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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 for Israel
Hear this word which I take up against you, a lamentation, O house of Israel:
Hear this word which I take up against you, a lamentation, O house of Israel:
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.
The virgin of Israel has fallen;
She will rise no more.
She lies forsaken on her land;
There is no one to raise her up.
She will rise no more.
She lies forsaken on her land;
There is no one to raise 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.
For thus says the Lord God:
“The city that goes out by a thousand
Shall have a hundred left,
And that which goes out by a hundred
Shall have ten left to the house of Israel.”
“The city that goes out by a thousand
Shall have a hundred left,
And that which goes out by a hundred
Shall have ten left to the house of Israel.”
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.
A Call to Repentance
For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel:
“Seek Me and live;
For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel:
“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.
But do not seek Bethel,
Nor enter Gilgal,
Nor pass over to Beersheba;
For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity,
And Bethel shall come to nothing.
Nor enter Gilgal,
Nor pass over to Beersheba;
For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity,
And Bethel shall come to nothing.
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,
Lest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
And devour it,
With no one to quench it in Bethel —
Lest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
And devour it,
With no one to quench it in Bethel —
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
You who turn justice to wormwood,
And lay righteousness to rest in the earth!”
And lay righteousness to rest in the earth!”
[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 made the Pleiades and Orion;
He turns the shadow of death into morning
And makes the day dark as night;
He calls for the waters of the sea
And pours them out on the face of the earth;
The Lord is His name.
He turns the shadow of death into morning
And makes the day dark as night;
He calls for the waters of the sea
And pours them out on the face of the earth;
The Lord is His name.
He causeth destruction to break forth suddenly upon the strong, and bringeth destruction upon the fortress.
They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
They hate the one who rebukes in the gate,
And they abhor the one who speaks uprightly.
And they abhor the one who speaks uprightly.
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.
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 your manifold transgressions
And your mighty sins:
Afflicting the just and taking bribes;
Diverting the poor from justice at the gate.
And your mighty sins:
Afflicting the just and taking bribes;
Diverting the poor from justice at the gate.
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in this time; for it is an evil time.
Therefore the prudent keep silent at that time,
For it is an evil time.
For it is an evil time.
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 and not evil,
That you may live;
So the Lord God of hosts will be with you,
As you have spoken.
That you may live;
So the Lord God of hosts will be with you,
As you have spoken.
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;
Establish justice in the gate.
It may be that the Lord God of hosts
Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
Establish justice in the gate.
It may be that the Lord God of hosts
Will be gracious to 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.
The Day of the Lord
Therefore the Lord God of hosts, the Lord, says this:
“There shall be wailing in all streets,
And they shall say in all the highways,
‘Alas! Alas!’
They shall call the farmer to mourning,
And skillful lamenters to wailing.
Therefore the Lord God of hosts, the Lord, says this:
“There shall be wailing in all streets,
And they shall say in all the highways,
‘Alas! Alas!’
They shall call the farmer to mourning,
And skillful lamenters to wailing.
And in all vineyards shall be wailing; for I will pass through the midst of thee, saith Jehovah.
In all vineyards there shall be wailing,
For I will pass through you,”
Says the Lord.
For I will pass through you,”
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:
Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord!
For what good is the day of the Lord to you?
It will be darkness, and not light.
For what good is the day of the Lord to you?
It will be darkness, and 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,
And a bear met him!
Or as though he went into the house,
Leaned his hand on the wall,
And a serpent bit him!
And a bear met him!
Or as though he went into the house,
Leaned his hand on the wall,
And a serpent bit him!
Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light?
Is it not very dark, with no brightness in it?
Is it not very dark, with no brightness in it?
I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will not smell [a sweet odour] in your solemn assemblies.
“I hate, I despise your feast days,
And I do not savor your sacred assemblies.
And I do not savor your sacred assemblies.
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.
Though you offer Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings,
I will not accept them,
Nor will I regard your fattened peace offerings.
I will not accept them,
Nor will I regard your fattened peace offerings.
Take away from me the noise of thy songs, and I will not hear the melody of thy lutes;
Take away from Me the noise of your songs,
For I will not hear the melody of your stringed instruments.
For I will not hear the melody of your stringed instruments.
but let judgment roll down as waters, and righteousness as an ever-flowing stream.
But let justice run down like water,
And righteousness like a mighty stream.
And righteousness like a mighty stream.
Did ye bring unto me sacrifices and oblations in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
“Did you offer Me sacrifices and offerings
In the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
In the wilderness forty years, O house 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;