Their voice is like the roaring sea, And they ride upon horses; Set in array, as a man for war, Against thee, O daughter of Zion.
24< We have heard the fame thereof, Our hands wax feeble, Anguish hath taken hold of us, And pain, as of a woman in travail.' ^o not forth into the field, Nor walk by the way; For there is the sword of the enemy, And terror on every side. *0 daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, And wallow thyself in ashes; Make thee mourning, as for an only son, Most bitter lamentation; JEREMIAH For the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
WI have made thee a tower and a fortress among My people; That thou mayest know and try their way. 28They are all grievous revoltens, Going about with slanders; They are brass and iron; They all of them deal corruptly. 2 -The* hello Wb blow fiercely, The lead is consumed of the fire; In vain doth the founder refine, For the wicked are not separated. "Ketuse silver shall m<*u call them, Because them.
the LORD hath rejected T The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying: 2Stand iu the gate of the LORD'S house, and proclaim there this word, and say. Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at those gutt'b to worship the LORD. 3Thus f >iiith the LORD of hosts, the God of I Israel: ( Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. 4Trust ye not in lying words, Diving: 'The temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, are these/ &Xay, but if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute jus- tice between a man and his neighbour; ^f ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt; 7then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever. 8Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit, and commit 9Will ye steal, murder, adultery, and swear falsely, and offer unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye have not known, 10and come and stand before Me in this house, whereupon My name is called, and say: 'We are de- livered', that ye may do all these abominations9 nls this house, where- upon My name is called, become a den of robbers in your eyes9 Behold, I, even I, have seen it, saith the LORD. l2Fc>r go ye now unto My place which was in Shiloh, where I caused My name to dwell at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of My people Israel. 13And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spoke unto you, speak- ing betimes and often, but ye heard not, and I called you, but ye answered not; 14theref ore will I do unto the house, whereupon My name is called, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh. 1BAnd I will cast you out of My sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
"Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to Me; for I will not hear thee. 17Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jeru- salem? 18The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the^ queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke Me. "Do they provoke Me? saith the LORD; do they not provoke themselves, to the confusion of their own faces? '"There- fore thus saith the Lord GOD: Be- hold, Mine anger and My fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit JEREMIAH of the land; and it shall burn, and shall 1 30For thfk children of Juduh have done not be quenched. J that which is evil in My sight, saith 21Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the ' the LORD; they have set their detest- God of Israel: Add your burnt-! able things in the house whereon My offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat ' name is called, to defile it. 31And ye flesh. 22For I spoke not unto your <, they have built the high places of fathers, nor commanded them in the! Topheth, which is in the valley of the day that I brought them out of the! son of Hinnom, to burn their sons land of Egypt, concerning burnt- 1 and their daughters in the fire; which offerings or sacrifices; 23but this thing I commanded them, saying: 'Heark- en unto My voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be My people; and walk ye iifall the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.' 24But they hearkened not, nor inclined I commanded not, neither came it into My mind, ^Therefore, behold, the dajr*s come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter; for they shall bury in Topheth, for lack of their ear, but walked in their own • room. ^And the carcasses of this counsels, even in the stubbornness of | people shall be food for the fowls of their evil heart, and went backward " ' -.-.*,,.., and jiot forward, 25even since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day; and though I have sent unto you all My servants the prophets, sending them daily betimes and often, 26yet they hearkened not unto Me, nor inclined the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall frighten them away. ^Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, th< voice of the bridegroom and the voic< of the bride; for the land shall be deso their ear, but made their neck stiff; j they did worse than their fathers.
27And thou shalt speak all these! the kings of Judah, and the bones of his words unto them, but they will not! princes, and the bones of the priests, Q late. * At that time, saith the LORD, 1 they shall bring out the bones of hearken to thee; thou shalt also call unto them, but they will not answer thee. 28Therefore thou shalt say unto them: This is the nation that hath not hearkened To the voice of the LORD their God, Nor received correction; Faithfulness is perished, And is cut off from their mouth.
29Cut off thy hair, and cast it away, And take up a lamentation on the high hills; For the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.
and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves; 2and they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped; they shall not be gath- ered, nor be buried, they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth. 3And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that re- main of this evil family, that remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.
