1 Veio a mim a palavra do Senhor, dizendo: 2 Não tomarás mulher, não terás filhos nem filhas neste lugar. 3 Porque assim diz o Senhor acerca dos filhos e das filhas que nascerem neste lugar, acerca das mães que os tiverem e dos pais que os gerarem nesta terra: 4 Morrerão vitimados de enfermidades e não serão pranteados, nem sepultados; servirão de esterco para a terra. A espada e a fome os consumirão, e o seu cadáver servirá de pasto às aves do céu e aos animais da terra.

5 Porque assim diz o Senhor: Não entres na casa do luto, não vás a lamentá-los, nem te compadeças deles; porque deste povo retirei a minha paz, diz o Senhor, a benignidade e a misericórdia. 6 Nesta terra, morrerão grandes e pequenos e não serão sepultados; não os prantearão, nem se farão por eles incisões, nem por eles se raparão as cabeças. 7 Não se dará pão a quem estiver de luto, para consolá-lo por causa de morte; nem lhe darão a beber do copo de consolação, pelo pai ou pela mãe. 8 Nem entres na casa do banquete, para te assentares com eles a comer e a beber. 9 Porque assim diz o Senhor dos Exércitos, o Deus de Israel: Eis que farei cessar neste lugar, perante vós e em vossos dias, a voz de regozijo e a voz de alegria, o canto do noivo e o da noiva.

10 Quando anunciares a este povo todas estas palavras e eles te disserem: Por que nos ameaça o Senhor com todo este grande mal? Qual é a nossa iniquidade, qual é o nosso pecado, que cometemos contra o Senhor, nosso Deus? 11 Então, lhes responderás: Porque vossos pais me deixaram, diz o Senhor, e se foram após outros deuses, e os serviram, e os adoraram, mas a mim me deixaram e a minha lei não guardaram. 12 Vós fizestes pior do que vossos pais; pois eis que cada um de vós anda segundo a dureza do seu coração maligno, para não me dar ouvidos a mim. 13 Portanto, lançar-vos-ei fora desta terra, para uma terra que não conhecestes, nem vós nem vossos pais, onde servireis a outros deuses, de dia e de noite, porque não usarei de misericórdia para convosco.

14 Portanto, eis que vêm dias, diz o Senhor, em que nunca mais se dirá: Tão certo como vive o Senhor, que fez subir os filhos de Israel do Egito; 15 mas: Tão certo como vive o Senhor, que fez subir os filhos de Israel da terra do Norte e de todas as terras para onde os tinha lançado. Pois eu os farei voltar para a sua terra, que dei a seus pais.

16 Eis que mandarei muitos pescadores, diz o Senhor, os quais os pescarão; depois, enviarei muitos caçadores, os quais os caçarão de sobre todos os montes, de sobre todos os outeiros e até nas fendas das rochas. 17 Porque os meus olhos estão sobre todos os seus caminhos; ninguém se esconde diante de mim, nem se encobre a sua iniquidade aos meus olhos. 18 Primeiramente, pagarei em dobro a sua iniquidade e o seu pecado, porque profanaram a minha terra com os cadáveres dos seus ídolos detestáveis e encheram a minha herança com as suas abominações.

19 Ó Senhor, força minha, e fortaleza minha, e refúgio meu no dia da angústia, a ti virão as nações desde os fins da terra e dirão: Nossos pais herdaram só mentiras e coisas vãs, em que não há proveito. 20 Acaso, fará o homem para si deuses que, de fato, não são deuses? 21 Portanto, eis que lhes farei conhecer, desta vez lhes farei conhecer a minha força e o meu poder; e saberão que o meu nome é Senhor.

1 The word of Jehovah came also unto me, saying, 2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters, in this place. 3 For thus saith Jehovah concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land: 4 They shall die grievous deaths: they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried; they shall be as dung upon the face of the ground; and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.

5 For thus saith Jehovah, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament, neither bemoan them; for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith Jehovah, even lovingkindness and tender mercies. 6 Both great and small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them; 7 neither shall men break bread for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother. 8 And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink. 9 For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.

10 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt show this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath Jehovah pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against Jehovah our God? 11 then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith Jehovah, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law; 12 and ye have done evil more than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that ye hearken not unto me: 13 therefore will I cast you forth out of this land into the land that ye have not known, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; for I will show you no favor.

14 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that it shall no more be said, As Jehovah liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; 15 but, As Jehovah liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the countries whither he had driven them. And I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.

16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith Jehovah, and they shall fish them up; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks. 17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways; they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity concealed from mine eyes. 18 And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable things, and have filled mine inheritance with their abominations.

19 O Jehovah, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, unto thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Our fathers have inherited nought but lies, even vanity and things wherein there is no profit. 20 Shall a man make unto himself gods, which yet are no gods?

21 Therefore, behold, I will cause them to know, this once will I cause them to know my hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is Jehovah.

1 Then the word of the LORD came to me:

2 "You must not marry and have sons or daughters in this place."

3 For this is what the LORD says about the sons and daughters born in this land and about the women who are their mothers and the men who are their fathers:

4 "They will die of deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried but will be like dung lying on the ground. They will perish by sword and famine, and their dead bodies will become food for the birds and the wild animals."

5 For this is what the LORD says: "Do not enter a house where there is a funeral meal; do not go to mourn or show sympathy, because I have withdrawn my blessing, my love and my pity from this people," declares the LORD.

6 "Both high and low will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, and no one will cut themselves or shave their head for the dead.

7 No one will offer food to comfort those who mourn for the dead —not even for a father or a mother —nor will anyone give them a drink to console them.

8 "And do not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down to eat and drink.

9 For this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Before your eyes and in your days I will bring an end to the sounds of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride and bridegroom in this place.

10 "When you tell these people all this and they ask you, 'Why has the LORD decreed such a great disaster against us? What wrong have we done? What sin have we committed against the LORD our God?'

11 then say to them, 'It is because your ancestors forsook me,' declares the LORD, 'and followed other gods and served and worshiped them. They forsook me and did not keep my law.

12 But you have behaved more wickedly than your ancestors. See how all of you are following the stubbornness of your evil hearts instead of obeying me.

13 So I will throw you out of this land into a land neither you nor your ancestors have known, and there you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.'

14 "However, the days are coming," declares the LORD, "when it will no longer be said, 'As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,'

15 but it will be said, 'As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.' For I will restore them to the land I gave their ancestors.

16 "But now I will send for many fishermen," declares the LORD, "and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill and from the crevices of the rocks.

17 My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from me, nor is their sin concealed from my eyes.

18 I will repay them double for their wickedness and their sin, because they have defiled my land with the lifeless forms of their vile images and have filled my inheritance with their detestable idols."

19 LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in time of distress, to you the nations will come from the ends of the earth and say, "Our ancestors possessed nothing but false gods, worthless idols that did them no good.

20 Do people make their own gods? Yes, but they are not gods!"

21 "Therefore I will teach them — this time I will teach them my power and might. Then they will know that my name is the LORD.