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A Lament for Israel’s Sin

Hear this word that I take up over you in lamentation, O house of Israel:(A)

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

For thus says the Lord God:
The city that marched out a thousand
    shall have a hundred left,
and that which marched out a hundred
    shall have ten left.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. 5.3 Heb adds to the house of Israel

A Lament and Call to Repentance

Hear this word that I am going to intone over you as a lament, O house of Israel! Virgin Israel has fallen and will not rise again. She is deserted on her land; there is no one to raise her up. For thus says my Lord Yahweh, “The city that marches out with a thousand will only have a hundred left. And the one that marches out with a hundred will only have ten left for the house of Israel.”

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