καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρός με ἐὰν στῇ Μωυσῆς καὶ Σαμουηλ πρὸ προσώπου μου οὐκ ἔστιν ἡ ψυχή μου πρὸς αὐτούς ἐξαπόστειλον τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον καὶ ἐξελθέτωσαν
And the Lord said to me, Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before my face, my soul is not toward this people; send this people away, and let them go out.
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καὶ ἔσται ἐὰν εἴπωσιν πρὸς σέ ποῦ ἐξελευσόμεθα καὶ ἐρεῖς πρὸς αὐτούς τάδε λέγει κύριος ὅσοι εἰς θάνατον εἰς θάνατον καὶ ὅσοι εἰς μάχαιραν εἰς μάχαιραν καὶ ὅσοι εἰς λιμόν εἰς λιμόν καὶ ὅσοι εἰς αἰχμαλωσίαν εἰς αἰχμαλωσίαν
And it shall be, if they say to you, Where shall we go out? then you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord: Those for death, to death; those for the sword, to the sword; those for famine, to famine; and those for captivity, to captivity.
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καὶ ἐκδικήσω ἐπ' αὐτοὺς τέσσαρα εἴδη λέγει κύριος τὴν μάχαιραν εἰς σφαγὴν καὶ τοὺς κύνας εἰς διασπασμὸν καὶ τὰ θηρία τῆς γῆς καὶ τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ εἰς βρῶσιν καὶ εἰς διαφθοράν
And I will appoint over them four kinds, says the Lord: the sword for slaughter, the dogs for tearing, and the beasts of the earth and the birds of heaven for devouring and for destruction.
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καὶ παραδώσω αὐτοὺς εἰς ἀνάγκας πάσαις ταῖς βασιλείαις τῆς γῆς διὰ Μανασση υἱὸν Εζεκιου βασιλέα Ιουδα περὶ πάντων ὧν ἐποίησεν ἐν Ιερουσαλημ
And I will hand them over for distress to all the kingdoms of the earth because of Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for all that he did in Jerusalem.
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τίς φείσεται ἐπὶ σοί Ιερουσαλημ καὶ τίς δειλιάσει ἐπὶ σοί ἢ τίς ἀνακάμψει εἰς εἰρήνην σοι
For who will spare you, O Jerusalem, and who will show you pity, or who will turn aside to ask for your peace?
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σὺ ἀπεστράφης με λέγει κύριος ὀπίσω πορεύσῃ καὶ ἐκτενῶ τὴν χεῖρά μου καὶ διαφθερῶ σε καὶ οὐκέτι ἀνήσω αὐτούς
You have turned away from me, says the Lord; you keep going backward. So I will stretch out my hand against you and destroy you; I will no longer spare them.
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καὶ διασπερῶ αὐτοὺς ἐν διασπορᾷ ἐν πύλαις λαοῦ μου ἠτεκνώθησαν ἀπώλεσαν τὸν λαόν μου διὰ τὰς κακίας αὐτῶν
And I will winnow them with a winnowing fan in the gates of my people; they were bereaved, they destroyed my people because of their evils.
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ἐπληθύνθησαν χῆραι αὐτῶν ὑπὲρ τὴν ἄμμον τῆς θαλάσσης ἐπήγαγον ἐπὶ μητέρα νεανίσκου ταλαιπωρίαν ἐν μεσημβρίᾳ ἐπέρριψα ἐπ' αὐτὴν ἐξαίφνης τρόμον καὶ σπουδήν
Their widows were multiplied beyond the sand of the sea; I brought distress upon the mother of a young man at midday; I cast sudden terror and panic upon her.
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ἐκενώθη ἡ τίκτουσα ἑπτά ἀπεκάκησεν ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτῆς ἐπέδυ ὁ ἥλιος αὐτῇ ἔτι μεσούσης τῆς ἡμέρας κατῃσχύνθη καὶ ὠνειδίσθη τοὺς καταλοίπους αὐτῶν εἰς μάχαιραν δώσω ἐναντίον τῶν ἐχθρῶν αὐτῶν
She who bore seven has been emptied; her soul grew faint. Her sun went down while it was still midday; she was put to shame and disgraced. And I will give their remnant to the sword before their enemies.
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οἴμμοι ἐγώ μῆτερ ὡς τίνα με ἔτεκες ἄνδρα δικαζόμενον καὶ διακρινόμενον πάσῃ τῇ γῇ οὔτε ὠφέλησα οὔτε ὠφέλησέν με οὐδείς ἡ ἰσχύς μου ἐξέλιπεν ἐν τοῖς καταρωμένοις με
Woe is me, mother, why did you bear me, a man being sued and disputed by all the land? I have neither benefited others nor has anyone benefited me; my strength has failed among those who curse me.
