1 Oh that my head were waters,
and my eyes a spring of tears,
that I might weep day and night
for the slain of the daughter of my people!
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 are all adulterers,
an assembly of treacherous men.
3 "They bend their tongue,
as their bow, for falsehood.
They have grown strong in the land,
but not for truth;
for they proceed from evil to evil,
and they don’t know me," says Yahweh.
4 "Everyone beware of his neighbor,
and don’t trust in any brother;
for every brother will utterly supplant,
and every neighbor will go around like a slanderer.
5 Friends deceive each other,
and will not speak the truth.
They have taught their tongue to speak lies.
They weary themselves committing iniquity.
6 Your habitation is in the middle of deceit.
Through deceit, they refuse to know me," says Yahweh.
7 Therefore Yahweh of Armies says,
"Behold, I will melt them and test them;
for how should I deal with the daughter of my people?
8 Their tongue is a deadly arrow.
It speaks deceit.
One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth,
but in his heart, he waits to ambush him.
9 Shouldn’t I punish them for these things?" says Yahweh.
"Shouldn’t my soul be avenged on a nation such as this?
10 I will weep and wail for the mountains,
and lament for the pastures of the wilderness,
because they are burned up, so that no one passes through;
Men can’t hear the voice of the livestock.
Both the birds of the sky and the animals have fled.
They are gone.
11 "I will make Jerusalem heaps,
a dwelling place of jackals.
I will make the cities of Judah a desolation,
without inhabitant."
12 Who is wise enough to understand this? Who is he to whom the mouth of Yahweh has spoken, that he may declare it? Why has the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that no one passes through?
13 Yahweh says, "Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice or walked in my ways, 14 but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them." 15 Therefore Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says, "Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink. 16 I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known. I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them."
17 Yahweh of Armies says,
"Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come.
Send for the skillful women, that they may come.
18 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 we are ruined!
We are greatly confounded
because we have forsaken the land,
because they have cast down our dwellings.’"
20 Yet hear Yahweh’s word, you women.
Let your ear receive the word of his mouth.
Teach your daughters wailing.
Everyone teach her neighbor a lamentation.
21 For death has come up into our windows.
It has entered into our palaces
to cut off the children from outside,
and the young men from the streets.
22 Speak, "Yahweh says,
"‘The dead bodies of men will fall as dung on the open field,
and as the handful after the harvester.
No one will gather them.’"
23 Yahweh says,
"Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom.
Don’t let the mighty man glory in his might.
Don’t let the rich man glory in his riches.
24 But let him who glories glory in this,
that he has understanding, and knows me,
that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness in the earth,
for I delight in these things," says Yahweh.
25 "Behold, the days come," says Yahweh, "that I will punish all those who are circumcised only in their flesh: 26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, the children of Ammon, Moab, and all who have the corners of their hair cut off, who dwell in the wilderness, for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart."
1 但愿我的头是水井， 我的眼是泪的泉源； 我好为我同胞（"同胞"原文作"人民的女子"）中被杀的， 昼夜哭泣。（本节在《马索拉抄本》为8:23）
2 但愿我在旷野有一个旅客住宿的地方， 好使我离开我的同胞， 可以离他们而去； 因为他们都是行奸淫的， 是行诡诈之徒。（本节在《马索拉抄本》为9:1）
3 "他们弯曲舌头， 像弯弓一样； 在这地得势的是虚谎， 不是诚实； 因为他们变本加厉地作恶， 连我也不认识。"这是耶和华的宣告。
4 "你们各人要提防自己的邻舍， 不要信靠兄弟； 因为每一个兄弟都在欺骗人， 每一个邻舍都搬弄是非。
5 他们各人都欺骗自己的邻舍， 不说诚实话。他们训练自己的舌头说谎话， 竭力作孽， 以致他们不能回转（本句按照《马索拉抄本》意思难确定； 现参照《七十士译本》翻译）。
6 欺凌加上欺凌， 诡诈加上诡诈， 他们不肯认识我。"这是耶和华的宣告。
7 因此， 万军之耶和华这样说： "看哪！ 我要熬炼他们， 试验他们； 因我子民（"我子民"原文作"我子民的女子"）的罪恶， 我还可以作什么呢？
8 他们的舌头是杀人的利箭， 嘴里说的是诡诈； 跟邻舍说话满口甜言蜜语， 心底里却设计陷害他。
9 我因这些事怎能不惩罚他们呢？像这样的国家， 我怎能不亲自报复呢？"这是耶和华的宣告。
10 我要为众山哭泣哀号， 为旷野的草场唱哀歌； 因为都已成为荒凉， 无人经过， 也听不到牲畜的叫声； 无论空中的飞鸟， 地上的走兽， 都逃走跑掉了。
11 "我要使耶路撒冷变成乱堆， 成为野狗的巢穴； 我要使犹大的城市荒凉， 无人居住。"
12 谁是智慧人可以解明这事？耶和华的口向谁说过， 以致他可以传讲这事？为什么这地被毁坏， 像旷野般荒凉， 无人经过呢？
13 耶和华说： "这是因为他们离弃了我摆在他们面前的律法， 不听从我的话， 没有遵行我的律法；
14 反而随从自己顽梗的心行事， 照他们列祖所教训的， 随从众巴力。"
15 因此， 万军之耶和华以色列的 神这样说： "看哪！ 我要使这人民吃苦堇， 喝毒水。
16 我要把他们分散在列国中， 就是他们和他们的列祖都不认识的列国； 我要使刀剑追杀他们， 直到把他们灭绝。"
17 万军之耶和华这样说： "你们要思想， 要把唱哀歌的妇女召来， 把那些擅长哀哭的妇女请来；
18 叫他们赶快为我们举哀， 使我们的眼流下眼泪， 使我们的眼皮涌出泪水。
19 因为从锡安可以听到哀声， 说： ‘我们何等衰败！ 我们多么羞耻！ 因我们丢弃了这地， 我们的家园被拆毁了。’"
20 妇女们哪！ 你们要听耶和华的话， 你们的耳朵要领受他口中的话； 要教导你们的女儿举哀， 各人要彼此学习哀歌。
21 因为死亡从窗户上来， 进入我们的堡垒； 要从街上剪除孩童， 从广场上剪除年轻人。
22 你要这样说（这是耶和华的宣告）： "人的尸体横卧着， 像田野上的粪肥， 又像遗留在收割者后面的麦穗， 无人拾取。"
23 耶和华这样说： "智慧人不可夸耀自己的智慧， 勇士不可夸耀自己的勇力， 财主不可夸耀自己的财富。
24 夸口的却要因了解我， 认识我而夸口； 认识我是耶和华， 我在地上施行慈爱、公正、公义； 因为我喜悦这些事。"这是耶和华的宣告。
25 "看哪！ 日子快到（这是耶和华的宣告）， 我必惩罚所有只在身体受过割礼， 内心却未受割礼的人，
26 就是埃及、犹大、以东、亚扪、摩押和所有剃除鬓发， 住在旷野的人； 因为列国的人都没有受过割礼， 甚至以色列全家的内心也没有受过割礼。"