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1. "`At that time, declares the LORD, the bones of the kings and officials of Judah, the bones of the priests and prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be removed from their graves.
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1. At that H1931 time H6256 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , they shall bring out H3318 H853 the bones H6106 of the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 , and the bones H6106 of his princes H8269 , and the bones H6106 of the priests H3548 , and the bones H6106 of the prophets H5030 , and the bones H6106 of the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 , out of their graves H4480 H6913 :
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2. They will be exposed to the sun and the moon and all the stars of the heavens, which they have loved and served and which they have followed and consulted and worshipped. They will not be gathered up or buried, but will be like refuse lying on the ground.
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2. And they shall spread H7849 them before the sun H8121 , and the moon H3394 , and all H3605 the host H6635 of heaven H8064 , whom H834 they have loved H157 , and whom H834 they have served H5647 , and after H310 whom H834 they have walked H1980 , and whom H834 they have sought H1875 , and whom H834 they have worshiped H7812 : they shall not H3808 be gathered H622 , nor H3808 be buried H6912 ; they shall be H1961 for dung H1828 upon H5921 the face H6440 of the earth H127 .
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3. Wherever I banish them, all the survivors of this evil nation will prefer death to life, declares the LORD Almighty.'
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3. And death H4194 shall be chosen H977 rather than life H4480 H2416 by all H3605 the residue H7611 of them that remain H7604 of H4480 this H2063 evil H7451 family H4940 , which remain H7604 in all H3605 the places H4725 whither H834 H8033 I have driven H5080 them, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 .
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4. "Say to them,`This is what the LORD says: "`When men fall down, do they not get up? When a man turns away, does he not return?
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4. Moreover thou shalt say H559 unto H413 them, Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; Shall they fall H5307 , and not H3808 arise H6965 ? shall he turn away H7725 , and not H3808 return H7725 ?
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5. Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
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5. Why H4069 then is this H2088 people H5971 of Jerusalem H3389 slid back H7725 by a perpetual H5329 backsliding H4878 ? they hold fast H2388 deceit H8649 , they refuse H3985 to return H7725 .
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6. I have listened attentively, but they do not say what is right. No-one repents of his wickedness, saying, "What have I done?" Each pursues his own course like a horse charging into battle.
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6. I hearkened H7181 and heard H8085 , but they spoke H1696 not H3808 aright H3651 : no H369 man H376 repented H5162 him of H5921 his wickedness H7451 , saying H559 , What H4100 have I done H6213 ? every one H3605 turned H7725 to his course H4794 , as the horse H5483 rusheth H7857 into the battle H4421 .
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7. Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons, and the dove, the swift and the thrush observe the time of their migration. But my people do not know the requirements of the LORD.
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7. Yea H1571 , the stork H2624 in the heaven H8064 knoweth H3045 her appointed times H4150 ; and the turtle H8449 and the crane H5483 and the swallow H5693 observe H8104 H853 the time H6256 of their coming H935 ; but my people H5971 know H3045 not H3808 H853 the judgment H4941 of the LORD H3068 .
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8. "`How can you say, "We are wise, for we have the law of the LORD," when actually the lying pen of the scribes has handled it falsely?
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8. How H349 do ye say H559 , We H587 are wise H2450 , and the law H8451 of the LORD H3068 is with H854 us? Lo H2009 , certainly H403 in vain H8267 made H6213 he it ; the pen H5842 of the scribes H5608 is in vain H8267 .
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9. The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what kind of wisdom do they have?
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9. The wise H2450 men are ashamed H954 , they are dismayed H2865 and taken H3920 : lo H2009 , they have rejected H3988 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 ; and what H4100 wisdom H2451 is in them?
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10. Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. From the least to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; prophets and priests alike, all practise deceit.
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10. Therefore H3651 will I give H5414 H853 their wives H802 unto others H312 , and their fields H7704 to them that shall inherit H3423 them : for H3588 every one H3605 from the least H4480 H6996 even unto H5704 the greatest H1419 is given to covetousness H1214 H1215 , from the prophet H4480 H5030 even unto H5704 the priest H3548 every one H3605 dealeth H6213 falsely H8267 .
