1 Hear 8085 ye this word 1697 which I take up 5375 against you, even a lamentation 7015, O house 1004 of Israel 3478.
2 The virgin 1330 of Israel 3478 is fallen 5307; she shall no more 3254 rise 6965: she is forsaken 5203 upon her land 127; there is none to raise her up 6965.
3 For thus saith 559 the Lord 136 GOD 3069; The city 5892 that went out 3318 by a thousand 505 shall leave 7604 an hundred 3967, and that which went forth 3318 by an hundred 3967 shall leave 7604 ten 6235, to the house 1004 of Israel 3478.
4 For thus saith 559 the LORD 3068 unto the house 1004 of Israel 3478, Seek 1875 ye me, and ye shall live 2421:
5 But seek 1875 not Bethel 1008, nor enter 935 into Gilgal 1537, and pass 5674 not to Beersheba 884: for Gilgal 1537 shall surely 1540 go into captivity 1540, and Bethel 1008 shall come to nought 205.
6 Seek 1875 the LORD 3068, and ye shall live 2421; lest he break out 6743 like fire 784 in the house 1004 of Joseph 3130, and devour 398 it, and there be none to quench 3518 it in Bethel 1008.
7 Ye who turn 2015 judgment 4941 to wormwood 3939, and leave off 3240 righteousness 6666 in the earth 776,
8 Seek him that maketh 6213 the seven stars 3598 and Orion 3685, and turneth 2015 the shadow of death 6757 into the morning 1242, and maketh the day 3117 dark 2821 with night 3915: that calleth 7121 for the waters 4325 of the sea 3220, and poureth them out 8210 upon the face 6440 of the earth 776: The LORD 3068 is his name 8034:
9 That strengtheneth 1082 the spoiled 7701 against the strong 5794, so that the spoiled 7701 shall come 935 against the fortress 4013.
10 They hate 8130 him that rebuketh 3198 in the gate 8179, and they abhor 8581 him that speaketh 1696 uprightly 8549.
11 Forasmuch 3282 therefore as your treading 1318 is upon the poor 1800, and ye take 3947 from him burdens 4864 of wheat 1250: ye have built 1129 houses 1004 of hewn stone 1496, but ye shall not dwell 3427 in them; ye have planted 5193 pleasant 2531 vineyards 3754, but ye shall not drink 8354 wine 3196 of them.
12 For I know 3045 your manifold 7227 transgressions 6588 and your mighty 6099 sins 2403: they afflict 6887 the just 6662, they take 3947 a bribe 3724, and they turn aside 5186 the poor 34 in the gate 8179 from their right.
13 Therefore the prudent 7919 shall keep silence 1826 in that time 6256; for it is an evil 7451 time 6256.
14 Seek 1875 good 2896, and not evil 7451, that ye may live 2421: and so the LORD 3068, the God 430 of hosts 6635, shall be with you, as ye have spoken 559.
15 Hate 8130 the evil 7451, and love 157 the good 2896, and establish 3322 judgment 4941 in the gate 8179: it may be that the LORD 3068 God 430 of hosts 6635 will be gracious 2603 unto the remnant 7611 of Joseph 3130.
16 Therefore the LORD 3068, the God 430 of hosts 6635, the Lord 136, saith 559 thus; Wailing 4553 shall be in all streets 7339; and they shall say 559 in all the highways 2351, Alas 1930! alas 1930! and they shall call 7121 the husbandman 406 to mourning 60, and such as are skilful 3045 of lamentation 5092 to wailing 4553.
17 And in all vineyards 3754 shall be wailing 4553: for I will pass 5674 through 7130 thee, saith 559 the LORD 3068.
18 Woe 1945 unto you that desire 183 the day 3117 of the LORD 3068! to what end 4100 is it for you? the day 3117 of the LORD 3068 is darkness 2822, and not light 216.
19 As if a man 376 did flee 5127 from 6440 a lion 738, and a bear 1677 met 6293 him; or went 935 into the house 1004, and leaned 5564 his hand 3027 on the wall 7023, and a serpent 5175 bit 5391 him.
20 Shall not the day 3117 of the LORD 3068 be darkness 2822, and not light 216? even very dark 651, and no brightness 5051 in it?
21 I hate 8130, I despise 3988 your feast days 2282, and I will not smell 7306 in your solemn assemblies 6116.
22 Though ye offer 5927 me burnt offerings 5930 and your meat offerings 4503, I will not accept 7521 them: neither will I regard 5027 the peace offerings 8002 of your fat beasts 4806.
23 Take thou away 5493 from me the noise 1995 of thy songs 7892; for I will not hear 8085 the melody 2172 of thy viols 5035.
24 But let judgment 4941 run down 1556 as waters 4325, and righteousness 6666 as a mighty 386 stream 5158.
25 Have ye offered 5066 unto me sacrifices 2077 and offerings 4503 in the wilderness 4057 forty 705 years 8141, O house 1004 of Israel 3478?
26 But ye have borne 5375 the tabernacle 5522 of your Moloch 4428 and Chiun 3594 your images 6754, the star 3556 of your god 430, which ye made 6213 to yourselves.
27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity 1540 beyond 1973 Damascus 1834, saith 559 the LORD 3068, whose name 8034 is The God 430 of hosts 6635.