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shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the
L
ORD
.
13
I will surely consume them, saith the L
ORD
:
there shall be
no grapes on the vine, nor figs on
the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and
the things that
I have given them shall pass away from
them.
14
Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let
us be silent there: for the L
ORD
our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink,
because we have sinned against the L
ORD
.
15
We looked for peace, but no good
came; and
for a
time of health, and behold trouble!
16
The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole
land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured
the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.
17
For, behold, I will send serpents,
cockatrices, among you, which
will
not
be
charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the L
ORD
.
18
When
I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart
is
faint in me.
19
Behold the voice of
the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country:
Is
not the L
ORD
in Zion?
is
not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images,
and
with strange vanities?
20
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
21
For
the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
22
Is there
no balm in Gilead;
is there
no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter
of my people recovered?
CHAPTER 9
Oh 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!
2
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of
wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they
be
all adulterers, an
assembly of treacherous men.
3
And they bend their tongues
like
their bow
for
lies: but they are
not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me,
saith the L
ORD
.
4
Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every
brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
5
And they will deceive
every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies,
and
weary themselves to commit iniquity.
6
Thine habitation
is
in the midst of deceit; through deceit
they refuse to know me, saith the L
ORD
.
7
Therefore thus saith the L
ORD
of hosts, Behold, I will
melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
8
Their tongue
is as
an
arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit:
one
speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in
heart he layeth his wait.
9
Shall I not visit them for these
things?
saith the L
ORD
: shall not my soul be avenged on such
a nation as this?
10
For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations
of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through
them;
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