17 aLike keepers of a field they are against her all around,
Because she has been rebellious against Me,” says the Lord.
Because she has been rebellious against Me,” says the Lord.
18 “Youra ways and your doings
Have procured these things for you.
This is your wickedness,
Because it is bitter,
Because it reaches to your heart.”
Have procured these things for you.
This is your wickedness,
Because it is bitter,
Because it reaches to your heart.”
Sorrow for the Doomed Nation
19 O my asoul, my soul!
I am pained in my very heart!
My heart makes a noise in me;
I cannot hold my peace,
Because you have heard, O my soul,
The sound of the trumpet,
The alarm of war.
I am pained in my very heart!
My heart makes a noise in me;
I cannot hold my peace,
Because you have heard, O my soul,
The sound of the trumpet,
The alarm of war.
20 aDestruction upon destruction is cried,
For the whole land is plundered.
Suddenly bmy tents are plundered,
And my curtains in a moment.
For the whole land is plundered.
Suddenly bmy tents are plundered,
And my curtains in a moment.
22 “For My people are foolish,
They have not known Me.
They are1 silly children,
And they have no understanding.
aThey are wise to do evil,
But to do good they have no knowledge.”
They have not known Me.
They are1 silly children,
And they have no understanding.
aThey are wise to do evil,
But to do good they have no knowledge.”
23 aI beheld the earth, and indeed it was bwithout form, and void;
And the heavens, they had no light.
And the heavens, they had no light.
26 I beheld, and indeed the fruitful land was a awilderness,
And all its cities were broken down
At the presence of the Lord,
By His fierce anger.
And all its cities were broken down
At the presence of the Lord,
By His fierce anger.
28 For this ashall the earth mourn,
And bthe heavens above be black,
Because I have spoken.
I have cpurposed and dwill not relent,
Nor will I turn back from it.
And bthe heavens above be black,
Because I have spoken.
I have cpurposed and dwill not relent,
Nor will I turn back from it.
29 The whole city shall flee from the noise of the horsemen and bowmen.
They shall go into thickets and climb up on the rocks.
Every city shall be forsaken,
And not a man shall dwell in it.
They shall go into thickets and climb up on the rocks.
Every city shall be forsaken,
And not a man shall dwell in it.
30 “And when you are plundered,
What will you do?
Though you clothe yourself with crimson,
Though you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold,
aThough you enlarge your eyes with paint,
In vain you will make yourself fair;
bYour lovers will despise you;
They will seek your life.
What will you do?
Though you clothe yourself with crimson,
Though you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold,
aThough you enlarge your eyes with paint,
In vain you will make yourself fair;
bYour lovers will despise you;
They will seek your life.
31 “For I have heard a voice as of a woman in1 labor,
The anguish as of her who brings forth her first child,
The voice of the daughter of Zion bewailing herself;
She aspreads her hands, saying,
‘Woe is me now, for my soul is1 weary
Because of murderers!’
The anguish as of her who brings forth her first child,
The voice of the daughter of Zion bewailing herself;
She aspreads her hands, saying,
‘Woe is me now, for my soul is1 weary
Because of murderers!’
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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