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11. They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. "Peace, peace," they say, when there is no peace.
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11. For they have healed H7495 H853 the hurt H7667 of the daughter H1323 of my people H5971 slightly H7043 , saying H559 , Peace H7965 , peace H7965 ; when there is no H369 peace H7965 .
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12. Are they ashamed of their loathsome conduct? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; they will be brought down when they are punished, says the LORD.
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12. Were they ashamed H954 when H3588 they had committed H6213 abomination H8441 ? nay H1571 , they were not H3808 at all ashamed H954 H954 , neither H3808 could H3045 they blush H3637 : therefore H3651 shall they fall H5307 among them that fall H5307 : in the time H6256 of their visitation H6486 they shall be cast down H3782 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 .
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13. "`I will take away their harvest, declares the LORD. There will be no grapes on the vine. There will be no figs on the tree, and their leaves will wither. What I have given them will be taken from them.'"
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13. I will surely consume H5486 H5486 them, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 : there shall be no H369 grapes H6025 on the vine H1612 , nor H369 figs H8384 on the fig tree H8384 , and the leaf H5929 shall fade H5034 ; and the things that I have given H5414 them shall pass away H5674 from them.
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14. "Why are we sitting here? Gather together! Let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there! For the LORD our God has doomed us to perish and given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against him.
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14. Why H4100 H5921 do we H587 sit H3427 still? assemble yourselves H622 , and let us enter H935 into H413 the defensed H4013 cities H5892 , and let us be silent H1826 there H8033 : for H3588 the LORD H3068 our God H430 hath put us to silence H1826 , and given us water H4325 of gall H7219 to drink H8248 , because H3588 we have sinned H2398 against the LORD H3068 .
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15. We hoped for peace but no good has come, for a time of healing but there was only terror.
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15. We looked H6960 for peace H7965 , but no H369 good H2896 came; and for a time H6256 of health H4832 , and behold H2009 trouble H1205 !
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16. The snorting of the enemy's horses is heard from Dan; at the neighing of their stallions the whole land trembles. They have come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who live there."
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16. The snorting H5170 of his horses H5483 was heard H8085 from Dan H4480 H1835 : the whole H3605 land H776 trembled H7493 at the sound H4480 H6963 of the neighing H4684 of his strong ones H47 ; for they are come H935 , and have devoured H398 the land H776 , and all H4393 that is in it ; the city H5892 , and those that dwell H3427 therein.
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17. "See, I will send venomous snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you," declares the LORD.
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17. For H3588 , behold H2009 , I will send H7971 serpents H5175 , cockatrices H6848 , among you, which H834 will not H369 be charmed H3908 , and they shall bite H5391 you, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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18. O my Comforter in sorrow, my heart is faint within me.
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18. When I would comfort H4010 myself against H5921 sorrow H3015 , my heart H3820 is faint H1742 in H5921 me.
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19. Listen to the cry of my people from a land far away: "Is the LORD not in Zion? Is her King no longer there?" "Why have they provoked me to anger with their images, with their worthless foreign idols?"
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19. Behold H2009 the voice H6963 of the cry H7775 of the daughter H1323 of my people H5971 because of them that dwell in a far H4801 country H4480 H776 : Is not H369 the LORD H3068 in Zion H6726 ? is not H369 her king H4428 in her? Why H4069 have they provoked me to anger H3707 with their graven images H6456 , and with strange H5236 vanities H1892 ?
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20. "The harvest is past, the summer has ended, and we are not saved."
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20. The harvest H7105 is past H5674 , the summer H7019 is ended H3615 , and we H587 are not H3808 saved H3467 .
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21. Since my people are crushed, I am crushed; I mourn, and horror grips me.
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21. For H5921 the hurt H7667 of the daughter H1323 of my people H5971 am I hurt H7665 ; I am black H6937 ; astonishment H8047 hath taken hold H2388 on me.
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22. Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is there no healing for the wound of my people?
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22. Is there no H369 balm H6875 in Gilead H1568 ; is there no H369 physician H7495 there H8033 ? why H4069 then H3588 is not H3808 the health H724 of the daughter H1323 of my people H5971 recovered H5927 ?
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