JEREMIAH 4Moreover thou shalt nay unto them: Thus suit h the LOUD: Do men fall, and not ri^c up again? j Doth one turn away, and not re- turn?
*Why then is this people of Jeru- salem slidden back By a perpetual backsliding?
They hold fast deceit, They refuse to return.
*I attended and listened, But they spoke not aright; No man repenteth him of his wick- edness, Saying: * What have I done0' Every one turneth away in his course, As a horse that rusheth headlong in the battle.
Tea, the stork in the heaven Knoweth her appointed times; And the turtle and the swallow and the crane Observe the time of their coming; But My people know not The ordinance of the LORD.
•How do ye my: * We are wiz?e, And the* Law of the LORD is with us'?
Lo, certainly in vain hath wrought The vain pen of the scribes. *The wise men are ashamed, They are dibmayed and taken; Lo? they have rejected the word of the LORD; And what wisdom is in them?
10Therefore will I give their wives unto others, And their fields to them that shall possess them; For from the least even unto the greatest Every one is greedy for gain, From the prophet even unto the priest Every one dealeth falsely. "And they have healed the hurt of the daughter of My people lightly, Raying: 'Peace, peace', when there is no peace. 12They shall be put to shame because they have committed abomina- tion; Yea, they are not at all ashamed, Neither know they how to blush; Therefore shall they fall among them that fall, In the time of their visitation they shall stumble, Saith the LORD.
MI will utterly consume them, saith the LORD; There are no grapes on the vine, Nor figs on the fig-tree, And the leaf is faded; And I gave them that which they transgress. "'Why do we sit still?
Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, And let us be cut off there; For the LORD our God hath cut us off, And given us water of gall to drink, Because we have sinned against the LOUD.
15We looked for peace, but no good came; And for a time of healing, and be- hold terror!'
"The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan; At the sound of the neighing of his strong ones The whole land trembleth; For they are come, and have de- voured the land and all that is in it, The city and those that dwell therein.
JEREMIAH 17For, behold, I will send serpents, bas- ilisks, among you, Which will not be charmed; And they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
"Though I would take comfort against sorrow, My heart is faint within me. "Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people From a land far off: 'Is not the LORD in 2/ion? Is not her King in her?' — 'Why have they provoked Me with their graven images, And with strange vanities?' — 2°'The harvest is past, the summer is ended, And we are not saved.' 21For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I seized with anguish; I am black, appalment hath taken hold on me.
^Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is not the health Of the daughter of my people re- covered?
^h that my head were waters, And mine eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my people!
O Oh that I were in the wilderness,1 ^ In a lodging-place of wayfaring men, That I might leave my people, And go from them! For they are all adulterers, An assembly of treacherous men. 2And they bend their tongue, their bow of falsehood; And they are grown mighty in the land, but not for truth; For they proceed from evil to evil, And Me they know not, Saith the LORD.
*Take ye heed every one of his neigh- bour, And trust ye not in any brother; For every brother acteth subtly, And every neighbour goeth about with slanders. 4And they deceive every one his neighbour, And truth they speak not; They have taught their tongue to speak lies, They weary themselves to commit iniquity, ^hy habitation is in the midst of deceit; Through deceit they refuse to know Me, Saith the LORD.
6Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts: Behold, I will smelt them, and try them; For how else should I do, Because of the daughter of My peo* pie?
7Their tongue is a sharpened arrow, It speaketh deceit; One speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, But in his heart he layeth wait for him* 8Shall I not punish them for these things?
Saith the LORD; Shall not My soul be avenged On such a nation as this?
*For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, ABd for the pastures of the wilder- ness a lamentation, Because they are burned up, so that none passeth through, JEREMIAH And they hoar not the voice of the cattle; Both the fowl of the heavens and the beast Are fled, and gone. j iaAnd I will make Jerusalem heaps, j A lair of jackals; j And I will make the cities of Judah < a desolation,; Without an inhabitant.
i uWho is the wise man, that he w&y j understand this? j And who is he to whom the mouth [ of the LORD hath spoken, that j he may declare it? Wherefore is the land perished And kid waste like a wilderness, so j that none passeth through? "And the LORD saith: Because they have forsaken My law ' %hich I set before them, And have not hearkened to My voice, | neither walked therein; j aBut have walked after the stubborn- ness of their own heart, And after the Baalim, which their fathers taught them. "Therefore thub saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, And give them water of gall to drink. 15I will scatter them also among the j nations, Whom neither they nor their fathers have known; And I will send the sword after them, Till I have consumed them.
16Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Consider ye, and call for the mourn- ing women, that they may come; And send for the wise women, that they may come; l7And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, That our eyes may run down with tears, And our eyelids gush out with waters. 1HFor a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion: 'How are we undone! We are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, Because our dwellings have cast us out.' l9Yea, hear the word of the LORD, 0 ye women, And let your ear receive the word of His mouth, And teach your daughters wailing, And every one her neighbour lam- entation: 2(l'For death is come up into our win- dows, It is entered into our palaces, To cut off the children from the street, And the young men from the broad places. — 81Rpeak- Thus saith the LORD— And the carcasses of men fall As dung upon the open field, And as the handful after the harvestman, Which none gathereth.7 ^Thus saith the LOUD: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, Neither let the mighty man glory in his might, Let not the rich man glory in his riches; 23But let him that glorieth glory in this, That he understandeth, and knoweth Me, That I am the LORD who exercise mercy, JEREMIAH Justice, and righteousness, in the earth; For in these things I delight, Saith the LORD. f 24Behold, the clays come, saith the, LORD, that I will punish all them that < are circumcised in their uncircumei-; sion: 25Egypt, and Judah, and EdomT t and the children of Ammon, and Moab,!
and all that have the corners of their ' hair polled, that dwell in the wilder-!
ness; j For all the nations are uncireumcised, 1 But all the house of Israel are un- j circumcised in the heart.
i i "j A Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel; 2thus saith the LORD: Learn not the way of the nations, And be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; For the nations are dismayed at them.
3For the customs of the peoples are vanity; For it is but a tree which one cutteth out of the forest.
The work of the hands of the work- man with the axe.
4They deck it with silver and with gold, They fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
•^They are like a pillar in a garden of I cucumbers, and speak not; They must needs be borne, because they cannot go.
Be not afraid of them, for they can- not do evil, Neither is it in them to do good.
6There is none like unto Thee, 0 LORD; Thou art great, and Thy name is great in might.
7Who would not fear Thee, 0 King of the nations?
ForitbefittethThee; Forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in ail their royalty, There is none like unto Thee.
sBut they are altogether brutish and foolish: The vanities by which they are in- structed are but a stock; 9Silver beaten into plates which is brought from Tarshish, And gold from Uphaz, The work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith; Blue and purple is their clothing; They are all the work of skilful men. 10But the LORD God is the true God, He is the living God, and the ever- lasting King; At His wrath the earth trembleth, And the nations are not able to abide His indignation.
HThus shall ye say unto them: 'The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.'
12Hc that hath made the earth by His power, That hath established the world by His wisdom, And hath stretched out the heavens by His understanding; "At the sound of His giving a multi- tude of waters in the heavens, When He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; When He maketh lightnings with the rain, And bringeth forth the wind out of His treasuries; JEREMIAH "Every man is proved to be brutish, without knowledge, Every goldsmith is put to shame by the graven image, His molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. 15They are vanity, a work of delu- sion; In the time of their visitation they shall perish. "Not like these is the portion of Jacob; For He is the former of all things, And Israel is the tribe of His in- heritance; The LORD of hosts is His name.
"Gather up thy wares from the ground, O thou that abidest in the siege. 18For thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel it.
19 Woe is me for my hurt!
My wound is grievous; But I said: 'This is but a sickness, And I must bear it/ *°My tent is spoiled, And all my cords are broken; My children are gone forth of me, and they are not; There is none to stretch forth my tent any more, And to set up my curtains. 21For the shepherds are become brut- ish, And have not inquired of the LORD; Therefore they have not prospered, And all their flocks are scattered. ^Harkl a report, behold, it cometh, And a great commotion out of the north country, To make the cities of Judah des- olate, A dwelling-place of jackals.
^0 LORD, I know that man's way is not his own; It is not in man to direct his steps as he walketh.
