1
Hear ye this
word which I take
up against you, even a
lamentation, O
house of
Israel.
aef{n yik{n'a r,v]a h,Z;h r'b'D;h -t,a .W[.miv ? lea'r.fIy tyeB h'nyiq ~,kyel][
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.
lea'r.fIy t;l.Wt.B ~.Wq @yisw{t -a{l h'l.p'n ? H'myiq.m !yea H't'm.d;a -l;[ h'v.Jin
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.
taec{Y;h ryi['h hiwh.y y'n{d]a r;m'a h{k yiK ? ryia.v;T h'aem taecw{Y;h.w h'aem ryia.v;T @,l,a ? lea'r.fIy tyeb.l h'r'f][
4
For thus
saith the
LORD unto the
house of
Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall
live:
yin.Wv.riD lea'r.fIy tyeb.l h'wh.y r;m'a h{k yiK ? .Wy.xiw
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.
.Wa{b't a{l l'G.liG;h.w lea -tyeB .Wv.r.diT -l;a.w ? h{l'G l'G.liG;h yiK .Wr{b][;t a{l [;b,v rea.b.W ? !,w'a.l h,y.hIy lea -tyeb.W h,l.gIy
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.
x;l.cIy -n,P .Wy.xiw h'wh.y -t,a .Wv.riD ? lea -tyeb.l h,B;k.m -nyea.w h'l.k'a.w @esw{y tyeB vea'K
7
Ye who
turn judgment to
wormwood, and leave
off righteousness in the
earth,
.WxyiNih #,r'a'l h'q'd.c.W j'P.vim h'n][;l.l ~yik.p{h;h
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:
t,w'm.l;c r,q{B;l .$ep{h.w lyis.k.W h'myik hef{[ ? ~'Y;h -yem.l aerw{Q;h .$yiv.x,h h'l.y;l ~w{y.w ? w{m.v h'wh.y #,r'a'h yen.P -l;[ ~ek.P.viY;w
9
That
strengtheneth the
spoiled against the
strong, so that the
spoiled shall
come against the
fortress.
aw{b'y r'c.bim -l;[ d{v.w z'[ -l;[ d{v gyil.b;M;h
10
They
hate him that
rebuketh in the
gate, and they
abhor him that
speaketh uprightly.
.Wbe['t.y ~yim'T reb{d.w ;xyikw{m r;[;V;b .Wa.n'f
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.
-t;a.f;m.W l'D -l;[ ~,k.s;vw{B !;[;y !ek'l ? -a{l.w ~,tyin.B tyiz'g yeT'B .WN,Mim .Wx.qiT r;B ? ~'nyey -t,a .WT.vit a{l.w ~,T.[;j.n d,m,x -yem.r;K ~'b .Wb.vet
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.
~,kyeta{J;x ~yimUc][;w ~,kye[.viP ~yiB;r yiT.[;d'y yiK ? r;[;V;B ~yinw{y.b,a.w r,p{k yex.q{l qyiD;c yer.r{c ? .WJih