1
Hear
ye
this
word
which
I
take
up
against
you,
[even]
a
lamentation,
O
house
of
Israel.
2
The
virgin
of
Israel
is
fallen;
she
shall
no
more
rise:
she
is
forsaken
upon
her
land;
[there
is]
none
to
raise
her
3
For
thus
saith
the
Lord
GOD;
The
city
that
went
out
[by]
a
thousand
shall
leave
an
hundred,
and
that
which
went
forth
[by]
an
hundred
shall
leave
ten,
to
the
house
of
Israel.
4
For
thus
saith
the
LORD
unto
the
house
of
Israel,
Seek
ye
me,
and
ye
shall
live:
5
But
seek
not
Bethel,
nor
enter
into
Gilgal,
and
pass
not
to
Beersheba:
for
Gilgal
shall
surely
go
into
captivity,
and
Bethel
shall
come
to
nought.
6
Seek
the
LORD,
and
ye
shall
live;
lest
he
break
out
like
fire
in
the
house
of
Joseph,
and
devour
[it],
and
[there
be]
none
to
quench
[it]
in
Bethel.
7
Ye
who
turn
judgment
to
wormwood,
and
leave
off
righteousness
in
the
earth,
8
[Seek
him]
that
maketh
the
seven
stars
and
Orion,
and
turneth
the
shadow
of
death
into
the
morning,
and
maketh
the
day
dark
with
night:
that
calleth
for
the
waters
of
the
sea,
and
poureth
them
out
upon
the
face
of
the
earth:
The
LORD
[is]
his
name:
9
That
strengtheneth
the
spoiled
against
the
strong,
so
that
the
spoiled
shall
come
against
the
fortress.
10
They
hate
him
that
rebuketh
in
the
gate,
and
they
abhor
him
that
speaketh
uprightly.
11
Forasmuch
therefore
as
your
treading
[is]
upon
the
poor,
and
ye
take
from
him
burdens
of
wheat:
ye
have
built
houses
of
hewn
stone,
but
ye
shall
not
dwell
in
them;
ye
have
planted
pleasant
vineyards,
but
ye
shall
not
drink
wine
of
them.
12
For
I
know
your
manifold
transgressions
and
your
mighty
sins:
they
afflict
the
just,
they
take
a
bribe,
and
they
turn
aside
the
poor
in
the
gate
[from
their
right].
13
Therefore
the
prudent
shall
keep
silence
in
that
time;
for
it
[is]
an
evil
time.
14
Seek
good,
and
not
evil,
that
ye
may
live:
and
so
the
LORD,
the
God
of
hosts,
shall
be
with
you,
as
ye
have
spoken.
15
Hate
the
evil,
and
love
the
good,
and
establish
judgment
in
the
gate:
it
may
be
that
the
LORD
God
of
hosts
will
be
gracious
unto
the
remnant
of
Joseph.
16
Therefore
the
LORD,
the
God
of
hosts,
the
Lord,
saith
thus;
Wailing
[shall
be]
in
all
streets;
and
they
shall
say
in
all
the
highways,
Alas!
alas!
and
they
shall
call
the
husbandman
to
mourning,
and
such
as
are
skilful
of
lamentation
to
wailing.
17
And
in
all
vineyards
[shall
be]
wailing:
for
I
will
pass
through
thee,
saith
the
LORD.
18
Woe
unto
you
that
desire
the
day
of
the
LORD!
to
what
end
[is]
it
for
you?
the
day
of
the
LORD
[is]
darkness,
and
not
light.
19
As
if
a
man
did
flee
from
a
lion,
and
a
bear
met
him;
or
went
into
the
house,
and
leaned
his
hand
on
the
wall,
and
a
serpent
bit
him.
20
[Shall]
not
the
day
of
the
LORD
[be]
darkness,
and
not
light?
even
very
dark,
and
no
brightness
in
21
I
hate,
I
despise
your
feast
days,
and
I
will
not
smell
in
your
solemn
assemblies.
22
Though
ye
offer
me
burnt
offerings
and
your
meat
offerings,
I
will
not
accept
[them]:
neither
will
I
regard
the
peace
offerings
of
your
fat
beasts.
23
Take
thou
away
from
me
the
noise
of
thy
songs;
for
I
will
not
hear
the
melody
of
thy
viols.
24
But
let
judgment
run
down
as
waters,
and
righteousness
as
a
mighty
stream.
25
Have
ye
offered
unto
me
sacrifices
and
offerings
in
the
wilderness
forty
years,
O
house
of
Israel?
26
But
ye
have
borne
the
tabernacle
of
your
Moloch
and
Chiun
your
images,
the
star
of
your
god,
which
ye
made
to
yourselves.
27
Therefore
will
I
cause
you
to
go
into
captivity
beyond
Damascus,
saith
the
LORD,
whose
name
[is]
The
God
of
hosts.