240 LORD, correct me, but in measure; Not in Thine anger, lest Thou diminish me. 25Pour out Thy wrath upon the nations that know Thee not, And upon the families that call not on Thy name; For they have devoured Jacob, Yea, they have devoured him and consumed him, And have laid waste his habitation.
•j "| The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying: 2'Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; 3and say thou unto them: Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Cursed be the man that heareth not the words of this covenant, ^hich I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying: Hearken to My voice, and do them, accord- ing to all which I command you; so shall ye be My people, and I will be your God; 5that I may establish the oath which I swore unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day/ Then answered I, and said: 'Amen. 0 LORD/ 6And the LORD said unto me: ' Pro- claim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusa- lem, saying: Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them. 7For earnestly forewarned your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, forewarning betimes and often, saying: Hearken to My voice.
JEREMIAH 8Yet they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the stubbornness of their evil heart; there- fore I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I com- manded them to do, but they did them not.'
9And the LORD said unto me: 'A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 10They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear My words; and they are gone after other gods to serve them; the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken My covenant which I made with their fathers. "Therefore thus saith the LOED: Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto Me, I will not hearken un- to them. 12Then shall the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jeru- salem go and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer; but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble. 13For according to the num- ber of thy cities are thy gods, 0 Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to the shameful thing, even altars to offer unto Baal. 14There- fore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto Me for their trouble.'
15What hath My beloved to do in My house, Seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, And the hallowed flesh is passed from thee? When thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.
16The LORD called thy name A leafy olive-tree, fair with goodly fruit; With the noise of a groat tumult He hath kindled fire upon itT And the branches of it are broken. 17For the LORD of ho^ts, thtit planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, because of the evil of the hou^e of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have wrought for them- selves in provoking Me by offering unto Baal.
I8And the LORD gave me knowledge of it, and I knew it; Then Thou showedst me their doings. 1<JBut 1 was like a docile lamb that is led to the slaughter; And I knew not that they had de- vised devices against me: 'Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, And let us cut him off from the land of the living, That his name may be no more remembered.' 20But, 0 LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, That triest the reins and the heart, Let me see Thy vengeance on them; For unto Thee have I revealed my cause.
21Therefore thus saith the LORD con- cerning the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying: 'Thou shalt not prophesy in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand7; ^therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts: Behold, I will punish them; The young men shall die by the sword, Their sons and then: daughters shall die by famine; JEREMIAH 2 And there shall be no remnant unto them; For I will bring evil upon the men of j Anathoth, Even the year of their visitation.
1 O Right wouldest Thou be, O LORD, 1 ~* Were I to contend with Thee; Yet will I reason with Thee: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper9 Wherefore are all they secure that deal very treacherously? i sThou hast planted them, yea, theyj have taken root; They grow, yea, they bring forth fruit; Thou art near in their mouth, And fur from their reins. -"'Hut Thou, 0 LORD, knowest me, Thou &ecst me, and triest my heart toward Thee; Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, And prepare them for the clay ol ,-Iaughter.
4IIow long shall the land mourn, And the herbs of the whole field wither?
For the wickedness of them that dwell therein, the beasts are con- sumed, and the birds; Because they said: 'He seeth not our end/ 3* If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, Then how canst thou contend with horses? And though in a land of peace thou art secure, Yet how wilt thou do in the thickets of the Jordan? 6For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, Even they have dealt treacherously with thee, Even they have cried aloud after thee; Believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.J 7I have forsaken My house, I have cast off My heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of My soul Into the hand of her enemies.. 8My heritage is become unto Me As a lion in the forest; She hath uttered her voice against Me; Therefore have I hated her. 9Is My heritage unto Me as a speckled bird of prey? Are the birds of prey against her round about? Come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, Bring them to devour. 10Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard, They have trodden My portion under foot, They have made My pleasant por- tion A desolate wilderness. uThey have made it a desolation, It mourneth unto Me, being deso- late; The whole land is made desolate, Because no man layeth it to heart. 12Upon all the high hills in the wilder- ness spoilers are come; For the sword of the LORD devoureth From the one end of the land even to the other end of the land; No flesh hath peace. 13They have sown wheat, and have reaped thorns; They have put themselves to pain, they profit not; JEREMIAH Be ye theix ashamed of your in- Sand took the girdle from the place crease, where I had hid it; and, behold, the Because of the fierce anger of the j girdle was marred, it was profitable LORD. for nothing.
