91 Oh e that my head were waters And my eyes a fountain of tears , That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my people ! 2 Oh that I had in the desert A wayfarers' lodging place ; That I might leave my people And go from them! For all of them are adulterers , An assembly of treacherous men. 3 "They bend their tongue like their bow ; Lies and not truth prevail in the land ; For they proceed from evil to evil , And they do not know Me," declares the Lord . 4 "Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor , And do not trust any brother ; Because every brother deals craftily , And every neighbor goes about as a slanderer . 5 "Everyone deceives his neighbor And does not speak the truth , They have taught their tongue to speak lies ; They weary themselves committing iniquity . 6 "Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit ; Through deceit they refuse to know Me," declares the Lord . 7 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts , "Behold , I will refine them and assay them; For what else can I do , because e of the daughter of My people ? 8 "Their tongue is a deadly arrow ; It speaks deceit ; With his mouth one speaks peace to his neighbor , But inwardly he sets an ambush for him. 9 " Shall I not punish them for these things ?" declares the Lord . "On a nation such as this Shall I not avenge Myself ? 10 "For the mountains I will take up a weeping and wailing , And for the pastures of the wilderness a dirge , Because they are laid waste so e that no one passes through , And the lowing of the cattle is not heard ; Both the birds of the sky and the beasts have fled ; they are gone . 11 "I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, A haunt of jackals ; And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation , without inhabitant ."
12 Who is the wise man that may understand this ? And who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord has spoken , that he may declare it? Why e is the land ruined , laid waste like a desert , so e that no one passes through ? 13 The Lord said , "Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice nor walked according to it, 14 but have walked after the stubbornness of their heart and after the Baals , as their fathers taught them," 15 therefore thus says the Lord of hosts , the God of Israel , "behold , I will feed them, this people , with wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink . 16 "I will scatter them among the nations , whom neither they nor their fathers have known ; and I will send the sword after them until I have annihilated them." 17 Thus says the Lord of hosts , "Consider and call for the mourning women , that they may come ; And send for the wailing women , that they may come ! 18 "Let them make haste and take up a wailing for us, That our eyes may shed tears And our eyelids flow with water . 19 "For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion , ' How are we ruined ! We are put to great shame , For we have left the land , Because they have cast down our dwellings .' " 20 Now hear the word of the Lord , O you women , And let your ear receive the word of His mouth ; Teach your daughters wailing , And everyone her neighbor a dirge . 21 For death has come up through our windows ; It has entered our palaces To cut off the children from the streets , The young men from the town squares . 22 Speak , "Thus says the Lord , 'The corpses of men will fall like dung on the open field , And like the sheaf after e the reaper , But no one will gather them."'
23 Thus says the Lord , " Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom , and let not the mighty man boast of his might , let not a rich man boast of his riches ; 24 but let him who boasts boast of this , that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord who exercises lovingkindness , justice and righteousness on earth ; for I delight in these things ," declares the Lord . 25 "Behold , the days are coming ," declares the Lord , "that I will punish all who are circumcised and yet uncircumcised - 26 Egypt and Judah , and Edom and the sons of Ammon , and Moab and all those inhabiting the desert who clip the hair on their temples ; for all the nations are uncircumcised , and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised of heart ."
