1 Hear|strong="H8085" ye|strong="H8085" this|strong="H2088" word|strong="H1697" which|strong="H1697" I|strong="H5921" take|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3068" lamentation|strong="H7015" over|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921", O|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478".
2 The|strong="H5921" virgin|strong="H1330" of|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3478" fallen|strong="H5307"; she|strong="H5921" shall|strong="H3478" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H3254" rise|strong="H6965": she|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3478" cast|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" upon|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" land; there|strong="H6965" is|strong="H3478" none|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3478" raise|strong="H6965" her|strong="H5921" up|strong="H6965".
3 For|strong="H3588" thus|strong="H3541" saith the|strong="H3588" Lord|strong="H3069" GOD|strong="H3068": The|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3588" went|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318" a|strong="H3068" thousand shall|strong="H3478" have|strong="H3478" an|strong="H3588" hundred|strong="H3967" left|strong="H7604", and|strong="H3967" that|strong="H3588" which|strong="H1004" went|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318" an|strong="H3588" hundred|strong="H3967" shall|strong="H3478" have|strong="H3478" ten|strong="H6235" left|strong="H7604", to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3588" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478".
4 For|strong="H3588" thus|strong="H3541" saith the|strong="H3588" LORD|strong="H3068" unto|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478", Seek|strong="H1875" ye me|strong="H1875", and|strong="H3478" ye shall|strong="H3068" live|strong="H2421":
5 but|strong="H3588" seek|strong="H1875" not|strong="H3808" Beth-el|strong="H1008", nor|strong="H3808" enter|strong="H5674" into|strong="H1540" Gilgal|strong="H1537", and|strong="H1008" pass|strong="H5674" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1961" Beer-sheba: for|strong="H3588" Gilgal|strong="H1537" shall|strong="H3808" surely|strong="H3588" go|strong="H5674" into|strong="H1540" captivity|strong="H1540", and|strong="H1008" Beth-el|strong="H1008" shall|strong="H3808" come|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" nought|strong="H3808".
6 Seek|strong="H1875" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" ye|strong="H6435" shall|strong="H3068" live|strong="H2421"; lest|strong="H6435" he|strong="H3068" break|strong="H6743" out|strong="H3518" like|strong="H1004" fire in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Joseph|strong="H3130", and|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3068" devour and|strong="H3068" there|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" none|strong="H6435" to|strong="H3068" quench|strong="H3518" it|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" Beth-el|strong="H1008":
7 Ye who turn|strong="H2015" judgment|strong="H4941" to|strong="H4941" wormwood|strong="H3939", and|strong="H4941" cast down|strong="H3240" righteousness|strong="H6666" to|strong="H4941" the|strong="H2015" earth;
8 seek him that|strong="H3117" maketh|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" Pleiades|strong="H3598" and|strong="H3068" Orion|strong="H3685", and|strong="H3068" turneth|strong="H2015" the|strong="H6440" shadow|strong="H6757" of|strong="H3068" death|strong="H6757" into|strong="H2015" the|strong="H6440" morning|strong="H1242", and|strong="H3068" maketh|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" day|strong="H3117" dark|strong="H2821" with|strong="H3068" night|strong="H3915"; that|strong="H3117" calleth|strong="H7121" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" waters|strong="H4325" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" sea|strong="H3220", and|strong="H3068" poureth|strong="H8210" them|strong="H5921" out|strong="H8210" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" face|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" earth; the|strong="H6440" LORD|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034";
9 that|strong="H5921" bringeth sudden destruction|strong="H7701" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" strong|strong="H5794", so|strong="H5921" that|strong="H5921" destruction|strong="H7701" cometh upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" fortress|strong="H4013".
10 They|strong="H1696" hate|strong="H8130" him|strong="H8130" that|strong="H8179" reproveth|strong="H3198" in|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1696" gate|strong="H8179", and|strong="H1696" they|strong="H1696" abhor|strong="H8581" him|strong="H8130" that|strong="H8179" speaketh|strong="H1696" uprightly|strong="H8549".
11 Forasmuch|strong="H3282" therefore|strong="H3651" as|strong="H3651" ye|strong="H1129" trample upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" poor|strong="H1800", and|strong="H1004" take|strong="H3947" exactions from|strong="H4480" him|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" wheat|strong="H1250": ye|strong="H1129" have|strong="H1129" built|strong="H1129" houses|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" hewn|strong="H1496" stone|strong="H1496", but|strong="H3808" ye|strong="H1129" shall|strong="H1004" not|strong="H3808" dwell|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" them|strong="H5921"; ye|strong="H1129" have|strong="H1129" planted|strong="H5193" pleasant|strong="H2531" vineyards|strong="H3754", but|strong="H3808" ye|strong="H1129" shall|strong="H1004" not|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" the|strong="H5921" wine|strong="H3196" thereof|strong="H3427".
12 For|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" how|strong="H3588" manifold|strong="H7227" are|strong="H6588" your|strong="H3947" transgressions|strong="H6588", and|strong="H3045" how|strong="H3588" mighty|strong="H6099" are|strong="H6588" your|strong="H3947" sins|strong="H2403"; ye|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" afflict|strong="H6887" the|strong="H3588" just|strong="H6662", that|strong="H3588" take|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3068" bribe|strong="H3724", and|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" turn|strong="H5186" aside|strong="H5186" the|strong="H3588" needy in|strong="H7227" the|strong="H3588" gate|strong="H8179" from their right.
