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1 # Hear <08085> (8798) ye this word <01697> which I take up <05375> (8802) against you, even a lamentation <07015>, O house <01004> of Israel <03478>.
2 The virgin <01330> of Israel <03478> is fallen <05307> (8804); she shall no more <03254> (8686) rise <06965> (8800): she is forsaken <05203> (8738) upon her land <0127>; there is none to raise her up <06965> (8688) .
3 For thus saith <0559> (8804) the Lord <0136> GOD <03069>; The city <05892> that went out <03318> (8802) by a thousand <0505> shall leave <07604> (8686) an hundred <03967>, and that which went forth <03318> (8802) by an hundred <03967> shall leave <07604> (8686) ten <06235>, to the house <01004> of Israel <03478>.
4 # For thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> unto the house <01004> of Israel <03478>, Seek <01875> (8798) ye me, and ye shall live <02421> (8798):
5 But seek <01875> (8799) not Bethel <01008>, nor enter <0935> (8799) into Gilgal <01537>, and pass <05674> (8799) not to Beersheba <0884>: for Gilgal <01537> shall surely <01540> (8800) go into captivity <01540> (8799), and Bethel <01008> shall come to nought <0205>.
6 Seek <01875> (8798) the LORD <03068>, and ye shall live <02421> (8798); lest he break out <06743> (8799) like fire <0784> in the house <01004> of Joseph <03130>, and devour <0398> (8804) it, and there be none to quench <03518> (8764) it in Bethel <01008>.
7 Ye who turn <02015> (8802) judgment <04941> to wormwood <03939>, and leave off <03240> (8689) righteousness <06666> in the earth <0776>,
8 Seek him that maketh <06213> (8802) the seven stars <03598> and Orion <03685>, and turneth <02015> (8802) the shadow of death <06757> into the morning <01242>, and maketh the day <03117> dark <02821> (8689) with night <03915> : that calleth <07121> (8802) for the waters <04325> of the sea <03220>, and poureth them out <08210> (8799) upon the face <06440> of the earth <0776>: The LORD <03068> is his name <08034>:
9 That strengtheneth <01082> (8688) the spoiled <07701> against the strong <05794>, so that the spoiled <07701> shall come <0935> (8799) against the fortress <04013>.
10 They hate <08130> (8804) him that rebuketh <03198> (8688) in the gate <08179>, and they abhor <08581> (8762) him that speaketh <01696> (8802) uprightly <08549>.
11 Forasmuch <03282> therefore as your treading <01318> (8780) is upon the poor <01800>, and ye take <03947> (8799) from him burdens <04864> of wheat <01250>: ye have built <01129> (8804) houses <01004> of hewn stone <01496> , but ye shall not dwell <03427> (8799) in them; ye have planted <05193> (8804) pleasant <02531> vineyards <03754>, but ye shall not drink <08354> (8799) wine <03196> of them.
12 For I know <03045> (8804) your manifold <07227> transgressions <06588> and your mighty <06099> sins <02403> : they afflict <06887> (8802) the just <06662>, they take <03947> (8802) a bribe <03724>, and they turn aside <05186> (8689) the poor <034> in the gate <08179> from their right.
13 Therefore the prudent <07919> (8688) shall keep silence <01826> (8799) in that time <06256>; for it is an evil <07451> time <06256>.
14 Seek <01875> (8798) good <02896>, and not evil <07451>, that ye may live <02421> (8799): and so the LORD <03068>, the God <0430> of hosts <06635>, shall be with you, as ye have spoken <0559> (8804).
15 Hate <08130> (8798) the evil <07451>, and love <0157> (8798) the good <02896>, and establish <03322> (8685) judgment <04941> in the gate <08179>: it may be that the LORD <03068> God <0430> of hosts <06635> will be gracious <02603> (8799) unto the remnant <07611> of Joseph <03130>.
16 # Therefore the LORD <03068>, the God <0430> of hosts <06635>, the Lord <0136>, saith <0559> (8804) thus; Wailing <04553> shall be in all streets <07339>; and they shall say <0559> (8799) in all the highways <02351>, Alas <01930>! alas <01930>! and they shall call <07121> (8804) the husbandman <0406> to mourning <060>, and such as are skilful <03045> (8802) of lamentation <05092> to wailing <04553>.
17 And in all vineyards <03754> shall be wailing <04553>: for I will pass <05674> (8799) through <07130> thee, saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>.
18 Woe <01945> unto you that desire <0183> (8693) the day <03117> of the LORD <03068>! to what end <04100> is it for you? the day <03117> of the LORD <03068> is darkness <02822>, and not light <0216>.
19 As if a man <0376> did flee <05127> (8799) from <06440> a lion <0738>, and a bear <01677> met <06293> (8804) him; or went <0935> (8804) into the house <01004>, and leaned <05564> (8804) his hand <03027> on the wall <07023>, and a serpent <05175> bit <05391> (8804) him.
20 Shall not the day <03117> of the LORD <03068> be darkness <02822>, and not light <0216>? even very dark <0651>, and no brightness <05051> in it?
21 # I hate <08130> (8804), I despise <03988> (8804) your feast days <02282>, and I will not smell <07306> (8686) in your solemn assemblies <06116>.
22 Though ye offer <05927> (8686) me burnt offerings <05930> and your meat offerings <04503>, I will not accept <07521> (8799) them: neither will I regard <05027> (8686) the peace offerings <08002> of your fat beasts <04806>.
23 Take thou away <05493> (8685) from me the noise <01995> of thy songs <07892>; for I will not hear <08085> (8799) the melody <02172> of thy viols <05035>.
24 But let judgment <04941> run down <01556> (8735) as waters <04325>, and righteousness <06666> as a mighty <0386> stream <05158>.
25 Have ye offered <05066> (8689) unto me sacrifices <02077> and offerings <04503> in the wilderness <04057> forty <0705> years <08141>, O house <01004> of Israel <03478>?
26 But ye have borne <05375> (8804) the tabernacle <05522> of your Moloch <04428> and Chiun <03594> your images <06754>, the star <03556> of your god <0430>, which ye made <06213> (8804) to yourselves.
27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity <01540> (8689) beyond <01973> Damascus <01834>, saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>, whose name <08034> is The God <0430> of hosts <06635>.