1 Hear this word that I take up as a lament over you, O house of Israel:
2 She has fallen, never rising again— virgin Israel— She is forsaken on her land, with nobody to lift her up.
3 For thus says Adonai Elohim: “The city that sends out a thousand will have a hundred left, and one that sends out a hundred will have ten left for the house of Israel.”
4 For thus says Adonai to the house of Israel: “Seek Me, and live!
5 But do not seek Bethel, do not go to Gilgal, do not cross over to Beersheba. For Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will come to trouble.