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Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Yehudah, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they have rejected the law of the LORD, And have not kept his statutes, And their lies have led them astray, After which their fathers walked;

Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Yisra'el, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they have sold the righteous for silver, And the needy for a pair of shoes;

I raised up some of your sons for prophets, And some of your young men for Nazirim. Isn't this true, You children of Yisra'el?" says the LORD.

"You only have I chosen of all the families of the eretz. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins."

Can a bird fall in a trap on the eretz, Where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, When there is nothing to catch?

"For in the day that I visit the transgressions of Yisra'el on him, I will also visit the altars of Beit-El; And the horns of the altar will be cut off, And fall to the ground.

Offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, And proclaim free will offerings and brag about them: For this pleases you, you children of Yisra'el," says the Lord GOD.

For, behold, he who forms the mountains, And creates the wind, And declares to man what is his thought; Who makes the morning darkness, And treads on the high places of the Eretz: The LORD, the God Tzva'ot,, is his name."

Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Yisra'el.

For thus says the Lord GOD: "The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, And that which went forth one hundred shall have ten left to the house of Yisra'el."

For thus says the LORD to the house of Yisra'el: "Seek me, and you will live;

But don't seek Beit-El, Nor enter into Gilgal, And don't pass to Be'er-Sheva: For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, And Beit-El shall come to nothing.

Seek him who made the Kima and Kesil, And turns the shadow of death into the morning, And makes the day dark with night; Who calls for the waters of the sea, And pours them out on the surface of the eretz, the LORD is his name,

For I know how many your offenses, And how great are your sins-- You who afflict the just, Who take a bribe, And who turn aside the needy in the courts.

Therefore he who is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; For it is an evil time.

In all vineyards there will be wailing; For I will pass through the midst of you," says the LORD.

"Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD! Why do you long for the day of the LORD? It is darkness, And not light.

Yes, you have borne the tent of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.

Who strum on the strings of a harp; Who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;

Who drink wine in bowls, And anoint themselves with the best oils; But they are not grieved for the affliction of Yosef.