Jeremiah - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 495

A sound of weeping will be heard from My lips !~——‘ Pity My children of Israel, for they have lost their way! They have forgotten their EvER·L1v1NG

22 GGD! Return, lost children! I will restore you from your wanderingsf

Eh: llczpunsz uf ($¤h’¤ lhiumiug Qlhilhrzn. ‘ Here we are !———we will give our-

selves to You, for You are our EVER- uvmr; Goo. The crowd on the Hills is nothing; is nothing to our EVER-L1v1NG Gon-the Saviour of Israel ! Shame has devoured the work of our fathers from our youth,——their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. We were sleeping with our shame; we lay down with our infamies; for we sinned against our Even-1.1vmG Goo,—~we and our fathers, from our youth to this day, and have not listened to the voice of our EVER-L1v1NG GoD. Glibe {ards §\u¤iuer. If Israel will return/’ the EVER- return. If you remove your filth from My presence,

2 and do not renew it. If you swear ‘by the life of the EVER-L1v1Nc; ’ in truth for ]ustice and Right, and cause the Nations to bless Him, and praise 3 For the EvER·L1v1NG says this to the men of judah, and to ]erusalem, ‘ Plough for yourselves, plough I and fear not in sowing. Circumcise yourselves to the EVE R- LIVING, and put off the disgrace from your hearts, men of judah, and inhabitants of jerusalem, for fear My anger should shoot out like fire : and burn unquenchably, because of your vile practices} War Zurrtulh in Quhuly. ‘Let them inform judah and

jerusalem, make them hear, and answer, and sound a trumpet in the country. Let them cry aloud and say, ‘ Collect and come to the fortified towns. Arise, march to Zion! Fly 5 Delay not! for I am bringing trouble from the north, and a great crash! A lion comes up from his place to your country to desolate your cities Because of this put on sackcloth! Lament, 4--25

and howl, because the hot anger of the LDRD will not turn from us. g the heart of the king, and the heart of his nobles will be desolate; the Priests and the Preachers be astonished, and say, ‘Alas! Armrourv Loan! why have You deceived this People, and jeru- salem, saying, Peace shall come to you, when the sword approaches for ’ At that time He will order from the

desert a wind with burning lips against this People, against the daughter of My People. Not by spurts, and not by puffs :-—·a full, howl- ing wind shall go rushing from Me. I also will pronounce their doom S See! I-Ie raises clouds, and whirl-

winds for His swift chariot, and eagles for His horses! They are for us Z They assail us! ‘ jerusalem, wash your heart from

sin, that I may save you from the death awaiting your fault in your breast. For a voice informs from Midian, and a report arises from Mount Ephraim. The nations perceive it; the Guards at jerusalem even hear the comers from the land afar, and they send their voices to the cities of judah. 'llhere are enemies watch- ing around her,-—~for she rebelled from Me. Your ways, and your pro- ceedings produced these sufferings for you,-——for you are a rebel; diseased to your heart! IO II I2 16 18

Qzrzmialfs Eminent at tbz §r¤sp2ct. My bowels, my bowels tremble! rg My heart reels, my heart mourns! I cannot rest for I have heard the voice of a trumpet! Oh, my soul! it is the sound of war, Orash upon crash it roars! For all the open country is destroyed;-suddenly they destroy the tents. Yes, my tent ! Till my death I shall see the march! I shall hear the blast of the trumpets! For my foolish People do not

recognise my warnings! r'I`hey are children of folly! They never re- flect ! They are wise for evil ;~—but cannot recognize good ! I looked to the earth, and it was

desolate, and saw it convulsed and empty ! And to the skies, and there was no light ! I looked to the moun- tains, and saw earthquakes, and all the hills shook ! I looked, but there was no man ! and all the birds of the 40% 20 2I 22