Brenton's Septuagint (LXX) - Holy Name KJV

 4:1 ¶ If Israel will return to me, saith the Lord, he shall return: and if he will remove his abominations out of his mouth, and fear before me, and swear,

 4:1 ¶ If° thou wilt return,°° O Israel,° saith°° Yahweh,° return°° unto° me: and if° thou wilt put away°° thine abominations° out of my sight,°° then shalt thou not° remove.°°

 4:2 The Lord lives, with truth, in judgment and righteousness, then shall nations bless by him, and by him they shall praise God in Jerusalem.

 4:2 And thou shalt swear,°° Yahweh° liveth,° in truth,° in judgment,° and in righteousness;° and the nations° shall bless°° themselves° in him, and in him shall they glory.°°

 4:3 ¶ For thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah{gr.Juda}, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Break up fresh ground for yourselves, and sow not among thorns.

 4:3 ¶ For° thus° saith°° Yahweh° to the men° of Judah° and Jerusalem,° Break up°° your fallow ground,° and sow°° not° among° thorns.°

 4:4 Circumcise yourselves to your God, and circumcise your hardness of heart, ye men of Judah{gr.Juda}, and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my wrath go forth as fire, and burn, and there be none to quench it, because of the evil of your devices.

 4:4 Circumcise°° yourselves° to Yahweh,° and take away°° the foreskins° of your heart,° ye men° of Judah° and inhabitants°° of Jerusalem:° lest° my fury° come forth°° like fire,° and burn°° that none° can quench°° [it], because°° of the evil° of your doings.°

 4:5 Declare ye in Judah{gr.Juda}, and let it be heard in Jerusalem: say ye, Sound the trumpet in the land; cry ye aloud: say ye, Gather yourselves together, and let us enter into the fortified cities.

 4:5 Declare°° ye in Judah,° and publish°° in Jerusalem;° and say,°° Blow°° ye the trumpet° in the land:° cry,°° gather together,°° and say,°° Assemble°° yourselves,° and let us go°° into° the defenced° cities.°

 4:6 Gather up [your wares] and flee to Zion{gr.Sion}: hasten, stay not: for I will bring evils from the north, an great destruction.

 4:6 Set up°° the standard° toward Zion:° retire,°° stay°° not:° for° I° will bring°° evil° from the north,°° and a great° destruction.°

 4:7 The lion is gone up from his lair, he has roused [himself] to the destruction of the nations, and has gone forth out of his place, to make the land desolate; and the cities shall be destroyed, so as to be without inhabitant.

 4:7 The lion° is come up°° from his thicket,°° and the destroyer°° of the Gentiles° is on his way;°° he is gone forth°° from his place°° to make°° thy land° desolate;° [and] thy cities° shall be laid waste,°° without°° an inhabitant.°°

 4:8 For these things gird yourselves with sackclothes, and lament, and howl: for the anger of the Lord is not turned away from you.

 4:8 For° this° gird°° you with sackcloth,° lament°° and howl:°° for° the fierce° anger° of Yahweh° is not° turned back°° from° us.

 4:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be amazed, and the prophets shall wonder.

 4:9 And it shall come to pass° at that° day,° saith°° Yahweh,° [that] the heart° of the king° shall perish,°° and the heart° of the princes;° and the priests° shall be astonished,°° and the prophets° shall wonder.°°

 4:10 And I said, O sovereign Lord, verily thou hast deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, There shall be peace; whereas behold, the sword has reached even to their soul.

 4:10 Then said°° I, Ah,° Adonai° Yahweh!° surely° thou hast greatly°° deceived°° this° people° and Jerusalem,° saying,°° Ye shall have° peace;° whereas the sword° reacheth°° unto° the soul.°

 4:11 At that time they shall say to this people and to Jerusalem, [There is] a spirit of error in the wilderness: the way of the daughter of my people is not to purity, nor to holiness.

 4:11 At that° time° shall it be said°° to this° people° and to Jerusalem,° A dry° wind° of the high places° in the wilderness° toward° the daughter° of my people,° not° to fan,°° nor° to cleanse,°°

 4:12 [But] a spirit of full vengeance shall come upon me; and now I declare my judgments against them.

 4:12 [Even] a full° wind° from those°° [places] shall come°° unto me: now° also° will I° give°° sentence° against them.

 4:13 Behold, he shall come up as a cloud, and his chariots as a tempest: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are in misery.

 4:13 Behold,° he shall come up°° as clouds,° and his chariots° [shall be] as a whirlwind:° his horses° are swifter°° than eagles.°° Woe° unto us! for° we are spoiled.°°

 4:14 Cleanse thine heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that thou mayest be saved: how long will thy grievous thoughts be within thee?

 4:14 O Jerusalem,° wash°° thine heart° from wickedness,°° that° thou mayest be saved.°° How long°° shall thy vain° thoughts° lodge°° within° thee?

 4:15 For a voice of one publishing from Dan shall come, and trouble out of mount Ephraim shall be heard of.

 4:15 For° a voice° declareth°° from Dan,°° and publisheth°° affliction° from mount°° Ephraim.°

 4:16 Remind ye the nations; behold, they are come: proclaim [it] in Jerusalem, that bands are approaching from a land afar off, and have uttered their voice against the cities of Judah{gr.Juda}.

