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Seek the Lord and Live
Hear this word that I take up over you in lamentation, O house of Israel:
Hear this word that I take up over you in lamentation, O house of Israel:
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.
“Fallen, no more to rise,
is the virgin Israel;
forsaken on her land,
with none to raise her up.”
is the virgin Israel;
forsaken on her land,
with none to raise her up.”
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.
For thus says the Lord God:
“The city that went out a thousand
shall have a hundred left,
and that which went out a hundred
shall have ten left
to the house of Israel.”
“The city that went out a thousand
shall have a hundred left,
and that which went out a hundred
shall have ten left
to the house of Israel.”
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 to the house of Israel:
“Seek me and live;
“Seek me and live;
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.
but do not seek Bethel,
and do not enter into Gilgal
or cross over to Beersheba;
for Gilgal shall surely go into exile,
and Bethel shall come to nothing.”
and do not enter into Gilgal
or cross over to Beersheba;
for Gilgal shall surely go into exile,
and Bethel shall come to nothing.”
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 the Lord and live,
lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
and it devour, with none to quench it for Bethel,
lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
and it devour, with none to quench it for Bethel,
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.
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
He who made the Pleiades and Orion,
and turns deep darkness into the morning
and darkens the day into night,
who calls for the waters of the sea
and pours them out on the surface of the earth,
the Lord is his name;
and turns deep darkness into the morning
and darkens the day into night,
who calls for the waters of the sea
and pours them out on the surface of the earth,
the Lord is his name;
[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.
who makes destruction flash forth against the strong,
so that destruction comes upon the fortress.
so that destruction comes upon the fortress.
He causeth destruction to break forth suddenly upon the strong, and bringeth destruction upon the fortress.
They hate him who reproves in the gate,
and they abhor him who speaks the truth.
and they abhor him who speaks the truth.
They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh 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 many are your transgressions
and how great are your sins —
you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe,
and turn aside the needy in the gate.
and how great are your sins —
you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe,
and turn aside the needy in the gate.
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.
Therefore he who is prudent will keep silent in such a time,
for it is an evil time.
for it is an evil time.
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in this time; for it is an evil time.
Seek good, and not evil,
that you may live;
and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you,
as you have said.
that you may live;
and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you,
as you have said.
Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye say.
Hate evil, and love good,
and establish justice in the gate;
it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,
will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
and establish justice in the gate;
it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,
will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
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.
Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord:
“In all the squares there shall be wailing,
and in all the streets they shall say, ‘Alas! Alas!’
They shall call the farmers to mourning
and to wailing those who are skilled in lamentation,
“In all the squares there shall be wailing,
and in all the streets they shall say, ‘Alas! Alas!’
They shall call the farmers to mourning
and to wailing those who are skilled in lamentation,
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.
and in all vineyards there shall be wailing,
for I will pass through your midst,”
for I will pass through your midst,”
And in all vineyards shall be wailing; for I will pass through the midst of thee, saith Jehovah.
Let Justice Roll Down
Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord!
Why would you have the day of the Lord?
It is darkness, and not light,
Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord!
Why would you have the day of the Lord?
It is darkness, and not light,
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:
as if a man fled from a lion,
and a bear met him,
or went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall,
and a serpent bit him.
and a bear met him,
or went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall,
and a serpent bit him.
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.
Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light,
and gloom with no brightness in it?
and gloom with no brightness in it?
Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
“I hate, I despise your feasts,
and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will not smell [a sweet odour] in your solemn assemblies.
Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings,
I will not accept them;
and the peace offerings of your fattened animals,
I will not look upon them.
I will not accept them;
and the peace offerings of your fattened animals,
I will not look upon them.
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.
Take away from me the noise of your songs;
to the melody of your harps I will not listen.
to the melody of your harps I will not listen.
Take away from me the noise of thy songs, and I will not hear the melody of thy lutes;
But let justice roll down like waters,
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
but let judgment roll down as waters, and righteousness as an ever-flowing stream.
“Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
Did ye bring unto me sacrifices and oblations in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
You shall take up Sikkuth your king, and Kiyyun your star-god — your images that you made for yourselves,
Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of your Moloch, and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye had made to yourselves;