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A Lament for Israel
Hear this word, a lamentation, which I take up against you, O house of Israel.
Hear this word, a lamentation, which I take up against you, O house of Israel.
A Lament and Call to Repentance
Hear this word, Israel, this lament I take up concerning you:
Hear this word, Israel, this lament I take up concerning you:
The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more arise: she is cast down upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
“Fallen is Virgin Israel,
never to rise again,
deserted in her own land,
with no one to lift her up.”
never to rise again,
deserted in her own land,
with no one to lift her up.”
For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth a hundred shall have ten left, for the house of Israel.
This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Israel:
“Your city that marches out a thousand strong
will have only a hundred left;
your town that marches out a hundred strong
will have only ten left.”
“Your city that marches out a thousand strong
will have only a hundred left;
your town that marches out a hundred strong
will have only ten left.”
A Call to Repentance
For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and ye shall live.
For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and ye shall live.
This is what the Lord says to Israel:
“Seek me and live;
“Seek me and live;
And seek not Bethel, neither go to Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.
Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour [it], and there be none to quench [it] in Bethel.
Seek the Lord and live,
or he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire;
it will devour them,
and Bethel will have no one to quench it.
or he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire;
it will devour them,
and Bethel will have no one to quench it.
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
There are those who turn justice into bitterness
and cast righteousness to the ground.
and cast righteousness to the ground.
[seek him] that made the Pleiades and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night; that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: Jehovah is his name.
He who made the Pleiades and Orion,
who turns midnight into dawn
and darkens day into night,
who calls for the waters of the sea
and pours them out over the face of the land —
the Lord is his name.
who turns midnight into dawn
and darkens day into night,
who calls for the waters of the sea
and pours them out over the face of the land —
the Lord is his name.
He causeth destruction to break forth suddenly upon the strong, and bringeth destruction upon the fortress.
With a blinding flash he destroys the stronghold
and brings the fortified city to ruin.
and brings the fortified city to ruin.
They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court
and detest the one who tells the truth.
and detest the one who tells the truth.
Forasmuch, therefore, as ye trample upon the poor, and take from him presents of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, and ye shall not drink the wine of them.
You levy a straw tax on the poor
and impose a tax on their grain.
Therefore, though you have built stone mansions,
you will not live in them;
though you have planted lush vineyards,
you will not drink their wine.
and impose a tax on their grain.
Therefore, though you have built stone mansions,
you will not live in them;
though you have planted lush vineyards,
you will not drink their wine.
For I know how manifold are your transgressions and your sins mighty: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside [the right of] the needy in the gate.
For I know how many are your offenses
and how great your sins.
There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes
and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.
and how great your sins.
There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes
and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in this time; for it is an evil time.
Therefore the prudent keep quiet in such times,
for the times are evil.
for the times are evil.
Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye say.
Seek good, not evil,
that you may live.
Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you,
just as you say he is.
that you may live.
Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you,
just as you say he is.
Hate evil, and love good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
Hate evil, love good;
maintain justice in the courts.
Perhaps the Lord God Almighty will have mercy
on the remnant of Joseph.
maintain justice in the courts.
Perhaps the Lord God Almighty will have mercy
on the remnant of Joseph.
The Coming Judgment
Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the Lord: Wailing shall be in all broadways; and they shall say in all the streets, Alas! alas! And they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the Lord: Wailing shall be in all broadways; and they shall say in all the streets, Alas! alas! And they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord God Almighty, says:
“There will be wailing in all the streets
and cries of anguish in every public square.
The farmers will be summoned to weep
and the mourners to wail.
“There will be wailing in all the streets
and cries of anguish in every public square.
The farmers will be summoned to weep
and the mourners to wail.
And in all vineyards shall be wailing; for I will pass through the midst of thee, saith Jehovah.
There will be wailing in all the vineyards,
for I will pass through your midst,”says the Lord.
for I will pass through your midst,”says the Lord.
Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! To what end is the day of Jehovah for you? It shall be darkness and not light:
The Day of the Lord
Woe to you who long
for the day of the Lord!
Why do you long for the day of the Lord?
That day will be darkness, not light.
Woe to you who long
for the day of the Lord!
Why do you long for the day of the Lord?
That day will be darkness, not light.
as if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
It will be as though a man fled from a lion
only to meet a bear,
as though he entered his house
and rested his hand on the wall
only to have a snake bite him.
only to meet a bear,
as though he entered his house
and rested his hand on the wall
only to have a snake bite him.
Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
Will not the day of the Lord be darkness, not light —
pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness?
pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness?
I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will not smell [a sweet odour] in your solemn assemblies.
“I hate, I despise your religious festivals;
your assemblies are a stench to me.
your assemblies are a stench to me.
For if ye offer up unto me burnt-offerings and your oblations, I will not accept [them]; neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fatted beasts.
Even though you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings,
I will not accept them.
Though you bring choice fellowship offerings,
I will have no regard for them.
I will not accept them.
Though you bring choice fellowship offerings,
I will have no regard for them.
Take away from me the noise of thy songs, and I will not hear the melody of thy lutes;
Away with the noise of your songs!
I will not listen to the music of your harps.
I will not listen to the music of your harps.
but let judgment roll down as waters, and righteousness as an ever-flowing stream.
But let justice roll on like a river,
righteousness like a never-failing stream!
righteousness like a never-failing stream!
Did ye bring unto me sacrifices and oblations in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
“Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings
forty years in the wilderness, people of Israel?
forty years in the wilderness, people of Israel?
Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of your Moloch, and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye had made to yourselves;