Now H6258 therefore go H4994 to, speak H559 to the men H376 of Judah, H3063 and to the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem, H3389 saying, H559 Thus H3541 said H559 the LORD; H3068 Behold, H2009 I frame H3335 evil H7451 against H5921 you, and devise H2803 a device H4284 against H5921 you: return H7725 you now H4994 every H376 one H376 from his evil H7451 way, H1870 and make your ways H1870 and your doings H4611 good. H3190

But I was like a lamb H3532 or an ox H441 that is brought H2986 to the slaughter; H2873 and I knew H3045 not that they had devised H2803 devices H4284 against H5921 me, saying, Let us destroy H7843 the tree H6086 with the fruit H3899 thereof, and let us cut H3772 him off from the land H776 of the living, H2416 that his name H8034 may be no H3808 more H5750 remembered. H2142

For they intended H5186 evil H7451 against H5921 you: they imagined H2803 a mischievous H4209 device, which they are not able H3201 to perform.

The instruments H3627 also of the churl H3596 are evil: H7451 he devises H3289 wicked H2154 devices H2154 to destroy H2254 the poor H6035 H6041 with lying H8267 words, H561 even when the needy H34 speaks H1696 right. H4941

Woe H1945 to them that devise H2803 iniquity, H205 and work H6466 evil H7451 on their beds! H4904 when the morning H1242 is light, H216 they practice H6213 it, because H3588 it is in the power H410 of their hand. H3027

Therefore H3651 thus H3541 said H559 the LORD; H3068 Behold, H2005 against H5921 this H2063 family H4940 do I devise H2803 an evil, H7451 from which H834 you shall not remove H4185 your necks; H6677 neither H3808 shall you go H3212 haughtily: H7317 for this H1931 time H6256 is evil. H7451

Then shall you say H559 to them, Thus H3541 said H559 the LORD, H3068 Behold, H2005 I will fill H4390 all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of this land, H776 even the kings H4428 that sit H3427 on David's H1732 throne, H3678 and the priests, H3548 and the prophets, H5030 and all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem, H3389 with drunkenness. H7943

And I will dash H5310 them one H376 against H413 another, H251 even the fathers H1 and the sons H1121 together, H3162 said H5002 the LORD: H3068 I will not pity, H2550 nor H3808 spare, H2347 nor H3808 have mercy, H7355 but destroy H7843 them.

Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to me, The prophets H5030 prophesy H5012 lies H8267 in my name: H8034 I sent H7971 them not, neither H3808 have I commanded H6680 them, neither H3808 spoke H1696 to them: they prophesy H5012 to you a false H8267 vision H2377 and divination, H7081 and a thing of nothing, H434 and the deceit H8649 of their heart. H3820

And the people H5971 to whom H834 H1992 they prophesy H5012 shall be cast H7993 out in the streets H2351 of Jerusalem H3389 because H6440 of the famine H7458 and the sword; H2719 and they shall have none H369 to bury H6912 them, them, their wives, H802 nor their sons, H1121 nor their daughters: H1323 for I will pour H8210 their wickedness H7451 on them.

Thus H3541 speaks H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 the God H430 of Israel, H3478 saying, H559 Because H3282 H834 you have sent H7971 letters H5612 in your name H8034 to all H3605 the people H5971 that are at Jerusalem, H3389 and to Zephaniah H6846 the son H1121 of Maaseiah H4641 the priest, H3548 and to all H3605 the priests, H3548 saying, H559

Now H6258 therefore why H4100 have you not reproved H1605 Jeremiah H3414 of Anathoth, H6068 which makes himself a prophet H5012 to you?

And Zephaniah H6846 the priest H3548 read H7121 this letter H5612 in the ears H241 of Jeremiah H3414 the prophet. H5030

And that you may teach H3384 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 all H3605 the statutes H2706 which H834 the LORD H3068 has spoken H1696 to them by the hand H3027 of Moses. H4872

But Zedekiah H6667 the son H1121 of Chenaanah H3668 went H5674 near, H5066 and smote H5221 Micaiah H4321 on H5921 the cheek, H3895 and said, H559 Which H335 H2088 way H2088 went H5674 the Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 from me to speak H1696 to you?

