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Then all H3605 the congregation H5712 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 journeyed H5265 by [fn]stages H4550 from the wilderness H4057 of Sin H5512, according H5921 to the [fn]command H6310 of the LORD H3068, and camped H2583 at Rephidim H7508, and there H369 was H369 no H369 water H4325 for the people H5971 to drink H8354.
Now when the people H5971 saw H7200 that Moses H4872 delayed H954 to come H3381 down H3381 from the mountain H2022, the people H5971 assembled H6950 around H5921 Aaron H175 and said H559 to him, “Come H6965, make H6213 us [fn]a god H430 who H834 will go H1980 before H6440 us; for this H2088 Moses H4872, the man H376 who H834 brought H5927 us up H5927 from the land H776 of Egypt H4714—we do not know H3045 what H4100 happened H1961 to him.”
Then Moses H4872 said H559 to the LORD H3068, “See H7200, You say H559 to me, ‘Bring H5927 up H5927 this H2088 people H5971!' But You Yourself H859 have not let me know H3045 whom H834 You will send H7971 with me. Moreover, You have said H559, ‘I have known H3045 you by name H8034, and you have also H1571 found H4672 favor H2580 in My sight H5869.'
And it came H1961 about H1961, when Moses H4872 was coming H3381 down H3381 from Mount H2022 Sinai H5514 (and the two H8147 tablets H3871 of the testimony H5715 were in Moses' H4872 hand H3027 as he was coming H3381 down H3381 from the mountain H2022), that Moses H4872 did not know H3045 that the skin H5785 of his face H6440 shone H7160 because of his speaking H1696 with Him.
‘But if H518 his [fn]means H3027 are H5381 insufficient H3808 H5381 for two H8147 turtledoves H8449 or H176 two H8147 young H1121 doves H3123, then for his offering H7133 for that which H834 he has sinned H2398, he shall bring H935 the tenth H6224 of an [fn]ephah H374 of fine H5560 flour H5560 as a sin H2403 offering H2403; he shall not put H7760 oil H8081 on it or place H5414 incense H3828 on it, for it is a sin H2403 offering H2403.
‘Now if H3588 a woman H802 has H2100 a discharge H2101 of her blood H1818 for many H7227 days H3117, not at the period H6256 of her menstrual H5079 impurity H5079, or H176 if H3588 she has H2100 a discharge H2100 beyond H5921 [fn]that period H5079, for all H3605 the days H3117 of her impure H2932 discharge H2101 she shall continue H1961 as though [fn]in her menstrual H5079 impurity H5079; she is unclean H2931.
“Tell H1696 your brother H251 Aaron H175 that he shall not enter H935 at [fn]any H3605 time H6256 into the Holy H6944 Place H6944 inside H4480 H1004 the veil H6532, before H413 H6440 the [fn]atoning H3727 cover H3727 which H834 is on the ark H727, or H3808 he will die H4191; for I will appear H7200 in the cloud H6051 over H5921 the [fn]atoning H3727 cover H3727.
‘You are to keep H8104 My statutes H2708. You shall not cross-breed H7250 two H3610 kinds H3610 of your cattle H929; you shall not sow H2232 your field H7704 with two H3610 kinds H3610 of seed, nor H3808 wear H5927 H5921 a garment H899 of two H3610 kinds H3610 of material H8162 mixed H8162 together H8162.
‘Now if H3588 a man H376 has H7901 sexual H2233 relations H7902 with a woman H802 who H1931 is a slave H8198 acquired H2778 for another man H376, but who has in H6299 no H3808 way H6299 been redeemed H6299 nor H3808 given H5414 her freedom H2668, there shall be punishment H1244; they shall not, however, be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191, because H3588 she was not free H2666.
‘The priest H3548 who is [fn]highest H1419 among H4480 his brothers H251, on whose H834 head H7218 the anointing H4888 oil H8081 has been poured H3332 and [fn]who has been consecrated H4390 H3027 to wear H3847 the garments H899, shall not [fn]uncover H6544 his head H7218 nor H3808 tear H6533 his clothes H899;
‘Nevertheless H389, [fn]anything H3605 which H834 someone H376 sets H2763 apart H2763 to the LORD H3068 for H2763 [fn]destruction H2763 out of all H3605 that he has, of man H120 or animal H929 or of the field H7704 of his own property H272, shall not be sold H4376 nor redeemed H1350. Anything H3605 set H2764 apart H2764 for H2764 destruction H2764 is most H6944 holy H6944 to the LORD H3068.
‘All H3605 the days H3117 of his vow H5088 of consecration H5145 no H3808 razor H8593 shall pass H5674 over H5921 his head H7218. He shall be holy H6918 until H5704 the days H3117 are fulfilled H4390 which H834 he lives H5144 as H5144 a H5144 Nazirite H5144 for the LORD H3068; he shall let the locks H6545 of hair H8181 on his head H7218 grow H1431 long H1431.
But two H8147 men H376 had remained H7604 in the camp H4264; the name H8034 of the one H259 was Eldad H419, and the name H8034 of the [fn]other H8145, Medad H4312. And the Spirit H7307 rested H5117 upon them (and they were among those who had been registered H3789, but had not gone H3318 out H3318 to the tent H168), and they prophesied H5012 in the camp H4264.
Then Balak H1111 said H559 to him, “Please H4994 come H1980 with me to another H312 place H4725 from where H834 H8033 you may see H7200 them, although you will only H657 see H7200 the extreme H7097 end H7097 of them and will not see H7200 all H3605 of them; and put H6895 a H6895 curse H6895 on them for me from there H8033.”
“Then it shall come H1961 about H1961 when H3588 the LORD H3068 your God H430 brings H935 you into the land H776 that H834 He swore H7650 to your fathers H1, to Abraham H85, Isaac H3327, and Jacob H3290, to give H5414 you, great H1419 and splendid H2896 cities H5892 which H834 you did not build H1129,
“If H3588 your brother H251, your mother's H517 son H1121, or H176 your son H1121 or H176 daughter H1323, or H176 the wife H802 [fn]you cherish H2436, or H176 your friend H7453 who H834 is like your own soul H5315, entices H5496 you secretly H5643, saying H559, ‘Let's go H1980 and serve H5647 other H312 gods H430' (whom H834 neither H3808 you nor H3808 your fathers H1 have known H3045,
“If H3588 there is a poor H34 person H34 among you, one H259 of your brothers H251, in any H259 of your [fn]towns H8179 in your land H776 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 is giving H5414 you, you shall not harden H553 your heart H3824, nor H3808 close H7092 your hand H3027 from your poor H34 brother H251;
“Three H7969 times H6471 a year H8141 all H3605 your males H2138 shall appear H7200 before H6440 the LORD H3068 your God H430 at the place H4725 which H834 He chooses H977: at the Feast H2282 of Unleavened H4682 Bread H4682, at the Feast H2282 of Weeks H7620, and at the Feast H2282 of Booths H5521; and they are not to appear H7200 before H6440 the LORD H3068 empty-handed H7387.
“When H3588 you besiege H6696 a city H5892 for a long H7227 time H3117, to make H3898 war H3898 against H5921 it in order to capture H8610 it, you shall not destroy H7843 its trees H6086 by swinging H5080 an axe H1631 against H5921 them; for you may eat H398 from them, so you shall not cut H3772 them down H3772. For [fn]is the tree H6086 of the field H7704 a human H120, that it should [fn]be besieged H4692 by you?
“When H3588 you reap H7114 your harvest H7105 in your field H7704 and forget H7911 a sheaf H6016 in the field H7704, you are not to go H7725 back H7725 to get H3947 it; it shall belong H1961 to the stranger H1616, the [fn]orphan H3490, and to the widow H490, in H4616 order H4616 that H4616 the LORD H3068 your God H430 may bless H1288 you in all H3605 the work H4639 of your hands H3027.
“When H3588 brothers H251 live H3427 together H3162, and one H259 of them dies H4191 and has H369 no H369 son H1121, the wife H802 of the deceased H4191 shall not be married outside H2351 the family to a strange H2114 man H376. Her husband's H2993 brother H2993 shall have H935 relations H935 with H935 her and take H3947 her to himself as his wife H802, and perform H2992 the duty H2992 of H2992 a H2992 husband's H2992 brother H2992 to her.
