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Hear this word which I am lifting up against you ,
a dirge ,
O house of Israel .
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The virgin of Israel has fallen ,
and will not arise again ;
she lies forsaken on her land ;
there is no one raising her up .
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For so says the Lord Jehovah :
The city that goes out by a thousand shall have a hundred left .
And that which goes out by a hundred shall have ten left in the house of Israel .
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For so says Jehovah to the house of Israel :
Seek Me ,
and live .
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But do not seek Bethel ,
and do not enter Gilgal ,
and do not cross over to Beersheba ;
for Gilgal shall surely go into exile ,
and Bethel shall be for nothing .
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Seek Jehovah ,
and live ,
that He not break out like a fire on the house of Joseph ,
and consume ,
and no one is putting it out for Bethel .
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He abandoned those who turn justice and righteousness into wormwood on the earth .
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He who created the Pleiades and Orion ,
and turns the deep darkness into the morning ,
and He darkened the day into night ;
who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the face of the earth ,
Jehovah is His name ;
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who flashes out with destruction on the strong ;
yea ,
destruction comes on the fortress .
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They hate him who rebukes in the gate ,
and they despise him who speaks uprightly .
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So ,
because of your trampling on the poor ,
and you take tribute of grain from him .
You have built houses of hewn stones ,
but you shall not dwell in them ;
you have planted desirable vineyards ,
but you shall not drink wine from them .
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For I know your many transgressions ,
and your many sins :
afflicting the just ,
taking of a bribe ,
and turning aside the poor in the gate .
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So the understanding ones shall keep silent in that time ,
for it is an evil time .
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Seek good and not evil ,
that you may live ;
and so Jehovah the God of hosts shall be with you ,
as you have spoken .
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Hate evil ,
and love good ,
and establish justice in the gate .
It may be that Jehovah the God of hosts will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph .
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So Jehovah ,
the God of Hosts ,
the Lord ,
says this :
Wailing shall be in all streets ,
and they shall say in all the highways ,
Alas !
Alas !
And they shall call the farmer to the mourning ,
and those knowing wailing to lamentation .
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And wailing shall be in all vineyards ,
for I will pass among you ,
says Jehovah .