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# Chapter 4
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1 “If you will return, O Israel,” says the Lord,
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“Return to Me;
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And if you will put away your abominations out of My sight,
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Then you shall not be moved.
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2 And you shall swear, ‘The Lord lives,’
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In truth, in judgment, and in righteousness;
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The nations shall bless themselves in Him,
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And in Him they shall glory.”
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3 For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:
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“Break up your fallow ground,
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And do not sow among thorns.
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4 Circumcise yourselves to the Lord,
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And take away the foreskins of your hearts,
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You men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
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Lest My fury come forth like fire,
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And burn so that no one can quench it,
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Because of the evil of your doings.”
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5 Declare in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say:
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“Blow the trumpet in the land;
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Cry, ‘Gather together,’
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And say, ‘Assemble yourselves,
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And let us go into the fortified cities.’
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6 Set up the standard toward Zion.
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Take refuge! Do not delay!
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For I will bring disaster from the north,
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And great destruction.”
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7 The lion has come up from his thicket,
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And the destroyer of nations is on his way.
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He has gone forth from his place
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To make your land desolate.
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Your cities will be laid waste,
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Without inhabitant.
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8 For this, clothe yourself with sackcloth,
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Lament and wail.
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For the fierce anger of the Lord
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Has not turned back from us.
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9 “And it shall come to pass in that day,” says the Lord,
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“That the heart of the king shall perish,
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And the heart of the princes;
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The priests shall be astonished,
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And the prophets shall wonder.”
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10 Then I said, “Ah, Lord God!
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Surely You have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem,
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Saying, ‘You shall have peace,’
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Whereas the sword reaches to the heart.”
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11 At that time it will be said
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To this people and to Jerusalem,
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“A dry wind of the desolate heights blows in the wilderness
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Toward the daughter of My people—
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Not to fan or to cleanse—
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12 A wind too strong for these will come for Me;
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Now I will also speak judgment against them.”
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13 “Behold, he shall come up like clouds,
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And his chariots like a whirlwind.
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His horses are swifter than eagles.
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Woe to us, for we are plundered!”
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14 O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness,
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That you may be saved.
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How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?
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15 For a voice declares from Dan
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And proclaims affliction from Mount Ephraim:
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16 “Make mention to the nations,
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Yes, proclaim against Jerusalem,
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That watchers come from a far country
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And raise their voice against the cities of Judah.
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17 Like keepers of a field they are against her all around,
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Because she has been rebellious against Me,” says the Lord.
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18 “Your ways and your doings
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Have procured these things for you.
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This is your wickedness,
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Because it is bitter,
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Because it reaches to your heart.”
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19 O my soul, my soul!
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I am pained in my very heart!
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My heart makes a noise in me;
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I cannot hold my peace,
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Because you have heard, O my soul,
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The sound of the trumpet,
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The alarm of war.
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20 Destruction upon destruction is cried,
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For the whole land is plundered.
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Suddenly my tents are plundered,
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And my curtains in a moment.
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21 How long will I see the standard,
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And hear the sound of the trumpet?
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22 “For My people are foolish,
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They have not known Me.
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They are silly children,
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And they have no understanding.
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They are wise to do evil,
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But to do good they have no knowledge.”
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23 I beheld the earth, and indeed it was without form, and void;
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And the heavens, they had no light.
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24 I beheld the mountains, and indeed they trembled,
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And all the hills moved back and forth.
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25 I beheld, and indeed there was no man,
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And all the birds of the heavens had fled.
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26 I beheld, and indeed the fruitful land was a wilderness,
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And all its cities were broken down
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At the presence of the Lord,
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By His fierce anger.
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27 For thus says the Lord:
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“The whole land shall be desolate;
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Yet I will not make a full end.
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28 For this shall the earth mourn,
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And the heavens above be black,
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Because I have spoken.
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I have purposed and will not relent,
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Nor will I turn back from it.
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29 The whole city shall flee from the noise of the horsemen and bowmen.
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They shall go into thickets and climb up on the rocks.
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Every city shall be forsaken,
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And not a man shall dwell in it.
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30 “And when you are plundered,
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What will you do?
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Though you clothe yourself with crimson,
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Though you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold,
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Though you enlarge your eyes with paint,
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In vain you will make yourself fair;
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Your lovers will despise you;
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They will seek your life.
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31 “For I have heard a voice as of a woman in labor,
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The anguish as of her who brings forth her first child,
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The voice of the daughter of Zion bewailing herself;
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She spreads her hands, saying,
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‘Woe is me now, for my soul is weary
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Because of murderers!’ |