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Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.

“The virgin of Israel has fallen;
    She shall rise no more.
She is cast down on her land;
    there is no one to raise her up.”

For the Lord Yahweh says:

“The city that went out a thousand shall have a hundred left,
    and that which went out one hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel.”

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Lamentation for Israel

Listen to this message that I am singing for you, a lament,(A) house of Israel:

She has fallen;
Virgin Israel(B) will never rise again.(C)
She lies abandoned on her land
with no one to raise her up.(D)

For the Lord God says:

The city that marches out a thousand strong
will have only a hundred left,(E)
and the one that marches out a hundred strong
will have only ten left(F) in the house of Israel.

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