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Hear this message I sing about you;
    it is my dirge for you, people of Israel:
The virgin Israel has fallen,
    fallen never to rise again;
Forsaken in her land, forgotten where she lies.
    No one is there to help her rise again.
So says the Eternal Lord:

Eternal One: The city that sent out a thousand soldiers
        will see only a hundred of them survive;
    And the town that sent out a hundred
        will see only ten remain for the house of Israel.

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A Lament and Call to Repentance

Hear this word, Israel, this lament(A) I take up concerning you:

“Fallen is Virgin(B) Israel,
    never to rise again,
deserted in her own land,
    with no one to lift her up.(C)

This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Israel:

“Your city that marches out a thousand strong
    will have only a hundred left;
your town that marches out a hundred strong
    will have only ten left.(D)

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