4"Israel, if you return to me," declares the Lord, "Return to me, remove your detestable idols from my presence, and don't waver.H7725H3478H5002H3068H7725H5493H8251H6440H51102If you swear, 'as surely as the Lord lives,' in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then nations will be blessed by him, and in him they will boast."H7650H3068H2416H571H4941H6666H1471H1288H19843For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, "Break up your unplowed ground, and don't sow among thorns.H559H3068H376H3063H3389H5214H5215H2232H69754Circumcise yourselves to the Lord and remove the foreskin of your heart, you men of Judah and residents of Jerusalem, or else my wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to put it out, because of your evil deeds."H4135H3068H5493H6190H3824H376H3063H3427H3389H2534H3318H784H1197H3518H6440H7455H46115Declare in Judah, make known in Jerusalem, by saying, "Blow the trumpet in the land, cry out, and say, 'Gather together and let's go to the fortified cities!'H5046H3063H8085H3389H559H8628H7782H776H7121H4390H559H622H935H4013H58926Raise a standard in the direction of Zion. Flee! Don't stand around! For I'm bringing calamity from the north, along with great destruction.H5375H5251H6726H5756H5975H935H7451H6828H1419H76677A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his place to make your land a waste. Your cities will be ruined, and without inhabitants.H738H5927H5441H7843H1471H5265H3318H4725H7760H776H8047H5892H5327H34278So, put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, because the burning anger of the Lord has not turned away from us."H2296H8242H5594H3213H2740H639H3068H77259"On that day," declares the Lord, "the courage of the king and the leaders will fail. The priests will be appalled and the prophets astounded."H3117H5002H3068H3820H4428H6H3820H8269H3548H8074H5030H853910Then I replied, "Ah, Lord GOD, you have completely deceived this people and Jerusalem when you said, 'You will have peace,' while the sword is at their throat!"H559H162H136H3069H403H5377H5377H5971H3389H559H7965H2719H5060H531511At that time, it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, "A scorching wind from the barren heights in the desert is coming toward my people, and it's not for winnowing or cleansing.H6256H559H5971H3389H6703H7307H8205H4057H1870H1323H5971H2219H130512A wind too strong for that is coming at my bidding. Now I'm judging them as I speak."H4392H7307H935H1696H494113Look, he comes up like clouds, and his chariots are like a whirlwind. His horses are as swift as eagles. Woe to us?we're destroyed!H5927H6051H4818H5492H5483H7043H5404H188H770314Jerusalem, wash your evil from your heart so that you may be delivered. How long will you harbor evil schemes within you -H3389H3526H3820H7451H3467H205H4284H3885H713015For a voice announces from Dan and declares disaster from Mount Ephraim.H6963H5046H1835H8085H205H2022H66916"Tell the nations, 'Here they come!' Proclaim to Jerusalem, 'The besieging forces are coming from a distant land. They cry out against the cities of Judah.H2142H1471H8085H3389H5341H935H4801H776H5414H6963H5892H306317They have surrounded her like those guarding a field because they have rebelled against me,'" declares the Lord.H8104H7704H5439H4784H5002H306818"Your lifestyles and your actions have brought these things on you. This is your calamity - it is indeed bitter, for it has reached your heart!"H1870H4611H6213H7451H4751H5060H382019"My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain. Oh, the aching of my heart! My heart pounds within me; I cannot keep silent. For I hear the sound of the trumpet, the alarm for war.H4578H4578H2342H3176H7023H3820H3820H1993H2790H8085H5315H6963H7782H8643H442120Disaster upon disaster is proclaimed, for the entire land is devastated. Suddenly my tent is destroyed, in a moment my curtains.H7667H7667H7121H776H7703H6597H168H7703H3407H728121How long will I see the battle standard and hear the sound of the trumpet -H7200H5251H8085H6963H778222"For my people are foolish, they don't know me. They're stupid children, they have no understanding. They're skilled at doing evil, but how to do good, they don't know."H5971H191H3045H5530H1121H995H2450H7489H3190H304523I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void, at the heavens, and there was no light there.H7200H776H8414H922H8064H21624I looked at the mountains; they were quaking, and all the hills moved back and forth.H7200H2022H7493H1389H704325I looked, and no people were there. All the birds of the sky had gone.H7200H120H5775H8064H507426I looked, and the fruitful land had become a desert. All its towns were broken down because of the Lord, because of his burning anger.H7200H3759H4057H5892H5422H6440H3068H2740H63927For this is what the Lord says: "The entire land will be devastated, but I won't completely destroy it.H3068H559H776H8077H6213H361728Because of this, the land will mourn, and the heavens above will be dark. Because I have spoken and decided, I won't turn back from doing it."H776H56H8064H4605H6937H1696H2161H5162H772529At the sound of the horseman and the archer the entire city flees. Its residents go into the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned, and no one lives in them.H5892H1272H6963H6571H7198H7411H935H5645H5927H3710H5892H5800H376H3427H200430You are ruined! What are you doing dressing in scarlet, putting on golden ornaments, and highlighting your eyes with makeup?You are making yourself beautiful in vain. Your lovers reject you?they're out to kill you.H7703H6213H3847H8144H5710H5716H2091H7167H5869H6320H7723H3302H5689H3988H1245H531531I heard a cry like that of a woman in labor, anguish like one giving birth to her first born, the cry of the daughter of Zion gasping for air, stretching out her hand: "Woe is me! I'm about to faint in front of killers!"H8085H6963H2470H6869H1069H6963H1323H6726H3306H6566H3709H188H5315H5888H2026