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1. Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, 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. The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is cast down upon her land; there is none to raise her 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 saith the Lord GOD: The city that went forth a thousand shall have an hundred left, and that which went forth an hundred shall have ten left, 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 saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall 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. but seek not Beth�el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer�sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth�el shall come to nought.
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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, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour and there be none to quench it in 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 turn judgment to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth;
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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. {cf15i seek him} that maketh the Pleiades 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;
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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. that bringeth sudden destruction upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress.
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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 hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
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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. Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him 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 the wine thereof.
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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 know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins; ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate {cf15i from their right}.
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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 he that is prudent shall keep silence 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, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye say.
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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 the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto 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 saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord: Wailing shall be in all the broad ways; and they shall say in all the streets, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to 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 shall be wailing: for I will pass through the midst of thee, saith 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 unto you that desire the day of the LORD! wherefore would ye have the day of the LORD? 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 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.
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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. Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
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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 hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn 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. Yea, though ye offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
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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 thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
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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. But let judgment roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty 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. Did ye bring unto me sacrifices and offerings in the 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. Yea, ye have borne Siccuth your king and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to 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. Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is the God of hosts.
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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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