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Hear this word—a funeral song—that I am lifting up against you, house of Israel:
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Fallen, no more to rise, is virgin Israel, deserted on her land, with no one to raise her up.
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The LORD God proclaims: The city that marched out one thousand people will have one hundred left, and the city that marched out one hundred will have ten left in the house of Israel.
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The LORD proclaims to the house of Israel: Seek me and live.
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But don't seek Bethel, don't enter into Gilgal, or cross over to Beer-sheba; for Gilgal will go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.