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1. "Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem; See now and know; And seek in her open places If you can find a man, If there is anyone who executes judgment, Who seeks the truth, And I will pardon her.
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1. Run ye to and fro H7751 through the streets H2351 of Jerusalem H3389 , and see H7200 now H4994 , and know H3045 , and seek H1245 in the broad places H7339 thereof, if H518 ye can find H4672 a man H376 , if H518 there be H3426 any that executeth H6213 judgment H4941 , that seeketh H1245 the truth H530 ; and I will pardon H5545 it.
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2. Though they say, 'As the LORD lives,' Surely they swear falsely."
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2. And though H518 they say H559 , The LORD H3068 liveth H2416 ; surely H3651 they swear H7650 falsely H8267 .
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3. O LORD, are not Your eyes on the truth? You have stricken them, But they have not grieved; You have consumed them, But they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; They have refused to return.
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3. O LORD H3068 , are not H3808 thine eyes H5869 upon the truth H530 ? thou hast stricken H5221 them , but they have not H3808 grieved H2342 ; thou hast consumed H3615 them, but they have refused H3985 to receive H3947 correction H4148 : they have made their faces H6440 harder H2388 than a rock H4480 H5553 ; they have refused H3985 to return H7725 .
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4. Therefore I said, "Surely these are poor. They are foolish; For they do not know the way of the LORD, The judgment of their God.
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4. Therefore I H589 said H559 , Surely H389 these H1992 are poor H1800 ; they are foolish H2973 : for H3588 they know H3045 not H3808 the way H1870 of the LORD H3068 , nor the judgment H4941 of their God H430 .
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5. I will go to the great men and speak to them, For they have known the way of the LORD, The judgment of their God." But these have altogether broken the yoke And burst the bonds.
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5. I will get H1980 me unto H413 the great men H1419 , and will speak unto H1696 them; for H3588 they H1992 have known H3045 the way H1870 of the LORD H3068 , and the judgment H4941 of their God H430 : but H389 these H1992 have altogether H3162 broken H7665 the yoke H5923 , and burst H5423 the bonds H4147 .
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6. Therefore a lion from the forest shall slay them, A wolf of the deserts shall destroy them; A leopard will watch over their cities. Everyone who goes out from there shall be torn in pieces, Because their transgressions are many; Their backslidings have increased.
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6. Wherefore H5921 H3651 a lion H738 out of the forest H4480 H3293 shall slay H5221 them, and a wolf H2061 of the evenings H6160 shall spoil H7703 them , a leopard H5246 shall watch H8245 over H5921 their cities H5892 : every one H3605 that goeth out H3318 thence H4480 H2007 shall be torn in pieces H2963 : because H3588 their transgressions H6588 are many H7231 , and their backslidings H4878 are increased H6105 .
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7. " How shall I pardon you for this? Your children have forsaken Me And sworn by those that are not gods. When I had fed them to the full, Then they committed adultery And assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.
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7. How H335 shall I pardon H5545 thee for this H2063 ? thy children H1121 have forsaken H5800 me , and sworn H7650 by them that are no H3808 gods H430 : when I had fed them to the full H7646 H853 , they then committed adultery H5003 , and assembled themselves H1413 by troops in the harlots H2181 houses H1004 .
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8. They were like well-fed lusty stallions; Every one neighed after his neighbor's wife.
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8. They were H1961 as fed H2109 horses H5483 in the morning H7904 : every one H376 neighed H6670 after H413 his neighbor H7453 's wife H802 .
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9. Shall I not punish them for these things?" says the LORD. "And shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
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9. Shall I not H3808 visit H6485 for H5921 these H428 things ? saith H5002 the LORD H3068 : and H518 shall not H3808 my soul H5315 be avenged H5358 on such H834 a nation H1471 as this H2088 ?
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10. " Go up on her walls and destroy, But do not make a complete end. Take away her branches, For they are not the LORD's.
