You have thrown the wives of My people out from the house of her delight; from their children you have taken away My majesty forever.

The breaker has come up before them; they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and have gone out of it. And their king shall pass before them, and Jehovah at the head of them.

Then they shall cry to Jehovah, but He will not answer them. He will even hide His face from them at that time, as they have done evil in their doings.

In that day, says Jehovah, I will gather the lame, and I will gather the banished, and the one I have afflicted.

Now why do you cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished? For pangs have taken you like one giving birth.

And you, Bethlehem Ephratah, you being least among the thousands of Judah, out of you He shall come forth to Me, to become Ruler in Israel, He whose goings forth have been from of old, from the days of eternity.

And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury on the nations, such as they have not heard.

O My people, what have I done to you? And in what have I made you weary? Testify against Me!

For its rich men are full of violence, and its people have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Therefore I also have made you sick by striking you, laying you waste because of your sins.

I will bear the fury of Jehovah, because I have sinned against Him, until He pleads my cause and brings out judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light, and I shall behold His righteousness.

He will turn again; He will have pity on us. He will trample our iniquities. Yea, You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

You will give faithfulness to Jacob, mercy to Abraham, which You have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.