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A Call to Repentance
Listen, you people of Israel! Listen to this funeral song I am singing:
Listen, you people of Israel! Listen to this funeral song I am singing:
A Lament for Israel
Hear this word which I take up against you, a lamentation, O house of Israel:
Hear this word which I take up against you, a lamentation, O house of Israel:
“The virgin Israel has fallen,
never to rise again!
She lies abandoned on the ground,
with no one to help her up.”
never to rise again!
She lies abandoned on the ground,
with no one to help her up.”
The virgin of Israel has fallen;
She will rise no more.
She lies forsaken on her land;
There is no one to raise her up.
She will rise no more.
She lies forsaken on her land;
There is no one to raise her up.
The Sovereign LORD says:
“When a city sends a thousand men to battle,
only a hundred will return.
When a town sends a hundred,
only ten will come back alive.”
“When a city sends a thousand men to battle,
only a hundred will return.
When a town sends a hundred,
only ten will come back alive.”
For thus says the Lord God:
“The city that goes out by a thousand
Shall have a hundred left,
And that which goes out by a hundred
Shall have ten left to the house of Israel.”
“The city that goes out by a thousand
Shall have a hundred left,
And that which goes out by a hundred
Shall have ten left to the house of Israel.”
Now this is what the LORD says to the family of Israel:
“Come back to me and live!
“Come back to me and live!
A Call to Repentance
For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel:
“Seek Me and live;
For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel:
“Seek Me and live;
Don’t worship at the pagan altars at Bethel;
don’t go to the shrines at Gilgal or Beersheba.
For the people of Gilgal will be dragged off into exile,
and the people of Bethel will be reduced to nothing.”
don’t go to the shrines at Gilgal or Beersheba.
For the people of Gilgal will be dragged off into exile,
and the people of Bethel will be reduced to nothing.”
But do not seek Bethel,
Nor enter Gilgal,
Nor pass over to Beersheba;
For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity,
And Bethel shall come to nothing.
Nor enter Gilgal,
Nor pass over to Beersheba;
For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity,
And Bethel shall come to nothing.
Seek the Lord and live,
Lest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
And devour it,
With no one to quench it in Bethel —
Lest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
And devour it,
With no one to quench it in Bethel —
You twist justice, making it a bitter pill for the oppressed.
You treat the righteous like dirt.
You treat the righteous like dirt.
You who turn justice to wormwood,
And lay righteousness to rest in the earth!”
And lay righteousness to rest in the earth!”
It is the LORD who created the stars,
the Pleiades and Orion.
He turns darkness into morning
and day into night.
He draws up water from the oceans
and pours it down as rain on the land.
The LORD is his name!
the Pleiades and Orion.
He turns darkness into morning
and day into night.
He draws up water from the oceans
and pours it down as rain on the land.
The LORD is his name!
He made the Pleiades and Orion;
He turns the shadow of death into morning
And makes the day dark as night;
He calls for the waters of the sea
And pours them out on the face of the earth;
The Lord is His name.
He turns the shadow of death into morning
And makes the day dark as night;
He calls for the waters of the sea
And pours them out on the face of the earth;
The Lord is His name.
With blinding speed and power he destroys the strong,
crushing all their defenses.
crushing all their defenses.
How you hate honest judges!
How you despise people who tell the truth!
How you despise people who tell the truth!
They hate the one who rebukes in the gate,
And they abhor the one who speaks uprightly.
And they abhor the one who speaks uprightly.
You trample the poor,
stealing their grain through taxes and unfair rent.
Therefore, though you build beautiful stone houses,
you will never live in them.
Though you plant lush vineyards,
you will never drink wine from them.
stealing their grain through taxes and unfair rent.
Therefore, though you build beautiful stone houses,
you will never live in them.
Though you plant lush vineyards,
you will never drink wine from them.
For I know the vast number of your sins
and the depth of your rebellions.
You oppress good people by taking bribes
and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.
and the depth of your rebellions.
You oppress good people by taking bribes
and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.
For I know your manifold transgressions
And your mighty sins:
Afflicting the just and taking bribes;
Diverting the poor from justice at the gate.
And your mighty sins:
Afflicting the just and taking bribes;
Diverting the poor from justice at the gate.