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10. Go ye up H5927 upon her walls H8284 , and destroy H7843 ; but make H6213 not H408 a full end H3617 : take away H5493 her battlements H5189 ; for H3588 they H1992 are not H3808 the LORD H3068 's.
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11. For the house of Israel and the house of Judah Have dealt very treacherously with Me," says the LORD.
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11. For H3588 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 and the house H1004 of Judah H3063 have dealt very treacherously H898 H898 against me, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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12. They have lied about the LORD, And said, "It is not He. Neither will evil come upon us, Nor shall we see sword or famine.
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12. They have belied H3584 the LORD H3068 , and said H559 , It is not H3808 he H1931 ; neither H3808 shall evil H7451 come H935 upon H5921 us; neither H3808 shall we see H7200 sword H2719 nor famine H7458 :
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13. And the prophets become wind, For the word is not in them. Thus shall it be done to them."
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13. And the prophets H5030 shall become H1961 wind H7307 , and the word H1699 is not H369 in them: thus H3541 shall it be done H6213 unto them.
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14. Therefore thus says the LORD God of hosts: "Because you speak this word, Behold, I will make My words in your mouth fire, And this people wood, And it shall devour them.
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14. Wherefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 God H430 of hosts H6635 , Because H3282 ye speak H1696 H853 this H2088 word H1697 , behold H2009 , I will make H5414 my words H1697 in thy mouth H6310 fire H784 , and this H2088 people H5971 wood H6086 , and it shall devour H398 them.
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15. Behold, I will bring a nation against you from afar, O house of Israel," says the LORD. "It is a mighty nation, It is an ancient nation, A nation whose language you do not know, Nor can you understand what they say.
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15. Lo H2009 , I will bring H935 a nation H1471 upon H5921 you from far H4480 H4801 , O house H1004 of Israel H3478 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 : it H1931 is a mighty H386 nation H1471 , it H1931 is an ancient H4480 H5769 nation H1471 , a nation H1471 whose language H3956 thou knowest H3045 not H3808 , neither H3808 understandest H8085 what H4100 they say H1696 .
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16. Their quiver is like an open tomb; They are all mighty men.
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16. Their quiver H827 is as an open H6605 sepulcher H6913 , they are all H3605 mighty men H1368 .
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17. And they shall eat up your harvest and your bread, Which your sons and daughters should eat. They shall eat up your flocks and your herds; They shall eat up your vines and your fig trees; They shall destroy your fortified cities, In which you trust, with the sword.
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17. And they shall eat up H398 thine harvest H7105 , and thy bread H3899 , which thy sons H1121 and thy daughters H1323 should eat H398 : they shall eat up H398 thy flocks H6629 and thine herds H1241 : they shall eat up H398 thy vines H1612 and thy fig trees H8384 : they shall impoverish H7567 thy fenced H4013 cities H5892 , wherein H834 thou H859 trustedst H982 , with the sword H2719 .
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18. " Nevertheless in those days," says the LORD, "I will not make a complete end of you.
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18. Nevertheless H1571 in those H1992 days H3117 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , I will not H3808 make H6213 a full end H3617 with H854 you.
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19. "And it will be when you say, 'Why does the LORD our God do all these things to us?' then you shall answer them, 'Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve aliens in a land that is not yours.'
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19. And it shall come to pass H1961 , when H3588 ye shall say H559 , Wherefore H8478 H4100 doeth H6213 the LORD H3068 our God H430 H853 all H3605 these H428 things unto us? then shalt thou answer H559 H413 them, Like H834 as ye have forsaken H5800 me , and served H5647 strange H5236 gods H430 in your land H776 , so H3651 shall ye serve H5647 strangers H2114 in a land H776 that is not H3808 yours.
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20. " Declare this in the house of Jacob And proclaim it in Judah, saying,
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20. Declare H5046 this H2063 in the house H1004 of Jacob H3290 , and publish H8085 it in Judah H3063 , saying H559 ,
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21. 'Hear this now, O foolish people, Without understanding, Who have eyes and see not, And who have ears and hear not:
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21. Hear H8085 now H4994 this H2063 , O foolish H5530 people H5971 , and without H369 understanding H3820 ; which have eyes H5869 , and see H7200 not H3808 ; which have ears H241 , and hear H8085 not H3808 :
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22. Do you not fear Me?' says the LORD. 'Will you not tremble at My presence, Who have placed the sand as the bound of the sea, By a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass beyond it? And though its waves toss to and fro, Yet they cannot prevail; Though they roar, yet they cannot pass over it.
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22. Fear H3372 ye not H3808 me? saith H5002 the LORD H3068 : will ye not H3808 tremble H2342 at my presence H4480 H6440 , which H834 have placed H7760 the sand H2344 for the bound H1366 of the sea H3220 by a perpetual H5769 decree H2706 , that it cannot H3808 pass H5674 it : and though the waves H1530 thereof toss themselves H1607 , yet can they not H3808 prevail H3201 ; though they roar H1993 , yet can they not H3808 pass over H5674 it?
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23. But this people has a defiant and rebellious heart; They have revolted and departed.
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23. But this H2088 people H5971 hath H1961 a revolting H5637 and a rebellious H4784 heart H3820 ; they are revolted H5493 and gone H1980 .
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24. They do not say in their heart, "Let us now fear the LORD our God, Who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season. He reserves for us the appointed weeks of the harvest."
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24. Neither H3808 say H559 they in their heart H3824 , Let us now H4994 fear H3372 H853 the LORD H3068 our God H430 , that giveth H5414 rain H1653 , both the former H3138 and the latter H4456 , in his season H6256 : he reserveth H8104 unto us the appointed H2708 weeks H7620 of the harvest H7105 .
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25. Your iniquities have turned these things away, And your sins have withheld good from you.
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25. Your iniquities H5771 have turned away H5186 these H428 things , and your sins H2403 have withheld H4513 good H2896 things from H4480 you.
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26. 'For among My people are found wicked men; They lie in wait as one who sets snares; They set a trap; They catch men.
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26. For H3588 among my people H5971 are found H4672 wicked H7563 men : they lay wait H7789 , as he that setteth H7918 snares H3353 ; they set H5324 a trap H4889 , they catch H3920 men H376 .
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27. As a cage is full of birds, So their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become great and grown rich.
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27. As a cage H3619 is full H4392 of birds H5775 , so H3651 are their houses H1004 full H4392 of deceit H4820 : therefore H5921 H3651 they are become great H1431 , and waxen rich H6238 .
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28. They have grown fat, they are sleek; Yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked; They do not plead the cause, The cause of the fatherless; Yet they prosper, And the right of the needy they do not defend.
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28. They are waxen fat H8080 , they shine H6245 : yea H1571 , they overpass H5674 the deeds H1697 of the wicked H7451 : they judge H1777 not H3808 the cause H1779 , the cause H1779 of the fatherless H3490 , yet they prosper H6743 ; and the right H4941 of the needy H34 do they not H3808 judge H8199 .
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29. Shall I not punish them for these things?' says the LORD. 'Shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?'
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29. Shall I not H3808 visit H6485 for H5921 these H428 things ? saith H5002 the LORD H3068 : shall not H3808 my soul H5315 be avenged H5358 on such H834 a nation H1471 as this H2088 ?
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30. " An astonishing and horrible thing Has been committed in the land:
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30. A wonderful H8047 and horrible thing H8186 is committed H1961 in the land H776 ;
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31. The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule by their own power; And My people love to have it so. But what will you do in the end?
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31. The prophets H5030 prophesy H5012 falsely H8267 , and the priests H3548 bear rule H7287 by H5921 their means H3027 ; and my people H5971 love H157 to have it so H3651 : and what H4100 will ye do H6213 in the end H319 thereof?
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