“So all H3605 these H428 curses H7045 shall come H935 upon you and pursue H7291 you and overtake H5381 you until H5704 you are destroyed H8045, because H3588 you would not [fn]obey H8085 H6963 the LORD H3068 your God H430 by keeping H8104 His commandments H4687 and His statutes H2708 which H834 He commanded H6680 you.
‘They have made H7065 Me jealous H7065 with what is not God H410;
They have provoked H3707 Me to H3707 anger H3707 with their [fn]idols H1892.
So I will make H7065 them jealous H7065 with those who are not a people H5971;
I will provoke H3707 them to H3707 anger H3707 with a foolish H5036 nation H1471,
Now it came H1961 about H1961 when all H3605 the kings H4428 of the Amorites H567 who H834 were beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383 to the west H3220, and all H3605 the kings H4428 of the Canaanites H3669 who H834 were by the sea H3220, heard H8085 how H854 H834 the LORD H3068 had dried H3001 up H3001 the waters H4325 of the Jordan H3383 before H4480 H6440 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 until H5704 [fn]they had crossed H5674, that their hearts H3824 melted H4549, and there was no H3808 spirit H7307 in them any H5750 longer H5750 because H4480 H6440 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.
However, Zelophehad H6765, the son H1121 of Hepher H2660, the son H1121 of Gilead H1568, the son H1121 of Machir H4353, the son H1121 of Manasseh H4519, had H1961 no H3808 sons H1121, only H3588 H518 daughters H1323; and these H428 are the names H8034 of his daughters H1323: Mahlah H4244, Noah H5270, Hoglah H2295, Milcah H4435, and Tirzah H8656.
But Manasseh H4519 did not take H3423 possession H3423 of Beth-shean H1052 and its villages H1323, or Taanach H8590 and its villages H1323, or the inhabitants H3427 of Dor H1756 and its villages H1323, or the inhabitants H3427 of Ibleam H2991 and its villages H1323, or the inhabitants H3427 of Megiddo H4023 and its villages H1323; so the Canaanites H3669 persisted H2974 in living H3427 in this H2088 land H776.
Naphtali H5321 did not drive H3423 out H3423 the inhabitants H3427 of Beth-shemesh H1053, or the inhabitants H3427 of Beth-anath H1043, but lived H3427 among H7130 the Canaanites H3669, the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776; and the inhabitants H3427 of Beth-shemesh H1053 and Beth-anath H1043 became H1961 forced H4522 labor H4522 for them.
Then the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 again H3254 did H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068, and they served H5647 the Baals H1168 and the Ashtaroth H6252, the gods H430 of Aram H758, the gods H430 of Sidon H6721, the gods H430 of Moab H4124, the gods H430 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983, and the gods H430 of the Philistines H6430; so they abandoned H5800 the LORD H3068 and did not serve H5647 Him.
But Jephthah H3316 came H935 to his house H1004 at Mizpah H4709, and behold H2009, his daughter H1323 was coming H3318 out H3318 to meet H7122 him with tambourines H8596 and with dancing H4246. And she was his one H7534 and only H3173 child H3173; besides H4480 her he had H369 no H369 son H1121 or H176 daughter H1323.
“What H4100 is sweeter H4966 than H4480 honey H1706?
And what H4100 is stronger H5794 than H4480 a lion H738?”
And he said H559 to them,
In those H1992 days H3117 there H369 was H369 no H369 king H4428 of Israel H3478; and in those H1992 days H3117 the tribe H7626 of the Danites H1839 was seeking H1245 an inheritance H5159 for themselves to live H3427 in, for until H5704 that day H3117 [fn]an inheritance H5159 had not [fn]been allotted H5307 to them as a possession H5159 among H8432 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478.
So the five H2568 men H376 departed H1980 and came H935 to Laish H3919, and saw H7200 the people H5971 who H834 were in it living H3427 in security H983, in the way H4941 of the Sidonians H6722, quiet H8252 and unsuspecting H982; for there H369 was H369 no H369 [fn]oppressive H6114 ruler H3423 humiliating H3637 them for anything H1697 in the land H776, and they were far H7350 from the Sidonians H6722 and had H369 no H369 dealings H1697 with anyone H120.
Now it came H1961 about H1961 in those H1992 days H3117, when there H369 was H369 no H369 king H4428 in Israel H3478, that there was a certain H376 Levite H3881 [fn]staying H1481 in the remote H3411 part H3411 of the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim H669, who took H3947 a concubine H6370 for himself from Bethlehem H1035 in Judah H3063.
But the man H376 was unwilling H3808 H14 to spend H3885 the H3885 night H3885, so he got H6965 up H6965 and left H1980, and came H935 to a place opposite H5227 Jebus H2982 (that is, Jerusalem H3389). And with him was a pair H6776 of saddled H2280 donkeys H2543; his concubine H6370 also was with him.
Now He fatally H5221 struck H5221 some of the men H376 of Beth-shemesh H1053 because H3588 they had looked H7200 into the ark H727 of the LORD H3068. He struck H5221 50,070 H7657 H2572 H505 men H376 among the people H5971, and the people H5971 mourned H56 because H3588 the LORD H3068 had struck H5221 the people H5971 with a great H1419 slaughter H4347.
Now the day H3117 came H1961 that Jonathan H3083, the son H1121 of Saul H7586, said H559 to the young H5288 man H5288 who was carrying H5375 his armor H3627, “Come H1980, and let's cross H5674 over H5674 to the Philistines' H6430 garrison H4673 that is on the other H1975 side H5676.” But he did not tell H5046 his father H1.
Then Jonathan H3083 said H559 to the young H5288 man H5288 who was carrying H5375 his armor H3627, “Come H1980, and let's cross H5674 over H5674 to the garrison H4673 of these H428 uncircumcised H6189 men; perhaps H194 the LORD H3068 will work H6213 for us, because H3588 the LORD H3068 is not limited H4622 to saving H3467 by many H7227 or H176 by few H4592!”
Now the men H376 of Israel H3478 were hard-pressed H5065 on that day H3117, for Saul H7586 had put H422 the people H5971 under H422 oath H422, saying H559, “Cursed H779 be the man H376 who H834 eats H398 food H3899 [fn]before H5704 evening H6153, and before I have avenged H5358 myself on my enemies H340.” So none H3808 H3605 of the people H5971 tasted H2938 food H3899.
Then Abigail H26 came H935 to Nabal H5037, and behold H2009, he was having a feast H4960 in his house H1004, like the feast H4960 of a king H4428. And Nabal's H5037 heart H3820 was cheerful H2895 within H5921 him, for he was very H5704 H3966 drunk H7910; so she did not tell H5046 him anything H1697 [fn]at all H6996 H1419 until H5704 the morning H1242 light H216.
Then David H1732 said H559 to [fn]himself H3820, “Now H6258 I will [fn]perish H5595 one H259 day H3117 by the hand H3027 of Saul H7586. There H369 is H369 nothing H369 better H2896 for me than H3588 to safely H4422 escape H4422 into the land H776 of the Philistines H6430. Then Saul H7586 will despair H2976 of searching H1245 for me anymore H5750 in all H3605 the territory H1366 of Israel H3478, and I will escape H4422 from his hand H3027.”
And Samuel H8050 said H559 to Saul H7586, “Why H4100 have you disturbed H7264 me by bringing H5927 me up H5927?” Saul H7586 replied H559, “I am H6887 very H3966 distressed H6887, for the Philistines H6430 are waging H3898 war H3898 against me, and God H430 has abandoned H5493 me and no H3808 longer H5750 answers H6030 me, either H1571 through H3027 prophets H5030 or H1571 in dreams H2472; therefore I have called H7121 you, so that you may let H3045 me know H3045 what H4100 I should do H6213.”
Then Saul H7586 immediately H4116 fell H5307 full H4393 length H6967 to the ground H776 and was H3372 very H3966 afraid H3372 because H4480 of Samuel's H8050 words H1697; there was no H3808 strength H3581 in him either H1571, because H3588 he had eaten H398 no H3808 [fn]food H3899 all H3605 day H3117 and all H3605 night H3915.