So those who are smart keep their mouths shut,
for it is an evil time.
for it is an evil time.
Therefore the prudent keep silent at that time,
For it is an evil time.
For it is an evil time.
Do what is good and run from evil
so that you may live!
Then the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies will be your helper,
just as you have claimed.
so that you may live!
Then the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies will be your helper,
just as you have claimed.
Seek good and not evil,
That you may live;
So the Lord God of hosts will be with you,
As you have spoken.
That you may live;
So the Lord God of hosts will be with you,
As you have spoken.
Hate evil, love good;
Establish justice in the gate.
It may be that the Lord God of hosts
Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
Establish justice in the gate.
It may be that the Lord God of hosts
Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
Therefore, this is what the Lord, the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, says:
“There will be crying in all the public squares
and mourning in every street.
Call for the farmers to weep with you,
and summon professional mourners to wail.
“There will be crying in all the public squares
and mourning in every street.
Call for the farmers to weep with you,
and summon professional mourners to wail.
The Day of the Lord
Therefore the Lord God of hosts, the Lord, says this:
“There shall be wailing in all streets,
And they shall say in all the highways,
‘Alas! Alas!’
They shall call the farmer to mourning,
And skillful lamenters to wailing.
Therefore the Lord God of hosts, the Lord, says this:
“There shall be wailing in all streets,
And they shall say in all the highways,
‘Alas! Alas!’
They shall call the farmer to mourning,
And skillful lamenters to wailing.
There will be wailing in every vineyard,
for I will destroy them all,”
says the LORD.
Warning of Coming Judgment
for I will destroy them all,”
says the LORD.
Warning of Coming Judgment
In all vineyards there shall be wailing,
For I will pass through you,”
Says the Lord.
For I will pass through you,”
Says the Lord.
What sorrow awaits you who say,
“If only the day of the LORD were here!”
You have no idea what you are wishing for.
That day will bring darkness, not light.
“If only the day of the LORD were here!”
You have no idea what you are wishing for.
That day will bring darkness, not light.
Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord!
For what good is the day of the Lord to you?
It will be darkness, and not light.
For what good is the day of the Lord to you?
It will be darkness, and not light.
In that day you will be like a man who runs from a lion —
only to meet a bear.
Escaping from the bear, he leans his hand against a wall in his house —
and he’s bitten by a snake.
only to meet a bear.
Escaping from the bear, he leans his hand against a wall in his house —
and he’s bitten by a snake.
It will be as though a man fled from a lion,
And a bear met him!
Or as though he went into the house,
Leaned his hand on the wall,
And a serpent bit him!
And a bear met him!
Or as though he went into the house,
Leaned his hand on the wall,
And a serpent bit him!
Yes, the day of the LORD will be dark and hopeless,
without a ray of joy or hope.
without a ray of joy or hope.
Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light?
Is it not very dark, with no brightness in it?
Is it not very dark, with no brightness in it?
“I hate all your show and pretense —
the hypocrisy of your religious festivals and solemn assemblies.
the hypocrisy of your religious festivals and solemn assemblies.
“I hate, I despise your feast days,
And I do not savor your sacred assemblies.
And I do not savor your sacred assemblies.
I will not accept your burnt offerings and grain offerings.
I won’t even notice all your choice peace offerings.
I won’t even notice all your choice peace offerings.
Though you offer Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings,
I will not accept them,
Nor will I regard your fattened peace offerings.
I will not accept them,
Nor will I regard your fattened peace offerings.
Away with your noisy hymns of praise!
I will not listen to the music of your harps.
I will not listen to the music of your harps.
Take away from Me the noise of your songs,
For I will not hear the melody of your stringed instruments.
For I will not hear the melody of your stringed instruments.
Instead, I want to see a mighty flood of justice,
an endless river of righteous living.
an endless river of righteous living.
But let justice run down like water,
And righteousness like a mighty stream.
And righteousness like a mighty stream.
“Was it to me you were bringing sacrifices and offerings during the forty years in the wilderness, Israel?
“Did you offer Me sacrifices and offerings
In the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
In the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
No, you served your pagan gods — Sakkuth your king god and Kaiwan your star god — the images you made for yourselves.