1 If you will return, O Israel, said the LORD, return to me: and if you will put away your abominations out of my sight, then shall you not remove. Compare verse1 commentary
2 And you shall swear, The LORD lives, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory. Compare verse3 commentaries
3 For thus said the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. Compare verse5 commentaries
4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings. Compare verse9 commentaries
5 Declare you in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow you the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defended cities. Compare verse1 commentary
6 Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. Compare verse1 commentary
7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make your land desolate; and your cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant. Compare verse2 commentaries
8 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us. Compare verse1 commentary
9 And it shall come to pass at that day, said the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder. Compare verse1 commentary
10 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely you have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, You shall have peace; whereas the sword reaches to the soul. Compare verse1 commentary
11 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse, Compare verse1 commentary
12 Even a full wind from those places shall come to me: now also will I give sentence against them. Compare verse1 commentary
13 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! for we are spoiled. Compare verse1 commentary
14 O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your vain thoughts lodge within you? Compare verse2 commentaries
15 For a voice declares from Dan, and publishes affliction from mount Ephraim. Compare verse1 commentary
16 Make you mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah. Compare verse1 commentary
17 As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she has been rebellious against me, said the LORD. Compare verse1 commentary
18 Your way and your doings have procured these things to you; this is your wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reaches to your heart. Compare verse1 commentary
19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart makes a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. Compare verse1 commentary
20 Destruction on destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment. Compare verse1 commentary
22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are silly children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. Compare verse4 commentaries
23 I beheld the earth, and, see, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. Compare verse1 commentary
24 I beheld the mountains, and, see, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. Compare verse1 commentary
25 I beheld, and, see, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. Compare verse1 commentary
26 I beheld, and, see, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger. Compare verse1 commentary
27 For thus has the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end. Compare verse1 commentary
28 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it. Compare verse1 commentary
29 The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up on the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein. Compare verse1 commentary
30 And when you are spoiled, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with crimson, though you deck you with ornaments of gold, though you rend your face with painting, in vain shall you make yourself fair; your lovers will despise you, they will seek your life. Compare verse2 commentaries
31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that brings forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that mourns herself, that spreads her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers. Compare verse1 commentary