Then Achish H397 called H7121 David H1732 and said H559 to him, “As the LORD H3068 lives H2416, you have indeed H3588 been honest H3477, and your [fn]going H3318 out H3318 and your coming H935 in H935 with me in the army H4264 are pleasing H2896 in my sight H5869; for I have not found H4672 evil H7451 in you since H3588 the day H3117 of your coming H935 to me to this H2088 day H3117. Nevertheless, you are not pleasing H2896 in the sight H5869 of the governors H5633.
And behold H2009, the servants H5650 of David H1732 and Joab H3097 came H935 from a raid H1416 and brought H935 a large H7227 amount H7227 of plunder H7998 with them; but Abner H74 was not with David H1732 in Hebron H2275, since H3588 he had let H7971 him go H7971, and he had gone H1980 in peace H7965.
Now the king H4428 and his men H376 went H1980 to Jerusalem H3389 against H413 the Jebusites H2983, the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776; and they said H559 to [fn]David H1732, “You shall not come H935 in H935 here H2008, but even those who are blind H5787 and those who limp H6455 will turn H5493 you away H5493,” [fn]thinking H559, “David H1732 cannot H3808 enter H935 here H2008.”
Now when H834 Ahithophel H302 saw H7200 that his advice H6098 had not been [fn]followed H6213, he saddled H2280 his donkey H2543 and set H6965 out H6965 and went H1980 to his home H1004, to his city H5892, and [fn]set H6680 his house H1004 in H6680 order H6680, and hanged H2614 himself; so he died H4191 and was buried H6912 in his father's H1 grave H6913.
Then Mephibosheth H4648 the [fn]grandson H1121 of Saul H7586 came H3381 down H3381 to meet H7122 the king H4428; but he had neither H3808 [fn]tended H6213 to H6213 his feet H7272, nor H3808 [fn]trimmed H6213 his mustache H8222, nor H3808 washed H3526 his clothes H899 since H4480 the day H3117 the king H4428 departed H1980 until H5704 the day H3117 he came H935 home in peace H7965.
Now a worthless H1100 man H376 happened H7122 to be there H8033 whose name H8034 was Sheba H7652, the son H1121 of Bichri H1075, a Benjaminite H376 H3228; and he blew H8628 the trumpet H7782 and said H559,
“We have H369 no H369 share H2506 in David H1732,
Nor H3808 do we have an inheritance H5159 in the son H1121 of Jesse H3448;
Then David H1732 came H935 to his house H1004 in Jerusalem H3389, and the king H4428 took H3947 the ten H6235 women H802, the concubines H6370 whom H834 he had left H5117 behind H5117 to take H8104 care H8104 of the house H1004, and put H5414 them in custody H1004 H4931 and provided H3557 them with H3557 food H3557, but did not [fn]have H935 relations H935 with H935 them. So they were locked H6887 up H6887 until H5704 the day H3117 of their death H4191, living H2424 as widows H491.
And Rizpah H7532 the daughter H1323 of Aiah H345 took H3947 sackcloth H8242 and spread H5186 it out H5186 for herself on the rock H6697, from the beginning H8462 of harvest H7105 until H5704 [fn]it rained H5413 on them from the sky H8064; and she [fn]allowed H5414 neither H3808 the birds H5775 of the sky H8064 to rest H5117 on them by day H3119 nor H3808 the wild H7704 animals H2416 by night H3915.
“When H3588 they sin H2398 against You (for there H369 is H369 no H369 person H120 who H834 does not sin H2398) and You are angry H599 with them and turn H5414 them over H5414 to an enemy H340, so that [fn]they take H7617 them away H7617 captive H7617 to the land H776 of the enemy H340, distant H7350 or H176 near H7138;
When all H3605 Israel H3478 saw H7200 that the king H4428 had not listened H8085 to them, the people H5971 replied H7725 H1697 to the king H4428, saying H559,
“What H4100 share H2506 do we have in David H1732?
We have no H3808 inheritance H5159 in the son H1121 of Jesse H3448;
To your tents H168, Israel H3478!
Now H6258 look H7200 after your own house H1004, David H1732!”
And it came H1961 about H1961, when all H3605 Israel H3478 heard H8085 that Jeroboam H3379 had returned H7725, that they sent H7971 word and called H7121 him to the assembly H5712, and made H4427 him king H4427 over H5921 all H3605 Israel H3478. None H3808 except H2108 the tribe H7626 of Judah H3063 alone H905 followed H310 the house H1004 of David H1732.
After H310 this H2088 event H1697, Jeroboam H3379 did not [fn]abandon H7725 his evil H7451 way H1870, but he again H7725 [fn]appointed H6213 priests H3548 of the high H1116 places H1116 from [fn]all H7098 the people H5971; anyone who wanted H2655, he ordained H4390 H3027, and he became [fn]one of the priests H3548 of the high H1116 places H1116.
Now as for the rest H3499 of all H3605 the acts H1697 of Asa H609 and all H3605 his might H1369, and all H3605 that he did H6213 and the cities H5892 which H834 he built H1129, are they not written H3789 in the Book H5612 of the Chronicles H1697 H3117 of the Kings H4428 of Judah H3063? But in the time H6256 of his old H2209 age H2209 he was H2470 diseased H2470 in his feet H7272.
And as though it had been H7043 a H7043 trivial H7043 thing H7043 for him to walk H1980 in the sins H2403 of Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Nebat H5028, he married H3947 H802 Jezebel H348 the daughter H1323 of Ethbaal H856 king H4428 of the Sidonians H6722, and went H1980 and served H5647 Baal H1168, and worshiped H2331 him.
So He said H559, “Go H3318 out H3318 and stand H5975 on the mountain H2022 before H6440 the LORD H3068.” And behold H2009, the LORD H3068 was passing H5674 by H5674! And a great H1419 and powerful H2389 wind H7307 was tearing H6561 out H6561 the mountains H2022 and breaking H7665 the rocks H5553 in H7665 pieces H7665 before H6440 the LORD H3068; but the LORD H3068 was not in the wind H7307. And after H310 the wind H7307 there was an earthquake H7494, but the LORD H3068 was not in the earthquake H7494.
Then the king H4428 of Israel H3478 summoned H7121 all H3605 the elders H2205 of the land H776 and said H559, “Please H4994 be H3045 aware H3045 and see H7200 that this H2088 man is looking H1245 for H1245 trouble H7451; for he sent H7971 me his demand for my wives H802, my children H1121, my silver H3701, and my gold H2091, and I did not refuse H4513 him.”
And when Jezebel H348 heard H8085 that Naboth H5022 had been stoned H5619 and was dead H4191, Jezebel H348 said H559 to Ahab H256, “Arise H6965, take H3423 possession H3423 of the vineyard H3754 of Naboth H5022, the Jezreelite H3158, which H834 he refused H3985 to give H5414 you for money H3701; for Naboth H5022 is not alive H2416, but dead H4191.”
So the king H4428 of Israel H3478 went H1980 with the king H4428 of Judah H3063 and the king H4428 of Edom H123, and they made H5437 a H5437 circuit H5437 of seven H7651 days' H3117 journey H1870. But there was no H3808 water H4325 for the army H4264 or for the cattle H929 that [fn]followed H7272 them.
Then he said H559 to Gehazi H1522, “[fn]Get H2296 H4975 ready H2296 H4975 and take H3947 my staff H4938 in your hand H3027, and go H1980; if H3588 you meet H4672 anyone H376, do not [fn]greet H1288 him, and if H3588 anyone H376 [fn]greets H1288 you, do not reply H6030 to him. And lay H7760 my staff H4938 on the boy's H5288 face H6440.”
Then he returned H7725 to the man H376 of God H430 [fn]with all H3605 his company H4264, and came H935 and stood H5975 before H6440 him. And he said H559, “Behold H2009 now H4994, I know H3045 that there H369 is H369 no H369 God H430 in all H3605 the earth H776, except H3588 H518 in Israel H3478; so please H4994 accept H3947 a [fn]gift H1293 from your servant H5650 now H6258.”
