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Txoj siv sia uas po

¹Yawmsaub hais li no rau kuv tias, “Cia li mus yuav ib txoj siv sia ntaub mag, thiab muab sia kiag ntawm koj lub duav, tsis txhob muab raus dej.” ²Kuv thiaj yuav ib txoj siv sia raws li Yawmsaub hais, thiab muab sia kuv lub duav. ³Mas Yawmsaub hais dua zaum ob tuaj rau kuv tias, ⁴“Cia li coj txoj siv uas koj yuav los sia ntawm koj lub duav, es sawv tsees, mus rau ntawm niag dej Yufeti thiab muab txoj siv ntawd zais rau hauv ib kem zeb.” ⁵Kuv kuj mus thiab muab zais rau ntawm ntug dej Yufeti raws li Yawmsaub tau qhia rau kuv. ⁶Dhau ntau hnub lawm, Yawmsaub hais rau kuv tias, “Cia li sawv tsees, mus rau ntawm tus dej Yufeti es muab txoj siv uas kuv kom koj muab zais rau ntawd coj los.” ⁷Ces kuv thiaj li mus rau ntawm tus dej Yufeti, mus khaws txoj siv sia hauv lub chaw uas kuv muab zais ntawd los. Ua ciav, txoj siv sia ntawd twb lwj tag siv tsis tau kiag li lawm.
⁸Ces Yawmsaub thiaj hais tuaj rau kuv tias, ⁹“Yawmsaub hais li no tias, ‘Kuv yuav ua kom cov Yuda txojkev khav theeb thiab Yeluxalees txojkev khav theeb heev kawg lwj tag ib yam li txoj siv ntawd. ¹⁰Haiv neeg phem no uas tsis yeem mloog kuv tej lus thiab tawv ncauj ua raws li lawv lub siab thiab mus raws ncuj nciav ua koom pe luag tej dab, yuav zoo li txoj siv sia no uas siv tsis tau kiag li lawm. ¹¹Rau qhov txoj siv sia ntawm neeg lub duav li cas, kuv kuj ua rau Yixayee caj ces thiab Yuda caj ces sawvdaws npuab kuv ib yam li ntawd, kom lawv thiaj ua tau ib haiv neeg rau kuv thiab ua koob meej rau kuv thiab ua chaw uas luag qhuas kuv thiab ua meej mom rau kuv. Tiamsis lawv tsis yeem mloog.’ Yawmsaub hais li no ntag.”

Hub cawv txiv hmab

¹²“Koj cia li hais tej lus no rau lawv, ‘Yawmsaub uas yog Yixayee tus Vajtswv hais li no tias, Txhua lub hub yuav tsum muaj cawv txiv hmab puv nkaus.’ Mas lawv yuav hais rau koj tias, ‘Peb tsis paub tias txhua lub hub yuav tsum muaj cawv txiv hmab puv nkaus lov?’ ¹³Mas koj yuav hais rau lawv tias, ‘Yawmsaub hais li no tias, Saib maj, kuv yuav ua rau cov neeg hauv lub tebchaws no txhua tus qaug cawv tag huvsi, tsis hais tej vajntxwv uas nyob saum Davi lub zwm txwv, cov pov thawj, cov xibhwb cev Vajtswv lus thiab cov neeg hauv Yeluxalees txhua tus huvsi. ¹⁴Yawmsaub hais tias, Kuv yuav muab lawv laim ib tug tsoo ib tug, cov txiv yuav nraum cov tub. Kuv yuav tsis khuvleej lossis tseg lawv txojsia, kuv yuav tsis tab ncuab lawv li rau thaum kuv ua kom lawv puam tsuaj tag.’ ”

Yuda yuav raug ntes coj mus

¹⁵Nej cia li mloog, cia li tig ntsej mloog,
tsis txhob tsab ua loj,
rau qhov Yawmsaub tau hais tseg cia lawm.
¹⁶Cia li ua rau Yawmsaub
uas yog nej tus Vajtswv tau koob meej
ua ntej uas nws yuav coj kev tsaus ntuj los,
ua ntej uas nej txhais kotaw yuav dawm
saum tej roob uas pom kev txoog,
thiab thaum nej tabtom nrhiav txojkev kaj,
nws muab ntxeev ua duab tsaus
thiab muab ntxeev ua tsaus ntuj dub nciab heev.
¹⁷Tiamsis yog nej tsis mloog,
kuv lub siab yuav quaj twjywm
vim nej txojkev khav theeb.
Kuv lub qhov muag yuav quaj heev
ua kua muag ntws nto ntawm lub plhu,
vim yog Yawmsaub pab yaj
raug ntes coj mus lawm.
¹⁸Cia li hais rau vajntxwv thiab nws niam
hais tias, “Cia li los nyob lub rooj qes,
rau qhov koj lub mom vajntxwv uas zoo nkauj
twb poob saum koj lub taubhau los lawm.”
¹⁹Tej moos hauv Neke raug muab kaw lawm
tsis muaj leejtwg qheb tau.
Yuda raug ntes coj mus
poob tebchaws huvsi lawm,
raug coj mus tag nrho huvsi lawm.

