1	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! [Oh...: Heb. Who will give my head, etc]
			2	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# .
			3	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.
			4	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. [neighbour: or, friend]
			5	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# . [deceive: or, mock]
			6	Thine habitation# is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse# to know# me, saith# the LORD.
			7	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?
			8	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. [in heart: Heb. in the midst of him] [his wait: or, wait for him]
			9	Shall I not visit# them for these things ? saith# the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged# on such a nation as this?
			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# . [habitations: or, pastures] [burned up: or, desolate] [both...: Heb. from the fowl even to, etc]
			11	And I will make# Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make# the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant# . [desolate: Heb. desolation]
			12	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# ?
			13	And the LORD saith# , Because they have forsaken# my law which I set# before them, and have not obeyed# my voice, neither walked# therein;
			14	But have walked# after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught# them: [imagination: or, stubbornness]
			15	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# .
			16	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.
			17	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# :
			18	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.
			19	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# .
			20	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.
			21	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.
			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 .
			23	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:
			24	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.
			25	Behold, the days come# , saith# the LORD, that I will punish# all them which are circumcised# with the uncircumcised; [punish: Heb. visit upon]
			26	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. [in the utmost...: Heb. cut off into corners, or, having the corners of their hair polled]