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| [1]Hear this word that I am bearing to you, A lamentation, O house of Israel: |
[1]Hear ye this word, which I lift up upon you, even a lamentation of the house of Israel. |
| [2]`Fallen, not again to rise, hath the virgin of Israel, Left on her land -- she hath no raiser up.' |
[2]The virgin Israel is fallen, and shall no more rise: she is left upon her land, and there is none to raise her up. |
| [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. |
[3]For thus saith the Lord God, The city which 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 said Jehovah to the house of Israel: Seek ye Me, and live, |
[4]For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live. |
| [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. |
[5]But seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and go not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall go into captivity, and Beth-el shall come to naught. |
| [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. |
[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 Beth-el. |
| [7]Ye who are turning to wormwood judgment, And righteousness to the earth have put down, |
[7]They turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth. |
| [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; |
[8]He maketh Pleiades, and Orion, and he turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and he maketh the day dark as night: he calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the open earth: the Lord is his name. |
| [9]Who is brightening up the spoiled against the strong, And the spoiled against a fortress cometh. |
[9]He strengtheneth the destroyer against the mighty: and the destroyer shall come against the fortress. |
| [10]They have hated a reprover in the gate, And a plain speaker they abominate. |
[10]They have hated him, that rebuked in the gate: and they abhorred him that speaketh uprightly. |
| [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. |
[11]For as much then 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 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. |
[12]For I know your manifold transgressions, and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take rewards, and they oppress the poor in the gate. |
| [13]Therefore is the wise at that time silent, For an evil time it [is]. |
[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 it is so; Jehovah, God of Hosts, [is] with you, as ye said. |
[14]Seek good and not evil, that ye may live: and the Lord God of hosts shall be with you, as you have spoken. |
| [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. |
[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 merciful unto the remnant of Joseph. |
| [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. |
[16]Therefore the Lord God of hosts, the Lord saith thus, Mourning shall be in all streets: and they shall say in all the highways, Alas, alas: and they shall call the husbandman to lamentation, and such as can mourn, to mourning. |
| [17]And in all vineyards [is] lamentation, For I pass into thy midst, said Jehovah. |
[17]And in all the vines shall be lamentation: for I will pass through thee, saith the Lord. |
| [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, |
[18]Woe unto you, that desire the day of the Lord: what have you to do with it? The day of the Lord is darkness and not light. |
| [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. |
[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]Is not the day of Jehovah darkness and not light, Even thick darkness that hath no brightness? |
[20]Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? Even darkness and no light in it? |
| [21]I have hated -- I have loathed your festivals, And I am not refreshed by your restraints. |
[21]I hate and abhor your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. |
| [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. |
[22]Though ye offer me burnt offerings and meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts. |
| [23]Turn aside from Me the noise of thy songs, Yea, the praise of thy psaltery I hear not. |
[23]Take thou away from me the multitude of thy songs (for I will not hear the melody of thy viols) |
| [24]And roll on as waters doth judgment, And righteousness as a perennial stream. |
[24]And let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty river. |
| [25]Sacrifices and offering did ye bring nigh to Me, In a wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? |
[25]Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? |
| [26]And ye bare Succoth your king, and Chiun your images, The star of your god, that ye made for yourselves. |
[26]But you have born Siccuth your king, and Chiun your images, and the star of your gods, which ye made to yourselves. |
| [27]And I removed you beyond Damascus, Said Jehovah, God of Hosts [is] His name. |
[27]Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, whose name is the God of hosts. |