Hear then the word of Jehovah, ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and each one her companion lamentation.

And it shall come to pass, after I have plucked them up, I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them back, each one to his inheritance, and each one to his land.

I Jehovah search the heart, I try the reins, even to give each one according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

But they say, There is no hope; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will each one do according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.