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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 Call to Repentance
Listen, you people of Israel! Listen to this funeral song I am singing:
Listen, you people of Israel! Listen to this funeral song I am singing:
“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 Israel has fallen,
never to rise again!
She lies abandoned on the ground,
with no one to help her up.”
never to rise again!
She lies abandoned on the ground,
with no one to help 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.”
The Sovereign LORD says:
“When a city sends a thousand men to battle,
only a hundred will return.
When a town sends a hundred,
only ten will come back alive.”
“When a city sends a thousand men to battle,
only a hundred will return.
When a town sends a hundred,
only ten will come back alive.”
For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel:
“Seek me and live;
“Seek me and live;
Now this is what the LORD says to the family of Israel:
“Come back to me and live!
“Come back to me and 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.”
Don’t worship at the pagan altars at Bethel;
don’t go to the shrines at Gilgal or Beersheba.
For the people of Gilgal will be dragged off into exile,
and the people of Bethel will be reduced to nothing.”
don’t go to the shrines at Gilgal or Beersheba.
For the people of Gilgal will be dragged off into exile,
and the people of Bethel will be reduced to nothing.”
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,
You twist justice, making it a bitter pill for the oppressed.
You treat the righteous like dirt.
You treat the righteous like dirt.
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;
It is the LORD who created the stars,
the Pleiades and Orion.
He turns darkness into morning
and day into night.
He draws up water from the oceans
and pours it down as rain on the land.
The LORD is his name!
the Pleiades and Orion.
He turns darkness into morning
and day into night.
He draws up water from the oceans
and pours it down as rain on the land.
The LORD 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.
With blinding speed and power he destroys the strong,
crushing all their defenses.
crushing all their defenses.
They hate him who reproves in the gate,
and they abhor him who speaks the truth.
and they abhor him who speaks the truth.
How you hate honest judges!
How you despise people who tell the truth!
How you despise people who tell the truth!
You trample the poor,
stealing their grain through taxes and unfair rent.
Therefore, though you build beautiful stone houses,
you will never live in them.
Though you plant lush vineyards,
you will never drink wine from them.
stealing their grain through taxes and unfair rent.
Therefore, though you build beautiful stone houses,
you will never live in them.
Though you plant lush vineyards,
you will never drink wine from 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 the vast number of your sins
and the depth of your rebellions.
You oppress good people by taking bribes
and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.
and the depth of your rebellions.
You oppress good people by taking bribes
and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.
Therefore he who is prudent will keep silent in such a time,
for it is an evil time.
for it is an evil time.
So those who are smart keep their mouths shut,
for it is an evil 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.
Do what is good and run from evil
so that you may live!
Then the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies will be your helper,
just as you have claimed.
so that you may live!
Then the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies will be your helper,
just as you have claimed.
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.
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,
Therefore, this is what the Lord, the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, says:
“There will be crying in all the public squares
and mourning in every street.
Call for the farmers to weep with you,
and summon professional mourners to wail.
“There will be crying in all the public squares
and mourning in every street.
Call for the farmers to weep with you,
and summon professional mourners to wail.
and in all vineyards there shall be wailing,
for I will pass through your midst,”
for I will pass through your midst,”
There will be wailing in every vineyard,
for I will destroy them all,”
says the LORD.
Warning of Coming Judgment
for I will destroy them all,”
says the LORD.
Warning of Coming Judgment
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,
What sorrow awaits you who say,
“If only the day of the LORD were here!”
You have no idea what you are wishing for.
That day will bring darkness, not light.
“If only the day of the LORD were here!”
You have no idea what you are wishing for.
That day will bring 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 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.
In that day you will be like a man who runs from a lion —
only to meet a bear.
Escaping from the bear, he leans his hand against a wall in his house —
and he’s bitten by a snake.
only to meet a bear.
Escaping from the bear, he leans his hand against a wall in his house —
and he’s bitten by a snake.
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?
Yes, the day of the LORD will be dark and hopeless,
without a ray of joy or hope.
without a ray of joy or hope.
“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 all your show and pretense —
the hypocrisy of your religious festivals and solemn assemblies.
the hypocrisy of your religious festivals and 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.
I will not accept your burnt offerings and grain offerings.
I won’t even notice all your choice peace offerings.
I won’t even notice all your choice peace offerings.
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.
Away with your noisy hymns of praise!
I will not listen to the music of your harps.
I will not listen to the music of your harps.
But let justice roll down like waters,
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
Instead, I want to see a mighty flood of justice,
an endless river of righteous living.
an endless river of righteous living.
“Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
“Was it to me you were bringing sacrifices and offerings during the forty years in the wilderness, Israel?
You shall take up Sikkuth your king, and Kiyyun your star-god — your images that you made for yourselves,
No, you served your pagan gods — Sakkuth your king god and Kaiwan your star god — the images you made for yourselves.