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Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you ,
O house of Israel .
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The virgin of Israel has fallen ;
She shall rise no more .
She is cast down on her land ;
there is no one to raise her up ."
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For thus says the Lord Yahweh : "
The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left ,
and that which went forth one hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel ."
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For thus says Yahweh to the house of Israel : "
Seek me ,
and you will live ;
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but don '
t seek Bethel ,
nor enter into Gilgal ,
and don '
t pass to Beersheba :
for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity ,
and Bethel shall come to nothing .
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Seek Yahweh ,
and you will live ;
lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph ,
and it devour ,
and there be no one to quench it in Bethel .
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You who turn justice to wormwood ,
and cast down righteousness to the earth :
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seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion ,
and turns the shadow of death into the morning ,
and makes the day dark with night ;
who calls for the waters of the sea ,
and pours them out on the surface of the earth ,
Yahweh is his name ,
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who brings sudden destruction on the strong ,
so that destruction comes on the fortress .
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They hate him who reproves in the gate ,
and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly .
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Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor ,
and take taxes from him of wheat :
You have built houses of cut stone ,
but you will not dwell in them .
You have planted pleasant vineyards ,
but you shall not drink their wine .
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For I know how many your offenses ,
and how great are your sins --
you who afflict the just ,
who take a bribe ,
and who turn aside the needy in the courts .
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Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time ,
for it is an evil time .
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Seek good ,
and not evil ,
that you may live ;
and so Yahweh ,
the God of Armies ,
will be with you ,
as you say .
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Hate evil ,
love good ,
and establish justice in the courts .
It may be that Yahweh ,
the God of Armies ,
will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph ."
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Therefore thus says Yahweh ,
the God of Armies ,
the Lord : "
Wailing will be in all the broad ways ;
and they will say in all the streets , '
Alas !
Alas !'
and they will call the farmer to mourning ,
and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing .
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In all vineyards there will be wailing ;
for I will pass through the midst of you ,"
says Yahweh .