<vn='1'><sn="8085">Hear</s> ye <sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">word</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="595">I</s> take <sn="5375">up</s><sn="5921">against</s> you, even a <sn="7015">lamentation</s>, O <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>The <sn="1330">virgin</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> is <sn="5307">fallen</s>; she shall <sn="3808">no</s><sn="3254">more</s><sn="6965">rise</s>: she is <sn="5203">forsaken</s><sn="5921">upon</s> her <sn="127">land</s>; there is <sn="369">none</s> to raise her <sn="6965">up</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>; The <sn="5892">city</s> that went <sn="3318">out</s> by a <sn="505">thousand</s> shall <sn="7604">leave</s> a <sn="3967">hundred</s>, and that which went <sn="3318">forth</s> by a <sn="3967">hundred</s> shall <sn="7604">leave</s><sn="6235">ten</s>, to the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> unto the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="1875">Seek</s> ye me, and ye shall <sn="2421">live</s>: </v>
<vn='5'>But <sn="1875">seek</s><sn="408">not</s><sn="1008">Bethel</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s><sn="935">enter</s> into <sn="1537">Gilgal</s>, and <sn="5674">pass</s><sn="3808">not</s> to <sn="884">Beer</s> -sheba: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1537">Gilgal</s> shall surely go into <sn="1540 1540">captivity</s>, and <sn="1008">Bethel</s> shall <sn="1961">come</s> to <sn="205">naught</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="1875">Seek</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and ye shall <sn="2421">live</s>; <sn="6435">lest</s> he break <sn="6743">out</s> like <sn="784">fire</s> in the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3130">Joseph</s>, and <sn="398">devour</s> it, and there be <sn="369">none</s> to <sn="3518">quench</s> it in <sn="1008">Bethel</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>Ye who <sn="2015">turn</s><sn="4941">judgment</s> to <sn="3939">wormwood</s>, and leave <sn="5117">off</s><sn="6666">righteousness</s> in the <sn="776">earth</s>, </v>
<vn='8'> Seek him that <sn="6213">maketh</s> the seven <sn="3598">stars</s> and <sn="3685">Orion</s>, and <sn="2015">turneth</s> the shadow of <sn="6757">death</s> into the <sn="1242">morning</s>, and maketh the day <sn="2821 3117">dark</s> with <sn="3915">night</s>: that <sn="7121">calleth</s> for the <sn="4325">waters</s> of the <sn="3220">sea</s>, and poureth them <sn="8210">out</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="6440">face</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>: The <sn="3068">LORD</s> is his <sn="8034">name</s>: </v>
<vn='9'>That <sn="1082">strengtheneth</s> the <sn="7701">spoiled</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="5974">strong</s>, so that the <sn="7701">spoiled</s> shall <sn="935">come</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="4013">fortress</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>They <sn="8130">hate</s> him that <sn="3198">rebuketh</s> in the <sn="8179">gate</s>, and they <sn="8581">abhor</s> him that <sn="1696">speaketh</s><sn="8549">uprightly</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="3282">Forasmuch</s><sn="3651">therefore</s> as your <sn="1318">treading</s> is <sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="1800">poor</s>, and ye <sn="3947">take</s><sn="4480">from</s> him <sn="4864">burdens</s> of <sn="1250">wheat</s>: ye have <sn="1129">built</s><sn="1004">houses</s> of hewn <sn="1496">stone</s>, but ye shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3427">dwell</s> in them; ye have <sn="5193">planted</s><sn="2531">pleasant</s><sn="3754">vineyards</s>, but ye shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8354">drink</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3196">wine</s> of them. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="3588">For</s> I <sn="3045">know</s> your <sn="7227">manifold</s><sn="6588">transgressions</s> and your <sn="6099">mighty</s><sn="2403">sins</s>: they <sn="6887">afflict</s> the <sn="6662">just</s>, they <sn="3947">take</s> a <sn="3724">bribe</s>, and they turn <sn="5186">aside</s> the <sn="34">poor</s> in the <sn="8179">gate</s> from their right. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="3651">Therefore</s> the <sn="7919">prudent</s> shall keep <sn="1826">silence</s> in <sn="1931">that</s><sn="6256">time</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1931">it</s> is an <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="6256">time</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="1875">Seek</s><sn="2896">good</s>, and <sn="408">not</s><sn="7451">evil</s>, <sn="4616">that</s> ye may <sn="2421">live</s>: and <sn="3651">so</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="854">with</s> you, <sn="834">as</s> ye have <sn="559">spoken</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="8130">Hate</s> the <sn="7451">evil</s>, and <sn="157">love</s> the <sn="2896">good</s>, and <sn="3322">establish</s><sn="4941">judgment</s> in the <sn="8179">gate</s>: it may <sn="194">be</s> that the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s> will be <sn="2603">gracious</s> unto the <sn="7611">remnant</s> of <sn="3130">Joseph</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="3651">Therefore</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, the <sn="136">Lord</s>, <sn="559">saith</s><sn="3541">thus</s>; <sn="4553">Wailing</s> shall be in <sn="3605">all</s><sn="7339">streets</s>; and they shall <sn="559">say</s> in <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2351">highways</s>, <sn="1930">Alas</s>! <sn="1930">alas</s>! and they shall <sn="7121">call</s> the <sn="406">husbandman</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="60">mourning</s>, and such as are <sn="3045">skillful</s> of <sn="5092">lamentation</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="4553">wailing</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And in <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3754">vineyards</s> shall be <sn="4553">wailing</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> I will <sn="5674">pass</s><sn="7130">through</s> thee, <sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="1945">Woe</s> unto you that <sn="183">desire</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3117">day</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>! to what <sn="4100">end</s> is <sn="2088">it</s> for you? the <sn="3117">day</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> is <sn="2822">darkness</s>, and <sn="3808">not</s><sn="216">light</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>As <sn="834">if</s> a <sn="376">man</s> did <sn="5127">flee</s><sn="4480 6440">from</s> a <sn="738">lion</s>, and a <sn="1677">bear</s><sn="6293">met</s> him; or <sn="935">went</s> into the <sn="1004">house</s>, and <sn="5564">leaned</s> his <sn="3027">hand</s><sn="5921">on</s> the <sn="7023">wall</s>, and a <sn="5175">serpent</s><sn="5391">bit</s> him. </v>
<vn='20'> Shall <sn="3808">not</s> the <sn="3117">day</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> be <sn="2822">darkness</s>, and <sn="3808">not</s><sn="216">light</s>? even very <sn="651">dark</s>, and <sn="3808">no</s><sn="5051">brightness</s> in it? </v>
<vn='21'>I <sn="8130">hate</s>, I <sn="3988">despise</s> your feast <sn="2282">days</s>, and I will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7306">smell</s> in your solemn <sn="6116">assemblies</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="3588 518">Though</s> ye <sn="5927">offer</s> me burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s> and your meat <sn="4503">offerings</s>, I will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7521">accept</s> them: <sn="3808">neither</s> will I <sn="5027">regard</s> the peace <sn="8002">offerings</s> of your fat <sn="4806">beasts</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>Take thou <sn="5493">away</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> me the <sn="1995">noise</s> of thy <sn="7892">songs</s>; for I will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">hear</s> the <sn="2172">melody</s> of thy <sn="5035">viols</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>But let <sn="4941">judgment</s> run <sn="1556">down</s> as <sn="4325">waters</s>, and <sn="6666">righteousness</s> as a <sn="386">mighty</s><sn="5158">stream</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>Have ye <sn="5066">offered</s> unto me <sn="2077">sacrifices</s> and <sn="4503">offerings</s> in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s><sn="705">forty</s><sn="8141">years</s>, O <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>? </v>
<vn='26'>But ye have <sn="5375">borne</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5522">tabernacle</s> of your <sn="4432">Moloch</s> and <sn="3594">Chiun</s> your <sn="6754">images</s>, the <sn="3556">star</s> of your <sn="430">god</s>, <sn="834">which</s> ye <sn="6213">made</s> to yourselves. </v>
<vn='27'>Therefore will I cause you to go into <sn="1540">captivity</s><sn="4480 1973">beyond</s><sn="1834">Damascus</s>, <sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, whose <sn="8034">name</s> is The <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>. </v>