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  6:1 ¶
Flee for safety, ye children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth-haccherem; for evil looketh forth from the north, and a great destruction. |
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6:1 ¶
O ye children°
of Benjamin,°
gather yourselves to flee°°
out of the midst°°
of Jerusalem,°
and blow°°
the trumpet°
in Tekoa,°
and set up°°
a sign°
of fire°
in°
Bethhaccerem:°
for°
evil°
appeareth°°
out of the north,°°
and great°
destruction.° |
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6:2
The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will I cut off. |
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6:2
I have likened°°°
the daughter°
of Zion°
to a comely°°
and delicate°°
[woman]. |
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6:3
Shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place. |
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6:3
The shepherds°°
with their flocks°
shall come°°
unto°
her; they shall pitch°°
[their] tents°
against°
her round about;°
they shall feed°°
every one°
in°
his place.° |
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6:4
Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day declineth, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out. |
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6:4
Prepare°°
ye war°
against°
her; arise,°°
and let us go up°°
at noon.°
Woe°
unto us! for°
the day°
goeth away,°°
for°
the shadows°
of the evening°
are stretched out.°° |
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6:5
Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces. |
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6:5
Arise,°°
and let us go°°
by night,°
and let us destroy°°
her palaces.° |
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6:6 ¶
For thus hath Jehovah of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast up a mound against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her. |
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6:6 ¶
For°
thus°
hath the LORD°
of hosts°
said,°°
Hew ye down°°
trees,°
and cast°°
a mount°
against°
Jerusalem:°
this°
[is] the city°
to be visited;°°
she [is] wholly°
oppression°
in the midst°
of her. |
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6:7
As a well casteth forth its waters, so she casteth forth her wickedness: violence and destruction is heard in her; before me continually is sickness and wounds. |
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6:7
As a fountain°
casteth out°°
her waters,°
so°
she casteth°
out°°
her wickedness:°
violence°
and spoil°
is heard°°
in her; before°°
me°
continually°
[is] grief°
and wounds.° |
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6:8
Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from thee; lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited. |
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6:8
Be thou instructed,°°
O Jerusalem,°
lest°
my soul°
depart°°
from°
thee; lest°
I make°°
thee desolate,°
a land°
not°
inhabited.°° |
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6:9 ¶
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, They shall thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn again thy hand as a grape-gatherer into the baskets. |
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6:9 ¶
Thus°
saith°°
the LORD°
of hosts,°
They shall throughly°°
glean°°
the remnant°
of Israel°
as a vine:°
turn back°°
thine hand°
as a grapegatherer°°
into°
the baskets.° |
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6:10
To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah is become unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it. |
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6:10
To°
whom°
shall I speak,°°
and give warning,°°
that they may hear?°°
behold,°
their ear°
[is] uncircumcised,°
and they cannot°°°
hearken:°°
behold,°
the word°
of the LORD°
is°
unto them a reproach;°
they have no°
delight°°
in it. |
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6:11
Therefore I am full of the wrath of Jehovah; I am weary with holding in: pour it out upon the children in the street, and upon the assembly of young men together; for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days. |
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6:11
Therefore I am full°
of°
the fury°
of the LORD;°
I am weary°°
with holding°
in:°°
I will pour it out°°
upon°
the children°
abroad,°
and upon°
the assembly°
of young men°
together:°
for°
even°
the husband°
with°
the wife°
shall be taken,°°
the aged°
with°
[him that is] full°°
of days.° |
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6:12
And their houses shall be turned unto others, their fields and their wives together; for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah. |
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6:12
And their houses°
shall be turned°°
unto others,°
[with their] fields°
and wives°
together:°
for°
I will stretch out°°°
my hand°
upon°
the inhabitants°°
of the land,°
saith°°
the LORD.° |
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6:13
For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. |
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6:13
For°
from the least°°
of them even unto°
the greatest°
of them every one°
[is] given°°
to°
covetousness;°
and from the prophet°°
even unto°
the priest°
every one°
dealeth°°
falsely.° |
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6:14
They have healed also the hurt of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. |
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6:14
They have healed°°
also°
the hurt°
[of the daughter]°°
of my people°
slightly,°°°
saying,°°
Peace,°
peace;°
when [there is] no°
peace.° |
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6:15
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall; at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith Jehovah. |
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6:15
