1 Listen to this, family of Israel,this Message I’m sending in bold print, this tragic warning:
2 “Virgin Israel has fallen flat on her face.She’ll never stand up again.She’s been left where she’s fallen.No one offers to help her up.”
3 This is the Message, God’s Word:“The city that marches out with a thousandwill end up with a hundred.The city that marches out with a hundredwill end up with ten. Oh, family of Israel!”
4-5 God’s Message to the family of Israel:“Seek me and live.Don’t fool around at those shrines of Bethel,Don’t waste time taking trips to Gilgal,and don’t bother going down to Beer-sheba.Gilgal is here today and gone tomorrowand Bethel is all show, no substance.”