2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate
3 The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall
4 Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe
5 Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
6 For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast
7 As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her
8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee;
9 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the
10 To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear?
11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with
12 And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields
13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people
15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they
16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for
17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the
18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is
19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even
20 To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the
21 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks
22 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north
23 They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no
24 We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish
25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword
26 O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow
27 I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that
28 They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are
29 The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the
30 Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath