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A Lament for Israel
Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
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:
The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
“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.”
For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.
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.”
A Call to Repentance
For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel:
“Seek me and live;
“Seek me and live;
But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.
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.”
Seek the LORD, 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 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,
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
Seek him that maketh the seven stars 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: The LORD is his name:
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;
That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
who makes destruction flash forth against the strong,
so that destruction comes upon the fortress.
so that destruction comes upon the fortress.
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
They hate him who reproves in the gate,
and they abhor him who speaks the truth.
and they abhor him who speaks the truth.
Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
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.
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
Therefore he who is prudent will keep silent in such a time,
for it is an evil time.
for it is an evil time.
Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
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.
Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
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.
The Coming Judgment
Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
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,
And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD.
and in all vineyards there shall be wailing,
for I will pass through your midst,”
for I will pass through your midst,”
Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
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,
As if a man did flee 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.
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.
Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
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?
I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
“I hate, I despise your feasts,
and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
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.
Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
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.
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
But let justice roll down like waters,
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
“Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
You shall take up Sikkuth your king, and Kiyyun your star-god — your images that you made for yourselves,