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| − | ::Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying. Hear this "now, foolish-people-without-understanding, who have eyes and do not see, who have ears and do not hear. Do you not fear me "says the LORD"? Will you not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it? Though its waves toss themselves, yet they cannot prevail. Though they roar, they still cannot pass "overit". | + | ::Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying. Hear this "now, foolish-people-without-understanding, who have eyes and do not see, who have ears and do not hear. Do you not fear me "says the LORD"? Will you not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree that it cannot pass it? Though its waves toss themselves, yet they cannot prevail. Though they roar, they still cannot pass "overit". |
| | ::But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart. They have revolted and gone. They do not say in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God who gives rain, both the former and the latter in its season, who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest. Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good from you. For wicked men are found among my people. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait: They set a trap: They catch men. As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great and grew rich. They have grown fat, they shine, yes they excel in deeds of wickedness. They do not plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless that they may prosper; and they do not defend the rights of the needy. | | ::But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart. They have revolted and gone. They do not say in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God who gives rain, both the former and the latter in its season, who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest. Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good from you. For wicked men are found among my people. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait: They set a trap: They catch men. As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great and grew rich. They have grown fat, they shine, yes they excel in deeds of wickedness. They do not plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless that they may prosper; and they do not defend the rights of the needy. |
| | ::Should I not punish for these things "says the LORD"? Should my soul not be avenged on such a nation as this? | | ::Should I not punish for these things "says the LORD"? Should my soul not be avenged on such a nation as this? |
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| | ::I will utterly "consume" them "says the LORD". No grapes will be on the vine, no figs on the fig tree, and the leaf will fade. The things that I have given them will pass away from them. | | ::I will utterly "consume" them "says the LORD". No grapes will be on the vine, no figs on the fig tree, and the leaf will fade. The things that I have given them will pass away from them. |
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| − | ::The LORD says, Do not let the wise man glory in his wisdom: Do not let the mighty man glory in his might: Do not let the rich man glory in his riches: But let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and "knows Mee", that I am the LORD, who "exercises loving kindness", justice, and righteousness in the earth, for I delight in these things "says the LORD". Behold, the days come "says the LORD", that I will punish all those who are circumcised "only-in-theirflesh": Egypt, Judah, Edom, the children of Ammon, Moab, "and all who have the corners of their hair cut off" who dwell in the wilderness. for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart. | + | ::The LORD says, Do not let the wise man glory in his wisdom: Do not let the mighty man glory in his might: Do not let the rich man glory in his riches: But let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and "knows Mee", that I am the LORD, who "exercises loving kindness", justice, and righteousness in the earth, for I delight in these things "says the LORD". Behold, the days come "says the LORD", that I will punish "all those" who are circumcised "only-in-theirflesh". Egypt, Judah, Edom, the children of Ammon, Moab, and all who have the corners of their hair cut off, who dwell in the wilderness. for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart. |
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| − | ::Arise. and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear my words. Then I went down to the potter’s house. | + | ::"A Rhighze". and go down to the potter’s house, and "there" I will cause you to hear my words. Then I went down to the potter’s house. |
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| − | ::Thus said the LORD, Go and buy a potter’s earthen container, and take some of the elders of the people and of the elders of the priests; and go out to the valley of the son of Hinnom which is by the entry of the gate "Har-sith", and proclaim there the words that I will tell you. "Say". Hear the LORD’s word kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel says, Behold, I will bring evil on this place, which whoever hears, his ears will tingle. | + | ::Thus said the LORD, Go and buy a potter’s earthen container, and take some of the elders of the people and of the elders of the priests; and go out to the valley of the son of Hinnom which is by the entry of the gate "Har-sith", and proclaim there the words that I will tell you: "Ssaye: Hear-the-LORD’s word" kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel says, Behold, I will bring evil on this place, which whoever hears, his ears will tingle. |
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| − | ::Behold, the days come "says the LORD", that this place will no more be called Topheth, nor The Valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter. | + | ::Behold, the days come "says the LORD", that this place will no more be called Topheth, nor The Valley of the son of Hinnom, Ben-Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter. |
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| − | ::I will make the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem void in this place. I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life. I will give their dead bodies to be food for the birds of the sky and for the animals of the earth. I will make this city an astonishment and a hissing. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues. I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters. They will each eat the flesh of his friend in the siege and in the distress with which their enemies, and those who seek their life, will distress them. | + | ::I will make the counsel of "Judah and Jerusalem void" in this place. I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life. I will give their dead bodies to be food for the birds of the sky, and for the animals of the earth. I will make this city an astonishment and a hissing. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished, and "hiss" because of all its plagues. I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons, and the flesh of their daughters: They will each eat the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the distress with which their enemies and those who seek their life will distress them. |
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| − | ::Then you shall break the container in the sight of the men who go with you and shall tell them, the LORD of Armies says: Even so I will break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter’s vessel that cannot be made whole again. They will bury in Topheth, to the point where there is no place to bury. This is what I will do to this place "says the LORD", and to its inhabitants, even making this city as Topheth. | + | ::"Then-youshell break" the container in the sight of the men who go with you, and shall tell them, the LORD of Armies says: Even so I will break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter’s vessel, that cannot be made "whole" again. They will bury in Topheth, to the point where there is no place to bury. This is what I will do to this place "says the LORD" and to its inhabitants, even making this city as Topheth. |
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| − | ::Then Jeremiah came from Topheth where the LORD had sent him to prophesy, and he stood in the court of the LORD’s house and said to all the people: The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel says, Behold, I will bring on this city and on all its towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have made their neck stiff, that they may not hear my words. | + | ::Then Jeremiah came from Topheth where the LORD had sent him to prophesy, and he stood in the court of the LORD’s house, and said to all the people: The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel says, Behold, I will bring on this city and on all its towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have made their "neck-stiff", that they may not hear my words. |
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| | ::Behold, the days come "says the LORD", that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he will reign as king and deal wisely, and will execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell safely. This is his name by which he will be called: the LORD our righteousness. | | ::Behold, the days come "says the LORD", that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he will reign as king and deal wisely, and will execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell safely. This is his name by which he will be called: the LORD our righteousness. |
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| | ::The LORD’s word has come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking; but you have not listened. | | ::The LORD’s word has come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking; but you have not listened. |
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| − | ::The LORD has sent to you all his servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them (but you have not listened or inclined your ear to hear), saying, Return now everyone from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and to your fathers, from of old and even forever more. | + | ::The LORD has sent to you all his servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them (but you have not listened or inclined your ear to hear) saying, Return now everyone from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and to your fathers from of old, and even forever more. |
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| − | ::For the LORD, the God of Israel, says to me: Take this cup of the wine of wrath from my hand, and cause all the nations to whom I send you to drink it. | + | ::For the LORD the God of Israel says to me: Take this cup of the wine of wrath from my hand, and cause all the nations to whom I send you to drink it. |
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| | ::Then I took the cup at the LORD’s hand. | | ::Then I took the cup at the LORD’s hand. |
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| − | ::It will come to pass in that day says the LORD of Armies, that I will break his yoke from off your neck, and will burst your bonds. Strangers will no more make them their bondservants; but they will serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will "raise up", "raise up", to them. Therefore do not be afraid, O Jacob my servant "says the LORD". Do not be dismayed Israel. For behold, I will save you from afar, and save your offspring from the land of their captivity. | + | ::It will come to pass in that day says the LORD of Armies, that I will break his yoke from off your neck, and will burst your bonds. Strangers will no more make them their bondservants; but they will serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will "raise up", "raise up", to them. Therefore do not be afraid O Jacob my servant "says the LORD": Do not be dismayed Israel. For behold, I will save you from afar, and save your offspring from the land of their captivity. |
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| | ::The LORD says: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children. She refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more. | | ::The LORD says: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children. She refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more. |
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| − | ::Behold, the days come "says the LORD", that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which covenant of mine they broke, although I was a husband to them "says the LORD". But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days "says the LORD": I will put my law in their inward parts, and I will write it in their heart. I will be their God, and they shall be my people. They will no longer each teach his neighbor, and every man teach his brother saying, Know the LORD, for they will all know me, from their least to their greatest "says the LORD": for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. | + | ::Behold, the days come "says the LORD", that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah. "not according-to the-covenant" that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which covenant of mine they broke, although I was a husband to them "says the LORD". But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days "says the LORD": I will put my law in their inward parts, and I will write it in their heart: I will be their God, and they shall be my people. They will no longer each teach his neighbor, and every man teach his brother saying, Know the LORD, for they will all know me, from their least to their greatest "says the LORD": for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin "no more". |
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| − | ::What you have spoken has happened. Behold, you see it. You have said to me Lord "LORD", Buy the field for money, and call witnesses. | + | ::What you have spoken has happened. Behold, "you see-it". You have "said" to me Lord "LORD". Buy the field for money, and call witnesses. |
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| | ::I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light. Surely he turns his hand against me again and again all day long. | | ::I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light. Surely he turns his hand against me again and again all day long. |
