84 lines
3.5 KiB
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84 lines
3.5 KiB
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# Chapter 5
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1 Hear this word that I take up over you in lamentation, O house of Israel:
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2 “Fallen, no more to rise,
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is the virgin Israel;
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forsaken on her land,
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with none to raise her up.”
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3 For thus says the Lord God:
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“The city that went out a thousand
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shall have a hundred left,
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and that which went out a hundred
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shall have ten left
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to the house of Israel.”
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4 For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel:
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“Seek me and live;
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5 but do not seek Bethel,
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and do not enter into Gilgal
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or cross over to Beersheba;
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for Gilgal shall surely go into exile,
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and Bethel shall come to nothing.”
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6 Seek the Lord and live,
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lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
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and it devour, with none to quench it for Bethel,
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7 O you who turn justice to wormwood
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and cast down righteousness to the earth!
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8 He who made the Pleiades and Orion,
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and turns deep darkness into the morning
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and darkens the day into night,
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who calls for the waters of the sea
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and pours them out on the surface of the earth,
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the Lord is his name;
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9 who makes destruction flash forth against the strong,
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so that destruction comes upon the fortress.
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10 They hate him who reproves in the gate,
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and they abhor him who speaks the truth.
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11 Therefore because you trample on the poor
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and you exact taxes of grain from him,
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you have built houses of hewn stone,
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but you shall not dwell in them;
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you have planted pleasant vineyards,
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but you shall not drink their wine.
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12 For I know how many are your transgressions
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and how great are your sins—
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you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe,
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and turn aside the needy in the gate.
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13 Therefore he who is prudent will keep silent in such a time,
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for it is an evil time.
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14 Seek good, and not evil,
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that you may live;
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and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you,
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as you have said.
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15 Hate evil, and love good,
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and establish justice in the gate;
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it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,
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will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
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16 Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord:
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“In all the squares there shall be wailing,
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and in all the streets they shall say, ‘Alas! Alas!’
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They shall call the farmers to mourning
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and to wailing those who are skilled in lamentation,
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17 and in all vineyards there shall be wailing,
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for I will pass through your midst,”
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says the Lord.
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18 Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord!
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Why would you have the day of the Lord?
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It is darkness, and not light,
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19 as if a man fled from a lion,
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and a bear met him,
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or went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall,
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and a serpent bit him.
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20 Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light,
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and gloom with no brightness in it?
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21 “I hate, I despise your feasts,
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and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
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22 Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings,
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I will not accept them;
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and the peace offerings of your fattened animals,
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I will not look upon them.
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23 Take away from me the noise of your songs;
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to the melody of your harps I will not listen.
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24 But let justice roll down like waters,
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and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
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25 “Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
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26 You shall take up Sikkuth your king, and Kiyyun your star-god—your images that you made for yourselves,
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27 and I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the Lord, whose name is the God of hosts. |