For thussaith the LORDconcerning the sons and concerning the daughtersthat are born in thisplace, and concerningtheirmothersthatbarethem, and concerningtheirfathersthatbegatthem in thisland;
Theyshall die of grievousdeaths; theyshall not be lamented; neithershallthey be buried; but theyshall be as dungupon the face of the earth: and theyshall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and theircarcasesshall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
For thussaith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoanthem: for I havetakenaway my peacefromthispeople, saith the LORD, evenlovingkindness and mercies.
Both the great and the smallshall die in thisland: theyshall not be buried, neithershall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor makethemselvesbald for them:
Neithershall men tearthemselves for them in mourning, to comfortthem for the dead; neithershall men givethem the cup of consolation to drink for theirfather or for theirmother.
For thussaith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I willcause to cease out of thisplace in youreyes, and in yourdays, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.
And it shallcome to pass, whenthoushaltshewthispeople all thesewords, and theyshall say untothee, Whereforehath the LORDpronounced all thisgreatevilagainst us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we havecommittedagainst the LORD our God?
Thenshaltthou say untothem, Becauseyourfathershaveforsaken me, saith the LORD, and havewalkedafterothergods, and haveservedthem, and haveworshippedthem, and haveforsaken me, and have not kept my law;
Thereforewill I cast you out of thislandinto a landthat ye know not, neither ye nor yourfathers; and thereshall ye serveothergods day and night; where I will not shew you favour.
Therefore, behold, the dayscome, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORDliveth, thatbrought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
But, The LORDliveth, thatbrought up the children of Israelfrom the land of the north, and from all the landswhither he had driventhem: and I willbringthemagainintotheirlandthat I gaveuntotheirfathers.
Behold, I willsend for manyfishers, saith the LORD, and theyshallfishthem; and afterwill I send for manyhunters, and theyshallhuntthemfromeverymountain, and fromeveryhill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
And first I willrecompensetheiriniquity and their sin double; becausetheyhavedefiled my land, theyhavefilledmineinheritancewith the carcases of theirdetestable and abominablethings.
O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentilesshallcomeuntotheefrom the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathershaveinheritedlies, vanity, and thingswhereinthere is no profit.