Hear{H8085}{(H8798)} ye this word{H1697} which I take up{H5375}{(H8802)} against you, even a lamentation{H7015}, O house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}.

The virgin{H1330} of Israel{H3478} is fallen{H5307}{(H8804)}; she shall no more{H3254}{(H8686)} rise{H6965}{(H8800)}: she is forsaken{H5203}{(H8738)} upon her land{H127}; there is none to raise her up{H6965}{(H8688)}.

For thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; The city{H5892} that went out{H3318}{(H8802)} by a thousand{H505} shall leave{H7604}{(H8686)} an hundred{H3967}, and that which went forth{H3318}{(H8802)} by an hundred{H3967} shall leave{H7604}{(H8686)} ten{H6235}, to the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}.

For thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} unto the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}, Seek{H1875}{(H8798)} ye me, and ye shall live{H2421}{(H8798)}:

But seek{H1875}{(H8799)} not Bethel{H1008}, nor enter{H935}{(H8799)} into Gilgal{H1537}, and pass{H5674}{(H8799)} not to Beersheba{H884}: for Gilgal{H1537} shall surely{H1540}{(H8800)} go into captivity{H1540}{(H8799)}, and Bethel{H1008} shall come to nought{H205}.

Seek{H1875}{(H8798)} the LORD{H3068}, and ye shall live{H2421}{(H8798)}; lest he break out{H6743}{(H8799)} like fire{H784} in the house{H1004} of Joseph{H3130}, and devour{H398}{(H8804)} it, and there be none to quench{H3518}{(H8764)} it in Bethel{H1008}.

Ye who turn{H2015}{(H8802)} judgment{H4941} to wormwood{H3939}, and leave off{H3240}{(H8689)} righteousness{H6666} in the earth{H776},

Seek him that maketh{H6213}{(H8802)} the seven stars{H3598} and Orion{H3685}, and turneth{H2015}{(H8802)} the shadow of death{H6757} into the morning{H1242}, and maketh the day{H3117} dark{H2821}{(H8689)} with night{H3915}: that calleth{H7121}{(H8802)} for the waters{H4325} of the sea{H3220}, and poureth them out{H8210}{(H8799)} upon the face{H6440} of the earth{H776}: The LORD{H3068} is his name{H8034}:

That strengtheneth{H1082}{(H8688)} the spoiled{H7701} against the strong{H5794}, so that the spoiled{H7701} shall come{H935}{(H8799)} against the fortress{H4013}.

They hate{H8130}{(H8804)} him that rebuketh{H3198}{(H8688)} in the gate{H8179}, and they abhor{H8581}{(H8762)} him that speaketh{H1696}{(H8802)} uprightly{H8549}.

Forasmuch{H3282} therefore as your treading{H1318}{(H8780)} is upon the poor{H1800}, and ye take{H3947}{(H8799)} from him burdens{H4864} of wheat{H1250}: ye have built{H1129}{(H8804)} houses{H1004} of hewn stone{H1496}, but ye shall not dwell{H3427}{(H8799)} in them; ye have planted{H5193}{(H8804)} pleasant{H2531} vineyards{H3754}, but ye shall not drink{H8354}{(H8799)} wine{H3196} of them.

For I know{H3045}{(H8804)} your manifold{H7227} transgressions{H6588} and your mighty{H6099} sins{H2403}: they afflict{H6887}{(H8802)} the just{H6662}, they take{H3947}{(H8802)} a bribe{H3724}, and they turn aside{H5186}{(H8689)} the poor{H34} in the gate{H8179} from their right.

Therefore the prudent{H7919}{(H8688)} shall keep silence{H1826}{(H8799)} in that time{H6256}; for it is an evil{H7451} time{H6256}.

Seek{H1875}{(H8798)} good{H2896}, and not evil{H7451}, that ye may live{H2421}{(H8799)}: and so the LORD{H3068}, the God{H430} of hosts{H6635}, shall be with you, as ye have spoken{H559}{(H8804)}.

Hate{H8130}{(H8798)} the evil{H7451}, and love{H157}{(H8798)} the good{H2896}, and establish{H3322}{(H8685)} judgment{H4941} in the gate{H8179}: it may be that the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of hosts{H6635} will be gracious{H2603}{(H8799)} unto the remnant{H7611} of Joseph{H3130}.

Therefore the LORD{H3068}, the God{H430} of hosts{H6635}, the Lord{H136}, saith{H559}{(H8804)} thus; Wailing{H4553} shall be in all streets{H7339}; and they shall say{H559}{(H8799)} in all the highways{H2351}, Alas{H1930}! alas{H1930}! and they shall call{H7121}{(H8804)} the husbandman{H406} to mourning{H60}, and such as are skilful{H3045}{(H8802)} of lamentation{H5092} to wailing{H4553}.

And in all vineyards{H3754} shall be wailing{H4553}: for I will pass{H5674}{(H8799)} through{H7130} thee, saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}.

Woe{H1945} unto you that desire{H183}{(H8693)} the day{H3117} of the LORD{H3068}! to what end{H4100} is it for you? the day{H3117} of the LORD{H3068} is darkness{H2822}, and not light{H216}.

As if a man{H376} did flee{H5127}{(H8799)} from{H6440} a lion{H738}, and a bear{H1677} met{H6293}{(H8804)} him; or went{H935}{(H8804)} into the house{H1004}, and leaned{H5564}{(H8804)} his hand{H3027} on the wall{H7023}, and a serpent{H5175} bit{H5391}{(H8804)} him.

Shall not the day{H3117} of the LORD{H3068} be darkness{H2822}, and not light{H216}? even very dark{H651}, and no brightness{H5051} in it?

I hate{H8130}{(H8804)}, I despise{H3988}{(H8804)} your feast days{H2282}, and I will not smell{H7306}{(H8686)} in your solemn assemblies{H6116}.

Though ye offer{H5927}{(H8686)} me burnt offerings{H5930} and your meat offerings{H4503}, I will not accept{H7521}{(H8799)} them: neither will I regard{H5027}{(H8686)} the peace offerings{H8002} of your fat beasts{H4806}.

Take thou away{H5493}{(H8685)} from me the noise{H1995} of thy songs{H7892}; for I will not hear{H8085}{(H8799)} the melody{H2172} of thy viols{H5035}.

But let judgment{H4941} run down{H1556}{(H8735)} as waters{H4325}, and righteousness{H6666} as a mighty{H386} stream{H5158}.

Have ye offered{H5066}{(H8689)} unto me sacrifices{H2077} and offerings{H4503} in the wilderness{H4057} forty{H705} years{H8141}, O house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}?

But ye have borne{H5375}{(H8804)} the tabernacle{H5522} of your Moloch{H4428} and Chiun{H3594} your images{H6754}, the star{H3556} of your god{H430}, which ye made{H6213}{(H8804)} to yourselves.

Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity{H1540}{(H8689)} beyond{H1973} Damascus{H1834}, saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, whose name{H8034} is The God{H430} of hosts{H6635}.