Verse
WEB
World English Bible
KJV
King James Version
Listen
to
this word which I take up for
a lamentation over
you
, O house of Israel.
Hear
ye
this word which I take up against
you,
even
a lamentation, O house of Israel.
"
The virgin of Israel has
fallen; She shall rise
no more .
She is cast
down
on
her land; There is no
one
to raise her up. "
The virgin of Israel is
fallen; she shall no more rise:
she is forsaken
upon
her land; there is none
to raise her up.
For thus says
the Lord Yahweh:
"
The city that went forth
a thousand shall have
a
hundred left
, And that which went forth one
hundred shall have
ten left
to the house of Israel. "
For thus saith
the Lord GOD;
The city that 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.
For thus says
Yahweh
to
the house of Israel :
"
Seek me, and you
will
live ;
For thus saith
the LORD
unto
the
house of Israel ,
Seek ye
me, and ye
shall
live :
But don't
seek Bethel, Nor enter into Gilgal, And don't
pass to Beersheba: For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, And Bethel shall come to nothing
.
But seek not
Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not
to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought
.
Seek Yahweh
, and you
will
live; Lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, And it
devour, and there be no
one
to quench it in Bethel.
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 Bethel.
You
who turn justice
to wormwood, And cast
down
righteousness to
the earth :
Ye
who turn judgment
to wormwood, and leave
off
righteousness in
the earth ,
Seek him who
made
the Pleiades
and Orion, And turns
the shadow of death into the morning, And makes
the day dark with night ;
Who
calls
for the waters of the sea, And pours
them out on
the surface
of the earth ,
Yahweh
is his name ,
Seek him that
maketh
the seven
stars
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 :
Who
brings
sudden
destruction
on
the strong, So that destruction
comes
on
the fortress.
That
strengtheneth
the spoiled
against
the
strong, so that the spoiled
shall
come
against
the
fortress.
They hate him who
reproves
in the gate, And they abhor him who
speaks
blamelessly
.
They hate him that
rebuketh
in the gate, and they abhor him that
speaketh
uprightly
.
Forasmuch therefore as you
trample
on
the poor, And take taxes
from him of wheat: You
have built houses of hewn stone, But you
will
not dwell in them .
You
have planted pleasant vineyards, But you
shall not drink their
wine.
Forasmuch therefore 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
.
For I know how
many
your offenses,
And how
great
are
your sins --
You
who
afflict the just, Who
take a bribe, And who
turn aside the needy
in the courts
.
For I know your manifold
transgressions
and your mighty
sins :
they
afflict the just, they
take a bribe, and they
turn aside the poor
in the gate
from
their
right
.
Therefore he
who
is
prudent shall keep silence in such
a
time; For it is an evil time.
Therefore the
prudent shall keep silence in that
time; for it is an evil time.
Seek good, and not evil, That you
may live ;
And so Yahweh
, the God of hosts, will
be with you, As you
say
.
Seek good, and not evil, that ye
may live :
and so the
LORD
, the God of hosts, shall
be with you, as ye
have
spoken
.
Hate evil, love good, And establish justice
in the courts.
It may be that Yahweh,
the God of hosts ,
will be gracious to
the remnant of Joseph. "
Hate the
evil, and
love the
good, and establish judgment
in the gate:
it may be that the LORD
God of hosts will be gracious unto
the remnant of Joseph.
Therefore thus
says
Yahweh
, the God of hosts, the Lord :
"
Wailing will
be in all the
broad
ways
; And they will
say in all the streets
, '
Alas! Alas! '
And they will
call the farmer
to mourning, And those
who
are skillful
in
lamentation to wailing.
Therefore the
LORD
, the God of hosts, the LORD ,
saith
thus;
Wailing shall
be in all streets
; and they shall
say in all the highways
, Alas! alas! and they shall
call the husbandman
to mourning, and such
as
are skilful
of
lamentation to wailing.
In all vineyards there
will
be wailing ;
For I will pass through the
midst
of
you
, "
says
Yahweh
.
And
in all vineyards shall
be wailing :
for I will pass through thee
, saith
the
LORD
.
"
Woe to
you who
desire the day of Yahweh
! Why
do
you
long
for the day of Yahweh?
It
is darkness, And not light.
Woe unto
you that
desire the day of the
LORD
! to
what
end
is
it
for you?
the day of the
LORD
is darkness, and not light.
As if a man fled
from a lion, And a bear met him; Or he
went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, And a snake
bit him.
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.
Will
the day of Yahweh
not
be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?
Shall
not
the day of the
LORD
be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
I hate, I despise your feasts
, And I can't
stand
your solemn assemblies.
I hate, I despise your feast
days
, and I will
not
smell
in
your solemn assemblies.
Yes,
though you
offer me your
burnt offerings and meal-
offerings, I will not accept them ;
Neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals
.
Though ye
offer me burnt offerings and your
meat
offerings, I will not accept them :
neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts
.
Take away from me the noise of your
songs !
I will not listen
to
the music
of your
harps
.
Take thou
away from me the noise of thy
songs ;
for
I will not hear
the melody
of thy
viols
.
But let justice
roll
on
like
rivers
, And righteousness like
a mighty stream.
But let judgment
run
down
as
waters
, and righteousness as
a mighty stream.
"Did
you
bring
to
me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel?
Have
ye
offered
unto
me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O
house of Israel?
Yes,
you
have borne the tent
of your king
and the
shrine
of
your images, the star of your god, which you
made for
yourselves.
But
ye
have borne the tabernacle
of your Moloch
and Chiun
your images, the star of your god, which ye
made to
yourselves.
Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, "
says
Yahweh
, whose name is the God of hosts.
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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