9:1 Oh
that
my
head
were
waters,
and
my
eyes
a
fountain
of
tears,
that
I
might
weep
day
and
night
for
the
slain
of
the
daughter
of
my
people!
9:2 Oh
that
I
had
in
the
desert
a
travelers'
lodging
place,
that
I
might
leave
my
people
and
go
away
from
them!
For
they
are
all
adulterers,
a
company
of
treacherous
men.
9:3 They
bend
their
tongue
like
a
bow;
falsehood
and
not
truth
has
grown
strong
in
the
land;
for
they
proceed
from
evil
to
evil,
and
they
do
not
know
me,
declares
the
LORD.
9:4 Let
everyone
beware
of
his
neighbor,
and
put
no
trust
in
any
brother,
for
every
brother
is
a
deceiver,
and
every
neighbor
goes
about
as
a
slanderer.
9:5 Everyone
deceives
his
neighbor,
and
no
one
speaks
the
truth;
they
have
taught
their
tongue
to
speak
lies;
they
weary
themselves
committing
iniquity.
9:6 Heaping
oppression
upon
oppression,
and
deceit
upon
deceit,
they
refuse
to
know
me,
declares
the
LORD.
9:7 Therefore
thus
says
the
LORD
of
hosts:
"Behold,
I
will
refine
them
and
test
them,
for
what
else
can
I
do,
because
of
my
people
9:8 Their
tongue
is
a
deadly
arrow;
it
speaks
deceitfully;
with
his
mouth
each
speaks
peace
to
his
neighbor,
but
in
his
heart
he
plans
an
ambush
for
him.
9:9 Shall
I
not
punish
them
for
these
things
declares
the
LORD,
and
shall
I
not
avenge
myself
on
a
nation
such
as
this
9:10 "I
will
take
up
weeping
and
wailing
for
the
mountains,
and
a
lamentation
for
the
pastures
of
the
wilderness,
because
they
are
laid
waste
so
that
no
one
passes
through,
and
the
lowing
of
cattle
is
not
heard;
both
the
birds
of
the
air
and
the
beasts
have
fled
and
are
gone.
9:11 I
will
make
Jerusalem
a
heap
of
ruins,
a
lair
of
jackals,
and
I
will
make
the
cities
of
Judah
a
desolation,
without
inhabitant."
9:12 Who
is
the
man
so
wise
that
he
can
understand
this
To
whom
has
the
mouth
of
the
LORD
spoken,
that
he
may
declare
it
Why
is
the
land
ruined
and
laid
waste
like
a
wilderness,
so
that
no
one
passes
through
9:13 And
the
LORD
says:
"Because
they
have
forsaken
my
law
that
I
set
before
them,
and
have
not
obeyed
my
voice
or
walked
in
accord
with
it,
9:14 but
have
stubbornly
followed
their
own
hearts
and
have
gone
after
the
Baals,
as
their
fathers
taught
them.
9:15 Therefore
thus
says
the
LORD
of
hosts,
the
God
of
Israel:
Behold,
I
will
feed
this
people
with
bitter
food,
and
give
them
poisonous
water
to
drink.
9:16 I
will
scatter
them
among
the
nations
whom
neither
they
nor
their
fathers
have
known,
and
I
will
send
the
sword
after
them,
until
I
have
consumed
them."
9:17 Thus
says
the
LORD
of
hosts:
"Consider,
and
call
for
the
mourning
women
to
come;
send
for
the
skillful
women
to
come;
9:18 let
them
make
haste
and
raise
a
wailing
over
us,
that
our
eyes
may
run
down
with
tears
and
our
eyelids
flow
with
water.
9:19 For
a
sound
of
wailing
is
heard
from
Zion:
'How
we
are
ruined!
We
are
utterly
shamed,
because
we
have
left
the
land,
because
they
have
cast
down
our
dwellings.'"
9:20 Hear,
O
women,
the
word
of
the
LORD,
and
let
your
ear
receive
the
word
of
his
mouth;
teach
to
your
daughters
a
lament,
and
each
to
her
neighbor
a
dirge.
9:21 For
death
has
come
up
into
our
windows;
it
has
entered
our
palaces,
cutting
off
the
children
from
the
streets
and
the
young
men
from
the
squares.
9:22 Speak,
"Thus
declares
the
LORD:
'The
dead
bodies
of
men
shall
fall
like
dung
upon
the
open
field,
like
sheaves
after
the
reaper,
and
none
shall
gather
them.'"
9:23 Thus
says
the
LORD:
"Let
not
the
wise
man
boast
in
his
wisdom,
let
not
the
mighty
man
boast
in
his
might,
let
not
the
rich
man
boast
in
his
riches,
9:24 but
let
him
who
boasts
boast
in
this,
that
he
understands
and
knows
me,
that
I
am
the
LORD
who
practices
steadfast
love,
justice,
and
righteousness
in
the
earth.
For
in
these
things
I
delight,
declares
the
LORD."
9:25 "Behold,
the
days
are
coming,
declares
the
LORD,
when
I
will
punish
all
those
who
are
circumcised
merely
in
the
flesh--
9:26 Egypt,
Judah,
Edom,
the
sons
of
Ammon,
Moab,
and
all
who
dwell
in
the
desert
who
cut
the
corners
of
their
hair,
for
all
these
nations
are
uncircumcised,
and
all
the
house
of
Israel
are
uncircumcised
in
heart."