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Seek Adonai and Live

Hear this word that I take up as a lament over you, O house of Israel:

She has fallen, never rising again—virgin Israel—
She is forsaken on her land,
with nobody to lift her up.
For thus says Adonai Elohim:
“The city that sends out a thousand
    will have a hundred left,
and one that sends out a hundred
    will have ten left for the house of Israel.”

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A Lament and Call to Repentance

Hear this word, Israel, this lament(A) I take up concerning you:

“Fallen is Virgin(B) Israel,
    never to rise again,
deserted in her own land,
    with no one to lift her up.(C)

This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Israel:

“Your city that marches out a thousand strong
    will have only a hundred left;
your town that marches out a hundred strong
    will have only ten left.(D)

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