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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:
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:
“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.”
“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.”
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.”
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.”
This is what the Lord says to Israel:
“Seek me and live;
“Seek me and live;
For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel:
“Seek me and live;
“Seek 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.”
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.
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,
There are those who turn justice into bitterness
and cast righteousness to the ground.
and cast righteousness to the ground.
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 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;
With a blinding flash he destroys the stronghold
and brings the fortified city to ruin.
and brings the fortified city to ruin.
who makes destruction flash forth against the strong,
so that destruction comes upon the fortress.
so that destruction comes upon the fortress.
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.
They hate him who reproves in the gate,
and they abhor him who speaks the truth.
and they abhor him who speaks the truth.
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 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.
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 keep quiet in such times,
for the times are evil.
for the times are evil.
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, 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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,
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.
and in all vineyards there shall be wailing,
for I will pass through your midst,”
for I will pass through your midst,”
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.
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,
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.
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.
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?
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 religious festivals;
your assemblies are a stench to me.
your assemblies are a stench to me.
“I hate, I despise your feasts,
and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
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.
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.
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.
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 justice roll on like a river,
righteousness like a never-failing stream!
righteousness like a never-failing stream!
But let justice roll down like waters,
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
“Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings
forty years in the wilderness, people of Israel?
forty years in the wilderness, people of Israel?
“Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
You shall take up Sikkuth your king, and Kiyyun your star-god — your images that you made for yourselves,