1
H8085 [H8798]
Hear
H1697
ye this word
H5375 [H8802]
which I take up
H7015
against you, even a lamentation
H1004
, O house
H3478
of Israel.
2
H1330
The virgin
H3478
of Israel
H5307 [H8804]
is fallen
H3254 [H8686]
; she shall no more
H6965 [H8800]
rise
H5203 [H8738]
: she is forsaken
H127
upon her land
H6965 [H8688]
; there is none to raise her up.
3
H559 [H8804]
For thus saith
H136
the Lord
H3069
GOD
H5892
; The city
H3318 [H8802]
that went out
H505
by a thousand
H7604 [H8686]
shall leave
H3967
an hundred
H3318 [H8802]
, and that which went forth
H3967
by an hundred
H7604 [H8686]
shall leave
H6235
ten
H1004
, to the house
H3478
of Israel.
4
H559 [H8804]
For thus saith
H3068
the LORD
H1004
to the house
H3478
of Israel
H1875 [H8798]
, Seek
H2421 [H8798]
ye me, and ye shall live:
5
H1875 [H8799]
But seek
H1008
not Bethel
H935 [H8799]
, nor enter
H1537
into Gilgal
H5674 [H8799]
, and pass
H884
not to Beersheba
H1537
: for Gilgal
H1540 [H8800]
shall surely
H1540 [H8799]
go into captivity
H1008
, and Bethel
H205
shall come to nought.
6
H1875 [H8798]
Seek
H3068
the LORD
H2421 [H8798]
, and ye shall live
H6743 [H8799]
; lest he break out
H784
like fire
H1004
in the house
H3130
of Joseph
H398 [H8804]
, and devour
H3518 [H8764]
it, and there be none to quench
H1008
it in Bethel.
7
H2015 [H8802]
Ye who turn
H4941
judgment
H3939
to wormwood
H3240 [H8689]
, and cast down
H6666
righteousness
H776
to the earth,
8
H6213 [H8802]
Seek him that maketh
H3598
the seven stars
H3685
and Orion
H2015 [H8802]
, and turneth
H6757
the shadow of death
H1242
into the morning
H3117
, and maketh the day
H2821 [H8689]
dark
H3915
with night
H7121 [H8802]
: that calleth
H4325
for the waters
H3220
of the sea
H8210 [H8799]
, and poureth them out
H6440
upon the face
H776
of the earth
H3068
: The LORD
H8034
is his name:
9
H1082 [H8688]
That strengtheneth
H7701
the spoiled
H5794
against the strong
H7701
, so that the spoiled
H935 [H8799]
shall come
H4013
against the fortress.
10
H8130 [H8804]
They hate
H3198 [H8688]
him that rebuketh
H8179
in the gate
H8581 [H8762]
, and they abhor
H1696 [H8802]
him that speaketh
H8549
uprightly.
11
H3282
Forasmuch
H1318 [H8780]
therefore as your treading
H1800
is upon the poor
H3947 [H8799]
, and ye take
H4864
from him burdens
H1250
of wheat
H1129 [H8804]
: ye have built
H1004
houses
H1496
of hewn stone
H3427 [H8799]
, but ye shall not dwell
H5193 [H8804]
in them; ye have planted
H2531
pleasant
H3754
vineyards
H8354 [H8799]
, but ye shall not drink
H3196
wine of them.
12
H3045 [H8804]
For I know
H7227
your many
H6588
transgressions
H6099
and your mighty
H2403
sins
H6887 [H8802]
: they afflict
H6662
the just
H3947 [H8802]
, they take
H3724
a bribe
H5186 [H8689]
, and they turn aside
H34
the poor
H8179
in the gate from their right.
13
H7919 [H8688]
Therefore the prudent
H1826 [H8799]
shall keep silence
H6256
in that time
H7451
; for it is an evil
H6256
time.
14
H1875 [H8798]
Seek
H2896
good
H7451
, and not evil
H2421 [H8799]
, that ye may live
H3068
: and so the LORD
H430
, the God
H6635
of hosts
H559 [H8804]
, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
15
H8130 [H8798]
Hate
H7451
the evil
H157 [H8798]
, and love
H2896
the good
H3322 [H8685]
, and establish
H4941
judgment
H8179
in the gate
H3068
: it may be that the LORD
H430
God
H6635
of hosts
H2603 [H8799]
will be gracious
H7611
to the remnant
H3130
of Joseph.
16
H3068
Therefore the LORD
H430
, the God
H6635
of hosts
H136
, the Lord
H559 [H8804]
, saith
H4553
thus; Wailing
H7339
shall be in all streets
H559 [H8799]
; and they shall say
H2351
in all the highways
H1930
, Alas
H1930
! alas
H7121 [H8804]
! and they shall call
H406
the farmer
H60
to mourning
H3045 [H8802]
, and such as are skilful
H5092
in lamentation
H4553
to wailing.
17
H3754
And in all vineyards
H4553
shall be wailing
H5674 [H8799]
: for I will pass
H7130
through
H559 [H8804]
thee, saith
H3068
the LORD.
18
H1945
Woe
H183 [H8693]
to you that desire
H3117
the day
H3068
of the LORD
H4100
! to what end
H3117
is it for you? the day
H3068
of the LORD
H2822
is darkness
H216
, and not light.
19
H376
As if a man
H5127 [H8799]
fled
H6440
from
H738
a lion
H1677
, and a bear
H6293 [H8804]
met
H935 [H8804]
him; or went
H1004
into the house
H5564 [H8804]
, and leaned
H3027
his hand
H7023
on the wall
H5175
, and a serpent
H5391 [H8804]
bit him.
20
H3117
Shall not the day
H3068
of the LORD
H2822
be darkness
H216
, and not light
H651
? even very dark
H5051
, and no brightness in it?
21
H8130 [H8804]
I hate
H3988 [H8804]
, I despise
H2282
your feast days
H7306 [H8686]
, and I will not take delight
H6116
in your solemn assemblies.
22
H5927 [H8686]
Though ye offer
H5930
me burnt offerings
H4503
and your meat offerings
H7521 [H8799]
, I will not accept
H5027 [H8686]
them: neither will I regard
H8002
the peace offerings
H4806
of your fat beasts.
23
H5493 [H8685]
Take thou away
H1995
from me the noise
H7892
of thy songs
H8085 [H8799]
; for I will not hear
H2172
the melody
H5035
of thy harps.
24
H4941
But let judgment
H1556 [H8735]
run down
H4325
as waters
H6666
, and righteousness
H386
as a mighty
H5158
stream.
25
H5066 [H8689]
Have ye offered
H2077
to me sacrifices
H4503
and offerings
H4057
in the wilderness
H705
forty
H8141
years
H1004
, O house
H3478
of Israel?