καὶ εἶπεν τάδε λέγει κύριος ἐμνήσθην ἐλέους νεότητός σου καὶ ἀγάπης τελειώσεώς σου τοῦ ἐξακολουθῆσαί σε τῷ ἁγίῳ Ισραηλ λέγει κύριος
And he said, Thus says the Lord: I remembered the mercy of your youth and the love of your maturity, in your following the Holy One of Israel, says the Lord.
Word-by-word analysis· 21 words
ἅγιος Ισραηλ τῷ κυρίῳ ἀρχὴ γενημάτων αὐτοῦ πάντες οἱ ἔσθοντες αὐτὸν πλημμελήσουσιν κακὰ ἥξει ἐπ' αὐτούς φησὶν κύριος
Israel was holy to the Lord, the firstfruits of his produce; all who devour him will offend, and evils shall come upon them, says the Lord.
Word-by-word analysis· 18 words
ἀκούσατε λόγον κυρίου οἶκος Ιακωβ καὶ πᾶσα πατριὰ οἴκου Ισραηλ
Hear the word of the Lord, house of Jacob, and every family of the house of Israel.
Word-by-word analysis· 10 words
τάδε λέγει κύριος τί εὕροσαν οἱ πατέρες ὑμῶν ἐν ἐμοὶ πλημμέλημα ὅτι ἀπέστησαν μακρὰν ἀπ' ἐμοῦ καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ὀπίσω τῶν ματαίων καὶ ἐματαιώθησαν
Thus says the Lord: What transgression did your fathers find in me, that they stood far away from me and went after vanities and became vain?
Word-by-word analysis· 23 words
καὶ οὐκ εἶπαν ποῦ ἐστιν κύριος ὁ ἀναγαγὼν ἡμᾶς ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου ὁ καθοδηγήσας ἡμᾶς ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ἐν γῇ ἀπείρῳ καὶ ἀβάτῳ ἐν γῇ ἀνύδρῳ καὶ ἀκάρπῳ ἐν γῇ ἐν ᾗ οὐ διώδευσεν ἐν αὐτῇ οὐθὲν καὶ οὐ κατῴκησεν ἐκεῖ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου
And they did not say, 'Where is the Lord who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who guided us in the wilderness, in a land untrodden and impassable, in a land dry and barren, in a land through which no one passed and no human being lived there?'
Word-by-word analysis· 43 words
καὶ εἰσήγαγον ὑμᾶς εἰς τὸν Κάρμηλον τοῦ φαγεῖν ὑμᾶς τοὺς καρποὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ ἀγαθὰ αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰσήλθατε καὶ ἐμιάνατε τὴν γῆν μου καὶ τὴν κληρονομίαν μου ἔθεσθε εἰς βδέλυγμα
And I brought you into Carmel so that you might eat its fruits and its good things; but you entered and polluted my land, and you made my inheritance an abomination.
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οἱ ἱερεῖς οὐκ εἶπαν ποῦ ἐστιν κύριος καὶ οἱ ἀντεχόμενοι τοῦ νόμου οὐκ ἠπίσταντό με καὶ οἱ ποιμένες ἠσέβουν εἰς ἐμέ καὶ οἱ προφῆται ἐπροφήτευον τῇ Βααλ καὶ ὀπίσω ἀνωφελοῦς ἐπορεύθησαν
The priests did not say, 'Where is the Lord?' and those who handled the law did not know me, and the shepherds acted impiously toward me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal and went after what does not profit.
Word-by-word analysis· 31 words
διὰ τοῦτο ἔτι κριθήσομαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς λέγει κύριος καὶ πρὸς τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν υἱῶν ὑμῶν κριθήσομαι
Therefore I will still contend in judgment with you, says the Lord, and with your sons' sons I will contend in judgment.
