1Hear these words, which I utter concerning you; This lamentation, O house of Israel!

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

2She is fallen, she shall rise no more, The virgin of Israel! She is prostrate on her own ground, there is none 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 saith the Lord Jehovah; The city which sent out a thousand shall have a hundred left, And that which sent out a 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 saith Jehovah to the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and ye shall live!

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

5Seek not Bethel, And go not to Gilgal, And pass not over to Beersheba! For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity! And Bethel shall come to naught.

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

6Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live! Lest he rush like a fire on the house of Joseph, And it devour, and there be none to quench it in the house of Israel.

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

7Ye who turn justice into wormwood, And cast righteousness down to the ground.

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

8Seek him, that made the Pleiades and Orion; That changeth death-like darkness into morning, And darkeneth day into night; That calleth up the waters of the sea, And poureth them out upon the face of the earth; Jehovah is his name!

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

9Who sendeth sudden destruction upon the strong, And bringeth desolation upon 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 that pleadeth in the gate, And abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

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

11Since, then, ye trample upon the poor, And take from him presents of wheat, Though ye build houses of hewn stone, ye shall not dwell in them; Though ye plant pleasant vineyards, ye 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 that your sins are many, And your transgressions manifold, Ye who afflict the righteous, and take a bribe, And oppress the poor in the gate!

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

13Therefore the wise man shall be silent at that time, For it shall be an evil time.

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

14Seek ye good, and not evil, that ye may live; Then shall Jehovah, the God of hosts, be with you, as ye boast.

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

15Hate ye evil, and love good, And establish justice in the gate; It may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will have pity upon the remnant of Joseph.

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

16Thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the Lord: In all the streets shall there be wailing, And in all the highways shall they cry, Alas! alas! They shall call the husbandmen to mourning, And those who are skilful in lamentation to wailing,

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

17And in all vineyards shall be sounds of woe, For I will pass through the midst of thee, saith Jehovah.

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

18Woe unto them that ask for the day of Jehovah! What is the day of Jehovah to you? It shall be 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 went into a house and leaned his hand on a wall, And a serpent bit him;

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

20So shall the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light, Even thick darkness, 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; I have no delight in your solemn assemblies.

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

22When ye offer me burnt-offerings and flour-offerings, I will not accept them; And upon the thank-offerings of your fatlings I will not look.

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

23Take ye away from me the noise of your songs, And the music of your harps let me not hear!

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

24Let justice flow forth as waters, And righteousness as a mighty stream!

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

25Did ye offer me sacrifices and offerings In the wilderness, for forty years, O house of Israel?

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

26But ye bore the tabernacle of your king, And the shrine of your images, The star of your god, which ye 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, Saith Jehovah, 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