"JudahmournsAnd her gateslanguish;They siton the groundin mourning,And the cryof Jerusalemhas ascended.
So that they caused the cryof the poorto cometo Him, And that He might hearthe cryof the afflicted--
Let our cattlebearWithoutmishapand withoutloss,[Let there be] nooutcryin our streets!
So Godheardtheir groaning;and GodrememberedHis covenantwith Abraham,Isaac,and Jacob.
My heartcriesout for Moab;His fugitivesare as faras Zoar[and] Eglath-shelishiyah,For they goup the ascentof Luhithweeping;Surelyon the roadto Horonaimthey raisea cryof distressover [their] ruin.
There is an outcryin the streetsconcerningthe wine;Alljoyturnsto gloom.The gaietyof the earthis banished.
The earthmourns[and] withers,the worldfades[and] withers,the exaltedof the peopleof the earthfadeaway.
The newwinemourns,The vinedecays,Allthe merry-heartedsigh.
And her gateswill lamentand mourn,And desertedshe will siton the ground.
The landmourns[and] pinesaway,Lebanonis shamed[and] withers;Sharonis like a desertplain,And Bashanand Carmellose[their foliage].
For the vineyardof the LORDof hostsis the houseof IsraelAnd the menof JudahHis delightfulplant.Thus He lookedfor justice,but behold,bloodshed;For righteousness,but behold,a cryof distress.
Thereforethussaysthe LORD,"BeholdI am bringingdisasteron them whichthey will not be ableto escape;though they will cryto Me, yet I will not listento them.
"It has been madea desolation,Desolate,it mournsbeforeMe; The wholelandhas been madedesolate,Becausenomanlaysit to heart.
Howlongis the landto mournAnd the vegetationof the countrysideto wither?For the wickednessof those who dwellin it, Animalsand birdshave been snatchedaway,Because[men] have said,"He will not seeour latterending."
May an outcrybe heardfrom their houses,WhenYou suddenlybringraidersupon them; For they have duga pitto captureme And hiddensnaresfor my feet.
"For thisthe earthshall mournAnd the heavensabovebe dark,BecauseI have spoken,I have purposed,And I will not changeMy mind,norwill I turnfrom it."
The nationshave heardof your shame,And the earthis fullof your cry[of distress]; For one warriorhas stumbledover another,And bothof them have fallendowntogether.
For the brokennessof the daughterof my peopleI am broken;I mourn,dismayhas takenholdof me.
The LORDdeterminedto destroyThe wallof the daughterof Zion.He has stretchedout a line,He has not restrainedHis handfrom destroying,And He has caused rampartand wallto lament;They have languishedtogether.
Her gateshave sunkinto the ground,He has destroyedand brokenher bars.Her kingand her princesare among the nations;The lawis nomore.Also,her prophetsfindNovisionfrom the LORD.
Our skinhas becomeas hotas an oven,Becauseof the burningheatof famine.
Thereforethe landmourns,And everyonewho livesin it languishesAlong with the beastsof the fieldand the birdsof the sky,And alsothe fishof the seadisappear.
The fieldis ruined,The landmourns;For the grainis ruined,The newwinedriesup, Freshoilfails.
Be ashamed,O farmers,Wail,O vinedressers,For the wheatand the barley;Becausethe harvestof the fieldis destroyed.
Consecratea fast,Proclaima solemnassembly;Gatherthe elders[And] allthe inhabitantsof the landTo the houseof the LORDyour God,And cryout to the LORD.
Beforethem the peopleare in anguish;Allfacesturnpale.
"I calledfor a droughton the land,on the mountains,on the grain,on the newwine,on the oil,on whatthe groundproduces,on men,on cattle,and on allthe laborof your hands."
"And justas He calledand they would not listen,sothey calledand I would not listen,"saysthe LORDof hosts;
And the menwhodid not diewere smittenwith tumorsand the cryof the citywentup to heaven.
"About this timetomorrowI will sendyou a manfrom the landof Benjamin,and you shall anointhim to be princeoverMy peopleIsrael;and he will deliverMy peoplefrom the handof the Philistines.For I have regardedMy people,becausetheir cryhas cometo Me."
