping{H1065} and wailing{H5092}, and for the habitations{H4999} of the wilderness{H4057} a lamentation{H7015}, because they are burned up{H3341}{(H8738)}, so that none{H376} can pass{H5674}{(H8802)} through them; neither can men hear{H8085}{(H8804)} the voice{H6963} of the cattle{H4735}; both the fowl{H5775} of the heavens{H8064} and the beast{H929} are fled{H5074}{(H8804)}; they are gone{H1980}{(H8804)}.

And I will make{H5414}{(H8804)} Jerusalem{H3389} heaps{H1530}, and a den{H4583} of dragons{H8577}; and I will make{H5414}{(H8799)} the cities{H5892} of Judah{H3063} desolate{H8077}, without an inhabitant{H3427}{(H8802)}.

Who is the wise{H2450} man{H376}, that may understand{H995}{(H8799)} this? and who is he to whom the mouth{H6310} of the LORD{H3068} hath spoken{H1696}{(H8765)}, that he may declare{H5046}{(H8686)} it, for what the land{H776} perisheth{H6}{(H8804)} and is burned up{H3341}{(H8738)} like a wilderness{H4057}, that none passeth through{H5674}{(H8802)}?

And the LORD{H3068} saith{H559}{(H8799)}, Because they have forsaken{H5800}{(H8800)} my law{H8451} which I set{H5414}{(H8804)} before{H6440} them, and have not obeyed{H8085}{(H8804)} my voice{H6963}, neither walked{H1980}{(H8804)} therein;

But have walked{H3212}{(H8799)} after{H310} the imagination{H8307} of their own heart{H3820}, and after{H310} Baalim{H1168}, which their fathers{H1} taught{H3925}{(H8765)} them:

Therefore thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, the God{H430} of Israel{H3478}; Behold, I will feed{H398}{(H8688)} them, even this people{H5971}, with wormwood{H3939}, and give them water{H4325} of gall{H7219} to drink{H8248}{(H8689)}.

I will scatter{H6327}{(H8689)} them also among the heathen{H1471}, whom neither they nor their fathers{H1} have known{H3045}{(H8804)}: and I will send{H7971}{(H8765)} a sword{H2719} after{H310} them, till I have consumed{H3615}{(H8763)} them.

Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, Consider{H995}{(H8708)} ye, and call{H7121}{(H8798)} for the mourning women{H6969}{(H8789)}, that they may come{H935}{(H8799)}; and send{H7971}{(H8798)} for cunning{H2450} women, that they may come{H935}{(H8799)}:

And let them make haste{H4116}{(H8762)}, and take up{H5375}{(H8799)} a wailing{H5092} for us, that our eyes{H5869} may run down{H3381}{(H8799)} with tears{H1832}, and our eyelids{H6079} gush out{H5140}{(H8799)} with waters{H4325}.

For a voice{H6963} of wailing{H5092} is heard{H8085}{(H8738)} out of Zion{H6726}, How are we spoiled{H7703}{(H8795)}! we are greatly{H3966} confounded{H954}{(H8804)}, because we have forsaken{H5800}{(H8804)} the land{H776}, because our dwellings{H4908} have cast us out{H7993}{(H8689)}.

Yet hear{H8085}{(H8798)} the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068}, O ye women{H802}, and let your ear{H241} receive{H3947}{(H8799)} the word{H1697} of his mouth{H6310}, and teach{H3925}{(H8761)} your daughters{H1323} wailing{H5092}, and every one{H802} her neighbour{H7468} lamentation{H7015}.

For death{H4194} is come up{H5927}{(H8804)} into our windows{H2474}, and is entered{H935}{(H8804)} into our palaces{H759}, to cut off{H3772}{(H8687)} the children{H5768} from without{H2351}, and the young men{H970} from the streets{H7339}.

Speak{H1696}{(H8761)}, Thus saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, Even the carcases{H5038} of men{H120} shall fall{H5307}{(H8804)} as dung{H1828} upon the open{H6440} field{H7704}, and as the handful{H5995} after{H310} the harvestman{H7114}{(H8802)}, and none shall gather{H622}{(H8764)} them.

Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, Let not the wise{H2450} man glory{H1984}{(H8691)} in his wisdom{H2451}, neither let the mighty{H1368} man glory{H1984}{(H8691)} in his might{H1369}, let not the rich{H6223} man glory{H1984}{(H8691)} in his riches{H6239}:

But let him that glorieth{H1984}{(H8693)} glory{H1984}{(H8691)} in this, that he understandeth{H7919}{(H8687)} and knoweth{H3045}{(H8800)} me, that I am the LORD{H3068} which exercise{H6213}{(H8802)} lovingkindness{H2617}, judgment{H4941}, and righteousness{H6666}, in the earth{H776}: for in these things I delight{H2654}{(H8804)}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.

Behold, the days{H3117} come{H935}{(H8802)}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, that I will punish{H6485}{(H8804)} all them which are circumcised{H4135}{(H8803)} with the uncircumcised{H6190};

Egypt{H4714}, and Judah{H3063}, and Edom{H123}, and the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983}, and Moab{H4124}, and all that are in the utmost{H7112}{(H8803)} corners{H6285}, that dwell{H3427}{(H8802)} in the wilderness{H4057}: for all these nations{H1471} are uncircumcised{H6189}, and all the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478} are uncircumcised{H6189} in the heart{H3820}.