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1 Heare ye this worde, which I lift vp vpon you, euen a lamentation of the house of Israel.

2 TheHe so calls them, because they so boasted of themselves, or because they were given to lustfulness and daintiness.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 leaveMeaning, that the tenth part would hardly be saved.an hundred, and that which went forth [by] an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.

4 For thus saith the Lorde vnto the house of Israel, Seeke ye me, and ye shal liue.

5 But seek not Bethel, nor enter intoIn those places they worshipped new idols, which before served for the true honour of God: therefore he says that these will not save them.Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.

6 Seeke the Lorde, and yee shal liue, least he breake out like fire in the house of Ioseph & deuoure it, & there be none to quench it in Beth-el.

7 Ye who turnInstead of judgment and fairness they execute cruelty and oppression.judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

8 [Seek him] thatHe describes the power of God; (Job_9:9).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 He strengtheneth the destroyer against the mightie: and the destroyer shal come against the fortresse.

10 They hate himThey hate the Prophets, who reprove them in the open assemblies.that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading [is] upon the poor, andYou take both his money and also his food, with which he should live.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.

12 For I know your manifold transgressions, and your mightie sinnes: they afflict the iust, they take rewards, & they oppresse the poore in ye gate.

13 ThereforeGod will so plague them that they will not allow the godly to open their mouths once to admonish them of their faults.the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it [is] an evil time.

14 Seeke good and not euil, that ye may liue: and the Lorde God of hostes shalbe with you, as you haue spoken.

15 Hate the euil, and loue the good, and establish iudgement in the gate: it may bee that the Lorde God of hostes will be mercifull vnto the remnant of Ioseph.

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 theSo that people of all types will have reason to lament because of the great plagues.husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.

17 And in al the vines shalbe lamentation: for I wil passe through thee, saith the Lord.

18 Woe unto you thatHe speaks in this way because the wicked and hypocrites said they were content to endure God's judgments, whereas the godly tremble and fear; (Jer_30:7; Joe_2:2, Joe_2:11), (Zep_1:15).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 lyon, & a beare met him: or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

20 Shal not the day of the Lord be darkenes, and not light? euen darkenes and no light in it?

21 I hate and abhorre your feast dayes, and I wil not smell in your solemne assemblies.

22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings,Because you have corrupted my true service, and remain obstinate in your vices; (Isa_1:11; Jer_6:10).I will not accept [them]: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

23 Take thou away from me the multitude of thy songs (for I wil not heare the melodie of thy violes)

24 But let judgment run down asDo your duty to God, and to your neighbour, and so you will plentifully feel his grace, if you show your abundant affections according to God's word.waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

25 Haue ye offered vnto me sacrifices and offrings in the wildernesse fourtie yeeres, O house of Israel?

26 But ye have borne the tabernacle of yourThat idol which you esteemed as your king, and carried about as you did Chiun, in which images you thought that there was a certain divinity.Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.

27 Therefore wil I cause you to goe into captiuitie beyond Damascus, saith the Lorde, whose Name is the God of hostes.

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