13 Therefore|strong="H3651" he|strong="H1931" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1931" prudent|strong="H7919" shall|strong="H7451" keep silence|strong="H1826" in|strong="H7919" such|strong="H3651" a|strong="H3068" time|strong="H6256"; for|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" an|strong="H3588" evil|strong="H7451" time|strong="H6256".
14 Seek|strong="H1875" good|strong="H2896", and|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1961" evil|strong="H7451", that|strong="H3068" ye may|strong="H1961" live|strong="H2421": and|strong="H3068" so|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635", shall|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3651", as|strong="H1961" ye say.
15 Hate|strong="H8130" the|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451", and|strong="H3068" love the|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896", and|strong="H3068" establish|strong="H3322" judgment|strong="H4941" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" gate|strong="H8179": it|strong="H3322" may|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635", will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" gracious|strong="H2603" unto|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" remnant|strong="H7611" of|strong="H3068" Joseph|strong="H3130".
16 Therefore|strong="H3651" thus|strong="H3541" saith the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635", the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068": Wailing|strong="H4553" shall|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" broad ways|strong="H7339"; and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3651" shall|strong="H3068" say in|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" streets|strong="H2351", Alas|strong="H1930"! alas|strong="H1930"! and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3651" shall|strong="H3068" call|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" husbandman to|strong="H3068" mourning|strong="H4553", and|strong="H3068" such|strong="H3651" as|strong="H3651" are|strong="H3068" skilful|strong="H3045" of|strong="H3068" lamentation|strong="H4553" to|strong="H3068" wailing|strong="H4553".
17 And|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" vineyards|strong="H3754" shall|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" wailing|strong="H4553": for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" pass|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" midst|strong="H7130" of|strong="H3068" thee, saith the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068".
18 Woe|strong="H1945" unto|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" desire the|strong="H3068" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068"! wherefore|strong="H4100" would|strong="H3068" ye|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068"? it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" darkness|strong="H2822", and|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" light.
19 As|strong="H6440" if a|strong="H3068" man|strong="H6440" did flee|strong="H5127" from|strong="H6440" a|strong="H3068" lion, and|strong="H3027" a|strong="H3068" bear|strong="H1677" met|strong="H6293" him|strong="H6440"; or|strong="H1004" went|strong="H3027" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3027" leaned|strong="H5564" his|strong="H6440" hand|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" wall|strong="H7023", and|strong="H3027" a|strong="H3068" serpent|strong="H5175" bit|strong="H5391" him|strong="H6440".
20 Shall|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3068" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" darkness|strong="H2822", and|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" light|strong="H5051"? even|strong="H3808" very dark|strong="H2822", and|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" brightness|strong="H5051" in|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3117"?
21 I|strong="H3808" hate|strong="H8130", I|strong="H3808" despise|strong="H3988" your|strong="H3808" feasts|strong="H2282", and|strong="H8130" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" take no|strong="H3808" delight in|strong="H3808" your|strong="H3808" solemn|strong="H6116" assemblies|strong="H6116".
22 Yea|strong="H3588", though|strong="H3588" ye|strong="H3808" offer|strong="H5927" me|strong="H7521" your|strong="H3588" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H8002" and|strong="H5930" meal|strong="H4503" offerings|strong="H8002", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" accept|strong="H7521" them|strong="H5927": neither|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3588" regard|strong="H5027" the|strong="H3588" peace|strong="H8002" offerings|strong="H8002" of|strong="H4503" your|strong="H3588" fat beasts|strong="H4806".
23 Take|strong="H5493" thou|strong="H8085" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" me|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" noise|strong="H1995" of|strong="H5921" thy|strong="H8085" songs|strong="H7892"; for|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H5921" melody|strong="H2172" of|strong="H5921" thy|strong="H8085" viols|strong="H5035".
24 But|strong="H4325" let judgment|strong="H4941" roll|strong="H1556" down|strong="H1556" as|strong="H4325" waters|strong="H4325", and|strong="H4941" righteousness|strong="H6666" as|strong="H4325" a|strong="H3068" mighty stream|strong="H5158".
25 Did|strong="H3478" ye bring|strong="H5066" unto|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5066" sacrifices|strong="H2077" and|strong="H3478" offerings|strong="H4503" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H5066" wilderness|strong="H4057" forty years|strong="H8141", O|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478"?
26 Yea, ye|strong="H6213" have|strong="H5375" borne|strong="H5375" Siccuth your|strong="H5375" king and|strong="H6213" Chiun|strong="H3594" your|strong="H5375" images|strong="H6754", the|strong="H5375" star|strong="H3556" of|strong="H3556" your|strong="H5375" god, which ye|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" yourselves|strong="H5375".
27 Therefore|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" cause you|strong="H1540" to|strong="H3068" go|strong="H1540" into|strong="H1540" captivity|strong="H1540" beyond|strong="H1973" Damascus|strong="H1834", saith the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068", whose|strong="H8034" name|strong="H8034" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635".