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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

“Seek Me So That You May Live”

Hear this word which I am taking up for you as a (A)song of mourning, house of Israel:
She has fallen, she will (B)not rise again—
The (C)virgin Israel.
She lies unnoticed on her land;
There is (D)no one to raise her up.

For this is what the Lord [a]God says:

“The city which goes forth a thousand strong
Will have a (E)hundred left,
And the one which goes forth a hundred strong
Will have (F)ten left to the house of Israel.”

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:3 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch