"As a wellkeepsits watersfresh,Soshe keepsfreshher wickedness.Violenceand destructionare heardin her; Sicknessand woundsare everbeforeMe.
Watchover your heartwith alldiligence,For from it [flow] the springsof life.
From the soleof the footeven to the headThereis nothingsoundin it, [Only] bruises,weltsand rawwounds,Not pressedout or bandaged,Norsoftenedwith oil.
But the wickedare like the tossingsea,For it cannotbe quiet,And its waterstossup refuseand mud.
Their webswill not becomeclothing,Norwill they coverthemselves with their works;Their worksare worksof iniquity,And an actof violenceis in their hands.
For eachtimeI speak,I cryaloud;I proclaimviolenceand destruction,Becausefor me the wordof the LORDhas resultedIn reproachand derisionalldaylong.
"For thussaysthe LORD,'Your woundis incurableAnd your injuryis serious.
Thereis nooneto pleadyour cause;[No] healingfor [your] sore,Norecoveryfor you.
Whydo you cryout overyour injury?Your painis incurable.Becauseyour iniquityis great[And] your sinsare numerous,I have donethesethingsto you.
"Indeedthiscityhas beento Me [a] [provocation of] My angerand My wrathfrom the daythat they builtit, even to thisday,so that it should be removedfrom beforeMy face,
Is therenobalmin Gilead?Is therenophysicianthere?Whythenhas not the healthof the daughterof my peoplebeen restored?
while they seefor you false visions,while they divineliesfor you-- to placeyou on the necksof the wickedwhoare slain,whosedayhas come,in the timeof the punishmentof the end.
"For her bloodis in her midst;She placedit on the barerock;She did not pourit on the groundTo coverit with dust.
Thussaysthe LordGOD,"Enough,you princesof Israel;putawayviolenceand destruction,and practicejusticeand righteousness.Stopyour expropriationsfrom My people,"declaresthe LordGOD.
Violencehas growninto a rodof wickedness.Noneof them [shall remain], noneof their people,noneof their wealth,noranything eminentamong them.
Makethe chain,for the landis fullof bloodycrimesand the cityis fullof violence.
Woeto her who is rebelliousand defiled,The tyrannicalcity!