For the priest's H3548 lips H8193 should keep H2287 knowledge, H1847 and they should seek H1245 the law H8451 at his mouth: H6310 for he is the messenger H4397 of the LORD H3068 of hosts. H6635

Then G1161 answered G611 one G5100 of the lawyers, G3544 and said G3004 to him, Master, G1320 thus G5023 saying G3004 you reproach G5195 us also. G2532

Then G3767 answered G611 them the Pharisees, G5330 Are you also G2532 deceived? G4105

But this G3778 people G3793 who G3588 knows G1097 not the law G3551 are cursed. G1944

And some of the Pharisees G5330 which G3588 were with him heard G191 these G5023 words, and said G2036 to him, Are we blind G5185 also? G2532

And one told H5046 David, H1732 saying, H559 Ahithophel H302 is among the conspirators H7194 with Absalom. H53 And David H1732 said, H559 O LORD, H3068 I pray H4994 you, turn the counsel H6098 of Ahithophel H302 into foolishness. H5528

And Absalom H53 and all H3605 the men H376 of Israel H3478 said, H559 The counsel H6098 of Hushai H2365 the Archite H757 is better H2896 than the counsel H6098 of Ahithophel. H302 For the LORD H3068 had appointed H6680 to defeat H6565 the good H2896 counsel H6098 of Ahithophel, H302 to the intent H5668 that the LORD H3068 might bring H935 evil H7451 on Absalom. H53

He takes H3920 the wise H2450 in their own craftiness: H6193 and the counsel H6098 of the fraudulent H6617 is carried H4116 headlong.

Then spoke H559 the priests H3548 and the prophets H5030 to the princes H8269 and to all H3605 the people, H5971 saying, H559 This H2088 man H376 is worthy to die; H4194 for he has prophesied H5012 against H413 this H2063 city, H5892 as you have heard H8085 with your ears. H241

The tongue H3956 devises H2803 mischiefs; H1942 like a sharp H3913 razor, H8593 working H6213 deceitfully. H7423

My soul H5315 is among H8432 lions: H3833 and I lie H7901 even among them that are set on fire, H3857 even the sons H1121 of men, H120 whose teeth H8127 are spears H2595 and arrows, H2671 and their tongue H3956 a sharp H2299 sword. H2719

Who H834 whet H8150 their tongue H3956 like a sword, H2719 and bend H1869 their bows to shoot their arrows, H2671 even bitter H4751 words: H1697

Death H4194 and life H2416 are in the power H3027 of the tongue: H3956 and they that love H157 it shall eat H398 the fruit H6529 thereof.

They have belied H3584 the LORD, H3068 and said, H559 It is not he; neither H3808 shall evil H7451 come H935 on us; neither H3808 shall we see H7200 sword H2719 nor famine: H7458

And the prophets H5030 shall become H1961 wind, H7307 and the word H1697 is not in them: thus H3541 shall it be done H6213 to them.

Then spoke H559 Azariah H5838 the son H1121 of Hoshaiah, H1955 and Johanan H3110 the son H1121 of Kareah, H7143 and all H3605 the proud H2086 men, H582 saying H559 to Jeremiah, H3414 You speak H1696 falsely: H8267 the LORD H3068 our God H430 has not sent H7971 you to say, H559 Go H935 not into Egypt H4714 to sojourn H1481 there: H8033

But we will certainly do H6213 whatever H853 H3605 thing H1697 goes H3318 forth H3318 out of our own mouth, H6310 to burn H6999 incense H6999 to the queen H4446 of heaven, H8064 and to pour H5258 out drink H5262 offerings to her, as we have done, H6213 we, and our fathers, H1 our kings, H4428 and our princes, H8269 in the cities H5892 of Judah, H3063 and in the streets H2351 of Jerusalem: H3389 for then had H1961 we plenty H7646 of victuals, H3899 and were well, H2896 and saw H7200 no H3808 evil. H7451