thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths. [1] [2]
13 The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.
14 The LORD will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and with their princes: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses. [3]
15 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
16 Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with extended necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: [4] [5]
17 Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will uncover their secret parts. [6]
18 In that day the Lord will take away the show of their tinkling anklets, and their scarves, and their necklaces like the moon, [7]
19 The pendant, and the bracelets, and the veils, [8] [9]
20 The headdresses, and the leg ornaments, and the headbands, and the perfume bottles, and the charms, [10]
21 The rings, and nose jewels,
22 The fine robes, and the mantles, and the outer garments, and the purses,
23 The mirrors, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the veils.
24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be a foul odour; and instead of a belt a rope; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a rich robe a girding of sackcloth; and a brand instead of beauty.
25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war. [11]
26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground. [12]
CHAP. 4.
And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach. [13] [14]
2 In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be the pride and glory of them that have escaped of Israel. [15] [16]
3 And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem: [17]
4 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst of it by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
5 And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence. [18] [19]
6 And there shall be a tabernacle for shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.
CHAP. 5.
Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved concerning his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: [20]
2 And he dug it, and removed its stones, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress in it: and he expected that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. [21] [22]
3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard.
4 What more could have been done to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I expected that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
5 And now come; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall of it, and it shall be trodden down: [23]
6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor dug; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry. [24] [25]
8 Woe to them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there is no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! [26]
9 In my ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. [27] [28]
10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.
11 Woe to them that rise early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflames them! [29]
12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
13 Therefore my people have gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are
- ↑ lead...: or, call thee blessed
- ↑ destroy: Heb. swallow up
- ↑ eaten: or, burnt
- ↑ wanton...: Heb. deceiving with their eyes
- ↑ mincing: or, tripping nicely
- ↑ discover: Heb. make naked
- ↑ cauls: or, networks
- ↑ chains: or, sweet balls
- ↑ mufflers: or, spangled ornaments
- ↑ tablets: Heb. houses of the soul
- ↑ mighty: Heb. might
- ↑ desolate: or, emptied: Heb. cleansed
- ↑ let...: Heb. let thy name be called upon us
- ↑ to take...: or, take thou away
- ↑ beautiful...: Heb. beauty and glory
- ↑ them...: Heb. the escaping
- ↑ among...: or, to life
- ↑ upon all: or, above all
- ↑ defence: Heb. covering
- ↑ a very...: Heb. the horn of the son of oil
- ↑ fenced: or, made a wall about
- ↑ made: Heb. hewed
- ↑ trodden...: Heb. for a treading
- ↑ his...: Heb. plant of his pleasures
- ↑ oppression: Heb. a scab
- ↑ they: Heb. ye
- ↑ In...: or, This is in mine ears, saith the LORD, etc
- ↑ Of a...: Heb. If not, etc
- ↑ inflame: of, pursue
