^2 (B)“You only have I known
    of all the families of the earth;
^(C)therefore I will punish you
    for all your iniquities.

³ “Do two walk together,
    unless they have agreed to meet?
⁴ Does a lion roar in the forest,
    when he has no prey?
Does a young lion cry out from his den,
    if he has taken nothing?
⁵ Does a bird fall in a snare on the earth,
    when there is no trap for it?
Does a snare spring up from the ground,
    when it has taken nothing?
^6 (D)Is a trumpet blown in a city,
    and the people are not afraid?
^(E)Does disaster come to a city,
    unless the Lord has done it?

⁷ “For the Lord God does nothing
    ^(F)without revealing his secret
    to his servants the prophets.
⁸ The lion has roared;
    who will not fear?
^(G)The Lord God has spoken;
    who can but prophesy?”

⁹ Proclaim to the strongholds in ^(H)Ashdod
    and to the strongholds in the land of Egypt,
and say, “Assemble yourselves on ^(I)the mountains of Samaria,
    and see the great tumults within her,
    and ^(J)the oppressed in her midst.”
¹⁰ “They do not know how to do right,” declares the Lord,
    ^(K)“those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.”

^(L)“An adversary shall surround the land
    and bring down^[a] your defenses from you,
    and ^(M)your strongholds shall be plundered.”

¹³ “Hear, ^(Q)and testify against the house of Jacob,”
    declares the Lord God, ^(R)the God of hosts,
¹⁴ “that on the day I punish Israel for his transgressions,
    ^(S)I will punish the altars of Bethel,
and ^(T)the horns of the altar shall be cut off
    and fall to the ground.
^15 (U)I will strike ^(V)the winter house along with ^(W)the summer house,
    and ^(X)the houses of ivory shall perish,
and the great houses^[c] shall come to an end,”
declares the Lord.

³ And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem
    and men of Judah,
judge between me and my vineyard.
^4 (D)What more was there to do for my vineyard,
    that I have not done in it?
^(E)When I looked for it to yield grapes,
    why did it yield wild grapes?

⁵ And now I will tell you
    what I will do to my vineyard.
I will remove ^(F)its hedge,
    and it shall be devoured;^[a]
(G)I will break down its wall,
    and it shall be trampled down.
⁶ I will make it a waste;
    it shall not be pruned or hoed,
    and ^(H)briers and thorns shall grow up;
^(I)I will also command the clouds
    that they rain no rain upon it.

^7 (J)For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts
    is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah
    are his pleasant planting;
and he looked for justice,
    but behold, bloodshed;^[b]
for righteousness,
    but behold, an outcry!^[c]

¹¹ Woe to those who ^(O)rise early in the morning,
    that they may run after strong drink,
who tarry late into the evening
    as wine inflames them!
^12 (P)They have lyre and harp,
    tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts,
^(Q)but they do not regard the deeds of the Lord,
    or see the work of his hands.

¹³ Therefore my people go into exile
    ^(R)for lack of knowledge;^[f]
their ^(S)honored men go hungry,^[g]
    and their multitude is parched with thirst.
¹⁴ Therefore Sheol has ^(T)enlarged its appetite
    and opened ^(U)its mouth beyond measure,
and the nobility of Jerusalem^[h] and her multitude will go down,
    her revelers and he who ^(V)exults in her.
^15 (W)Man is humbled, and each one is brought low,
    and the eyes of the haughty^[i] are brought low.
^16 (X)But the Lord of hosts is exalted^[j] in justice,
    and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.
¹⁷ Then shall the lambs graze ^(Y)as in their pasture,
    and ^(Z)nomads shall eat among the ruins of the rich.

¹⁸ Woe to those who draw iniquity with ^(AA)cords of falsehood,
    who draw sin as with cart ropes,
¹⁹ who say: ^(AB)“Let him be quick,
    let him speed his work
    that we may see it;
let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near,
    and let it come, that we may know it!”
²⁰ Woe to ^(AC)those who call evil good
    and good evil,
^(AD)who put darkness for light
    and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
    and sweet for bitter!
²¹ Woe to those who are ^(AE)wise in their own eyes,
    and shrewd in their own sight!
²² Woe to those who are ^(AF)heroes at drinking wine,
    and valiant men in mixing strong drink,
²³ who ^(AG)acquit the guilty for a bribe,
    and deprive the innocent of his right!

