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5:1  Hear this word which I utter concerning you, this dirge, house of Israel:
5:2  She is fallen, to rise no more, virgin Israel; She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.
5:3  For thus says the Lord God to the house of Israel: The city that marched out with a thousand shall be left with a hundred, Another that marched out with a hundred shall be left with ten.
5:4  For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel: Seek me, that you may live,
5:5  but do not seek Bethel; Do not come to Gilgal, and do not cross over to Beer-sheba; For Gilgal shall be led into exile and Bethel shall be no more.
5:6  Seek the Lord, that you may live, lest he flare up against the house of Joseph like a fire that shall consume the house of Israel, with no one to quench it.
5:7  Woe to those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground,
5:8  The one who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn, and darkens day into night; Who summons the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth;
5:9  Who makes destruction fall suddenly upon the stronghold and brings ruin upon the fortress, the Lord is his name.
5:10  They hate those who reprove at the gate and abhor those who speak with integrity;
5:11  Therefore, because you tax the destitute and exact from them levies of grain, Though you have built houses of hewn stone, you shall not live in them; Though you have planted choice vineyards, you shall not drink their wine.
5:12  Yes, I know how many are your crimes, how grievous your sins: Oppressing the just, accepting bribes, turning away the needy at the gate.
5:13  (Therefore at this time the wise are struck dumb for it is an evil time.)
5:14  Seek good and not evil, that you may live; Then truly the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you as you claim.
5:15  Hate evil and love good, and let justice prevail at the gate; Then it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts, will have pity on the remnant of Joseph.
5:16  Therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord: In every square there shall be lamentation, and in every street they shall cry, “Oh, no!” They shall summon the farmers to wail and the professional mourners to lament.
5:17  And in every vineyard there shall be lamentation when I pass through your midst, says the Lord.
5:18  Woe to those who yearn for the day of the Lord! What will the day of the Lord mean for you? It will be darkness, not light!
5:19  As if someone fled from a lion and a bear met him; Or as if on entering the house he rested his hand against the wall, and a snake bit it.
5:20  Truly, the day of the Lord will be darkness, not light, gloom without any brightness!
5:21  I hate, I despise your feasts, I take no pleasure in your solemnities.
5:22  Even though you bring me your burnt offerings and grain offerings I will not accept them; Your stall-fed communion offerings, I will not look upon them.
5:23  Take away from me your noisy songs; The melodies of your harps, I will not listen to them.
5:24  Rather let justice surge like waters, and righteousness like an unfailing stream.
5:25  Did you bring me sacrifices and grain offerings for forty years in the desert, O house of Israel?
5:26  Yet you will carry away Sukuth, your king, and Kaiwan, your star-image, your gods that you have made for yourselves,
5:27  As I exile you beyond Damascus, says the Lord, whose name is the God of hosts.