MLV(i)
1 Then Jehovah said to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not be toward this people. Cast them out of my sight and let them go forth.
2 And it will happen, when they say to you, Where will we go forth? Then you will tell them, Jehovah says thus: Such as are for death, to death and such as are for the sword, to the sword and such as are for the famine, to the famine and such as are for captivity, to captivity.
3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, says Jehovah: the sword to kill and the dogs to tear and the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the earth, to devour and to destroy.
4 And I will cause them to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem. 5 For who will have pity upon you, O Jerusalem? Or who will sympathize with you? Or who will turn aside to ask of your welfare?
6 You have rejected me, says Jehovah. You have gone backward. Therefore I have stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you. I am weary with relenting.
7 And I have winnowed them with a fan in the gates of the land. I have bereaved them of sons. I have destroyed my people. They did not return from their ways. 8 Their widows have increased to me above the sand of the seas. I have brought upon them, against the mother of the young men, a destroyer at noonday. I have caused anguish and terrors to fall upon her suddenly.
9 She who has borne seven, languishes. She has given up the spirit. Her sun has gone down while it was yet day. She has been put to shame and confounded. And the residue of them I will deliver to the sword before their enemies, says Jehovah.
10 Woe is me, my mother, that you have bore me, a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, nor have men lent to me, yet every one of them curses me.
11 Jehovah said, Truly I will strengthen you for good. Truly I will cause the enemy to make supplication to you in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
12 Can a man break iron, even iron from the north and brass? 13 Your substance and your treasures I will give for a spoil without price. And that for all your sins, even in all your borders. 14 And I will make them to pass with your enemies into a land which you do not know. For a fire is kindled in my anger, which will burn upon you*.
15 O Jehovah, you know. Remember me and visit me and avenge me of my persecutors. Take me not away in your longsuffering. Know that for your sake I have suffered reproach.
16 Your words were found and I ate them. And your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart. For I am called by your name, O Jehovah, God of hosts.
17 I did not sit in the assembly of those who make merry, nor did I rejoice. I sat alone because of your hand, for you have filled me with indignation. 18 Why is my pain perpetual and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? Will you indeed be to me as a deceitful brook, as waters that fail?
19 Therefore Jehovah says thus: If you return, then I will bring you again that you may stand before me. And if you take forth the precious from the vile, you will be as my mouth. They will return to you, but you will not return to them.
20 And I will make you to this people a fortified brazen wall. And they will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you. For I am with you to save you and to deliver you, says Jehovah. 21 And I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked and I will redeem you out of the hand of the terrible.
2 And it will happen, when they say to you, Where will we go forth? Then you will tell them, Jehovah says thus: Such as are for death, to death and such as are for the sword, to the sword and such as are for the famine, to the famine and such as are for captivity, to captivity.
3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, says Jehovah: the sword to kill and the dogs to tear and the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the earth, to devour and to destroy.
4 And I will cause them to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem. 5 For who will have pity upon you, O Jerusalem? Or who will sympathize with you? Or who will turn aside to ask of your welfare?
6 You have rejected me, says Jehovah. You have gone backward. Therefore I have stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you. I am weary with relenting.
7 And I have winnowed them with a fan in the gates of the land. I have bereaved them of sons. I have destroyed my people. They did not return from their ways. 8 Their widows have increased to me above the sand of the seas. I have brought upon them, against the mother of the young men, a destroyer at noonday. I have caused anguish and terrors to fall upon her suddenly.
9 She who has borne seven, languishes. She has given up the spirit. Her sun has gone down while it was yet day. She has been put to shame and confounded. And the residue of them I will deliver to the sword before their enemies, says Jehovah.
10 Woe is me, my mother, that you have bore me, a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, nor have men lent to me, yet every one of them curses me.
11 Jehovah said, Truly I will strengthen you for good. Truly I will cause the enemy to make supplication to you in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
12 Can a man break iron, even iron from the north and brass? 13 Your substance and your treasures I will give for a spoil without price. And that for all your sins, even in all your borders. 14 And I will make them to pass with your enemies into a land which you do not know. For a fire is kindled in my anger, which will burn upon you*.
15 O Jehovah, you know. Remember me and visit me and avenge me of my persecutors. Take me not away in your longsuffering. Know that for your sake I have suffered reproach.
16 Your words were found and I ate them. And your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart. For I am called by your name, O Jehovah, God of hosts.
17 I did not sit in the assembly of those who make merry, nor did I rejoice. I sat alone because of your hand, for you have filled me with indignation. 18 Why is my pain perpetual and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? Will you indeed be to me as a deceitful brook, as waters that fail?
19 Therefore Jehovah says thus: If you return, then I will bring you again that you may stand before me. And if you take forth the precious from the vile, you will be as my mouth. They will return to you, but you will not return to them.
20 And I will make you to this people a fortified brazen wall. And they will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you. For I am with you to save you and to deliver you, says Jehovah. 21 And I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked and I will redeem you out of the hand of the terrible.