‘Therefore H3651 this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559 about H413 the king H4428 of Assyria H804: “He will not come H935 to this H2088 city H5892 nor H3808 shoot H3384 an arrow H2671 there H8033; and he will not come H6923 before H6923 it with a shield H4043 nor H3808 heap H8210 up H8210 an assault H5550 ramp H5550 against H5921 it.
Now the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205, the firstborn H1060 of Israel H3478 (for he was the firstborn H1060, but because he defiled H2490 his father's H1 bed H3326, his birthright H1062 was given H5414 to the sons H1121 of Joseph H3130, the son H1121 of Israel H3478; so he is not enrolled H3187 in H3187 the H3187 genealogy H3187 according to the birthright H1062.
From Manasseh H4519 some H4480 also defected H5307 to David H1732 when he was about to go H935 to battle H4421 with the Philistines H6430 against H5921 Saul H7586. But they did not help H5826 them, because H3588 the governors H5633 of the Philistines H6430 sent H7971 him away H7971 after consultation H6098, saying H559, “At the cost of our heads H7218 he might defect H5307 to his master H113 Saul H7586.”
Then David H1732 said H559 to his son H1121 Solomon H8010, “Be strong H2388 and courageous H553, and act H6213; do not fear H3372 nor H408 be dismayed H2865, for the LORD H3068 God H430, my God H430, is with you. He will not fail H7503 you nor H3808 forsake H5800 you until H5704 all H3605 the work H4399 for the service H5656 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 is finished H3615.
Then King H4428 David H1732 said H559 to the entire H3605 assembly H6951, “My son H1121 Solomon H8010, whom alone H259 God H430 has chosen H977, is still young H5288 and inexperienced H7390, and the work H4399 is great H1419; for the [fn]temple H1002 is not for mankind H120, but for the LORD H3068 God H430.
“Also H1571 concerning H413 the foreigner H5237 who H834 is not from Your people H5971 Israel H3478, when he comes H935 from a far H7350 country H776 on account H4616 of Your great H1419 name H8034 and Your mighty H2389 hand H3027 and Your outstretched H5186 arm H2220, when they come H935 and pray H6419 toward H413 this H2088 house H1004,
Then Solomon H8010 consecrated H6942 the middle H8432 of the courtyard H2691 that was before H6440 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, for he offered H6213 the burnt H5930 offerings H5930 and the fat H2459 of the peace H8002 offerings H8002 there H8033, because H3588 the bronze H5178 altar H4196 which H834 Solomon H8010 had made H6213 was H3201 not able H3201 to contain H3557 the burnt H5930 offering H5930, the grain offering H4503, and the fat H2459.
When all H3605 Israel H3478 saw that the king H4428 had not listened H8085 to them, the people H5971 replied H7725 to the king H4428, saying H559,
“What H4100 share H2506 do we have in David H1732?
We have no H3808 inheritance H5159 in the son H1121 of Jesse H3448.
Everyone H376 to your tents H168, Israel H3478!
Now H6258 look H7200 after your own house H1004, David H1732!”
So all H3605 Israel H3478 went H1980 away to their tents H168.
Now the acts H1697 of Rehoboam H7346, from the first H7223 to the last H314, are they not written H3789 in the [fn]records H1697 of Shemaiah H8098 the prophet H5030 and of Iddo H5714 the seer H2374, according to genealogical H3187 enrollment H3187? And there were wars H4421 between Rehoboam H7346 and Jeroboam H3379 continually H3605 H3117.
Then a letter H4385 came H935 to him from Elijah H452 the prophet H5030, saying H559, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068, the God H430 of your father H1 David H1732 says: ‘Because H8478 H834 you have not walked H1980 in the ways H1870 of your father H1 Jehoshaphat H3092 and the ways H1870 of Asa H609 king H4428 of Judah H3063,
Then the Spirit H7307 of God H430 [fn]covered H3847 Zechariah H2148, the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548 like H3847 clothing H3847; and he stood H5975 above H4480 H5921 the people H5971 and said H559 to them, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 God H430 has said H559, ‘Why H4100 do you break H5674 the commandments H4687 of the LORD H3068 and do not prosper H6743? Because H3588 you have abandoned H5800 the LORD H3068, He has also abandoned H5800 you.'”
When they left H1980 him (for they left H5800 him very H7227 sick H4251), his own servants H5650 conspired H7194 against H5921 him because of the blood H1818 of the [fn]son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548, and they murdered H2026 him on his bed H4296. So he died H4191, and they buried H6912 him in the city H5892 of David H1732, but they did not bury H6912 him in the tombs H6913 of the kings H4428.
Now these H428 were the ones who came H5927 up H5927 from Tel-melah H8528, Tel-harsha H8521, Cherub H3743, [fn]Addan H135, and Immer H564, but they were H3201 not able H3201 to [fn]provide H5046 evidence H5046 of their fathers' H1 households H1004 and their [fn]descendants H2233, whether H518 they were of Israel H3478:
Now when these H428 things H428 had been completed H3615, the officials H8269 approached H5066 me, saying H559, “The people H5971 of Israel H3478 and the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881 have not separated H914 themselves from the peoples H5971 of the lands H776, as to their abominations H8441, those of the Canaanites H3669, the Hittites H2850, the Perizzites H6522, the Jebusites H2983, the Ammonites H5984, the Moabites H4125, the Egyptians H4713, and the Amorites H567.
And it came H1961 about H1961 in the month H2320 Nisan H5212, in the twentieth H6242 year H8141 of King H4428 Artaxerxes H783, that wine H3196 was before H6440 him, and I picked H5375 up H5375 the wine H3196 and gave H5414 it to the king H4428. Now I had not been H1961 sad H7451 in his presence H6440.
Then I said H559 to them, “You see H7200 the bad H7451 situation H7451 we are in, that Jerusalem H3389 is desolate H2720 and its gates H8179 have been burned H3341 by fire H784. Come H1980, let's rebuild H1129 the wall H2346 of Jerusalem H3389 so that we will no H3808 longer H5750 be a disgrace H2781.”
Furthermore H1571, since H4480 the day H3117 that I was appointed H6680 to be their governor H6346 in the land H776 of Judah H3063, from the twentieth H6242 year H8141 to the thirty-second H7970 H8147 year H8141 of King H4428 Artaxerxes H783, for twelve H8147 H6240 years H8141, neither H3808 I nor H3808 my kinsmen H251 have eaten H398 the governor's H6346 food H3899 allowance.
Now when H834 it was reported H8085 to Sanballat H5571, Tobiah H2900, Geshem H1654 the Arab H6163, and to the rest H3499 of our enemies H340 that I had rebuilt H1129 the wall H2346, and that no H3808 breach H6556 was left H3498 in it, although H1571 at that time H6256 I had not installed H5975 the doors H1817 in the gates H8179,
“They refused H3985 to listen H8085,
And did not remember H2142 Your wondrous H6381 deeds H6381 which H834 You performed H6213 among H5973 them;
So they became H7185 H6203 stubborn H7185 H6203 and appointed H5414 a leader H7218 to return H7725 to their slavery H5659 in [fn]Egypt H4714.
But You are a God H433 of forgiveness H5547,
Gracious H2587 and compassionate H7349,
Slow H750 to anger H639 and abounding H7227 in [fn]mercy H2617;
And You did not abandon H5800 them.
You, in Your great H7227 compassion H7356,
Did not abandon H5800 them in the wilderness H4057;
The pillar H5982 of cloud H6051 did not leave H5493 H4480 H5921 them by day H3119,
To guide H5148 them on their way H1870,
Nor H3808 the pillar H5982 of fire H784 by night H3915, to light H215 for them the way H1870 in which H834 they were to go H1980.
And admonished H5749 them in order to turn H7725 them back H7725 to Your Law H8451.
Yet they acted H2102 arrogantly H2102 and did not listen H8085 to Your commandments H4687 but sinned H2398 against Your ordinances H4941,
Which H834, if a person H120 [fn]follows H6213 them, then he will live H2421 by them.
And they [fn]turned H5414 a stubborn H5637 shoulder H3802 and stiffened H7185 their neck H6203, and would not listen H8085.
Then Esther's H635 attendants H5291 and her eunuchs H5631 came H935 and informed H5046 her, and the queen H4436 was seized H2342 by H2342 great H3966 fear H2342. And she sent H7971 garments H899 to clothe H3847 Mordecai H4782 so that he would remove H5493 his sackcloth H8242 from him, but he did not accept H6901 them.
