1. Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.
2. “The virgin of Israel has fallen;She shall rise no more.She is cast down on her land;there is no one to raise her up.”
3. For thus says the Lord GOD:“The city that went out a thousand shall have a hundred left,and that which went out one hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel.”
4. For the Lord says to the house of Israel:“Seek me, and you will live;
5. but don’t seek Bethel,nor enter into Gilgal,and don’t pass to Beersheba:for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity,and Bethel shall come to nothing.