 4:16 Make ye mention°° to the nations;° behold,° publish°° against° Jerusalem,° [that] watchers°° come°° from a far° country,°° and give out°° their voice° against° the cities° of Judah.°

 4:17 As keepers of a field, they have surrounded her; because thou, saith the Lord, has neglected me.

 4:17 As keepers°° of a field,° are° they against° her round about;°° because° she hath been rebellious°° against me, saith°° Yahweh.°

 4:18 Thy ways and thy devices have brought these things upon thee; this is thy wickedness, for [it is] bitter, for it has reached to thy heart.

 4:18 Thy way° and thy doings° have procured°° these° [things] unto thee; this° [is] thy wickedness,° because° it is bitter,° because° it reacheth°° unto° thine heart.°

 4:19 ¶ I am pained in my bowels, my bowels, and the sensitive powers of my heart; my soul is in great commotion, my heart is torn: I will not be silent, for my soul has heard the sound of a trumpet, the cry of war, and of distress: it calls on destruction;

 4:19 ¶ My bowels,° my bowels!° I am pained°°°°° at my very° heart;° my heart° maketh a noise°° in me; I cannot° hold my peace,°° because° thou hast heard,°° O my soul,° the sound° of the trumpet,° the alarm° of war.°

 4:20 for all the land is distressed: suddenly [my] tabernacle is distressed, my curtains have been rent asunder.

 4:20 Destruction° upon° destruction° is cried;°° for° the whole° land° is spoiled:°° suddenly° are my tents° spoiled,°° [and] my curtains° in a moment.°

 4:21 How long shall I see fugitives, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

 4:21 How long°° shall I see°° the standard,° [and] hear°° the sound° of the trumpet?°

 4:22 For the princes of my people have not known me, they are foolish and unwise children: they are wise to do evil, but [how] to do good they have not known.

 4:22 For° my people° [is] foolish,° they have not° known°° me; they° [are] sottish° children,° and they° have none° understanding:°° they° [are] wise° to do evil,°° but to do good°° they have no° knowledge.°°

 4:23 I looked upon the earth, and, behold, [it was] not; and to the sky, an there was no light in it.

 4:23 I beheld°°° the earth,° and, lo,° [it was] without form,° and void;° and the heavens,° and they [had] no° light.°

 4:24 I beheld the mountains, and they trembled, and [I saw] all the hills in commotion.

 4:24 I beheld°° the mountains,° and, lo,° they trembled,°° and all° the hills° moved lightly.°°

 4:25 I looked, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky were scared.

 4:25 I beheld,°° and, lo,° [there was] no° man,° and all° the birds° of the heavens° were fled.°°

 4:26 I saw, and, behold, Carmel was desert, and all the cities were burnt with fire at the presence of the Lord, and at the presence of his fierce anger they were utterly destroyed.

 4:26 I beheld,°° and, lo,° the fruitful place° [was] a wilderness,° and all° the cities° thereof were broken down°° at the presence°° of Yahweh,° [and] by°° his fierce° anger.°

 4:27 Thus saith the Lord, The whole land shall be desolate; but I will not make a full end.

 4:27 For° thus° hath Yahweh° said,°° The whole° land° shall be° desolate;° yet will I not° make°° a full end.°

 4:28 For these things let the earth mourn, and let the sky be dark above: for I have spoken, and I will not repent; I have purposed, and I will not turn back from it.

 4:28 For° this° shall the earth° mourn,°° and the heavens° above°° be black:°° because°° I have spoken°° [it], I have purposed°° [it], and will not° repent,°° neither° will I turn back°° from° it.

 4:29 The whole land has recoiled from the noise of the horseman and the bent bow; they have gone into the caves, and have hidden themselves in the groves, and have gone up upon the rocks: every city was abandoned, no man dwelt in them.

 4:29 The whole° city° shall flee°° for the noise°° of the horsemen° and bowmen;°°° they shall go°° into thickets,° and climb up°° upon the rocks:° every° city° [shall be] forsaken,°° and not° a man° dwell°° therein.°

 4:30 And what wilt thou do? Though thou clothe thyself with scarlet, and adorn thyself with golden ornaments; though thou adorn thine eyes with stibium, thy beauty [will be] in vain: thy lovers have rejected thee, they seek thy life.

 4:30 And [when] thou° [art] spoiled,°° what° wilt thou do?°° Though° thou clothest°° thyself with crimson,° though° thou deckest°° thee with ornaments° of gold,° though° thou rentest°° thy face° with painting,° in vain° shalt thou make thyself fair;°° [thy] lovers°° will despise°° thee, they will seek°° thy life.°

 4:31 For I have heard thy groaning as the voice of a woman in travail, as of her that brings forth her first child; the voice of the daughter of Zion shall fail through weakness, and she shall lose the strength of her hands, [saying], Woe is me! for my soul faints because of the slain.

 4:31 For° I have heard°° a voice° as of a woman in travail,°° [and] the anguish° as of her that bringeth forth her first child,°° the voice° of the daughter° of Zion,° [that] bewaileth°° herself,° [that] spreadeth°° her hands,° [saying], Woe° [is] me now!° for° my soul° is wearied°° because of murderers.°°