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1. Hear this word that I am bearing to you, A lamentation, O house 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. `Fallen, not again to rise, hath the virgin of Israel, Left on her land -- she hath no raiser 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. For thus said the Lord Jehovah: The city that is going out a thousand, Doth leave an hundred, And that which is going out an hundred, Doth leave ten to the house 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. For thus said Jehovah to the house of Israel: Seek ye Me, and 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. And seek not Beth-El, and Gilgal enter not, And Beer-Sheba pass not through, For Gilgal doth utterly remove, And Beth-El doth become vanity.
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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 ye Jehovah, and live, Lest He prosper as fire against the house of Joseph, And it hath consumed, And there is no quencher for Beth-El.
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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. Ye who are turning to wormwood judgment, And righteousness to the earth have put down,
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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. The maker of Kimah and Kesil, And the turner to morning of death-shade, And day as night He hath made dark, Who is calling to the waters of the sea, And poureth them on the face of the earth, Jehovah 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. Who is brightening up the spoiled against the strong, And the spoiled against a fortress cometh.
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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. They have hated a reprover in the gate, And a plain speaker they abominate.
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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 of your trampling on the poor, And the tribute of corn ye take from him, Houses of hewn work ye have built, And ye do not dwell in them, Desirable vineyards ye have planted, And ye do not drink their wine.
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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. For I have known -- many are your transgressions, And mighty your sins, Adversaries of the righteous, taking ransoms, And the needy in the gate ye turned aside.
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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. Therefore is the wise at that time silent, For an evil time it is.
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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, that ye may live, And it is so; Jehovah, God of Hosts, is with you, as ye said.
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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 evil, and love good, And set up judgment in the gate, It may be Jehovah, God of Hosts, doth pity the remnant of 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. Therefore, thus said Jehovah, God of Hosts, the Lord, In all broad places is lamentation, And in all out-places they say, `Alas, alas,` And called the husbandman to mourning, And to lamentation the skilful of wailing.
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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. And in all vineyards is lamentation, For I pass into thy midst, said Jehovah.
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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. Ho, ye who are desiring the day of Jehovah, Why is this to you -- the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and 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. As when one fleeth from the face of the lion, And the bear hath met him, And he hath come in to the house, And hath leant his hand on the wall, And the serpent hath bitten him.
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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. Is not the day of Jehovah darkness and not light, Even thick darkness that hath no brightness?
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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 have hated -- I have loathed your festivals, And I am not refreshed by your restraints.
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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. For though ye cause burnt-offerings and your presents to ascend to Me, I am not pleased, And the peace-offering of your fatlings I behold not.
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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. Turn aside from Me the noise of thy songs, Yea, the praise of thy psaltery I hear not.
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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. And roll on as waters doth judgment, And righteousness as a perennial stream.
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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. Sacrifices and offering did ye bring nigh to Me, In a wilderness forty years, O house 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. And ye bare Succoth your king, and Chiun your images, The star of your god, that ye 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 removed you beyond Damascus, Said Jehovah, God of Hosts is His name.
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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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