For the music director; according to [fn]Mahalath. A [fn]Maskil of David.
The fool H5036 has said H559 in his heart H3820, “There H369 is H369 no H369 God H430.”
They are H7843 corrupt H7843, and have committed H8581 abominable H8581 injustice H5766;
There H369 is H369 no H369 one H369 who does H6213 good H2896.
Then I looked H7200 again H7725 at all H3605 the acts H6217 of H6217 oppression H6217 which H834 were being done H6213 under H8478 the sun H8121. And behold H2009, I saw the tears H1832 of the oppressed H6231 and that they had H369 no H369 one H369 to comfort H5162 them; and power H3581 was on the side H3027 of their oppressors H6231, but they had H369 no H369 one H369 to comfort H5162 them.
For I have taken H5414 all H3605 this H2088 to my heart H3820, even to [fn]examine H952 [fn]it all H3605, that righteous H6662 people H6662, wise H2450 people H2450, and their deeds H5652 are in the hand H3027 of God H430. People H120 do not know H3045 whether H1571 it will be love H160 or H1571 hatred H8135; anything H3605 [fn]awaits H6440 them.
For this H3651 reason H3651 the anger H639 of the LORD H3068 has burned H2734 against His people H5971,
And He has stretched H5186 out H5186 His hand H3027 against H5921 them and struck H5221 them.
And the mountains H2022 quaked H7264, and their corpses H5038 [fn]lay H1961 like refuse H5478 in the middle H7130 of the streets H2351.
Despite all H3605 this H2088, His anger H639 [fn]is H7725 not spent H7725,
But His hand H3027 is still H5750 stretched H5186 out H5186.
Now it came H1961 about H1961 in the days H3117 of Ahaz H271, the son H1121 of Jotham H3147, the son H1121 of Uzziah H5818, king H4428 of Judah H3063, that Rezin H7526 the king H4428 of Aram H758 and Pekah H6492 the son H1121 of Remaliah H7425, king H4428 of Israel H3478, went H5927 up H5927 to Jerusalem H3389 to wage war H4421 against H5921 it, but could H3201 not [fn]conquer H3898 H5921 it.
[fn]But there will be no H3808 more gloom H4155 for her who H834 was in anguish H4164. In earlier H7223 times H6256 He treated H7043 the land H776 of Zebulun H2074 and the land H776 of Naphtali H5321 with H7043 contempt H7043, but later H314 on He will make H3513 it glorious H3513, by the way H1870 of the sea H3220, on the other H5676 side H5676 of the Jordan H3383, Galilee H1551 of the [fn]Gentiles H1471.
There H369 will H369 be H369 no H369 end H7093 to the increase H4766 of His government H4951 or of peace H7965
On the throne H3678 of David H1732 and over H5921 [fn]his kingdom H4467,
To establish H3559 it and to uphold H5582 it with justice H4941 and righteousness H6666
From then H6258 on and forevermore H5703 H5769.
The zeal H7068 of the LORD H3068 of armies H6635 will accomplish H6213 this H2088.
Therefore H5921 H3651 the Lord H136 does not rejoice H8055 over H8055 their young H970 men H970,
Nor H3808 does He have H7355 compassion H7355 on H7355 their [fn]orphans H3490 or their widows H490;
For every H3605 one H3605 of them is godless H2611 and an evildoer H7489,
And every H3605 mouth H6310 is speaking H1696 foolishness H5039.
In spite of all H3605 this H2088, His anger H639 does not turn H7725 away H7725,
And His hand H3027 is still H5750 stretched H5186 out H5186.
Be H954 ashamed H954, Sidon H6721,
For the sea H3220 speaks H559, the stronghold H4581 of the sea H3220, saying H559,
“I have neither H3808 been H2342 in H2342 labor H2342 nor H3808 given H3205 birth H3205,
I have neither H3808 brought H1431 up H1431 young H970 men H970 nor raised H7311 virgins H1330.”
When its limbs H7105 are H3001 dry H3001, they are broken H7665 off;
Women H802 come H935 and make H215 a H215 fire H215 with them,
For they are not a people H5971 of discernment H998,
Therefore H5921 H3651 their Maker H6213 will not have H7355 compassion H7355 on H7355 them.
And their Creator H3335 will not be H2603 gracious H2603 to them.
The pronouncement H4853 concerning the animals H929 of the Negev H5045:
Through a land H776 of distress H6869 and anguish H6695,
From [fn]where H1992 come lioness H3833 and lion H3918, viper H660 and flying H5774 serpent H8314,
They carry H5375 their riches H2428 on the [fn]backs H3802 of young H5895 donkeys H5895,
Woe H1945 to those who go H3381 down H3381 to Egypt H4714 for help H5833
And rely H8172 on horses H5483,
And trust H982 in chariots H7393 because H3588 they are many H7227
And in horsemen H6571 because H3588 they are H6105 very H3966 strong H6105,
But they do not look H8159 to the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478, nor H3808 seek H1875 the LORD H3068!
Now the Egyptians H4714 are human H120 and not God H410,
And their horses H5483 are flesh H1320 and not spirit H7307;
So the LORD H3068 will stretch H5186 out H5186 His hand H3027,
And any helper H5826 will stumble H3782,
And one who is helped H5826 will fall H5307.
And all H3605 of them will come H3615 to H3615 an H3615 end H3615 together H3162.
Woe H1945 to you, destroyer H7703,
While you were not destroyed H7703;
And he who is treacherous H898, while others did not deal H898 treacherously H898 with him.
As soon as you finish H8552 destroying H7703, you will be destroyed H7703;
As soon as you cease H3615 to deal H898 treacherously H898, others will deal H898 treacherously H898 with you.
Who H4310 has declared H5046 this from the beginning H7218, that we might know H3045?
Or from former H6440 times H6440, that we may say H559, “He is right H6662!”?
There H369 was H369 no H369 one H369 at H637 all H637 who declared H5046,
There H369 was H369 no H369 one H369 at H637 all H637 who proclaimed H8085,
There H369 was H369 no H369 one H369 at H637 all H637 who heard H8085 your words H561.
“I will lead H1980 those who are blind H5787 by a way H1870 they have not known H3045,
In paths H5410 they have not known H3045 I will guide H1869 them.
I will turn H7760 darkness H4285 into light H216 before H6440 them
And uneven H4625 land H4625 into plains H4334.
But this H1931 is a people H5971 plundered H962 and pillaged H8154;
All H3605 of them are trapped H6351 in [fn]caves H2352,
Or are hidden H2244 away in prisons H3608;
They have become H1961 plunder H957, with no H369 one H369 to save H5337 them,
And spoils H4933 with no H369 one H369 to say H559, “Give H7725 them back H7725!”
“Woe H1945 to the one who quarrels H7378 with [fn]his Maker H3335—
A piece H2789 of H2789 pottery H2789 [fn]among H854 the other earthenware H127 pottery H2789 pieces H2789!
Will the clay H2563 say H559 to the [fn]potter H3335, ‘What H4100 are you doing H6213?'
Or the thing H6467 you are making H6467 say, ‘He has H369 no H369 hands H3027'?
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:
“The [fn]products H3018 of Egypt H4714 and the merchandise H5504 of [fn]Cush H3568
And the Sabeans H5436, men H376 of stature H4060,
Will come H5674 over H5674 to you and will be yours;
They will walk H1980 behind H310 you, they will come H5674 over H5674 in chains H2131
And will bow H2331 down H2331 to you;
They will plead H6419 with you:
‘[fn]God H410 certainly H389 is [fn]with you, and there H369 is H369 no H369 one H369 else H5750,
For this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559, He who created H1254 the heavens H8064 (He is the God H430 who formed H3335 the earth H776 and made H6213 it, He established H3559 it and did not create H1254 it [fn]as a waste H8414 place H8414, but formed H3335 it to be inhabited H3427):
“I am the LORD H3068, and there H369 is H369 no H369 one H369 else H5750.
“Declare H5046 and present H5066 your case;
Indeed H637, let them consult H3289 together H3162.
Who H4310 has announced H8085 this H2088 long H6924 ago H6924?
