1	Hear# ye this word which I take up# against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
			2	The virgin of Israel is fallen# ; she shall no more# rise# : she is forsaken# upon her land; there is none to raise her up# .
			3	For thus saith# the Lord GOD; The city that went out# by a thousand shall leave# an hundred, and that which went forth# by an hundred shall leave# ten, to the house of Israel.
			4	For thus saith# the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek# ye me, and ye shall live# :
			5	But seek# not Bethel, nor enter# into Gilgal, and pass# not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely# go into captivity# , and Bethel shall come to nought.
			6	Seek# the LORD, and ye shall live# ; lest he break out# like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour# it , and there be none to quench# it in Bethel.
			7	Ye who turn# judgment to wormwood, and leave off# righteousness in the earth,
			8	Seek him that maketh# the seven stars and Orion, and turneth# the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark# with night: that calleth# for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out# upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:
			9	That strengtheneth# the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come# against the fortress. [spoiled: Heb. spoil]
			10	They hate# him that rebuketh# in the gate, and they abhor# him that speaketh# uprightly.
			11	Forasmuch therefore as your treading# is upon the poor, and ye take# from him burdens of wheat: ye have built# houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell# in them; ye have planted# pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink# wine of them. [pleasant...: Heb. vineyards of desire]
			12	For I know# your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict# the just, they take# a bribe, and they turn aside# the poor in the gate from their right . [a bribe: or, a ransom]
			13	Therefore the prudent# shall keep silence# in that time; for it is an evil time.
			14	Seek# good, and not evil, that ye may live# : and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken# .
			15	Hate# the evil, and love# the good, and establish# judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious# unto the remnant of Joseph.
			16	Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith# thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say# in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call# the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful# of lamentation to wailing.
			17	And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass# through thee, saith# the LORD.
			18	Woe unto you that desire# the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
			19	As if a man did flee# from a lion, and a bear met# him; or went# into the house, and leaned# his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit# him.
			20	Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
			21	I hate# , I despise# your feast days, and I will not smell# in your solemn assemblies. [in...: or, your holy days]
			22	Though ye offer# me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept# them : neither will I regard# the peace offerings of your fat beasts. [peace...: or, thank offerings]
			23	Take thou away# from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear# the melody of thy viols.
			24	But let judgment run down# as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. [run: Heb. roll]
			25	Have ye offered# unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
			26	But ye have borne# the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made# to yourselves. [the tabernacle...: or, Siccuth your king]
			27	Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity# beyond Damascus, saith# the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.