Jeremiah - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 500

9-10 8*9 ]EREMIAH.

10 12 16 I7 lying pen of the Recorder made for lies ? 'Your ‘ Educated ’ cause shame, terror and disgm.ce,—»~f0r they reject the Word of the EvER~mv1:~ze, and what can their education do for them ? Therefore I will give their wives

to ravishers, and their estates to plunderers, for from the least to the greatest they all cheat. From the preacher to the priest they all prac- tise deception, and have healed the wound of the Daughter of My People not well,—~saying, Peace. Peace! when there is not peace! They should be ashamed of the villainy they have done. Shame, however, shames them not,——rione of them know it,—-—therefore they shall fall with the falling, at the time of their says the Ev1~;R—1.1viNe. says the

but there are no bunches on the vinei There are no figs on the {ig tree! And the leaves are withered l However I will trans- plant them} ®l;2 §Qmplz ia Qcczyzxun. Why should we remain? Collect,

arise, and let us go to the fortified towns, and be quiet there, for our EVER-L1v1Ne Gon has stupetied us, and given us the juice of poppies to drink for our sins against the lilvisiz- LIVING. We hoped for peace,~— but no good came at its season, for safety, and behold terror! The snort of his horses is heard from Dan, tha sound of the neighs of their steeds fills all the land. (!5¤D’s {twig. But they shall cross and devour,

the country and its contents;-——the city and its inhabitants. For I have sent snakes to you, serpents for whom there is no charmer, and they will says the Ev1·:iz—1.ivi:ve.

Wlje {J1‘npl)ct`»¤ §1tgui€.l) nlwr his 18 ze Qiuztttliy. no king in her? Instead of my joy comes anguish, affliction comes to my heart! lt

is the sound of the wail of the child of my People from a distant land! ‘ ls there no Goo in Zion ? ls there Why did they provoke Him with

their idols? With foreign vanities? The harvest is past,——tlie reaping is done,—~but we are not relieved. I have been wounded by the wound of the child of my People ;-—I am weakened where I should be streng- thened. Is there no balm in Gilad to heal ? Is there no surgeon there? Why has not the child of my People gone there? Who will give water to my head,

and a fountain of tears to my eyes, that I may weep day and night for the wounds ofthe child of my People l 21 22 Who will give me a lodge in the 9 desert afar, that I may leave my People and go from them? For all are adulterers, secret traitors. They direct their tongue, like a bow, to 'l`hey pro· ceed from wrong to wrong, and they says the EVER- LIVING. Guard yourselves everyone from

his friend, and trust not upon any brother,—-for every brother will betray, and every friend will recoil upon you. And each betrays his friend, and they speak no truth. They teach their tongue to speak falsehood, they labour at wickedness. ‘ You dwell in the midst of treason; from treason they refuse to recog— says the IEVERIIVING. 0§¤lr's ilirplg in ily: }Qli·npI32i——`m*l;g ifi: Qtlunislyrs. says the LORD OF

I refine them thus, and test them. For what can I do for the daughter of My People? Their tongue is a poisoned arrow,—··they speak treason from their mouth, they speak kindly to their meighbougwith betrayal in their breast! Should I not punish them for these thi¤gs If the heathen did the same, would not My soul avenge them? ’ §m·mninI] gHu11ms fur his Qhxmirg. I weep over the hills and sob, and 9 wail over the pastures of the plain, for they are desolate! No man passes over them. The voice of the llocksiis not heard, or of the birds of the skies, and even the beasts have {led and gone! (Enh (llinnfirnm Qliiz §niznii¤n in illuuisly. ‘Yet I will give jerusrtlem for 10 SKOUC h€8.pS,*··8. h3.l.1l1C $€I'p€UlS, 500