Who has long H227 since H227 declared H5046 it?
Is it not I, the LORD H3068?
And there H369 is H369 no H369 other H5750 God H430 besides H4480 H1107 Me,
“Kings H4428 will be your guardians H539,
And their princesses H8282 your nurses H3243.
They will bow H2331 down H2331 to you with their faces H639 to the ground H776
And lick H3897 the dust H6083 from your feet H7272;
And you will know H3045 that I am the LORD H3068;
Those who H834 hopefully H6960 wait H6960 for Me will not be put H954 to H954 shame H954.
“Why H4069 was H369 there H369 no H369 one H376 when I came H935?
When I called H7121, why was H369 there H369 no H369 one H369 to answer H6030?
Is My hand H3027 so H4480 short H7114 that H4480 it cannot H4480 redeem H6304?
Or H518 do I have H369 no H369 power H3581 to rescue H5337?
Behold H2005, I dry H2717 up H2717 the sea H3220 with My rebuke H1606,
I turn H7760 rivers H5104 into H7760 a wilderness H4057;
“Shout H7442 for H7442 joy H7442, infertile H6135 one H6135, you who have not given H3205 birth H3205 to any child;
Break H6476 forth H6476 into joyful H7440 shouting H7440 and cry H6670 aloud H6670, you who have not been H2342 in H2342 labor H2342;
For the sons H1121 of the desolate H8074 one will be more H4480 numerous H7227
Than H4480 the sons H1121 of the married H1166 woman,” says H559 the LORD H3068.
“No H3605 H3808 weapon H3627 that is formed H3335 against H5921 you will succeed H6743;
And you will condemn H7561 every H3605 tongue H3956 that [fn]accuses H6965 you in judgment H4941.
This H2088 is the heritage H5159 of the servants H5650 of the LORD H3068,
And their vindication H6666 is from Me,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.
“Instead H8478 of H8478 the thorn H5285 bush H5285, the juniper H1265 will come H5927 up H5927,
And instead H8478 of H8478 the stinging H5636 nettle H5636, the myrtle H1918 will come H5927 up H5927;
And [fn]it will be a [fn]memorial H8034 to the LORD H3068,
An everlasting H5769 sign H226 which will not be eliminated H3772.”
And the dogs H3611 are [fn]greedy H5315 H5794, they [fn]are never H3808 satisfied H3045 H7654.
And they are shepherds H7462 who have H3045 no H3808 understanding H995;
They have all H3605 turned H6437 to their own way H1870,
Each H376 one H376 to his unjust H1215 gain H1215, [fn]without H4480 exception H7097.
“If H518, because H4480 of the Sabbath H7676, you restrain H7725 your foot H7272
From doing H6213 as you wish H2656 on My holy H6944 day H3117,
And call H7121 the Sabbath H7676 a pleasure H6027, and the holy H6918 day of the LORD H3068 honorable H3513,
And honor H3513 it, desisting H6213 H4480 from your own ways H1870,
“Because H834 the one who [fn]is blessed H1288 on the earth H776
Will [fn]be blessed H1288 by the God H430 of truth H543;
And the one who swears H7650 an oath on the earth H776
Will swear H7650 by the God H430 of truth H543;
Because H3588 the former H7223 troubles H6869 are forgotten H7911,
And because H3588 they are hidden H5641 from My sight H5869!
“No H3808 longer H5750 will there be [fn]in it an infant H5764 who lives only a few days H3117,
Or an old H2205 person H2205 who H834 does not [fn]live H4390 out H4390 his days H3117;
For the youth H5288 will die H4191 at the age H1121 of a hundred H3967,
And the [fn]one who does H2398 not H2398 reach H2398 the age H1121 of a hundred H3967
“They did not say H559, ‘Where H346 is the LORD H3068
Who brought H5927 us up H5927 out of the land H776 of Egypt H4714,
Who led H1980 us through the wilderness H4057,
Through a land H776 of deserts H6160 and of pits H7745,
Through a land H776 of drought H6723 and of [fn]deep H6757 darkness H6757,
“The priests H3548 did not say H559, ‘Where H346 is the LORD H3068?'
And those who handle H8610 the Law H8451 did not know H3045 Me;
The [fn]rulers H7462 also revolted H6586 against Me,
And the prophets H5030 prophesied H5012 by Baal H1168
And walked H1980 after H310 things that were of no H3808 benefit H3276.
“Your own wickedness H7451 will correct H3256 you,
And your apostasies H4878 will punish H3198 you;
Know H3045 therefore and see H7200 that it is evil H7451 and bitter H4751
For you to abandon H5800 the LORD H3068 your God H430,
And the fear H6345 of Me is not in you,” declares H5002 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 of armies H6635.
“How H349 can you say H559, ‘I am not defiled H2930,
I have not gone H1980 after H310 the Baals H1168'?
Look H7200 at your way H1870 in the valley H1516!
Know H3045 what H4100 you have done H6213!
You are a swift H7031 young H1072 camel H1072 running H8308 about H8308 senselessly H8308 on her ways H1870,
“Behold H2009, I am bringing H935 a nation H1471 against H5921 you from far H4801 away H4801, you house H1004 of Israel H3478,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.
“It is an enduring H386 nation H1471,
It is an ancient H5769 nation H1471,
A nation H1471 whose language H3956 you do not know H3045,
Nor H3808 can you understand H8085 what H4100 they say H1696.
‘Do you not fear H3372 Me?' declares H5002 the LORD H3068.
‘Do you not tremble H2342 in My presence H6440?
For I have placed H7760 the sand H2344 as a boundary H1366 for the sea H3220,
An eternal H5769 limit H2706, and it will not cross H5674 over H5674 it.
Though the waves H1530 toss H1607, they cannot H3808 prevail H3201;
Though they roar H1993, they will not cross H5674 over H5674 it.
‘They are H8080 fat H8080, they are sleek H6245,
They also H1571 [fn]excel H5674 in deeds H1697 of wickedness H7451;
They do not plead H1777 the cause H1779,
The cause H1779 of the [fn]orphan H3490, so that they may be H6743 successful H6743;
And they do not [fn]defend H8199 the rights H4941 of the poor H34.
“Were H954 they ashamed H954 because H3588 of the abomination H8441 they had done H6213?
They were H954 not ashamed H954 at H1571 all H954 H1571,
Nor H1571 did they know H3045 even H1571 how to be ashamed H3637.
Therefore H3651 they will fall H5307 among those who fall H5307;
“Therefore H3651, behold H2009, days H3117 are coming H935,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068, “when it will no H3808 longer H5750 be called H559 Topheth H8612, or the Valley H1516 of Ben-hinnom H1121 H2011, but the Valley H1516 of the Slaughter H2028; for they will bury H6912 in Topheth H8612 [fn]because H4480 there H369 is H369 no H369 other place H4725.
“I will certainly H5486 snatch H5486 them away H5486,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.
“There H369 will H369 be H369 no H369 grapes H6025 on the vine H1612
And no H369 figs H8384 on the fig H8384 tree H8384,
And the leaf H5929 will wither H5034;
And what I have given H5414 them will pass H5674 away H5674.”'”
“I will take H5375 up H5375 a weeping H1065 and wailing H5092 for the mountains H2022,
And for the pastures H4999 of the wilderness H4057 a song H7015 of H7015 mourning H7015,
Because H3588 they are laid H5327 waste H5327 so H4480 H1097 that no H1097 one H376 passes H5674 through H5674,
And the sound H6963 of the livestock H4735 is not heard H8085;
Both H4480 the birds H5775 of the sky H8064 and the animals H929 have fled H5074; they are gone H1980.
But I was like a gentle H441 lamb H3532 led H2986 to the slaughter H2873;
And I did not know H3045 that they had devised H2803 plots H4284 against H5921 me, saying,
“Let's destroy H7843 the tree H6086 with its [fn]fruit H3899,
And let's cut H3772 him off H3772 from the land H776 of the living H2416,
So that his name H8034 will no H3808 longer H5750 be remembered H2142.”
How H4970 long H5704 H4970 is the land H776 to mourn H56,
And the vegetation H6212 of the [fn]countryside H3605 H7704 to dry H3001 up H3001?
