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1. "If you will return, O Israel," says the Lord, "return to Me. If you will put away your false gods from Me and be faithful to Me,
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1. If H518 thou wilt return H7725 , O Israel H3478 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , return H7725 unto H413 me : and if H518 thou wilt put away H5493 thine abominations H8251 out of my sight H4480 H6440 , then shalt thou not H3808 remove H5110 .
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2. and promise, 'As the Lord lives,' by what is true and right and good, then the nations will be happy in Him. And in Him they will have honor."
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2. And thou shalt swear H7650 , The LORD H3068 liveth H2416 , in truth H571 , in judgment H4941 , and in righteousness H6666 ; and the nations H1471 shall bless themselves H1288 in him , and in him shall they glory H1984 .
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3. For the Lord says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, "Break up your ground which has not been planted, and do not plant seeds among thorns.
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3. For H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 to the men H376 of Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389 , Break up H5214 your fallow ground H5215 , and sow H2232 not H408 among H413 thorns H6975 .
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4. Set yourselves apart to the Lord, and put away the flesh from your heart, men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Or My anger will go out like fire and burn with no one to stop it, because of the sinful things you do."
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4. Circumcise yourselves H4135 to the LORD 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 H6435 my fury H2534 come forth H3318 like fire H784 , and burn H1197 that none H369 can quench H3518 it , because H4480 H6440 of the evil H7455 of your doings H4611 .
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5. Make it known in Judah and Jerusalem, and say, "Sound the horns in the land." Cry out and say, "Gather together, and let us go into the strong cities made ready for battle."
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5. 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 , gather together H4390 , and say H559 , Assemble yourselves H622 , and let us go H935 into H413 the defensed H4013 cities H5892 .
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6. Lift up a flag toward Zion! Run to a safe place, do not stand still. For I am bringing much trouble from the north that will destroy much.
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6. Set up H5375 the standard H5251 toward Zion H6726 : retire H5756 , stay H5975 not H408 : for H3588 I H595 will bring H935 evil H7451 from the north H4480 H6828 , and a great H1419 destruction H7667 .
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7. A lion has gone up from his secret place. A destroyer of nations has begun to move. He has gone out from his place to make your land a waste. Your cities will be destroyed and no people will live in them.
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7. The lion H738 is come up H5927 from his thicket H4480 H5441 , and the destroyer H7843 of the Gentiles H1471 is on his way H5265 ; he is gone forth H3318 from his place H4480 H4725 to make H7760 thy land H776 desolate H8047 ; and thy cities H5892 shall be laid waste H5327 , without H4480 H369 an inhabitant H3427 .
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8. Cover yourselves with cloth made from hair because of this. Cry out in sorrow. For the burning anger of the Lord has not turned away from us.
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8. For H5921 this H2063 gird H2296 you with sackcloth H8242 , lament H5594 and howl H3213 : for H3588 the fierce H2740 anger H639 of the LORD H3068 is not H3808 turned back H7725 from H4480 us.
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9. "In that day," says the Lord, "the heart of the king and the hearts of the rulers will become weak. The religious leaders will be filled with fear. And the men of God will be troubled and filled with wonder."
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9. And it shall come to pass H1961 at that H1931 day H3117 , saith H5002 the LORD 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 .
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10. Then I said, "O Lord God, for sure You have fooled these people and Jerusalem, saying, 'You will have peace,' when in truth a sword brings danger to their lives."
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10. Then said H559 I, Ah H162 , Lord H136 GOD H3069 ! surely H403 thou hast greatly deceived H5377 H5377 this H2088 people H5971 and Jerusalem H3389 , saying H559 , Ye shall have H1961 peace H7965 ; whereas the sword H2719 reacheth H5060 unto H5704 the soul H5315 .
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11. At that time it will be said to these people and Jerusalem, "A hot wind from the open hill-tops in the desert will come toward My people, but not to blow away what is of no worth, and not to make clean.