Word-by-word analysis· 16 words
διότι διέλθετε εἰς νήσους Χεττιιμ καὶ ἴδετε καὶ εἰς Κηδαρ ἀποστείλατε καὶ νοήσατε σφόδρα καὶ ἴδετε εἰ γέγονεν τοιαῦτα
For cross over to the islands of Kittim and see, and send to Kedar and consider carefully and see whether such things have happened:
Word-by-word analysis· 19 words
εἰ ἀλλάξονται ἔθνη θεοὺς αὐτῶν καὶ οὗτοι οὔκ εἰσιν θεοί ὁ δὲ λαός μου ἠλλάξατο τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ ἐξ ἧς οὐκ ὠφεληθήσονται
has any nation changed its gods, though they are not gods? Yet my people changed their glory for that from which they will not profit.
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ἐξέστη ὁ οὐρανὸς ἐπὶ τούτῳ καὶ ἔφριξεν ἐπὶ πλεῖον σφόδρα λέγει κύριος
The heaven was appalled at this and shuddered exceedingly greatly, says the Lord,
Word-by-word analysis· 12 words
ὅτι δύο πονηρὰ ἐποίησεν ὁ λαός μου ἐμὲ ἐγκατέλιπον πηγὴν ὕδατος ζωῆς καὶ ὤρυξαν ἑαυτοῖς λάκκους συντετριμμένους οἳ οὐ δυνήσονται ὕδωρ συνέχειν
because my people committed two evils: they forsook me, the fountain of living water, and dug for themselves broken cisterns that will not be able to hold water.
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μὴ δοῦλός ἐστιν Ισραηλ ἢ οἰκογενής ἐστιν διὰ τί εἰς προνομὴν ἐγένετο
Is Israel a slave, or is he home-born? Why has he become for plunder?
Word-by-word analysis· 12 words
ἐπ' αὐτὸν ὠρύοντο λέοντες καὶ ἔδωκαν τὴν φωνὴν αὐτῶν οἳ ἔταξαν τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ εἰς ἔρημον καὶ αἱ πόλεις αὐτοῦ κατεσκάφησαν παρὰ τὸ μὴ κατοικεῖσθαι
Against him lions roared and gave their voice; they made his land a wilderness, and his cities were torn down so as not to be inhabited.
Word-by-word analysis· 25 words
καὶ υἱοὶ Μέμφεως καὶ Ταφνας ἔγνωσάν σε καὶ κατέπαιζόν σου
And the sons of Memphis and Tahpanhes knew you and mocked you.
Word-by-word analysis· 10 words
οὐχὶ ταῦτα ἐποίησέν σοι τὸ καταλιπεῖν σε ἐμέ λέγει κύριος ὁ θεός σου
Did not these things do this to you, because you abandoned me, says the Lord your God?
Word-by-word analysis· 13 words
καὶ νῦν τί σοι καὶ τῇ ὁδῷ Αἰγύπτου τοῦ πιεῖν ὕδωρ Γηων καὶ τί σοι καὶ τῇ ὁδῷ Ἀσσυρίων τοῦ πιεῖν ὕδωρ ποταμῶν
And now what have you to do with the way of Egypt, to drink the water of Gihon? And what have you to do with the way of the Assyrians, to drink the water of rivers?
Word-by-word analysis· 23 words
παιδεύσει σε ἡ ἀποστασία σου καὶ ἡ κακία σου ἐλέγξει σε καὶ γνῶθι καὶ ἰδὲ ὅτι πικρόν σοι τὸ καταλιπεῖν σε ἐμέ λέγει κύριος ὁ θεός σου καὶ οὐκ εὐδόκησα ἐπὶ σοί λέγει κύριος ὁ θεός σου
Your apostasy will discipline you, and your wickedness will convict you; and know and see that your leaving me is bitter for you, says the Lord your God, and I took no pleasure in you, says the Lord your God.
Word-by-word analysis· 37 words
ὅτι ἀπ' αἰῶνος συνέτριψας τὸν ζυγόν σου διέσπασας τοὺς δεσμούς σου καὶ εἶπας οὐ δουλεύσω ἀλλὰ πορεύσομαι ἐπὶ πᾶν βουνὸν ὑψηλὸν καὶ ὑποκάτω παντὸς ξύλου κατασκίου ἐκεῖ διαχυθήσομαι ἐν τῇ πορνείᾳ μου
For from of old you shattered your yoke, you broke your bonds, and you said, 'I will not serve'; but upon every high hill and under every shady tree there I was scattered in my prostitution.
Word-by-word analysis· 32 words
ἐγὼ δὲ ἐφύτευσά σε ἄμπελον καρποφόρον πᾶσαν ἀληθινήν πῶς ἐστράφης εἰς πικρίαν ἡ ἄμπελος ἡ ἀλλοτρία
But I planted you as a fruitful vine, all of it genuine; how did you turn into bitterness, the foreign vine?
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ἐὰν ἀποπλύνῃ ἐν νίτρῳ καὶ πληθύνῃς σεαυτῇ πόαν κεκηλίδωσαι ἐν ταῖς ἀδικίαις σου ἐναντίον ἐμοῦ λέγει κύριος
Even if you wash yourself with nitre and multiply soap for yourself, you are stained in your injustices before me, says the Lord.
Word-by-word analysis· 17 words
πῶς ἐρεῖς οὐκ ἐμιάνθην καὶ ὀπίσω τῆς Βααλ οὐκ ἐπορεύθην ἰδὲ τὰς ὁδούς σου ἐν τῷ πολυανδρίῳ καὶ γνῶθι τί ἐποίησας ὀψὲ φωνὴ αὐτῆς ὠλόλυξεν τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτῆς
How will you say, 'I am not defiled, and I have not gone after Baal'? See your ways in the burial valley and know what you did; late her voice wailed along her ways.
Word-by-word analysis· 28 words
ἐπλάτυνεν ἐφ' ὕδατα ἐρήμου ἐν ἐπιθυμίαις ψυχῆς αὐτῆς ἐπνευματοφορεῖτο παρεδόθη τίς ἐπιστρέψει αὐτήν πάντες οἱ ζητοῦντες αὐτὴν οὐ κοπιάσουσιν ἐν τῇ ταπεινώσει αὐτῆς εὑρήσουσιν αὐτήν
She spread out upon the waters of the wilderness; in the desires of her soul she was carried by the wind and was given over. Who will turn her back? All who seek her will not grow weary; in her humiliation they will find her.
Word-by-word analysis· 25 words
ἀπόστρεψον τὸν πόδα σου ἀπὸ ὁδοῦ τραχείας καὶ τὸν φάρυγγά σου ἀπὸ δίψους ἡ δὲ εἶπεν ἀνδριοῦμαι ὅτι ἠγαπήκει ἀλλοτρίους καὶ ὀπίσω αὐτῶν ἐπορεύετο
Turn your foot back from a rough way and your throat from thirst. But she said, 'I will be strong,' because she loved foreigners and kept going after them.
Word-by-word analysis· 24 words
ὡς αἰσχύνη κλέπτου ὅταν ἁλῷ οὕτως αἰσχυνθήσονται οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ αὐτοὶ καὶ οἱ βασιλεῖς αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ προφῆται αὐτῶν
As the shame of a thief when he is caught, so shall the sons of Israel be put to shame, they and their kings and their rulers and their priests and their prophets,
Word-by-word analysis· 27 words
τῷ ξύλῳ εἶπαν ὅτι πατήρ μου εἶ σύ καὶ τῷ λίθῳ σὺ ἐγέννησάς με καὶ ἔστρεψαν ἐπ' ἐμὲ νῶτα καὶ οὐ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν καὶ ἐν τῷ καιρῷ τῶν κακῶν αὐτῶν ἐροῦσιν ἀνάστα καὶ σῶσον ἡμᾶς
who said to wood, 'You are my father,' and to stone, 'You gave birth to me'; and they turned their backs to me and not their faces, but in the time of their evils they will say, 'Rise and save us.'
Word-by-word analysis· 35 words
καὶ ποῦ εἰσιν οἱ θεοί σου οὓς ἐποίησας σεαυτῷ εἰ ἀναστήσονται καὶ σώσουσίν σε ἐν καιρῷ τῆς κακώσεώς σου ὅτι κατ' ἀριθμὸν τῶν πόλεών σου ἦσαν θεοί σου Ιουδα καὶ κατ' ἀριθμὸν διόδων τῆς Ιερουσαλημ ἔθυον τῇ Βααλ
And where are your gods that you made for yourself? Let them arise and save you in the time of your affliction, because according to the number of your cities were your gods, O Judah, and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem they were sacrificing to Baal.