Due to the wickedness H7451 of those who live H3427 in it,
Animals H929 and birds H5775 have been snatched H5595 away H5595,
Because H3588 people have said H559, “He will not see H7200 our final H319 end H319.”
“As for your adulteries H5004 and your lustful neighings H4684,
The outrageous H2154 sin H2154 of your prostitution H2184
On the hills H1389 in the field H7704,
I have seen H7200 your abominations H8251.
Woe H188 to you, Jerusalem H3389!
How H4970 long H310 H4970 H5750 will you remain H2891 unclean H3808 H2891?”
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559 to this H2088 people H5971: “So H3651 much H3651 they have loved H157 to wander H5128; they have not restrained H2820 their feet H7272. Therefore the LORD H3068 does not accept H7521 them; now H6258 He will remember H2142 their wrongdoing H5771 and call H6485 their sins H2403 to H6485 account H6485.”
But I said H559, “Oh H162, Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068! Behold H2009, the prophets H5030 are telling H559 them, ‘You will not see H7200 a sword H2719, nor H3808 will you have H1961 famine H7458; on H3588 the H3588 contrary H3588, I will give H5414 you lasting H571 peace H7965 in this H2088 place H4725.'”
‘If H518 I go H3318 out H3318 to the country H7704,
There H2009 are those killed H2491 by the sword H2719!
Or if H518 I enter H935 the city H5892,
There H2009 are diseases H8463 from famine H7458!
For both H1571 prophet H5030 and priest H3548
Have wandered H5503 around H5503 in the land H776 that they do not know H3045.'”
Have You completely H3988 rejected H3988 Judah H3063?
Or H518 have [fn]You loathed H1602 Zion H6726?
Why H4069 have You stricken H5221 us so that we are beyond H369 healing H4832?
We waited H6960 for peace H7965, but nothing H369 good H2896 came;
And for a time H6256 of healing H4832, but behold H2009, terror H1205!
Therefore H3651, this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:
“If H518 you return H7725, then I will restore H7725 you—
You will stand H5975 before H6440 Me;
And if H518 you extract H3318 the precious H3368 from the worthless H2151,
You will become H1961 [fn]My spokesman H6310.
They, for their part H1992, may turn H7725 to you,
But as for you, you are not to turn H7725 to them.
Then they said H559, “Come H1980 and let's devise H2803 plans H4284 against H5921 Jeremiah H3414. Certainly H3588 the Law H8451 is not going to be lost H6 by the priest H3548, nor H3808 advice H6098 by the wise H2450, nor H3808 the divine word H1697 by the prophet H5030! Come H1980, and let's strike H5221 at him with our tongue H3956, and let's pay H7181 no H408 attention H7181 to any H3605 of his words H1697.”
But the LORD H3068 is with me like a powerful H6184 champion H1368;
Therefore H5921 H3651 my persecutors H7291 will stumble H3782 and not prevail H3201.
They will be put H954 to H954 great H3966 shame H954 because H3588 they have [fn]failed H3808 H7919,
An everlasting H5769 disgrace H3639 that will not be forgotten H7911.
“Administer H1777 justice H4941 [fn]every morning H1242;
And save H5337 the person who has been robbed H1497 from the [fn]power H3027 of his oppressor H6231,
So H6435 that H6435 My wrath H2534 will not H6435 spread H3318 like fire H784
And burn H1197, with no H369 one H369 to extinguish H3518 it,
For this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559 regarding H413 [fn]Shallum H7967 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977, king H4428 of Judah H3063, who became H4427 king H4427 in H8478 the place H8478 of H8478 his father H1 Josiah H2977, who H834 went H3318 out H3318 from this H2088 place H4725: “He will never H3808 H5750 return H7725 there H8033;
Then I spoke H1696 to the priests H3548 and to all H3605 this H2088 people H5971, saying H559: “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559: ‘Do not listen H8085 to the words H1697 of your prophets H5030 who prophesy H5012 to you, saying H559, “Behold H2009, the vessels H3627 of the LORD'S H3068 house H1004 will now H6258 shortly H4120 be brought H7725 back H7725 from Babylon H894”; for they are prophesying H5012 a lie H8267 to you.
‘It shall come H1961 about H1961 on that day H3117,' declares H5002 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635, ‘that I will break H7665 his yoke H5923 from [fn]their necks H6677 and will tear H5423 to H5423 pieces H5423 [fn]their restraints H4147; and strangers H2114 will no H3808 longer H5750 make H5647 [fn]them their slaves H5647.
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:
“If H518 the heavens H8064 above H4480 H4605 can be measured H4058
And the foundations H4144 of the earth H776 searched H2713 out H2713 below H4295,
Then I will also H1571 reject H3988 all H3605 the descendants H2233 of Israel H3478
For everything H3605 that they have done H6213,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.
“Therefore H3651 this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559: ‘You have not obeyed H8085 Me in proclaiming H7121 [fn]release H1865, each H376 one H376 to his brother H251 and each H376 to his neighbor H7453. Behold H2009, I am proclaiming H7121 a [fn]release H1865 to you,' declares H5002 the LORD H3068, ‘to the sword H2719, to the plague H1698, and to the famine H7458; and I will make H5414 you a terror H2113 to all H3605 the kingdoms H4467 of the earth H776.
Now all H3605 the commanders H8269 of the forces H2428 that were in the field H7704, they and their men H376, heard H8085 that the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had appointed H6485 Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296 over the land H776, and that he had put H6485 him in H6485 charge H6485 of the men H376, women H802, and [fn]children H2945, those of the poorest H1803 of the land H776 who H834 had not been exiled H1540 to Babylon H894.
“But as for you, Jacob H3290 My servant H5650, do not fear H3372,
Nor H408 be dismayed H2865, Israel H3478!
For, see H2009, I am going to save H3467 you from far H7350 away H7350,
And your descendants H2233 from the land H776 of their captivity H7628;
And Jacob H3290 will return H7725 and be H8252 undisturbed H8252
And secure H7599, with no H369 one H369 making him afraid H2729.
“Jacob H3290 My servant H5650, do not fear H3372,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068,
“For I am with you.
For I will make H6213 a complete H3617 destruction H3617 of all H3605 the nations H1471
Where H834 H8033 I have driven H5080 you,
Yet I will not make H6213 a complete H3617 destruction H3617 of you;
But I will correct H3256 you properly H4941
And by H5352 no H3808 means H5352 leave H5352 you unpunished H5352.”
“Moab H4124 has been H7599 at H7599 ease H7599 since H4480 his youth H5271;
He has also been H8252 peaceful H8252, like wine on [fn]its dregs H8105,
And he has not been poured H7324 from vessel H3627 to vessel H3627,
Nor H3808 has he gone H1980 into exile H1473.
Therefore H5921 H3651 [fn]he retains H5975 his flavor H2940,
“Behold H2009, I am going to bring H935 terror H6343 upon you,”
Declares H5002 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 of armies H6635,
“From all H3605 directions around H5439 you;
And you will be driven H5080 away H5080 [fn]one H376 after H6440 another,
With no H369 one H369 to gather H6908 the fugitives H5074 together.
For this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559: “Behold H2009, those [fn]who H834 were not sentenced H4941 to drink H8354 the cup H3563 will certainly H8354 drink H8354 it, so are you the one H1931 who will be held H5352 completely H5352 blameless H5352? You will not be held H5352 blameless H5352, but you will certainly H8354 drink H8354 it.
“For a nation H1471 has come H5927 up H5927 against H5921 her from the north H6828; it will make H7896 her land H776 an object H8047 of H8047 horror H8047, and there will be no H3808 inhabitant H3427 in it. Whether H4480 people H120 or H5704 animals H929, they have wandered H5110 off H5110, they have gone H1980!
“For behold H2009, I am going to rouse H5782 and bring H5927 up H5927 against H5921 Babylon H894
A contingent H6951 of great H1419 nations H1471 from the land H776 of the north H6828,
And they will draw H6186 up H6186 their battle H6186 lines H6186 against her;
From there H8033 she will be taken H3920 captive H3920.