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11. At that H1931 time H6256 shall it be said H559 to this H2088 people H5971 and to Jerusalem H3389 , A dry H6703 wind H7307 of the high places H8205 in the wilderness H4057 toward the daughter H1323 of my people H5971 , not H3808 to fan H2219 , nor H3808 to cleanse H1305 ,
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12. A wind too strong for this will come at My word. Now I will bring punishment against them."
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12. Even a full H4392 wind H7307 from those H4480 H428 places shall come H935 unto me: now H6258 also H1571 will I H589 give H1696 sentence H4941 against them.
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13. See, he comes up like clouds. His war-wagons come like the strong-wind. His horses are faster than eagles. It is bad for us, for we are destroyed!
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13. Behold H2009 , he shall come up H5927 as clouds H6051 , and his chariots H4818 shall be as a whirlwind H5492 : his horses H5483 are swifter H7043 than eagles H4480 H5404 . Woe H188 unto us! for H3588 we are spoiled H7703 .
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14. Wash your heart from sin, O Jerusalem, that you may be saved. How long will your sinful thoughts stay within you?
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14. O Jerusalem H3389 , wash H3526 thine heart H3820 from wickedness H4480 H7451 , that H4616 thou mayest be saved H3467 . How long H5704 H4970 shall thy vain H205 thoughts H4284 lodge H3885 within H7130 thee?
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15. For a voice calls out from Dan, and tells of sin from Mount Ephraim.
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15. For H3588 a voice H6963 declareth H5046 from Dan H4480 H1835 , and publisheth H8085 affliction H205 from mount H4480 H2022 Ephraim H669 .
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16. "Tell it to the nations now! Make it known over all Jerusalem, saying, 'An army is coming from a far country, and they lift up their voices against the cities of Judah.
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16. Make ye mention H2142 to the nations H1471 ; behold H2009 , publish H8085 against H5921 Jerusalem H3389 , that watchers H5341 come H935 from a far H4801 country H4480 H776 , and give out H5414 their voice H6963 against H5921 the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 .
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17. They are against her all around, like watchmen of a field, because she has turned against Me,' says the Lord.
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17. As keepers H8104 of a field H7704 , are H1961 they against H5921 her round about H4480 H5439 ; because H3588 she hath been rebellious H4784 against me, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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18. "Your ways and what you do have brought these things to you. This is your sin. How bitter it is! It has touched your very heart!"
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18. Thy way H1870 and thy doings H4611 have procured H6213 these H428 things unto thee; this H2063 is thy wickedness H7451 , because H3588 it is bitter H4751 , because H3588 it reacheth H5060 unto H5704 thine heart H3820 .
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19. My soul, my soul! I am in pain! O, my heart! My heart is beating so hard! It cannot be quiet, for I hear the sound of the horn, telling of the coming war.
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19. My bowels H4578 , my bowels H4578 ! I am pained H3176 at my very H7023 heart H3820 ; my heart H3820 maketh a noise H1993 in me ; I cannot H3808 hold my peace H2790 , because H3588 thou hast heard H8085 , O my soul H5315 , the sound H6963 of the trumpet H7782 , the alarm H8643 of war H4421 .
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20. News of much trouble comes again and again, for the whole land is laid waste. All at once my tents and my curtains are destroyed.
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20. Destruction H7667 upon H5921 destruction H7667 is cried H7121 ; for H3588 the whole H3605 land H776 is spoiled H7703 : suddenly H6597 are my tents H168 spoiled H7703 , and my curtains H3407 in a moment H7281 .
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21. How long must I see the flag and hear the sound of the horn?
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21. How long H5704 H4970 shall I see H7200 the standard H5251 , and hear H8085 the sound H6963 of the trumpet H7782 ?
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22. "For My people are foolish. They do not know Me. They are children who do not think, and they have no understanding. They know a lot about how to do sinful things, but they do not know how to do good."
