1
Hear you this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.
2
The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is cast down on her land; there is none to raise her up.
3
For thus says the Lord Yahweh: The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth one hundred shall have ten left, to the house of Israel.