Their arrows H2671 will be like [fn]an expert H7919 warrior H1368
In the days H3117 of her affliction H6040 and homelessness H4788
Jerusalem H3389 remembers H2142 all H3605 her treasures H4262
That were hers since H4480 the days H3117 of old H6924,
When her people H5971 fell H5307 into the hand H3027 of the adversary H6862
And no H369 one H369 helped H5826 her.
Zion H6726 stretches H6566 out H6566 with her hands H3027;
There H369 is H369 no H369 one H369 to comfort H5162 her;
The LORD H3068 has commanded H6680 regarding Jacob H3290
That those around H5439 him become his adversaries H6862;
Jerusalem H3389 has become H1961 a filthy H5079 thing H5079 among H996 them.
The LORD H3068 has done H6213 what H834 He determined H2161;
He has accomplished H1214 His word H565
Which H834 He commanded H6680 from days H3117 of old H6924.
He has torn H2040 down H2040 without H3808 sparing H2550,
And He has helped the enemy H340 to rejoice H8055 over H5921 you;
He has exalted H7311 the [fn]might H7161 of your adversaries H6862.
“You called H7121 as on the day H3117 of an appointed H4150 feast H4150
My terrors H4032 on every H5439 side H5439;
And there was no H3808 one who H6412 survived H6412 or escaped H8300
On the day H3117 of the LORD'S H3068 anger H639.
As for those whom H834 I brought H2946 forth H2946 healthy H2946 and whom I raised H7235,
Then He said H559 to me, “The guilt H5771 of the house H1004 of Israel H3478 and Judah H3063 is very H3966, very H3966 great H1419, and the land H776 is filled H4390 with blood H1818, and the city H5892 is full H4390 of perversion H4297; for they say H559, ‘The LORD H3068 has abandoned H5800 the land H776, and the LORD H3068 does not see H7200!'
“Therefore H3651 I will judge H8199 you, house H1004 of Israel H3478, each H376 according to his conduct H1870,” declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3068. “Repent H7725 and turn H7725 away H7725 from all H3605 your offenses H6588, so that wrongdoing H5771 does not become H1961 a stumbling H4383 block H4383 to you.
‘And fire H784 has gone H3318 out H3318 from its stem H4294;
It has consumed H398 its shoots H909 and fruit H6529,
So that there is no H3808 [fn]strong H5797 stem H4294 in it,
A scepter H7626 to rule H4910.'”
This H1931 is a song H7015 of H7015 mourning H7015, and has become H1961 a song H7015 of H7015 mourning H7015.
“Then I [fn]resolved H559 to pour H8210 out H8210 My wrath H2534 on them, to [fn]use H3615 up H3615 My anger H639 against them in the midst H8432 of the land H776 of Egypt H4714.
‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 GOD H3068 says H559:
“I will also destroy H6 the idols H1544
And make the [fn]images H457 cease H7673 from [fn]Memphis H5297.
And there will no H3808 longer H5750 be a prince H5387 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714;
And I will put H5414 fear H3374 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714.
‘The cedars H730 in God's H430 garden H1588 [fn]could not match H6004 it;
The junipers H1265 [fn]could not compare H1819 with its branches H5589,
And the plane H6196 trees H6196 [fn]could not match its branches H6288.
No H3605 H3808 tree H6086 in God's H430 garden H1588 [fn]could compare H1819 with it in its beauty H3308.
‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 GOD H3068 says H559: “No H3605 H3808 foreigner H1121 H5236 uncircumcised H6189 in heart H3820 and uncircumcised H6189 in flesh H1320, of all H3605 the foreigners H1121 H5236 who H834 are among H8432 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, shall enter H935 My sanctuary H4720.
“And his power H3581 will be H6105 mighty H6105, but not by his own power H3581,
And he will [fn]destroy H7843 to H6381 an H6381 extraordinary H6381 degree H6381
And be H6743 successful H6743 and do H6213 as he pleases;
He will [fn]destroy H7843 mighty H6099 men H6099 and [fn]the holy H6918 people H5971.
They will not pour H5258 out H5258 drink H5258 offerings H5258 of wine H3196 to the LORD H3068,
Nor will [fn]their sacrifices H2077 please H6149 Him.
Their bread will be to them like [fn]mourners' H205 bread H3899;
All H3605 who eat H398 it will be defiled H2930,
Because H3588 their bread H3899 will be for [fn]themselves H5315 alone;
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:
“For three H7969 offenses H6588 of Tyre H6865, and for four H702,
I will not revoke H7725 its punishment,
Because H5921 they turned H5462 an entire H8003 population H1546 over H5462 to Edom H123
And did not remember H2142 the covenant H1285 of [fn]brotherhood H251.
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:
“For three H7969 offenses H6588 of Edom H123, and for four H702,
I will not revoke H7725 its punishment,
Because H5921 he pursued H7291 his brother H251 with the sword H2719
And stifled H7843 his compassion H7356;
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:
“For three H7969 offenses H6588 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983, and for four H702,
I will not revoke H7725 its punishment,
Because H5921 they ripped H1234 open H1234 the pregnant H2030 women H2030 of Gilead H1568
In H4616 order H4616 to H4616 enlarge H7337 their borders H1366.
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:
“For three H7969 offenses H6588 of Judah H3063, and for four H702,
I will not revoke H7725 its punishment,
Because H5921 they rejected H3988 the Law H8451 of the LORD H3068
And have not kept H8104 His statutes H2706;
“All H3605 the people H376 [fn]allied H1285 with you
Will send H7971 you to the border H1366,
And the people H376 at peace H7965 with you
Will deceive H5378 you and overpower H3201 you.
They who eat your bread H3899
Will set H7760 an ambush H4204 for you.
(There H369 is H369 no H369 understanding H8394 [fn]in him.)
“Then the house H1004 of Jacob H3290 will be a fire H784,
And the house H1004 of Joseph H3130 a flame H3852;
But the house H1004 of Esau H6215 will be like stubble H7179.
And they will set H1814 [fn]them on H1814 fire H1814 and consume H398 [fn]them,
So that there will be no H3808 survivor H8300 of the house H1004 of Esau H6215,”
“On that day H3117 they will take H5375 up H5375 against H5921 you a [fn]song H4912 of H4912 mocking H4912
And [fn]utter H5091 a song H5092 of H7015 mourning H7015 and say H559,
‘We are completely H7703 destroyed H7703!
He exchanges H4171 the share H2506 of my people H5971;
How H349 He removes H4185 it from me!
To the apostate H7728 He apportions H2505 our fields H7704.'
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559 concerning H5921 the prophets H5030 who lead H8582 my people H5971 astray H8582:
When they have something to bite H5391 with their teeth H8127,
They cry H7121 out H7121, “Peace H7965!”
But against H5921 him who H834 puts H5414 nothing H3808 in their mouths H6310
Even H3588 if H3588 the fig H8384 tree H8384 does not blossom H6524,
And there H369 is H369 no H369 [fn]fruit H2981 on the vines H1612,
If the yield H4639 of the olive H2132 fails H3584,
And the fields H7709 produce H6213 no H3808 food H400,
Even if the flock H6629 disappears H1504 from the fold H4356,
And there H369 are H369 no H369 cattle H1241 in the stalls H7517,
This H2088 is the presumptuous H5947 city H5892
That dwells H3427 securely H983,
Who says H559 in her heart H3824,
“I am, and there H657 is no H657 one H657 besides H5750 me.”
How H349 she has become H1961 a desolation H8047,
A resting H4769 place H4769 for animals H2416!
For the [fn]household H8655 idols H8655 speak H1696 deception H205,
And the diviners H7080 see H2372 [fn]an illusion H8267
And tell H1696 deceitful H7723 dreams H2472;
They comfort H5162 in H1892 vain H1892.
Therefore H5921 H3651 the people [fn]wander H5265 like H3644 sheep H6629,
They are H6031 wretched H6031 because H3588 there H369 is H369 no H369 shepherd H7462.
“And I will strengthen H1396 the house H1004 of Judah H3063,
And I will save H3467 the house H1004 of Joseph H3130,
And I will [fn]bring H7725 them back H7725,
Because H3588 I have had H7355 compassion H7355 on H7355 them;
And they will be as though H834 I had not rejected H2186 them,
For I am the LORD H3068 their God H430 and I will answer H6030 them.
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