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22. For H3588 my people H5971 is foolish H191 , they have not H3808 known H3045 me; they H1992 are sottish H5530 children H1121 , and they H1992 have none H3808 understanding H995 : they H1992 are wise H2450 to do evil H7489 , but to do good H3190 they have no H3808 knowledge H3045 .
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23. I looked on the earth and saw that it was an empty waste. I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.
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23. I beheld H7200 H853 the earth H776 , and, lo H2009 , it was without form H8414 , and void H922 ; and the heavens H8064 , and they had no H369 light H216 .
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24. I looked on the mountains and saw they were shaking, and all the hills moved this way and that.
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24. I beheld H7200 the mountains H2022 , and, lo H2009 , they trembled H7493 , and all H3605 the hills H1389 moved lightly H7043 .
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25. I looked and saw that there were no people. And all the birds of the heavens had left.
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25. I beheld H7200 , and, lo H2009 , there was no H369 man H120 , and all H3605 the birds H5775 of the heavens H8064 were fled H5074 .
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26. I looked and saw that the rich land was a desert. All its cities were laid waste before the Lord and His burning anger.
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26. I beheld H7200 , and, lo H2009 , the fruitful place H3759 was a wilderness H4057 , and all H3605 the cities H5892 thereof were broken down H5422 at the presence H4480 H6440 of the LORD H3068 , and by H4480 H6440 his fierce H2740 anger H639 .
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27. For the Lord says, "The whole land will be laid waste, yet I will not destroy everything.
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27. For H3588 thus H3541 hath the LORD H3068 said H559 , The whole H3605 land H776 shall be H1961 desolate H8077 ; yet will I not H3808 make H6213 a full end H3617 .
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28. For the earth will be filled with sorrow and the heavens above will be dark, because I have spoken. I have planned it, and will not change My mind or turn back."
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28. For H5921 this H2063 shall the earth H776 mourn H56 , and the heavens H8064 above H4480 H4605 be black H6937 : because H5921 H3588 I have spoken H1696 it , I have purposed H2161 it , and will not H3808 repent H5162 , neither H3808 will I turn back H7725 from H4480 it.
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29. Every city runs as they hear the sound of the horseman and the one who fights with arrows. They go among the trees and the rocks. Every city is left empty, and no one lives in them.
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29. The whole H3605 city H5892 shall flee H1272 for the noise H4480 H6963 of the horsemen H6571 and bowmen H7411 H7198 ; they shall go H935 into thickets H5645 , and climb up H5927 upon the rocks H3710 : every H3605 city H5892 shall be forsaken H5800 , and not H369 a man H376 dwell H3427 therein H2004 .
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30. And you, O destroyed one, what will you do? Even when you dress in red, and wear objects of gold, and color your eyes to make them look bigger, you make yourself beautiful for nothing. Your lovers hate you, and want to kill you.
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30. And when thou H859 art spoiled H7703 , what H4100 wilt thou do H6213 ? Though H3588 thou clothest H3847 thyself with crimson H8144 , though H3588 thou deckest H5710 thee with ornaments H5716 of gold H2091 , though H3588 thou rentest H7167 thy face H5869 with painting H6320 , in vain H7723 shalt thou make thyself fair H3302 ; thy lovers H5689 will despise H3988 thee , they will seek H1245 thy life H5315 .
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31. I heard a cry as of a woman in pain, as if she were giving birth to her first child. It was the cry of the people of Zion, working hard to breathe, holding out hands, and saying, "O, it is bad for me! I am losing strength in front of those who want to kill me."
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31. For H3588 I have heard H8085 a voice H6963 as of a woman in travail H2470 , and the anguish H6869 as of her that bringeth forth her first child H1069 , the voice H6963 of the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726 , that bewaileth herself H3306 , that spreadeth H6566 her hands H3709 , saying , Woe H188 is me now H4994 ! for H3588 my soul H5315 is wearied H5888 because of murderers H2026 .
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