H3063G–יְהוּדָה–ye.hu.dah

They have turned back to the iniquities of their first fathers, Who refused to hear My words, And they have gone after other gods to serve them, The house of Israel, and the house of Judah, Have made void My covenant, that I made with their fathers.

יְהוּדָ֔ה ye.hu.Dah “Judah”

And the cities of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem have gone, And they have cried unto the gods, To whom they are making perfume, And they give no deliverance at all to them, In the time of their vexation.

יְהוּדָ֗ה ye.hu.Dah “Judah”

For -- the number of thy cities have been thy gods, O Judah, And -- the number of the streets of Jerusalem Ye have placed altars to a shameful thing, Altars to make perfume to Baal.

יְהוּדָ֑ה ye.hu.Dah “O Judah”

And Jehovah of Hosts, who is planting thee, Hath spoken evil concerning thee, For the evil of the house of Israel, and of the house of Judah, That they have done to themselves, To provoke Me to anger, to make perfume to Baal.

יְהוּדָ֗ה ye.hu.Dah “Judah”

Thus said Jehovah concerning all my evil neighbours, who are striking against the inheritance that I caused my people -- Israel -- to inherit: `Lo, I am plucking them from off their ground, And the house of Judah I pluck out of their midst.

יְהוּדָ֖ה ye.hu.Dah “Judah”

Thus do I mar the excellency of Judah, And the great excellency of Jerusalem.

יְהוּדָ֛ה ye.hu.Dah “Judah”

For, as the girdle cleaveth unto the loins of a man, So I caused to cleave unto Me The whole house of Israel, And the whole house of Judah, an affirmation of Jehovah, To be to Me for a people, and for a name, And for praise, and for beauty, And they have not hearkened.

יְהוּדָה֙ ye.hu.Dah “Judah”

The cities of the south have been shut up, And there is none opening, Judah hath been removed -- all of her, She hath been removed completely --

יְהוּדָ֛ה ye.hu.Dah “Judah”

Mourned hath Judah, and her gates have languished, They have mourned to the earth, And the cry of Jerusalem hath gone up.

יְהוּדָ֔ה ye.hu.Dah “Judah”

Hast Thou utterly rejected Judah? Zion hath Thy soul loathed? Wherefore hast Thou smitten us, And there is no healing to us? Looking for peace, and there is no good, And for a time of healing, and lo, terror.

יְהוּדָ֗ה ye.hu.Dah “Judah”

And I have given them for a trembling To all kingdoms of the earth, Because of Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah, For that which he did in Jerusalem.

יְהוּדָ֔ה ye.hu.Dah “Judah”

The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, With the point of a diamond, Graven on the tablet of their heart, And on the horns of your altars,

יְהוּדָ֗ה ye.hu.Dah “Judah”

Thus said Jehovah unto me: `Go, and thou hast stood in the gate of the sons of the people, by which kings of Judah come in, and by which they go out, and in all gates of Jerusalem,

יְהוּדָ֔ה ye.hu.Dah “Judah”

and thou hast said unto them: Hear a word of Jehovah, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all inhabitants of Jerusalem, who are coming in by these gates,

יְהוּדָה֙ ye.hu.Dah “Judah”יְהוּדָ֔ה ye.hu.Dah “Judah”

Then entered by the gates of this city have kings and princes, Sitting on the throne of David, Riding in a chariot, and on horses, They, and their princes, the man of Judah, And inhabitants of Jerusalem, And this city hath remained to the age.

יְהוּדָ֖ה ye.hu.Dah “Judah”

And they have come in from cities of Judah, And from suburbs of Jerusalem, And from the land of Benjamin, And from the low country, And from the hill-country, and from the south, Bringing in burnt-offering, and sacrifice, And present, and frankincense, And bringing praise `to' the house of Jehovah.

יְ֠הוּדָה Ye.hu.dah “Judah”

And now, speak, I pray thee, unto men of Judah, And against inhabitants of Jerusalem, Saying: Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am framing against you evil, And devising against you a device, Turn back, I pray you, each from his evil way And amen your ways and your doings.

יְהוּדָה֩ ye.hu.Dah “Judah”

and hast said, Hear a word of Jehovah, ye kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem, Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: `Lo, I am bringing in evil on this place, at which the ears of every one who is hearing it do tingle,

יְהוּדָ֔ה ye.hu.Dah “Judah”

because that they have forsaken Me, and make known this place, and make perfume in it to other gods, that they knew not, they and their fathers, and the kings of Judah, and they have filled this place `with' innocent blood,

יְהוּדָ֑ה ye.hu.Dah “Judah”

And I have made void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and have caused them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those seeking their life, and I have given their carcase for food to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth,

יְהוּדָ֤ה ye.hu.Dah “Judah”

and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, have been -- as the place of Tophet -- defiled, even all the houses on whose roofs they have made perfume to all the host of the heavens, so as to pour out oblations to other gods.'

יְהוּדָ֔ה ye.hu.Dah “Judah”

For thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am making thee for a fear to thyself, And to all loving thee, And they have fallen by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes are beholding, And all Judah I give into the hand of the king of Babylon, And he hath removed them to Babylon, And he hath smitten them with the sword.

יְהוּדָ֗ה ye.hu.Dah “Judah”

And I have given all the strength of this city, And all its labour, and all its precious things, Yea, all the treasures of the kings of Judah I do give into the hand of their enemies, And they have spoiled them, and taken them, And have brought them into Babylon.

יְהוּדָ֗ה ye.hu.Dah “Judah”

And after this -- an affirmation of Jehovah, I give Zedekiah king of Judah, And his servants, and the people, And those left in this city, From the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, Into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, And into the hand of their enemies, And into the hand of those seeking their life, And he hath smitten them by the mouth of the sword, He hath no pity on them, Nor doth he spare, nor hath he mercy.

יְהוּדָ֣ה ye.hu.Dah “Judah”

And as to the house of the king of Judah, Hear ye a word of Jehovah;

יְהוּדָ֔ה ye.hu.Dah “Judah”