²⁰Cia li tsa koj lub qhov muag
saib lawv cov uas tuaj sab ped tuaj.
Pab yaj uas muab cob rau koj lawm nyob qhovtwg,
yog pab yaj uas zoo zoo nkauj?
²¹Thaum lawv tsa cov neeg
uas koj tau qhia kom nrog koj sib raug zoo
ua loj kav koj, koj yuav hais li cas?
Tsis mob koj yam li tus pojniam
mob plab yug menyuam lov?
²²Yog koj hais rau hauv koj lub siab tias,
“Ua cas tej no tshwm los raug kuv?”
Kuj yog tim koj tej kev phem uas loj kawg
luag thiaj muab koj daim tiab yaws
thiab yuam koj.
²³Tus neeg Khuj⚓ hloov tau nws daim tawv dub
lossis tsov pom txwv hloov tau
daim tawv txaij lov?
Yog tau, mas nej cov uas pheej ua qhov phem
yuav ua qhov zoo tau.
²⁴“Kuv yuav ua rau nej tawg ua sab ua sua
zoo yam nkaus li tej npluag qoob uas raug
cua hauv ntuj nrag teb do ntsawj ya mus.
²⁵No yog koj li feem,
yog tej uas kuv muab tu tseg rau koj lawm,
rau qhov koj tsis nco qab kuv lawm
thiab tso siab rau tej lus dag.”
Yawmsaub hais li no ntag.
²⁶“Vim li no kuv yuav muab koj daim tiab yaws
npog koj lub ntsej muag
ua kom pom koj kev txaj muag.
²⁷Kuv twb pom koj tej kev qias vuab tsuab,
qhov uas koj hee laws nrhiav ua nkauj ua nraug
thiab qhov uas koj ua poj muag cev
phem qias kawg li saum tej roob
thiab nram tej tiaj.
Yeluxalees 'e, koj yuav raug txom nyem lauj!
Yuav ntev li cas koj thiaj ua tau dawb huv?”

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Symbol of the Linen Sash

¹Thus the Lord said to me: “Go and get yourself a linen sash, and put it around your waist, but do not put it in water.” ²So I got a sash according to the word of the Lord, and put it around my waist.
³And the word of the Lord came to me the second time, saying, ⁴“Take the sash that you acquired, which is around your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole in the rock.” ⁵So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as the Lord commanded me.
⁶Now it came to pass after many days that the Lord said to me, “Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take from there the sash which I commanded you to hide there.” ⁷Then I went to the Euphrates and dug, and I took the sash from the place where I had hidden it; and there was the sash, ruined. It was profitable for nothing.
⁸Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ⁹“Thus says the Lord: ‘In this manner ⚓I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great ⚓pride of Jerusalem. ¹⁰This evil people, who ⚓refuse to hear My words, who ⚓follow the dictates of their hearts, and walk after other gods to serve them and worship them, shall be just like this sash which is profitable for nothing. ¹¹For as the sash clings to the waist of a man, so I have caused the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah to cling to Me,’ says the Lord, ‘that ⚓they may become My people, ⚓for renown, for praise, and for ⚓glory; but they would ⚓not hear.’

Symbol of the Wine Bottles

¹²“Therefore you shall speak to them this word: ‘Thus says the Lord God of Israel: “Every bottle shall be filled with wine.” ’
And they will say to you, ‘Do we not certainly know that every bottle will be filled with wine?’
¹³“Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land—even the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem—⚓with drunkenness! ¹⁴And ⚓I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together,” says the Lord. “I will not pity nor spare nor have mercy, but will destroy them.” ’ ”

Pride Precedes Captivity

¹⁵Hear and give ear:
Do not be proud,
For the Lord has spoken.
¹⁶⚓Give glory to the Lord your God
Before He causes ⚓darkness,
And before your feet stumble
On the dark mountains,
And while you are ⚓looking for light,
He turns it into ⚓the shadow of death
And makes it dense darkness.
¹⁷But if you will not hear it,
My soul will ⚓weep in secret for your pride;
My eyes will weep bitterly
And run down with tears,
Because the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.
¹⁸Say to ⚓the king and to the queen mother,
“Humble yourselves;
Sit down,
For your rule shall collapse, the crown of your glory.”
¹⁹The cities of the South shall be shut up,
And no one shall open them;
Judah shall be carried away captive, all of it;
It shall be wholly carried away captive.
²⁰Lift up your eyes and see
Those who come from the ⚓north.
Where is the flock that was given to you,
Your beautiful sheep?
²¹What will you say when He punishes you?
For you have taught them
To be chieftains, to be head over you.
Will not ⚓pangs seize you,
Like a woman in labor?
²²And if you say in your heart,
⚓“Why have these things come upon me?”
For the greatness of your iniquity
⚓Your skirts have been uncovered,
Your heels made bare.
²³Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard its spots?
Then may you also do good who are accustomed to do evil.
²⁴“Therefore I will ⚓scatter them ⚓like stubble
That passes away by the wind of the wilderness.
²⁵⚓This is your lot,
The portion of your measures from Me,” says the Lord,
“Because you have forgotten Me
And trusted in ⚓falsehood.
²⁶Therefore ⚓I will uncover your skirts over your face,
That your shame may appear.
²⁷I have seen your adulteries
And your lustful⚓neighings,
The lewdness of your harlotry,
Your abominations ⚓on the hills in the fields.
Woe to you, O Jerusalem!
Will you still not be made clean?”