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1Hear this word, Israel, this lament I take up concerning you:

1"Hear this accusation that I am bringing against you: 'A dirge, house of Israel:

2"Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again, deserted in her own land, with no one to lift her up."

2Fallen is Israel the virgin—never to rise again! She is abandoned on her own land, with no one to raise her up.'

3This 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."

3"For this is what the Lord GOD says: 'The city that is sending out a thousand will have a hundred left; The city that is sending out a hundred will have ten left of the house of Israel.'"

4This is what the LORD says to Israel: "Seek me and live;

4"For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: 'Seek me and live,

5do not seek Bethel, do not go to Gilgal, do not journey to Beersheba. For Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will be reduced to nothing."

5but don't seek Bethel. Don't go to Gilgal, and don't pass over to Beer-sheba. Because Gilgal will surely go into captivity, and Bethel will come to nothing.

6Seek 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.

6Seek the LORD and live! Otherwise, he may break out like a fire in the house of Joseph and devour Bethel, and there will be no one to extinguish it.

7There are those who turn justice into bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground.

7Those of you who are making justice taste bitter, and who have thrown righteousness to the ground:

8He 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.

8Seek the one who fashions the Pleiades and Orion, who turns the deep darkness into morning, who darkens day into night, who calls out to the waters of the sea, pouring them out onto the surface of the earth— the LORD is his name.

9With a blinding flash he destroys the stronghold and brings the fortified city to ruin.

9It is he who is raining sudden destruction upon the strong like lightning, so that ruin comes upon the fortress.

10There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court and detest the one who tells the truth.

10They have hated those who are presenting their cases in court, detesting the one who speaks truthfully.

11You 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.

11Therefore, since you trample the poor continuously, taxing his grain, building houses of stone in which you won't live and planting fine vineyards from which you won't drink—

12For 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.

12and because I know that your transgressions are many, and your sins are numerous as you oppose the righteous, taking bribes as a ransom, and turning away the poor in court —

13Therefore the prudent keep quiet in such times, for the times are evil.

13therefore the prudent person remains silent at such a time, for the time is evil.

14Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the LORD God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is.

14Pursue good and not evil, so that you may live, and this is what will happen: The LORD God of the Heavenly Armies will be with you, as you have been claiming.

15Hate evil, love good; maintain justice in the courts. Perhaps the LORD God Almighty will have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.

15Hate evil and love good, and establish justice in court— perhaps the LORD, the God of the Heavenly Armies, will be gracious to the survivors of Joseph.'"

16Therefore 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.

16Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of the Heavenly Armies, the Lord, says: 'There will be dirges in all of the streets; and in all of the highways they will cry out in anguish. They will call the farmer to mourning and those who lament to grieve.

17There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst," says the LORD.

17And in all of the vineyards there will be mourning when I pass through your midst,' says the LORD."

18Woe 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.

18"Woe to those who are craving the Day of the LORD! How is it to your benefit, this Day of the LORD? It's a day of darkness to you, and not light.

19It 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.

19It will be like a man who runs from a lion, only to encounter a bear; or who comes home, leans his hand against a wall, and a serpent bites him!

20Will not the day of the LORD be darkness, not light-- pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness?

20Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness, and not light— pitch black at that, without a ray of sunshine?"

21"I hate, I despise your religious festivals; your assemblies are a stench to me.

21"I hate—I despise—your festival days, and your solemn convocations stink.

22Even 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.

22And if you send up burnt offerings to me as well as your grain offerings, I will not accept them, nor will I consider your peace offerings of fattened cattle.

23Away with the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.

23Spare me your noisy singing— I will not listen to your musical instruments.

24But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!

24"But let justice roll on like many waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing river.

25"Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, people of Israel?

25"Was it to me that you brought offerings and gifts in the desert for 40 years, house of Israel?

26You have lifted up the shrine of your king, the pedestal of your idols, the star of your god -- which you made for yourselves.

26And you carried the tent of your king — and Saturn, your star god idols that you crafted for yourselves.

27Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus," says the LORD, whose name is God Almighty.

27So I will cause you to be taken captive beyond Damascus," says the LORD, whose name is God of the Heavenly Armies.

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