Oh sinful nation, people weighed down with iniquity, brood of evildoers, depraved children! They have abandoned the Lord; they have despised the Holy One of Israel; they have turned their backs on him.
Jeremiah 8:19 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Listen #– #the cry of my dear people from a faraway land, ‘Is the Lord no longer in Zion, her King not within her? ’ Why have they angered me with their carved images, with their worthless foreign idols? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Behold [says the prophet, listen to the voice of] the cry of the daughter of my people [for help] because of those who dwell in a far country: Is not the Lord in Zion? Is not her King in her? [But the Lord answers] Why have they provoked Me to anger with their carved images and with foreign idols? American Standard Version (1901) Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: is not Jehovah in Zion? is not her King in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with foreign vanities? Common English Bible Listen to the weeping of my people all across the land: “Isn’t the LORD in Zion? Is her king no longer there?” Why then did they anger me with their images, with pointless foreign gods? Catholic Public Domain Version Behold, the voice of the daughter of my people from a far away land. Is the Lord not with Zion, and is her king not within her? Then why have they provoked me to wrath by their graven images, and by their strange vanities? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Behold the voice of the daughter my people from a far country: Is not the Lord in Sion, or is not her king in her? Why then have they provoked me to wrath with their idols and strange vanities? |
Oh sinful nation, people weighed down with iniquity, brood of evildoers, depraved children! They have abandoned the Lord; they have despised the Holy One of Israel; they have turned their backs on him.
Cry out and sing, citizen of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel is among you in his greatness.’
They are coming from a distant land, from the farthest horizon – the Lord and the weapons of his wrath – to destroy the whole country.
For the Lord is our Judge, the Lord is our Lawgiver, the Lord is our King. He will save us.
Then the prophet Isaiah came to King Hezekiah and asked him, ‘What did these men say, and where did they come to you from? ’ Hezekiah replied, ‘They came to me from a distant country, from Babylon.’
‘Wake up, wake up; put on your strength, Zion! Put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city! For the uncircumcised and the unclean will no longer enter you.
They are worthless, a work to be mocked. At the time of their punishment they will be destroyed.
Have you completely rejected Judah? Do you detest Zion? Why do you strike us with no hope of healing for us? We hoped for peace, but there was nothing good; for a time of healing, but there was only terror.
Why are you like a helpless man, like a warrior unable to save? Yet you are among us, Lord, and we bear your name. Don’t leave us!
This is what the Lord says: What fault did your ancestors find in me that they went so far from me, followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?
They are prophesying a lie to you so that you will be removed from your land. I will banish you, and you will perish.
For there will be a day when watchmen will call out in the hill country of Ephraim, ‘Come, let’s go up to Zion, to the Lord our God! ’
From their youth, the Israelites and Judeans have done nothing but what is evil in my sight! They have done nothing but anger me by the work of their hands’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #
But are they really provoking me? ’ This is the Lord’s declaration. ‘Isn’t it they themselves being provoked to disgrace? ’
I will scatter them among the nations that they and their ancestors have not known. I will send a sword after them until I have finished them off.’
The perimeter of the city will be 9.6 kilometres, and the name of the city from that day on will be The Lord Is There.’
Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved, for there will be an escape for those on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, as the Lord promised, among the survivors the Lord calls.
I will pardon their bloodguilt, , which I have not pardoned, for the Lord dwells in Zion.
But there will be a deliverance on Mount Zion, and it will be holy; the house of Jacob will dispossess those who dispossessed them. ,
Now, why are you shouting loudly? Is there no king with you? Has your counsellor perished, so that anguish grips you like a woman in labour?
The Lord has removed your punishment; he has turned back your enemy. The King of Israel, the Lord, is among you; you need no longer fear harm.
For look, I am raising my hand against them, and they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that the Lord of Armies has sent me.
‘People! Why are you doing these things? We are people also, just like you, and we are proclaiming good news to you, that you turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them. ,
My anger will burn against them on that day; I will abandon them and hide my face from them so that they will become easy prey. Many troubles and afflictions will come to them. On that day they will say, “Haven’t these troubles come to us because our God is no longer with us? ”
‘Write to the angel of the church in Ephesus: Thus says the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand and who walks among the seven golden lampstands: