1Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.

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Ezekiel 19:1, Ezekiel 19:1, Jeremiah 9:17, Jeremiah 7:29, Jeremiah 9:10

2"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."

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Jeremiah 14:17, Jeremiah 14:17, Jeremiah 18:13, Isaiah 43:17, Jeremiah 51:64

3For thus says the Lord God: "The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth one hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel."

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Isaiah 10:22, Ezekiel 12:16, Isaiah 6:13, Romans 9:27, Isaiah 10:22

4For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel: "Seek me, and you will live;

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2 Chronicles 15:2, 2 Chronicles 15:2, Zephaniah 2:3, Zephaniah 2:3, Jeremiah 29:12

5but do not seek Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and do not pass to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing.

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Hosea 4:15, Hosea 4:15, Amos 4:4, Amos 8:14, Amos 4:4

6Seek the Lord, and you will live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel.

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Isaiah 55:6, Isaiah 55:6, Amos 5:4, Amos 5:14, Mark 9:43

7You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth:

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Amos 6:12, Amos 6:12, Hosea 10:4, Ezekiel 3:20, Zephaniah 1:6

8seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, the Lord is his name,

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Amos 4:13, Amos 4:13, Job 9:9, Job 9:9, Amos 9:6

9who brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the fortress.

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Hebrews 11:34, Micah 5:11, 2 Kings 13:25, Jeremiah 37:10, 2 Kings 13:17

10They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.

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1 Kings 22:8, Isaiah 29:21, 1 Kings 22:8, Isaiah 29:21, Jeremiah 17:16

11Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.

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Micah 6:15, Zephaniah 1:13, Deuteronomy 28:30, Micah 6:15, Zephaniah 1:13

12For I know how many your offenses, and how great are your sins- you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the courts.

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Amos 2:6, Amos 2:7, Amos 2:6, Amos 2:7, Amos 5:10

13Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.

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Hosea 4:4, Micah 2:3, Ephesians 5:15, Ephesians 5:16, 2 Timothy 3:1

14Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the Lord, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you say.

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Joshua 1:9, Joshua 1:9, Matthew 6:33, Matthew 6:33, Micah 6:8

15Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that the Lord, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph."

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Romans 12:9, Romans 12:9, Psalms 97:10, 3 John 1:11, Joel 2:14

16Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Hosts, the Lord: "Wailing will be in all the broad ways; and they will say in all the streets, 'Alas! Alas!' and they will call the farmer to mourning, and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing.

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Joel 1:11, Joel 1:11, Jeremiah 9:17, Jeremiah 9:20, Jeremiah 9:17

17In all vineyards there will be wailing; for I will pass through the midst of you," says the Lord.

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Exodus 12:12, Exodus 12:12, Jeremiah 48:33, Isaiah 16:10, Jeremiah 48:33

18"Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord! Why do you long for the day of the Lord? It is darkness, and not light.

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Joel 1:15, Joel 1:15, Joel 2:1, Joel 2:2, Joel 2:1

19As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; Or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a snake bit him.

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Isaiah 24:17, Isaiah 24:18, Isaiah 24:17, Isaiah 24:18, Jeremiah 15:2

20Won't the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?

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Isaiah 13:10, Isaiah 13:10, Zephaniah 1:15, Ezekiel 34:12, Zephaniah 1:15

21I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can't stand your solemn assemblies.

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Isaiah 1:11, Isaiah 1:16, Isaiah 1:11, Isaiah 1:16, Leviticus 26:31

22Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals.

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Micah 6:6, Micah 6:7, Micah 6:6, Micah 6:7, Amos 4:4

23Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.

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Amos 6:5, Amos 6:5, Amos 8:10, Amos 8:3, Amos 8:10

24But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.

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Micah 6:8, Micah 6:8, Jeremiah 22:3, Jeremiah 22:3, Hosea 6:6

25"Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel?

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Acts 7:42, Acts 7:43, Acts 7:42, Acts 7:43, Ezekiel 20:8

26You also carried the tabernacle of Moloch, and Rephan your star god, your images which you made for yourselves.

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2 Kings 23:12, 2 Kings 23:13, 2 Kings 23:12, 2 Kings 23:13, 1 Kings 11:33

27Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus," says the Lord, whose name is the God of Hosts.

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2 Kings 17:6, Acts 7:43, 2 Kings 17:6, Acts 7:43, Amos 4:13