1Hear this word, O house of Israel, this…
2“Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again.…
3This is what the Lord GOD says: “The…
4For this is what the LORD says to…
5Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal;…
6Seek the LORD and live, or He will…
7There are those who turn justice into wormwood…
8He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who…
9He flashes destruction on the strong, so that…
10There are those who hate the one who…
11Therefore, because you trample on the poor and…
12For I know that your transgressions are many…
13Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times,…
14Seek good, not evil, so that you may…
15Hate evil and love good; establish justice in…
16Therefore this is what the LORD, the God…
17There will be wailing in all the vineyards,…
18Woe to you who long for the Day…
19It will be like a man who flees…
20Will not the Day of the LORD be…
21“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot…
22Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and…
23Take away from Me the noise of your…
24But let justice roll on like a river,…
25Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty…
26You have taken along Sakkuth your king and…
27Therefore I will send you into exile beyond…