Word-by-word analysis· 38 words
ἵνα τί λαλεῖτε πρός με πάντες ὑμεῖς ἠσεβήσατε καὶ πάντες ὑμεῖς ἠνομήσατε εἰς ἐμέ λέγει κύριος
Why do you speak against me? All of you acted impiously, and all of you acted lawlessly against me, says the Lord.
Word-by-word analysis· 16 words
μάτην ἐπάταξα τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν παιδείαν οὐκ ἐδέξασθε μάχαιρα κατέφαγεν τοὺς προφήτας ὑμῶν ὡς λέων ὀλεθρεύων καὶ οὐκ ἐφοβήθητε
In vain I struck your children; you did not receive discipline; a sword devoured your prophets like a destroying lion, and you did not fear.
Word-by-word analysis· 19 words
ἀκούσατε λόγον κυρίου τάδε λέγει κύριος μὴ ἔρημος ἐγενόμην τῷ Ισραηλ ἢ γῆ κεχερσωμένη διὰ τί εἶπεν ὁ λαός μου οὐ κυριευθησόμεθα καὶ οὐχ ἥξομεν πρὸς σὲ ἔτι
Hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord: Have I become a wilderness to Israel or a desolate land? Why did my people say, 'We shall not be ruled, and we will no longer come to you'?
Word-by-word analysis· 28 words
μὴ ἐπιλήσεται νύμφη τὸν κόσμον αὐτῆς καὶ παρθένος τὴν στηθοδεσμίδα αὐτῆς ὁ δὲ λαός μου ἐπελάθετό μου ἡμέρας ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμός
Will a bride forget her adornment, or a virgin her breast-band? But my people forgot me for days without number.
Word-by-word analysis· 22 words
τί ἔτι καλὸν ἐπιτηδεύσεις ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς σου τοῦ ζητῆσαι ἀγάπησιν οὐχ οὕτως ἀλλὰ καὶ σὺ ἐπονηρεύσω τοῦ μιᾶναι τὰς ὁδούς σου
Why will you still make fair your ways in seeking love? Not so, but you even made your ways wicked so as to defile them.
Word-by-word analysis· 22 words
καὶ ἐν ταῖς χερσίν σου εὑρέθησαν αἵματα ψυχῶν ἀθῴων οὐκ ἐν διορύγμασιν εὗρον αὐτούς ἀλλ' ἐπὶ πάσῃ δρυί
And in your hands were found the bloods of innocent lives; I did not find them in dug-through places, but under every oak.
Word-by-word analysis· 18 words
καὶ εἶπας ἀθῷός εἰμι ἀλλὰ ἀποστραφήτω ὁ θυμὸς αὐτοῦ ἀπ' ἐμοῦ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ κρίνομαι πρὸς σὲ ἐν τῷ λέγειν σε οὐχ ἥμαρτον
And you said, 'I am innocent; but let his anger turn away from me.' Behold, I am entering into judgment with you because you say, 'I have not sinned.'
Word-by-word analysis· 22 words
τί κατεφρόνησας σφόδρα τοῦ δευτερῶσαι τὰς ὁδούς σου καὶ ἀπὸ Αἰγύπτου καταισχυνθήσῃ καθὼς κατῃσχύνθης ἀπὸ Ασσουρ
Why did you despise so greatly, to repeat your ways? And from Egypt you will be put to shame, as you were put to shame from Assyria.
Word-by-word analysis· 16 words
ὅτι καὶ ἐντεῦθεν ἐξελεύσῃ καὶ αἱ χεῖρές σου ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς σου ὅτι ἀπώσατο κύριος τὴν ἐλπίδα σου καὶ οὐκ εὐοδωθήσῃ ἐν αὐτῇ
For from there too you shall come out, and your hands shall be upon your head, because the Lord rejected your hope, and you will not prosper by it.