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Third Pronouncement of Punishment

Hear this word which I take up as a dirge against you, O house of Israel:

Fallen, no more to rise
    is maiden Israel;
forsaken on her land,
    with no one to raise her up.

For thus says the Lord God:

The city that went out with a thousand
    will be left with a hundred,
and the one that went out with a hundred
    will be left with ten 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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