²⁴ Therefore, ^(AH)as the tongue of fire devours the stubble,
    and as dry grass sinks down in the flame,
so ^(AI)their root will be ^(AJ)as rottenness,
    and their blossom go up like dust;
for they have ^(AK)rejected the law of the Lord of hosts,
    and have ^(AL)despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
²⁵ Therefore ^(AM)the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people,
    and he stretched out his hand against them and struck them,
    and ^(AN)the mountains quaked;
and their corpses were ^(AO)as refuse
    in the midst of the streets.
^(AP)For all this his anger has not turned away,
    and his hand is stretched out still.

²⁶ He will ^(AQ)raise a signal for nations far away,
    and ^(AR)whistle for them ^(AS)from the ends of the earth;
and behold, quickly, speedily they come!
^27 (AT)None is weary, none stumbles,
    none slumbers or sleeps,
not a waistband is loose,
    not a sandal strap broken;
^28 (AU)their arrows are sharp,
    all their bows bent,
their horses' hoofs seem like flint,
    and their wheels ^(AV)like the whirlwind.
²⁹ Their roaring is like a lion,
    like young lions they roar;
they growl and ^(AW)seize their prey;
    they carry it off, and none can rescue.
³⁰ They will growl over it on that day,
    like the growling of the sea.
And if one looks to the land,
    behold, ^(AX)darkness and distress;
and the light is darkened by its clouds.

² The precious sons of Zion,
    worth their weight in ^(C)fine gold,
how they are regarded as ^(D)earthen pots,
    the work of a potter's hands!

³ Even jackals offer the breast;
    they nurse their young;
but the daughter of my people has become cruel,
    like the ostriches in the wilderness.

⁴ The tongue of the nursing infant ^(E)sticks
    to the roof of its mouth for thirst;
^(F)the children beg for food,
    but no one gives to them.

⁵ Those who once feasted on delicacies
    perish in the streets;
^(G)those who were brought up in purple
    embrace ash heaps.

^6 (H)For the chastisement^[a] of the daughter of my people has been greater
    than the punishment^[b] of Sodom,
^(I)which was overthrown in a moment,
    and no hands were wrung for her.^[c]

⁷ Her princes were purer than snow,
    whiter than milk;
their bodies were more ruddy than coral,
    the beauty of their form^[d] was like sapphire.^[e]

^8 (J)Now their face is blacker than soot;
    they are not recognized in the streets;
their skin has shriveled on their bones;
    it has become as dry as wood.

⁹ Happier were the victims of the sword
    than the victims of hunger,
who wasted away, pierced
    by lack of the fruits of the field.

^10 (K)The hands of ^(L)compassionate women
    ^(M)have boiled their own children;
^(N)they became their food
    during the destruction of the daughter of my people.

^11 (O)The Lord gave full vent to his wrath;
    he poured out his hot anger,
and ^(P)he kindled a fire in Zion
    that consumed its foundations.

^12 (Q)The kings of the earth did not believe,
    nor any of the inhabitants of the world,
that foe or enemy could enter
    the gates of Jerusalem.

¹³ This was for ^(R)the sins of her prophets
    and ^(S)the iniquities of her priests,
who shed in the midst of her
    the blood of the righteous.

^14 (T)They wandered, blind, through the streets;
    they were so defiled with blood
^(U)that no one was able to touch
    their garments.

¹⁵ “Away! ^(V)Unclean!” people cried at them.
    “Away! Away! Do not touch!”
So they became fugitives and wanderers;
    people said among the nations,
    “They shall stay with us no longer.”

^16 (W)The Lord himself^[f] has scattered them;
    he will regard them no more;
^(X)no honor was shown to the priests,
    ^(Y)no favor to the elders.

^17 (Z)Our eyes failed, ever watching
    ^(AA)vainly for help;
in our watching we watched
    for ^(AB)a nation which could not save.

^18 (AC)They dogged our steps
    so that we could not walk in our streets;
^(AD)our end drew near; our days were numbered,
    for our end had come.

¹⁹ Our pursuers were ^(AE)swifter
    than the eagles in the heavens;
they chased us on the mountains;
    they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

^20 (AF)The breath of our nostrils, ^(AG)the Lord's anointed,
    was captured ^(AH)in their pits,
of whom we said, ^(AI)“Under his shadow
    we shall live among the nations.”

^21 (AJ)Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom,
    you who dwell in ^(AK)the land of Uz;
but to you also ^(AL)the cup shall pass;
    you shall become drunk and strip yourself bare.

^22 (AM)The punishment of your iniquity, O daughter of Zion, is accomplished;
    he will keep you in exile no longer;^[g]
but ^(AN)your iniquity, O daughter of Edom, he will punish;
    he will uncover your sins.