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\c 5
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\v 1 You people of Israel, listen to this funeral song that I will sing about you:
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\q1
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\v 2 "You are like a young woman,
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\q2 but in spite of that, you will certainly be struck down
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\q2 and you will never get up again!
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\q1 You will lie on the ground, abandoned,
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\q2 and there will be no one to help you stand up."
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\p
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\v 3 This is what Yahweh the Lord says to the people of Israel:
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\q1 "When your enemies attack you,
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\q1 and when a thousand of your soldiers go into battle,
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\q2 only a hundred will survive.
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\q1 When a hundred soldiers march out from a city to fight,
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\q2 only ten will remain alive."
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\p
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\v 4 Yahweh continues to say to the people of Israel:
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\q1 "You Israelite people, return to me!
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\q2 If you do that, you will continue to remain alive.
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\q1
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\v 5 Do not go to Bethel to seek my help;
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\q2 do not go to Gilgal to worship;
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\q1 do not go to Beersheba,
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\q2 because your enemies will drag away the people of Gilgal to other countries,
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\q2 and they will completely destroy Bethel."
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\q1
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\v 6 So come to Yahweh;
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\q2 if you do that, you will remain alive.
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\q1 If you do not do that,
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\q2 Yahweh will come down on you descendants of Joseph like a fire;
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\q1 that fire will burn everything in Bethel
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\q2 and nothing will be able to save that town.
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\q1
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\v 7 You people distort what is right; you make others think that it is something very bitter;
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\q2 you treat good things as though they were evil.
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\q1
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\v 8 Do you know who created all the groups of stars
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\q2 and put them in their places?
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\q1 Each morning he causes the darkness to become the dawn,
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\q2 and each evening he causes the daylight to become darkness.
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\q1 He scoops up water from the oceans to become clouds,
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\q2 and then he dumps the water from the clouds onto the earth.
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\q1 The one who does those things is Yahweh.
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\q1
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\v 9 He causes strong soldiers to killed,
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\q2 and he causes the high walls around cities to fall down.
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\q1
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\v 10 He is the one who will punish you
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\q1 because you hate those who challenge anyone who tries to make unjust decisions;
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\q2 you hate those who tell the truth in your courts.
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\q1
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\v 11 You oppress poor people and force them to pay big taxes.
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\q1 So you have built big stone mansions for yourselves,
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\q2 but you will not be able to live in them.
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\q1 You have planted vineyards,
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\q2 but there will not be any grapes for you to harvest to make wine.
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\v 12 I know all of your sins
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\q2 and the terrible crimes that you have committed.
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\q1 You oppress righteous people,
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\q2 and you accept bribes.
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\q1 You do not allow judges to treat poor people justly.
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\v 13 This is a time when many people do evil things,
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\q2 so people who have good sense say nothing at all.
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\q1
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\v 14 In order to remain alive,
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\q2 you must stop doing what is wrong, and start doing what is right.
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\q1 If you do that, Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, will be with you
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\q2 as you claim that he always is.
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\q1
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\v 15 Love what is good, and hate what is evil!
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\q2 Try to cause judges in your courts to make decisions that are right!
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\q1 If you do those things, perhaps Yahweh, commander of the angel armies,
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\q2 will act mercifully toward you descendants of Joseph who are still alive.
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\p
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\v 16 "Because I, Yahweh, will punish you for your sins, this is what I have solemnly declared:
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\q1 People will be wailing loudly in every street,
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\q2 and people will be shocked in every plaza.
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\q1 Farmers will be called to come and weep,
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\q2 along with the other official mourners who will wail for those who have died.
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\q1
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\v 17 People will be wailing in your vineyards,
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\q2 because I will punish you severely.
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\q1 That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it!"
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\v 18 Terrible things will happen to you who want Yahweh to punish his enemies,
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\q2 because that will be a day of darkness, not of light.
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\v 19 At that time, when you try to run from a lion,
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\q2 you will face a bear.
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\q1 When you run into your house to be safe,
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\q2 and you put your hand on the wall,
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\q2 it will be bitten by a snake.
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\v 20 That day, when he punishes people, will certainly be awful, like a dark night
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\q2 without even a little bit of light.
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\v 21 Yahweh says, "I hate your religious celebrations
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\q2 and the times when you gather to worship me;
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\q2 I detest them all.
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\v 22 Even if you bring me offerings to burn on the altar and offerings of grain,
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\q2 I will no longer accept them.
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\q1 Even if you bring me offerings to restore fellowship with me,
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\q2 I will not pay any attention to them.
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\v 23 So stop singing noisy songs!
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\q2 I will not listen when you play harps.
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\v 24 Instead, act justly and righteously; you should do this and never stop;
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\q2 if you do, it will be like the water in a river that never stops flowing.
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\v 25 You Israelite people, your ancestors wandered through the wilderness for forty years;
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\q2 and during that time, they never brought any sacrifices and offerings to me!
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\v 26 But now you will carry the two idols that you have made—
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\q2 Sikkuth, the god whom you call 'king,'
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\q2 and Kaiwan, the image of the star that you worship. You will carry them with you into exile.
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\v 27 For I will now force you to go to a country that is far beyond Damascus!
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\q1 That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, have said it!"
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