¹ Oh that ^H5414 my head ^H7218 were waters, ^H4325 and mine eyes ^H5869 a fountain ^H4726 of tears, ^H1832 that I might weep ^H1058 day ^H3119 and night ^H3915 for the slain ^H2491 of the daughter ^H1323 of my people! ^H5971

² Oh that ^H5414 I had in the wilderness ^H4057 a lodging place ^H4411 of wayfaring men; ^H732 that I might leave ^H5800 my people, ^H5971 and go ^H3212 from them! for they be all adulterers, ^H5003 an assembly ^H6116 of treacherous men. ^H898

³ And they bend ^H1869 their tongues ^H3956 like their bow ^H7198 for lies: ^H8267 but they are not valiant ^H1396 for the truth ^H530 upon the earth; ^H776 for they proceed ^H3318 from evil ^H7451 to evil, ^H7451 and they know ^H3045 not me, saith ^H5002 the LORD. ^H3068

⁴ Take ye heed ^H8104 every one ^H376 of his neighbour, ^H7453 and trust ^H982 ye not in any brother: ^H251 for every brother ^H251 will utterly ^H6117 supplant, ^H6117 and every neighbour ^H7453 will walk ^H1980 with slanders. ^H7400

⁵ And they will deceive ^H2048 every one ^H376 his neighbour, ^H7453 and will not speak ^H1696 the truth: ^H571 they have taught ^H3925 their tongue ^H3956 to speak ^H1696 lies, ^H8267 and weary ^H3811 themselves to commit iniquity. ^H5753

⁶ Thine habitation ^H3427 is in the midst ^H8432 of deceit; ^H4820 through deceit ^H4820 they refuse ^H3985 to know ^H3045 me, saith ^H5002 the LORD. ^H3068

⁷ Therefore thus saith ^H559 the LORD ^H3068 of hosts, ^H6635 Behold, I will melt ^H6884 them, and try ^H974 them; for how shall I do ^H6213 for ^H6440 the daughter ^H1323 of my people? ^H5971

⁸ Their tongue ^H3956 is as an arrow ^H2671 shot out; ^H7819 it speaketh ^H1696 deceit: ^H4820 one speaketh ^H1696 peaceably ^H7965 to his neighbour ^H7453 with his mouth, ^H6310 but in heart ^H7130 he layeth ^H7760 his wait. ^H696

⁹ Shall I not visit ^H6485 them for these things? saith ^H5002 the LORD: ^H3068 shall not my soul ^H5315 be avenged ^H5358 on such a nation ^H1471 as this?

¹⁰ For the mountains ^H2022 will I take up ^H5375 a weeping ^H1065 and wailing, ^H5092 and for the habitations ^H4999 of the wilderness ^H4057 a lamentation, ^H7015 because they are burned up, ^H3341 so that none ^H376 can pass ^H5674 through them; neither can men hear ^H8085 the voice ^H6963 of the cattle; ^H4735 both the fowl ^H5775 of the heavens ^H8064 and the beast ^H929 are fled; ^H5074 they are gone. ^H1980

¹¹ And I will make ^H5414 Jerusalem ^H3389 heaps, ^H1530 and a den ^H4583 of dragons; ^H8577 and I will make ^H5414 the cities ^H5892 of Judah ^H3063 desolate, ^H8077 without an inhabitant. ^H3427

¹² Who is the wise ^H2450 man, ^H376 that may understand ^H995 this? and who is he to whom the mouth ^H6310 of the LORD ^H3068 hath spoken, ^H1696 that he may declare ^H5046 it, for what the land ^H776 perisheth ^H6 and is burned up ^H3341 like a wilderness, ^H4057 that none passeth through? ^H5674

¹³ And the LORD ^H3068 saith, ^H559 Because they have forsaken ^H5800 my law ^H8451 which I set ^H5414 before ^H6440 them, and have not obeyed ^H8085 my voice, ^H6963 neither walked ^H1980 therein;

