1 Hear this word which I take up over you in lamentation, O house of Israel:
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Hear this word, Israel, this lament I take up concerning you:
2 "Fallen, no more to rise, is the virgin Israel; forsaken on her land, with none to raise her up."
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“Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again, deserted in her own land, with no one to lift her up.”
3 For thus says the Lord GOD: "The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth a hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel."
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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.”