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γένοιτο δέσποτα κατευθυνόντων αὐτῶν εἰ μὴ παρέστην σοι ἐν καιρῷ τῶν κακῶν αὐτῶν καὶ ἐν καιρῷ θλίψεως αὐτῶν εἰς ἀγαθὰ πρὸς τὸν ἐχθρόν
May it be so, Master. Did I not stand before you for them in the time of their troubles and in the time of their affliction, for good before the enemy?
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εἰ γνωσθήσεται σίδηρος καὶ περιβόλαιον χαλκοῦν
Will iron be known, and a bronze covering?
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ἡ ἰσχύς σου καὶ τοὺς θησαυρούς σου εἰς προνομὴν δώσω ἀντάλλαγμα διὰ πάσας τὰς ἁμαρτίας σου καὶ ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ὁρίοις σου
Your strength and your treasures I will give for plunder without exchange because of all your sins and in all your borders.
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καὶ καταδουλώσω σε κύκλῳ τοῖς ἐχθροῖς σου ἐν τῇ γῇ ᾗ οὐκ ᾔδεις ὅτι πῦρ ἐκκέκαυται ἐκ τοῦ θυμοῦ μου ἐφ' ὑμᾶς καυθήσεται
And I will enslave you round about to your enemies in a land that you did not know, because a fire has been kindled from my wrath; it will burn upon you.
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κύριε μνήσθητί μου καὶ ἐπίσκεψαί με καὶ ἀθῴωσόν με ἀπὸ τῶν καταδιωκόντων με μὴ εἰς μακροθυμίαν γνῶθι ὡς ἔλαβον περὶ σοῦ ὀνειδισμὸν
O Lord, remember me and visit me and vindicate me from those who persecute me. In your forbearance know that I have borne reproach for your sake.
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ὑπὸ τῶν ἀθετούντων τοὺς λόγους σου συντέλεσον αὐτούς καὶ ἔσται ὁ λόγος σου ἐμοὶ εἰς εὐφροσύνην καὶ χαρὰν καρδίας μου ὅτι ἐπικέκληται τὸ ὄνομά σου ἐπ' ἐμοί κύριε παντοκράτωρ
Because of those who reject your words, consume them; and your word shall be to me for gladness and joy of heart, because your name has been called upon me, O Lord Almighty.
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οὐκ ἐκάθισα ἐν συνεδρίῳ αὐτῶν παιζόντων ἀλλὰ εὐλαβούμην ἀπὸ προσώπου χειρός σου κατὰ μόνας ἐκαθήμην ὅτι πικρίας ἐνεπλήσθην
I did not sit in their council while they were making merry, but I stood in awe because of your hand; I sat alone, because I was filled with bitterness.
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ἵνα τί οἱ λυποῦντές με κατισχύουσίν μου ἡ πληγή μου στερεά πόθεν ἰαθήσομαι γινομένη ἐγενήθη μοι ὡς ὕδωρ ψευδὲς οὐκ ἔχον πίστιν
Why do those who afflict me prevail over me? My wound is severe; from where shall I be healed? It became to me like deceptive water that has no reliability.
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διὰ τοῦτο τάδε λέγει κύριος ἐὰν ἐπιστρέψῃς καὶ ἀποκαταστήσω σε καὶ πρὸ προσώπου μου στήσῃ καὶ ἐὰν ἐξαγάγῃς τίμιον ἀπὸ ἀναξίου ὡς στόμα μου ἔσῃ καὶ ἀναστρέψουσιν αὐτοὶ πρὸς σέ καὶ σὺ οὐκ ἀναστρέψεις πρὸς αὐτούς
Therefore thus says the Lord: If you return, I will restore you, and you shall stand before my face. And if you bring out what is precious from what is worthless, you shall be as my mouth. They shall turn to you, but you shall not turn to them.
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καὶ δώσω σε τῷ λαῷ τούτῳ ὡς τεῖχος ὀχυρὸν χαλκοῦν καὶ πολεμήσουσιν πρὸς σὲ καὶ οὐ μὴ δύνωνται πρὸς σέ διότι μετὰ σοῦ εἰμι τοῦ σῴζειν σε
And I will make you to this people like a strong bronze wall; they shall fight against you, but they shall certainly not prevail against you, because I am with you to save you.
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καὶ ἐξαιρεῖσθαί σε ἐκ χειρὸς πονηρῶν καὶ λυτρώσομαί σε ἐκ χειρὸς λοιμῶν
And I will deliver you out of the hand of evildoers, and I will redeem you out of the hand of pestilent men.