1. Listen, nation of Israel,to my mournful message:
2. you, dearest Israel, have fallen,never to rise again—you lie deserted in your own land,with no one to help you up.
3. The Lord God has warned,“From every ten soldiersonly one will be left;from a thousand troops,only a hundred will survive.”
4. The Lord keeps saying,“Israel, turn back to meand you will live!
5. Don't go to Gilgal or Bethelor even to Beersheba.Gilgal will be dragged away,and Bethel will end upas nothing.”