If thou wilt return,
O Israel,
saith
the LORD,
return
unto me: and if thou wilt put away
thine abominations
out of my sight,
then shalt thou not remove.
And thou shalt swear,
The LORD
liveth,
in truth,
in judgment,
and in righteousness;
and the nations
shall bless
themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
For thus saith
the LORD
to the men
of Judah
and Jerusalem,
Break up
your fallow ground,
and sow
not among thorns.
renovate
νεώσατε
neōsate
newly-ploughed field previously left untilled
νεώματα
neōmata
Circumcise
yourselves to the LORD,
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.
pursuit
ἐπιτηδευμάτων
epitēdeumatōn
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.
say
say
enclosed by walls
τειχήρεις
teichēreis
Set up
the standard
toward Zion:
retire,
stay
not: for I will bring
evil
from the north,
and a great
destruction.
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.
inclosed space
μάνδρας
mandras
For this gird
you with sackcloth,
lament
and howl:
for the fierce
anger
of the LORD
is not turned back
from us.
And it shall come to pass at that day,
saith
the LORD,
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.
Then said
I, Ah,
Lord
GOD!
surely
thou hast greatly
deceived
this people
and Jerusalem,
saying,
Ye shall have peace;
whereas the sword
reacheth
unto the soul.
say
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,
making to wander
πλανήσεως
planēseōs
Even a full
wind
from those places shall come
unto me: now also will I give
sentence
against them.
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.
squall descending from above
καταιγὶς
kataigis
light
κουφότεροι
kouphoteroi
O Jerusalem,
wash
thine heart
from wickedness,
that thou mayest be saved.
How long shall thy vain
thoughts
lodge
within
thee?
For a voice
declareth
from Dan,
and publisheth
affliction
from mount
Ephraim.
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.
As keepers
of a field,
are they against her round about;
because she hath been rebellious
against me, saith
the LORD.
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.
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.
feel bodily pain
ἀλγῶ
algō
rush out
μαιμάσσει
maimassei
Destruction
upon destruction
is cried;
for the whole land
is spoiled:
suddenly
are my tents
spoiled,
and my curtains
in a moment.
ruin
συντριμμὸν
syntrimmon
hide
δέρρεις
derreis
How long shall I see
the standard,
and hear
the sound
of the trumpet?
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.
aware
ᾔδεισαν
ēdeisan
I beheld
the earth,
and, lo, it was without form,
and void;
and the heavens,
and they had no light.
I beheld
the mountains,
and, lo, they trembled,
and all the hills
moved lightly.
I beheld,
and, lo, there was no man,
and all the birds
of the heavens
were fled.
I beheld,
and, lo, the fruitful place
was a wilderness,
and all the cities
thereof were broken down
at the presence
of the LORD,
and by his fierce
anger.
Karmēlos
Κάρμηλος
karmēlos
set on fire
ἐμπεπυρισμέναι
empepyrismenai
For thus hath the LORD
said,
The whole land
shall be desolate;
yet will I not make
a full end.
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.
grow dark
συσκοτασάτω
syskotasatō
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.
bend
ἐντεταμένου
entetamenou
get
εἰσέδυσαν
eisedysan
glade
ἄλση
alsē
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.
stibium
στίβι
stibi
elegance
ὡραϊσμός
hōraismos
lover
ἐρασταί
erastai
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.
bring forth her first child
πρωτοτοκούσης
prōtotokousēs
ah me!
οἴμμοι
oimmoi
