1 Hear this word, Israel, this lament I take up concerning you:

1 Hear ye this word which I take up against you,

Even a lamentation, O house of Israel.

1 Listen, you people of Israel! Listen to this funeral song I am singing:

1 Hear this word which I take up against you, a lamentation, O house of Israel:

1 Listen to this funeral song that I sing about you, people of Israel.

1 Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.

1 Hear this word, a lamentation, which I take up against you, O house of Israel.

1 Listen to this message, this funeral song that I sing about you, nation of Israel: 

1 Listen to this message that I am singing for you, a lament, house of Israel:

1 Hear this word that I take up over you in lamentation, O house of Israel:

1 Hear this word that I am going to intone over you as a lament, O house of Israel!

1 People of Israel, listen to the Lord’s message. Hear my song of sadness about you. I say,

1 Hear this word which I take up for you as a dirge, O house of Israel: