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1. Listen to this funeral song I am ready to sing about you, family of Israel:
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1. Hear H8085 ye H853 this H2088 word H1697 which H834 I H595 take up H5375 against H5921 you, even a lamentation H7015 , O house H1004 of Israel H3478 .
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2. "The virgin Israel has fallen down and will not get up again. She is abandoned on her own land with no one to help her get up."
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2. The virgin H1330 of Israel H3478 is fallen H5307 ; she shall no H3808 more H3254 rise H6965 : she is forsaken H5203 upon H5921 her land H127 ; there is none H369 to raise her up H6965 .
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3. The sovereign LORD says this: "The city that marches out with a thousand soldiers will have only a hundred left; the town that marches out with a hundred soldiers will have only ten left for the family of Israel."
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3. For H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; The city H5892 that went out H3318 by a thousand H505 shall leave H7604 a hundred H3967 , and that which went forth H3318 by a hundred H3967 shall leave H7604 ten H6235 , to the house H1004 of Israel H3478 .
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4. The LORD says this to the family of Israel: "Seek me so you can live!
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4. For H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 unto the house H1004 of Israel H3478 , Seek H1875 ye me , and ye shall live H2421 :
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5. Do not seek Bethel! Do not visit Gilgal! Do not journey down to Beer Sheba! For the people of Gilgal will certainly be carried into exile; and Bethel will become a place where disaster abounds."
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5. But seek H1875 not H408 Bethel H1008 , nor H3808 enter H935 into Gilgal H1537 , and pass H5674 not H3808 to Beer H884 -sheba: for H3588 Gilgal H1537 shall surely go into captivity H1540 H1540 , and Bethel H1008 shall come H1961 to naught H205 .
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6. Seek the LORD so you can live! Otherwise he will break out like fire against Joseph's family; the fire will consume and no one will be able to quench it and save Bethel.
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6. Seek H1875 H853 the LORD H3068 , and ye shall live H2421 ; lest H6435 he break out H6743 like fire H784 in the house H1004 of Joseph H3130 , and devour H398 it , and there be none H369 to quench H3518 it in Bethel H1008 .
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7. The Israelites turn justice into bitterness; they throw what is fair and right to the ground.
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7. Ye who turn H2015 judgment H4941 to wormwood H3939 , and leave off H5117 righteousness H6666 in the earth H776 ,
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8. (But there is one who made the constellations Pleiades and Orion; he can turn the darkness into morning and daylight into night. He summons the water of the seas and pours it out on the earth's surface. The LORD is his name!
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8. Seek him that maketh H6213 the seven stars H3598 and Orion H3685 , and turneth H2015 the shadow of death H6757 into the morning H1242 , and maketh the day dark H2821 H3117 with night H3915 : that calleth H7121 for the waters H4325 of the sea H3220 , and poureth them out H8210 upon H5921 the face H6440 of the earth H776 : The LORD H3068 is his name H8034 :
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9. He flashes destruction down upon the strong so that destruction overwhelms the fortified places.)
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9. That strengtheneth H1082 the spoiled H7701 against H5921 the strong H5974 , so that the spoiled H7701 shall come H935 against H5921 the fortress H4013 .
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10. The Israelites hate anyone who arbitrates at the city gate; they despise anyone who speaks honestly.
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10. They hate H8130 him that rebuketh H3198 in the gate H8179 , and they abhor H8581 him that speaketh H1696 uprightly H8549 .
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11. Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.
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11. Forasmuch H3282 therefore H3651 as your treading H1318 is upon H5921 the poor H1800 , and ye take H3947 from H4480 him burdens H4864 of wheat H1250 : ye have built H1129 houses H1004 of hewn stone H1496 , but ye shall not H3808 dwell H3427 in them ; ye have planted H5193 pleasant H2531 vineyards H3754 , but ye shall not H3808 drink H8354 H853 wine H3196 of them.
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12. Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate.
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12. For H3588 I know H3045 your manifold H7227 transgressions H6588 and your mighty H6099 sins H2403 : they afflict H6887 the just H6662 , they take H3947 a bribe H3724 , and they turn aside H5186 the poor H34 in the gate H8179 from their right .
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13. For this reason whoever is smart keeps quiet in such a time, for it is an evil time.
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13. Therefore H3651 the prudent H7919 shall keep silence H1826 in that H1931 time H6256 ; for H3588 it H1931 is an evil H7451 time H6256 .
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14. Seek good and not evil so you can live! Then the LORD, the God who commands armies, just might be with you, as you claim he is.
