5Hearthiswordwhich I takeup for you as a funeralalament, O house of Israel:2She has fallen; she will anot riseagain—The bvirginIsrael.She liesabandoned on her land;Thereiscnone to raise her up.
3For thussaysLordYahweh, “The city which goesforth one thousandstrongWill have one ahundredleft,And the one which goesforth one hundredstrongWill havebtenleft to the house of Israel.”