¹⁴ But have walked ^H3212 after ^H310 the imagination ^H8307 of their own heart, ^H3820 and after ^H310 Baalim, ^H1168 which their fathers ^H1 taught ^H3925 them:

¹⁵ Therefore thus saith ^H559 the LORD ^H3068 of hosts, ^H6635 the God ^H430 of Israel; ^H3478 Behold, I will feed ^H398 them, even this people, ^H5971 with wormwood, ^H3939 and give them water ^H4325 of gall ^H7219 to drink. ^H8248

¹⁶ I will scatter ^H6327 them also among the heathen, ^H1471 whom neither they nor their fathers ^H1 have known: ^H3045 and I will send ^H7971 a sword ^H2719 after ^H310 them, till I have consumed ^H3615 them.

¹⁷ Thus saith ^H559 the LORD ^H3068 of hosts, ^H6635 Consider ^H995 ye, and call ^H7121 for the mourning women, ^H6969 that they may come; ^H935 and send ^H7971 for cunning ^H2450 women, that they may come: ^H935

¹⁸ And let them make haste, ^H4116 and take up ^H5375 a wailing ^H5092 for us, that our eyes ^H5869 may run down ^H3381 with tears, ^H1832 and our eyelids ^H6079 gush out ^H5140 with waters. ^H4325

¹⁹ For a voice ^H6963 of wailing ^H5092 is heard ^H8085 out of Zion, ^H6726 How are we spoiled! ^H7703 we are greatly ^H3966 confounded, ^H954 because we have forsaken ^H5800 the land, ^H776 because our dwellings ^H4908 have cast us out. ^H7993

²⁰ Yet hear ^H8085 the word ^H1697 of the LORD, ^H3068 O ye women, ^H802 and let your ear ^H241 receive ^H3947 the word ^H1697 of his mouth, ^H6310 and teach ^H3925 your daughters ^H1323 wailing, ^H5092 and every one ^H802 her neighbour ^H7468 lamentation. ^H7015

²¹ For death ^H4194 is come up ^H5927 into our windows, ^H2474 and is entered ^H935 into our palaces, ^H759 to cut off ^H3772 the children ^H5768 from without, ^H2351 and the young men ^H970 from the streets. ^H7339

²² Speak, ^H1696 Thus saith ^H5002 the LORD, ^H3068 Even the carcases ^H5038 of men ^H120 shall fall ^H5307 as dung ^H1828 upon the open ^H6440 field, ^H7704 and as the handful ^H5995 after ^H310 the harvestman, ^H7114 and none shall gather ^H622 them.

²³ Thus saith ^H559 the LORD, ^H3068 Let not the wise ^H2450 man glory ^H1984 in his wisdom, ^H2451 neither let the mighty ^H1368 man glory ^H1984 in his might, ^H1369 let not the rich ^H6223 man glory ^H1984 in his riches: ^H6239

²⁴ But let him that glorieth ^H1984 glory ^H1984 in this, that he understandeth ^H7919 and knoweth ^H3045 me, that I am the LORD ^H3068 which exercise ^H6213 lovingkindness, ^H2617 judgment, ^H4941 and righteousness, ^H6666 in the earth: ^H776 for in these things I delight, ^H2654 saith ^H5002 the LORD. ^H3068

²⁵ Behold, the days ^H3117 come, ^H935 saith ^H5002 the LORD, ^H3068 that I will punish ^H6485 all them which are circumcised ^H4135 with the uncircumcised; ^H6190

²⁶ Egypt, ^H4714 and Judah, ^H3063 and Edom, ^H123 and the children ^H1121 of Ammon, ^H5983 and Moab, ^H4124 and all that are in the utmost ^H7112 corners, ^H6285 that dwell ^H3427 in the wilderness: ^H4057 for all these nations ^H1471 are uncircumcised, ^H6189 and all the house ^H1004 of Israel ^H3478 are uncircumcised ^H6189 in the heart. ^H3820