i *Then the word of the LOHD came 14Thus saith the LORD: As for all, unto me, saying: Mine evil neighbours, that touch the *Thiis saith the LORD: After this inheritance which I have caused My manner will I mar the pride of Judah, people Israel to inherit, behold, 1 1 and the great pride of Jerusalem, will pluck them up from off their i loeven this evil people, that refuse land, and will pluck up the house of j to hear My words, that walk in the Judah from among them. 15And it shall come to patss, after that I have plucked them up, I will again have stubbornness of their heart, and are gone after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, that it be as* compassion on them; and I will I this girdle, which is profitable for bring them back, every man to his j nothing. "For as the girdle cleaveth heritage, and every man to his land, to the loins of a man, so have I caused 16And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of My people to swear by My name: 'As the LORD liveth', even as they taught My people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst of My people. 17But if they will not hearken, then will I pluck up that nation, plucking up and destroying it, saith the LOED.
"j O Thus said the LORD unto me: -1 ° ' Go, and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.' 2So I got a girdle ac- cording to the word of the LORD, and put it upon my loins.
3And the word of the LORJ> came unto me the second time, saying: 4'Take the girdle that thou hast gotten, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Perath, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.7 ^o I went, and hid it in Perath, as^the LORD com- manded me. 6Ajad it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me: 'Arise, go to Perath, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.' 7Then I went to Perath, and digged, to cleave unto Me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, baith the LORD, that they might be unto Me for a people, and for a name, and for a prai.se, and for a glory; but they would not hearken.
"Moreover thou shalt speak unto them this word: Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: 'Every bottle is filled with wine'; and when they shall say unto thee: 'Do we not know that every bottle is filled with wine?' I3Then shalt thou say unto them: Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness. 14And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD; I will not pity, nor spare, nor have compassion, that I should not destroy them.
15Hear ye, and give ear, be not proud; For the LORD hath spoken. 16Give glory to the LORD your God, Before it grow dark, JEREMIAH And before your feet stumble Upon the mountains of twilight, And, while ye look for light, He turn it into the shadow of death, And make it gross darkness. 17But if ye will not hear it, My soul fchall weep in secret for your pride; And mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, Because the IBRD'S flock is carried away captive.
I8Say thou unto the king and to the queen-mother: * Sit ye down low; For your headtires are come down, Even your beautiful crown.' 18The cities of the South are shut up, And there is none to open them; Judah is carried away captive all of it; It is wholly carried away captive.
*°Lift up your eyes, and behold Them that come from the north; Where is the flock that was given thee, Thy beautiful flock? ^What wilt thou say, when He shall set the friends over thee as head, Whom thou thyself hast trained against thee?
Shall not pangs take hold of thee, As of a woman in. travail? ^And if thou say in thy heart: 4 Wherefore are these things befallen me?'— For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts uncovered, And thy heels suffer violence. ^Can the Ethiopian change his skin, Or the leopard his spots? Then may ye also do good, That are accustomed to do evil. 24Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passeth away By the wind of the wilderness. 25This is thy lot, the portion measured unto thee from Me, Saith the LORD; Because thou hast forgotten Me, And trusted in falsehood. 2CTherefore will I also uncover thy skirts upon thy face, And thy shame shall appear. "Thine adulteries, and thy neigh- ings, the lewdness of thy harlotry, On the hills in the field have I seen thy detestable acts.
Woe unto thee, 0 Jerusalem! thou wilt not be made clean!
When shall it ever be?
1 A The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the droughts. 2Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, They bow down in black unto the ground; And the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. 'And their nobles send their lads for water: They come to the pits, and find no water; Their vessels return empty; They are ashamed and confounded, and cover their heads. 4Because of the ground which is cracked, For there hath been no rain in the land, The plowmen are ashamed, they cover their heads. 6Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh her young, Because there is no grass. 6And the wild asses stand on the high hills, They gasp for air like jackals; Their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.
JEREMIAH 7Though our iniquities testify against us, 0 LORD, work Thou for Thy name's sake;