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14. Seek H1875 good H2896 , and not H408 evil H7451 , that H4616 ye may live H2421 : and so H3651 the LORD H3068 , the God H430 of hosts H6635 , shall be H1961 with H854 you, as H834 ye have spoken H559 .
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15. Hate what is wrong, love what is right! Promote justice at the city gate! Maybe the LORD, the God who commands armies, will have mercy on those who are left from Joseph.
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15. Hate H8130 the evil H7451 , and love H157 the good H2896 , and establish H3322 judgment H4941 in the gate H8179 : it may be H194 that the LORD H3068 God H430 of hosts H6635 will be gracious H2603 unto the remnant H7611 of Joseph H3130 .
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16. Because of Israel's sins this is what the LORD, the God who commands armies, the sovereign One, says: "In all the squares there will be wailing, in all the streets they will mourn the dead. They will tell the field workers to lament and the professional mourners to wail.
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16. Therefore H3651 the LORD H3068 , the God H430 of hosts H6635 , the Lord H136 , saith H559 thus H3541 ; Wailing H4553 shall be in all H3605 streets H7339 ; and they shall say H559 in all H3605 the highways H2351 , Alas H1930 ! alas H1930 ! and they shall call H7121 the husbandman H406 to H413 mourning H60 , and such as are skillful H3045 of lamentation H5092 to H413 wailing H4553 .
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17. In all the vineyards there will be wailing, for I will pass through your midst," says the LORD.
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17. And in all H3605 vineyards H3754 shall be wailing H4553 : for H3588 I will pass H5674 through H7130 thee, saith H559 the LORD H3068 .
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18. Woe to those who wish for the day of the LORD! Why do you want the LORD's day of judgment to come? It will bring darkness, not light.
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18. Woe H1945 unto you that desire H183 H853 the day H3117 of the LORD H3068 ! to what end H4100 is it H2088 for you? the day H3117 of the LORD H3068 is darkness H2822 , and not H3808 light H216 .
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19. Disaster will be inescapable, as if a man ran from a lion only to meet a bear, then escaped into a house, leaned his hand against the wall, and was bitten by a poisonous snake.
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19. As if H834 a man H376 did flee H5127 from H4480 H6440 a lion H738 , and a bear H1677 met H6293 him ; or went H935 into the house H1004 , and leaned H5564 his hand H3027 on H5921 the wall H7023 , and a serpent H5175 bit H5391 him.
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20. Don't you realize the LORD's day of judgment will bring darkness, not light� gloomy blackness, not bright light?
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20. Shall not H3808 the day H3117 of the LORD H3068 be darkness H2822 , and not H3808 light H216 ? even very dark H651 , and no H3808 brightness H5051 in it?
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21. "I absolutely despise your festivals! I get no pleasure from your religious assemblies!
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21. I hate H8130 , I despise H3988 your feast days H2282 , and I will not H3808 smell H7306 in your solemn assemblies H6116 .
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22. Even if you offer me burnt and grain offerings, I will not be satisfied; I will not look with favor on your peace offerings of fattened calves.
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22. Though H3588 H518 ye offer H5927 me burnt offerings H5930 and your meat offerings H4503 , I will not H3808 accept H7521 them : neither H3808 will I regard H5027 the peace offerings H8002 of your fat beasts H4806 .
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23. Take away from me your noisy songs; I don't want to hear the music of your stringed instruments.
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23. Take thou away H5493 from H4480 H5921 me the noise H1995 of thy songs H7892 ; for I will not H3808 hear H8085 the melody H2172 of thy viols H5035 .
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24. Justice must flow like torrents of water, righteous actions like a stream that never dries up.
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24. But let judgment H4941 run down H1556 as waters H4325 , and righteousness H6666 as a mighty H386 stream H5158 .
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25. You did not bring me sacrifices and grain offerings during the forty years you spent in the wilderness, family of Israel.
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25. Have ye offered H5066 unto me sacrifices H2077 and offerings H4503 in the wilderness H4057 forty H705 years H8141 , O house H1004 of Israel H3478 ?
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26. You will pick up your images of Sikkuth, your king, and Kiyyun, your star god, which you made for yourselves,
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26. But ye have borne H5375 H853 the tabernacle H5522 of your Moloch H4432 and Chiun H3594 your images H6754 , the star H3556 of your god H430 , which H834 ye made H6213 to yourselves.
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27. and I will drive you into exile beyond Damascus," says the LORD. He is called the God who commands armies!
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27. Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity H1540 beyond H4480 H1973 Damascus H1834 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 , whose name H8034 is The God H430 of hosts H6635 .
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