Hear
ye this word
which I take up
against you, even a lamentation,
O house
of Israel.
The virgin
of Israel
is fallen;
she shall no more
rise:
she is forsaken
upon her land;
there is none to raise her up.
For thus saith
the Lord
GOD;
The city
that went out
by a thousand
shall leave
an hundred,
and that which went forth
by an hundred
shall leave
ten,
to the house
of Israel.
For thus saith
the LORD
unto the house
of Israel,
Seek
ye me, and ye shall live:
But seek
not Bethel,
nor enter
into Gilgal,
and pass
not to Beersheba:
for Gilgal
shall surely
go into captivity,
and Bethel
shall come to nought.
Baithēl
Βαιθηλ
baithēl
Galgala
Γαλγαλα
galgala
Galgala
Γαλγαλα
galgala
Baithēl
Βαιθηλ
baithēl
Seek
the LORD,
and ye shall live;
lest he break out
like fire
in the house
of Joseph,
and devour
it, and there be none to quench
it in Bethel.
flare up
ἀναλάμψῃ
analampsē
Ye who turn
judgment
to wormwood,
and leave off
righteousness
in the earth,
Seek him that maketh
the seven stars
and Orion,
and turneth
the shadow of death
into the morning,
and maketh the day
dark
with night:
that calleth
for the waters
of the sea,
and poureth them out
upon the face
of the earth:
The LORD
is his name:
put into another dress
μετασκευάζων
metaskeuazōn
grow dark
συσκοτάζων
syskotazōn
That strengtheneth
the spoiled
against the strong,
so that the spoiled
shall come
against the fortress.
They hate
him that rebuketh
in the gate,
and they abhor
him that speaketh
uprightly.
Forasmuch
therefore as your treading
is upon the poor,
and ye take
from him burdens
of wheat:
ye have built
houses
of hewn stone,
but ye shall not dwell
in them; ye have planted
pleasant
vineyards,
but ye shall not drink
wine
of them.
buffet sharply
κατεκονδυλίζετε
katekondylizete
polished
ξυστοὺς
xystous
cravings
ἐπιθυμητοὺς
epithymētous
For I know
your manifold
transgressions
and your mighty
sins:
they afflict
the just,
they take
a bribe,
and they turn aside
the poor
in the gate
from their right.
that which is given
ἀλλάγματα
allagmata
Therefore the prudent
shall keep silence
in that time;
for it is an evil
time.
Seek
good,
and not evil,
that ye may live:
and so the LORD,
the God
of hosts,
shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
Hate
the evil,
and love
the good,
and establish
judgment
in the gate:
it may be that the LORD
God
of hosts
will be gracious
unto the remnant
of Joseph.
remaining
περιλοίπους
periloipous
Therefore the LORD,
the God
of hosts,
the Lord,
saith
thus; Wailing
shall be in all streets;
and they shall say
in all the highways,
Alas!
alas!
and they shall call
the husbandman
to mourning,
and such as are skilful
of lamentation
to wailing.
And in all vineyards
shall be wailing:
for I will pass
through
thee, saith
the LORD.
Woe
unto you that desire
the day
of the LORD!
to what end
is it for you? the day
of the LORD
is darkness,
and not light.
As if a man
did flee
from
a lion,
and a bear
met
him; or went
into the house,
and leaned
his hand
on the wall,
and a serpent
bit
him.
rest
ἀπερείσηται
apereisētai
Shall not the day
of the LORD
be darkness,
and not light?
even very dark,
and no brightness
in it?
I hate,
I despise
your feast days,
and I will not smell
in your solemn assemblies.
Though ye offer
me burnt offerings
and your meat offerings,
I will not accept
them: neither will I regard
the peace offerings
of your fat beasts.
Take thou away
from me the noise
of thy songs;
for I will not hear
the melody
of thy viols.
But let judgment
run down
as waters,
and righteousness
as a mighty
stream.
Have ye offered
unto me sacrifices
and offerings
in the wilderness
forty
years,
O house
of Israel?
But ye have borne
the tabernacle
of your Moloch
and Chiun
your images,
the star
of your god,
which ye made
to yourselves.
Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity
beyond
Damascus,
saith
the LORD,
whose name
is The God
of hosts.