Were they ashamed°°°
when°
they had committed°°
abomination?°
nay,°
they were not°
at all°°
ashamed,°°
neither°°
could°°
they blush:°°
therefore°
they shall fall°°
among them that fall:°°
at the time°
[that] I visit°°
them they shall be cast down,°°
saith°°
the LORD.° |
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6:16
Thus saith Jehovah, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk [therein]. |
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6:16
Thus°
saith°°
the LORD,°
Stand°°
ye in°
the ways,°
and see,°°
and ask°°
for the old°
paths,°
where°°
[is] the good°
way,°
and walk°°°
therein, and ye shall find°°
rest°
for your souls.°
But they said,°°
We will not°
walk°°°
[therein]. |
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6:17
And I set watchmen over you, [saying], Hearken to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not hearken. |
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6:17
Also I set°°
watchmen°°
over°
you, [saying], Hearken°°
to the sound°
of the trumpet.°
But they said,°°
We will not°
hearken.°° |
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6:18 ¶
Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them. |
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6:18 ¶
Therefore°
hear,°°
ye nations,°
and know,°°
O congregation,°°
what°
[is] among them. |
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6:19
Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it. |
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6:19
Hear,°°
O earth:°
behold,°
I°
will bring°°
evil°
upon°
this°
people,°
[even] the fruit°
of their thoughts,°
because°
they have not°
hearkened°°
unto°
my words,°
nor to my law,°
but rejected°°
it. |
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6:20
To what purpose cometh there to me frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing unto me. |
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6:20
To what°
purpose°
cometh°°
there to me incense°
from Sheba,°°
and the sweet°
cane°
from a far°
country?°°
your burnt offerings°
[are] not°
acceptable,°
nor°
your sacrifices°
sweet°°
unto me. |
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6:21
Therefore thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will lay stumbling-blocks before this people; and the fathers and the sons together shall stumble against them; the neighbor and his friend shall perish. |
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6:21
Therefore°
thus°
saith°°
the LORD,°
Behold,°
I will lay°°
stumblingblocks°
before°
this°
people,°
and the fathers°
and the sons°
together°
shall fall°°
upon them; the neighbour°
and his friend°
shall perish.°° |
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6:22
Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, a people cometh from the north country; and a great nation shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth. |
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6:22
Thus°
saith°°
the LORD,°
Behold,°
a people°
cometh°°
from the north°
country,°°
and a great°
nation°
shall be raised°°
from the sides°°
of the earth.° |
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6:23
They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea, and they ride upon horses, every one set in array, as a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Zion. |
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6:23
They shall lay hold°°
on bow°
and spear;°
they°
[are] cruel,°
and have no°
mercy;°°
their voice°
roareth°°
like the sea;°
and they ride°°
upon°
horses,°
set in array°°
as men°
for war°
against°
thee, O daughter°
of Zion.° |
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6:24
We have heard the report thereof; our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, [and] pangs as of a woman in travail. |
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6:24
We have heard°°°
the fame°
thereof: our hands°
wax feeble:°°
anguish°
hath taken hold°°
of us, [and] pain,°
as of a woman in travail.°° |
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6:25
Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy, [and] terror, are on every side. |
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6:25
Go not forth°°°
into the field,°
nor°
walk°°°
by the way;°
for°
the sword°
of the enemy°°
[and] fear°
[is] on every side.°° |
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6:26 ¶
O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the destroyer shall suddenly come upon us. |
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6:26 ¶
O daughter°
of my people,°
gird°°
[thee] with sackcloth,°
and wallow°°
thyself°
in ashes:°
make°°
thee mourning,°
[as for] an only son,°
most bitter°
lamentation:°
for°
the spoiler°°
shall suddenly°
come°°
upon°
us. |
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6:27
I have made thee a trier [and] a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way. |
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6:27
I have set°°
thee [for] a tower°
[and] a fortress°
among my people,°
that thou mayest know°°
and try°°°
their way.° |
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6:28
They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly. |
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6:28
They [are] all°
grievous°°
revolters,°°
walking°°
with slanders:°
[they are] brass°
and iron;°
they°
[are] all°
corrupters.°° |
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6:29
The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked are not plucked away. |
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6:29
The bellows°
are burned,°°
the lead°
is consumed°°
of the fire;°°°
the founder°°
melteth°°
in vain:°
for the wicked°
are not°
plucked away.°° |
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6:30
Refuse silver shall men them, because Jehovah hath rejected them. |
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6:30
Reprobate°°
silver°
shall [men] call°°
them, because°
the LORD°
hath rejected°°
them. |
