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Israel Needs to Repent

Listen to this funeral song that I sing about you, people of Israel.
“The young girl Israel has fallen,
    and she will not rise up again.
She was left alone in her own land,
    and there is no one to help her up.”

This is what the Lord God says:

“If a thousand soldiers leave a city,
    only a hundred will return;
if a hundred soldiers leave a city,
    only ten will return.”

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A Lament and Call to Repentance

Hear this word, Israel, this lament(A) I take up concerning you:

“Fallen is Virgin(B) Israel,
    never to rise again,
deserted in her own land,
    with no one to lift her up.(C)

This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Israel:

“Your city that marches out a thousand strong
    will have only a hundred left;
your town that marches out a hundred strong
    will have only ten left.(D)

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