Oh Israel turn ye from the Fair
And
it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt,
that he
said unto Sarai
his wife, Behold now, - I know that thou art a fair workman to look upon:
Therefore
it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they
will
kill
me,
but they will save thee alive.
*
For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his
pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold
oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
Woe
unto them that join house to house, that
lay field to field, till there be no place,
that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
In
mine ears said the Lord
of hosts, Of a truth many houses
shall be desolate, even great and fair,
without inhabitant.
*
For
the mountains shall
depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness
shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace
be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.
O
thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted,
behold, I will lay thy stones with - fair colours,-
and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
*
Though
hand
join in hand, the wicked
shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
As
a jewel of gold
in a swine's snout, so is a fair workman which is without
discretion.
*
He
that hateth dissembleth with his lips,
and layeth up deceit within him;
When
he speaketh
fair, believe him not: for there are seven
abominations in his heart.
*
And
when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou
do? Though thou
clothest thyself with crimson,
though thou deckest thee with ornaments
of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, - they will seek thy life.
*
The Lord
called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it,
and the branches of it are broken.
For
the Lord
of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced
evil against thee, for the evil
of
the house of Israel and of the house
of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me- to anger in offering incense unto Baal.
And
the Lord hath given me knowledge of it,
and I know it:
then thou shewedst me their doings.
*
For
even thy brethren, and
the house of thy father,
even they have dealt treacherously with
thee;
yea,
they
have called a multitude - after
thee: believe them not, though they speak - fair words unto thee.
I
have forsaken mine house, - I have left mine heritage; I
have given the dearly beloved of my
soul into the hand of her enemies.
Mine
heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth
out
against me:
therefore have I hated it.
*
Thou
hast
also taken thy fair jewels of my gold
and of my silver, which I had given
thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with
them,
And took-est thy
broidered garments,
and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them.
My
meat also which I gave
thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them
for a sweet savIour: and thus it was, saith the Lord God.
*
I
have made him fair
by the multitude of his branches:
so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of
God, envied him.
Therefore
thus saith the Lord God; Because thou
hast lifted up thyself in height,
and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;
I have therefore
delivered him into the hand
of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.
*
The tree
grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end
of all the earth:
The leaves
thereof were fair,
and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow
under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.
I
saw
in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came
down from heaven;
He
cried aloud, and
said thus, Hew down the tree,
and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves,
and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:
Nevertheless
leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron
and
brass,
in the tender grass of the field; and
let it be wet with the dew
of heaven, and let his portion
be with the beasts in the grass of the earth:
*
And
Ephraim
is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn;
but I passed over upon her fair
neck:
I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.
Sow
to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; - break up
your fallow ground:
for it is time to seek the Lord,
till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
Ye
have plowed wickedness, ye have
reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
*
Sing, O barren,
thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that
didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than
the children of the married wife, saith the Lord.
Enlarge the
place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine
habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
For thou shalt
break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the
Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
Fear not; for
thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be
put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not
remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
For thy Maker is
thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of
Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
Hear the Lord God ISamuelyeaon, Oh
Israel, divide ye all everyone from the fair and turn to the Darkness. Divide ye this day all Israel from the leprous fair liars.
I AM the Lord God ISamuelyeaon

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