1 Listen, nation of Israel,to my mournful message:
2 you, dearest Israel, have fallen,never to rise again—you lie deserted in your own land,with no one to help you up.
3 The Lord God has warned,“From every ten soldiersonly one will be left;from a thousand troops,only a hundred will survive.”
4 The Lord keeps saying,“Israel, turn back to meand you will live!
5 Don't go to Gilgal or Bethelor even to Beersheba.Gilgal will be dragged away,and Bethel will end upas nothing.”
6 Turn back to the Lord,you descendants of Joseph,and you will live.If you don't, the Lordwill attack like fire.Bethel will burn to the ground,and no one can save it.
7 You people are doomed!You twist the truthand trample on justice.