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Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Ag, dat my hoof waters was, en my oë ’n fontein van trane, dat ek dag en nag kon ween vir die dooies van die dogter van my volk!
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Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they [be] all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
Ag, dat ek in die wildernis ‚'n herberg van padgangers gehad het; dat ek my volk kon verlaat, en van hulle weggaan! want hulle is almal egbrekers, ‚'n vergadering van bedrieglike manne.
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And they bend their tongues [like] their bow [for] lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
En hulle buig hulle tonge soos hulle boog vir leuens: maar hulle is nie dapper vir die waarheid op die aarde nie; want hulle gaan van boosheid tot boosheid voort, en hulle ken My nie, sê die HERE.
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Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
Pas julle op elkeen vir sy naaste, en vertrou nie op enige broer nie: want elke broer sal heeltemal bedrieg, en elke naaste sal met laster rondgaan.
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And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, [and] weary themselves to commit iniquity.
En hulle sal elkeen sy naaste bedrieg, en sal nie die waarheid spreek nie: hulle het hulle tong geleer om leuens te spreek, en vermoei hulleself om ongeregtigheid te doen.
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Thine habitation [is] in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
Jou woning is in die midde van bedrog; deur bedrog weier hulle om My te ken, sê die HERE.
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Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
Daarom so sê die HERE van leërskare, Kyk, ek sal hulle smelt, en hulle toets; want hoe sal ek anders doen vir die dogter van my volk?
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Their tongue [is as] an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: [one] speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
Hulle tong is soos ’n pyl wat uitgewerp is; dit spreek bedrog: die een spreek vreedsaam met sy naaste met sy mond, maar in die hart lê hy hinderlae vir hom.
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Shall I not visit them for these [things]? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Sal ek nie hierdie dinge aan hulle besoek nie? sê die HERE: sal my siel nie op so ’n nasie gewreek word nie?
10
For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through [them]; neither can [men] hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.
Vir die berge sal ek ’n geween en weeklag opneem, en vir die wonings van die wildernis ’n weeklag, omdat hulle verbrand is, sodat niemand daardeur kan trek nie; en hulle sal die stem van die vee nie hoor nie; beide die voëls van die hemel en die diere is gevlug; hulle is weg.
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And I will make Jerusalem heaps, [and] a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
En ek sal Jérusalem ’n hoop maak, en ’n woning van drake; en ek sal die stede van Juda verwoes maak, sonder inwoner.
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Who [is] the wise man, that may understand this? and [who is he] to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth [and] is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?
Wie is die wyse man, wat dit mag verstaan? en wie is hy aan wie die mond van die HERE gespreek het, dat hy dit mag verklaar, waarom die land vergaan en verbrand is soos ‚'n wildernis, dat niemand deurtrek nie?
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And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;
En die HERE het gesê, Omdat hulle my wet verlaat het wat ek voor hulle gestel het, en nie aan my stem gehoorsaam was nie, en ook nie daarin gewandel het nie;
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But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:
Maar in die verbeelding van hulle eie hart gewandel het, en agter die Baäls aangegaan het, wat hulle vaders hulle geleer het:
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Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, [even] this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
Daarom so sê die HERE van leërskare, die God van Israel; Kyk, ek sal hierdie volk met als voed, en hulle water van gal laat drink.
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I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.
Ek sal hulle ook onder die heidene verstrooi, wat hulle en hulle vaders nie geken het nie: en ek sal ‚'n swaard agter hulle stuur, totdat ek hulle verteer het.
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning [women], that they may come:
So sê die HERE van leërskare, Oorweeg julle, en roep vir die weeklagende vroue, dat hulle mag kom; en stuur vir vaardige vroue, dat hulle mag kom:
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And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
En laat hulle haastig maak, en ’n weeklag oor ons opneem, dat ons oë met trane mag afloop, en ons ooglede met water mag vloei.
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For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast [us] out.
Want ‚'n stem van weeklag is uit Sion gehoor, Hoe is ons verwoes! ons is grootliks beskaamd, omdat ons die land verlaat het, omdat hulle ons wonings weggewerp het.
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Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.
Tog hoor die woord van die HERE, o julle vroue, en laat julle oor die woord van sy mond ontvang, en leer julle dogters weeklag, en elkeen haar naaste weeklag.
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For death is come up into our windows, [and] is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, [and] the young men from the streets.
Want die dood is in ons vensters opgekom, en is in ons paleise ingegaan, om die kinders buite af te sny, en die jongmanne van die strate.
22
Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather [them].
Spreek, So sê die HERE, Selfs die dooie liggame van die mens sal val soos mis op die oop veld, en soos die handvol agter die oesman; en niemand sal hulle bymekaarmaak nie.
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Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise [man] glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty [man] glory in his might, let not the rich [man] glory in his riches:
So sê die HERE, Laat die wyse man hom nie in sy wysheid roem nie, en laat die magtige man hom nie in sy mag roem nie, laat die ryk man hom nie in sy rykdom roem nie:
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But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I [am] the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these [things] I delight, saith the LORD.
Maar laat hom wat roem, hierin roem, dat hy My verstaan en ken, dat ek die HERE is wat goedertierenheid, oordeel, en geregtigheid in die aarde uitoefen: want in hierdie dinge behae ek My, sê die HERE.
25
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all [them which are] circumcised with the uncircumcised;
Kyk, die dae kom, sê die HERE, dat ek almal sal besoek wat besnede is met die onbesnede;
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Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all [that are] in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all [these] nations [are] uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel [are] uncircumcised in the heart.
Egipte, en Juda, en Edom, en die kinders van Ammon, en Moab, en almal wat in die uiterste hoeke is, wat in die wildernis woon: want al hierdie nasies is onbesnede, en die hele huis van Israel is onbesnede van hart.