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1 O ye chil­dren of Ben­jamin, gath­er your­selves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trum­pet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth­hac­cerem: for evil ap­peareth out of the north, and great de­struc­tion. 2 I have likened the daugh­ter of Zion to a come­ly and del­i­cate woman. 3 The shep­herds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed ev­ery one in his place. 4 Pre­pare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shad­ows of the evening are stretched out. 5 Arise, and let us go by night, and let us de­stroy her palaces. 6 For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be vis­it­ed; she is whol­ly op­pres­sion in the midst of her. 7 As a foun­tain casteth out her wa­ters, so she casteth out her wicked­ness: vi­o­lence and spoil is heard in her; be­fore me con­tin­u­al­ly is grief and wounds. 8 Be thou in­struct­ed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul de­part from thee; lest I make thee des­o­late, a land not in­hab­it­ed. 9 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall through­ly glean the rem­nant of Is­rael as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grape­gath­er­er into the bas­kets. 10 To whom shall I speak, and give warn­ing, that they may hear? be­hold, their ear is un­cir­cum­cised, and they can­not hear­ken: be­hold, the word of the LORD is unto them a re­proach; they have no de­light in it. 11 There­fore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with hold­ing in: I will pour it out upon the chil­dren abroad, and upon the as­sem­bly of young men to­geth­er: for even the hus­band with the wife shall be tak­en, the aged with him that is full of days. 12 And their hous­es shall be turned unto oth­ers, with their fields and wives to­geth­er: for I will stretch out my hand upon the in­hab­i­tants of the land, saith the LORD. 13 For from the least of them even unto the great­est of them ev­ery one is giv­en to cov­etous­ness; and from the prophet even unto the priest ev­ery one dealeth false­ly. 14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my peo­ple slight­ly, say­ing, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. 15 Were they ashamed when they had com­mit­ted abom­i­na­tion? nay, they were not at all ashamed, nei­ther could they blush: there­fore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I vis­it them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD. 16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk there­in, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein. 17 Also I set watch­men over you, saying, Hear­ken to the sound of the trum­pet. But they said, We will not hear­ken. 18 There­fore hear, ye na­tions, and know, O con­gre­ga­tion, what is among them. 19 Hear, O earth: be­hold, I will bring evil upon this peo­ple, even the fruit of their thoughts, be­cause they have not hear­kened unto my words, nor to my law, but re­ject­ed it. 20 To what pur­pose cometh there to me in­cense from She­ba, and the sweet cane from a far coun­try? your burnt of­fer­ings are not ac­cept­able, nor your sac­ri­fices sweet unto me. 21 There­fore thus saith the LORD, Be­hold, I will lay stum­bling­blocks be­fore this peo­ple, and the fa­thers and the sons to­geth­er shall fall upon them; the neigh­bour and his friend shall per­ish. 22 Thus saith the LORD, Be­hold, a peo­ple cometh from the north coun­try, and a great na­tion shall be raised from the sides of the earth. 23 They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cru­el, and have no mer­cy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon hors­es, set in ar­ray as men for war against thee, O daugh­ter of Zion. 24 We have heard the fame there­of: our hands wax fee­ble: an­guish hath tak­en hold of us, and pain, as of a wom­an in tra­vail. 25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the en­e­my and fear is on ev­ery side. 26 O daugh­ter of my peo­ple, gird thee with sack­cloth, and wal­low thy­self in ash­es: make thee mourn­ing, as for an only son, most bit­ter lamen­ta­tion: for the spoil­er shall sud­den­ly come upon us. 27 I have set thee for a tow­er and a fortress among my peo­ple, that thou mayest know and try their way. 28 They are all grievous re­volters, walk­ing with slan­ders: they are brass and iron; they are all cor­rupters. 29 The bel­lows are burned, the lead is con­sumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away. 30 Repro­bate sil­ver shall men call them, be­cause the LORD hath re­ject­ed them.