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| − | ::He has built against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. He has made me dwell in dark places, as those who have been long dead. He has walled me about, so that I cannot go out. He has made my chain heavy. Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer. He has walled up my ways with cut stone. He has made my paths crooked. He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places. He has turned away my ways, and pulled me in pieces. He has made me desolate. He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. He has caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my kidneys. I have become a derision to all my people, and their song all day long. He has filled me with bitterness. He has stuffed me with wormwood. He has also broken my teeth with gravel. He has covered me with ashes. You have removed my soul far away from peace. I forgot prosperity. I said, My strength has perished, along with my expectation from the LORD. Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the bitterness. My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me. This I recall to my mind; therefore I have confident expectation. It is because of the LORD’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion does not fail. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness. The LORD is my portion, says my soul. Therefore I will have confident expectation in him. The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that a man should confidently expect and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD. It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him. Let him put his mouth in the dust, if it is so that there may be confident expectation. Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him. Let him be filled full of reproach. For the LORD will not cast off forever. For though he causes grief, yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses. | + | ::"He has built" against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. He has made me dwell in dark places, as those who have been long dead. He has walled me about, so that I cannot go out: He has made my chain heavy. "Yes" when I cry and call for help, he shuts out my prayer: He has walled up my ways with cut stone: He has made my paths crooked. He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places: He has turned away my ways, and pulled me in pieces. He has made me desolate: He has bent his "bowe", and set me as a mark for the arrow: He has caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my kidneys. I have become a derision to all my people, and their song all day long. He has filled me with bitterness: He has stuffed me with wormwood. He has also broken my teeth with gravel: He has covered me with ashes. You have removed my soul far away from peace: I forgot prosperity. I said My strength has perished, along with my expectation from the LORD. Remember my affliction and my misery: the wormwood and the bitterness. My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me. This I recall to my mind; therefore I have confident expectation. It is because of the LORD’s loving kindnesses, that we are not "consumed"; because his compassion does not fail: They are new every morning: Great is your faithfulness. The LORD is my portion says my soul: Therefore I will have confident expectation in him. The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that a man should confidently expect, and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD: It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth: Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him. Let him put his mouth in the dust, if it is so that there may be confident expectation. Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him: Let him be filled full of reproach. For the LORD will not cast off forever. For though he causes grief, yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses. |
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| − | ::Be of good cheer, O my children, cry to God, and he shall deliver you from the power and hand of the enemies. For I have trusted in the Everlasting, that he will save you; and joy is come to me from the Holy One, because of the mercy which shall soon come to you from the Everlasting your Savior. | + | ::Be of good cheer O my children, cry to God and he shall deliver you from the power and hand of the enemies. For I have trusted in the Everlasting that he will save you; and joy is come to me from the Holy One, because of the mercy which shall soon come to you from the "Everlasting" your Savior. |
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| | ::The LORD said to him, Go through the middle of the city, through the middle of Jerusalem, and set a Tau-mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done within it. To the others he said in my hearing, Go through the city after him, and strike. Do not let your eye spare, neither have pity. Kill utterly the old man, the young man, the virgin, little children and women; but do not come near any man on whom is the Tau-mark. Begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men who were before the house. | | ::The LORD said to him, Go through the middle of the city, through the middle of Jerusalem, and set a Tau-mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done within it. To the others he said in my hearing, Go through the city after him, and strike. Do not let your eye spare, neither have pity. Kill utterly the old man, the young man, the virgin, little children and women; but do not come near any man on whom is the Tau-mark. Begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men who were before the house. |
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| − | ::Therefore the LORD says to them: Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. Because you thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, to the point that you have scattered them abroad; therefore I will save my flock, and they will no more be a prey. I will judge between sheep and sheep. I will raise up one shepherd over them, and he will feed them, even my servant David. He will feed them, and he will be their shepherd. I, the LORD, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them. I, the LORD, have spoken it. I will make with them a covenant of peace. | + | ::Therefore the LORD says to them: Behold, "Ighe", even "Ighe", will judge between the "fat" sheep and the "lean-sheep". Because you thrust with side and with shoulder and push all the diseased with your horns, to the point that you have scattered them abroad; therefore I will save my flock, and they will no more be a prey. I will judge between sheep and sheep. I will "raise up", "raise up", one shepherd over them, and he will "feed them", even my servant David. He will "feed them", and he will be their shepherd. "Ighe", the LORD, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them. "Ighe", the LORD have spoken it: I will make with them a covenant of peace. |
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| − | ::They will know that I, the LORD, their God am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, says the LORD. You my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, says the LORD. | + | ::They will know that "Ighe", the LORD their God am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people "says the LORD". You my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, "are men", and "Ighe am" your God, "says the LORD". |
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