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¹ Hear this word which I take up against you, a lamentation, O house of Israel: ² There is no one to raise her up. ³ Shall have ten left to the house of Israel.” ⁴ “Seek Me and live; ⁵ And Bethel shall come to nothing. ⁶ With no one to quench it in Bethel— ⁷ And lay righteousness to rest in the earth!” ⁸ The Lord is His name. ⁹ So that fury comes upon the fortress. ¹⁰ And they abhor the one who speaks uprightly. ¹¹ But you shall not drink wine from them. ¹² Diverting the poor from justice at the gate. ¹³ For it is an evil time. ¹⁴ As you have spoken. ¹⁵ Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph. ¹⁶ And skillful lamenters to wailing. ¹⁷ Says the Lord. ¹⁸ It will be darkness, and not light. ¹⁹ And a serpent bit him! ²⁰ Is it not very dark, with no brightness in it? ²¹ And I do not savor your sacred assemblies. ²² Nor will I regard your fattened peace offerings. ²³ For I will not hear the melody of your stringed instruments. ²⁴ And righteousness like a mighty stream. ²⁵ In the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? ²⁶ Which you made for yourselves. ²⁷ Says the Lord, whose name is the God of hosts.