book of the prophet amos, chapter 5
Hear ye this word which I take up against you,
even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
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The virgin of Israel is fallen;
she shall no more rise:
she is forsaken upon her land;
there is none to raise her up.
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For thus saith the Lord God;
The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred,
and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten,
to the house of Israel.
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For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel,
Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
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but seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal,
and pass not to Beer-sheb ...
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