Amos

Chapter 5

1 Hear8085 ye853 this2088 word1697 which834 I595 take up5375 against5921 you, even a lamentation,7015 O house1004 of Israel.3478

2 The virgin1330 of Israel3478 is fallen;5307 she shall no3808 more3254 rise:6965 she is forsaken5203 upon5921 her land;127 there is none369 to raise her up.6965

3 For3588 thus3541 saith559 the Lord136 GOD;3069 The city5892 that went out3318 by a thousand505 shall leave7604 a hundred,3967 and that which went forth3318 by a hundred3967 shall leave7604 ten,6235 to the house1004 of Israel.3478

4 For3588 thus3541 saith559 the LORD3068 unto the house1004 of Israel,3478 Seek1875 ye me, and ye shall live: 2421

5 But seek1875 not408 Bethel,1008 nor3808 enter935 into Gilgal,1537 and pass5674 not3808 to Beer-sheba:884 for3588 Gilgal1537 shall surely go into captivity,1540 1540 and Bethel1008 shall come1961 to naught.205

6 Seek1875 853 the LORD,3068 and ye shall live;2421 lest6435 he break out6743 like fire784 in the house1004 of Joseph,3130 and devour398 it, and there be none369 to quench3518 it in Bethel.1008

7 Ye who turn2015 judgment4941 to wormwood,3939 and leave off5117 righteousness6666 in the earth,776

8 Seek him that maketh6213 the seven stars3598 and Orion,3685 and turneth2015 the shadow of death6757 into the morning,1242 and maketh the day dark2821 3117 with night:3915 that calleth7121 for the waters4325 of the sea,3220 and poureth them out8210 upon5921 the face6440 of the earth:776 The LORD3068 is his name: 8034

9 That strengtheneth1082 the spoiled7701 against5921 the strong,5974 so that the spoiled7701 shall come935 against5921 the fortress.4013

10 They hate8130 him that rebuketh3198 in the gate,8179 and they abhor8581 him that speaketh1696 uprightly.8549

11 Forasmuch3282 therefore3651 as your treading1318 is upon5921 the poor,1800 and ye take3947 from4480 him burdens4864 of wheat:1250 ye have built1129 houses1004 of hewn stone,1496 but ye shall not3808 dwell3427 in them; ye have planted5193 pleasant2531 vineyards,3754 but ye shall not3808 drink8354 853 wine3196 of them.

12 For3588 I know3045 your manifold7227 transgressions6588 and your mighty6099 sins:2403 they afflict6887 the just,6662 they take3947 a bribe,3724 and they turn aside5186 the poor34 in the gate8179 from their right.

13 Therefore3651 the prudent7919 shall keep silence1826 in that1931 time;6256 for3588 it1931 is an evil7451 time.6256

14 Seek1875 good,2896 and not408 evil,7451 that4616 ye may live:2421 and so3651 the LORD,3068 the God430 of hosts,6635 shall be1961 with854 you, as834 ye have spoken.559

15 Hate8130 the evil,7451 and love157 the good,2896 and establish3322 judgment4941 in the gate:8179 it may be194 that the LORD3068 God430 of hosts6635 will be gracious2603 unto the remnant7611 of Joseph.3130

16 Therefore3651 the LORD,3068 the God430 of hosts,6635 the Lord,136 saith559 thus;3541 Wailing4553 shall be in all3605 streets;7339 and they shall say559 in all3605 the highways,2351 Alas!1930 alas!1930 and they shall call7121 the husbandman406 to413 mourning,60 and such as are skillful3045 of lamentation5092 to413 wailing.4553

17 And in all3605 vineyards3754 shall be wailing:4553 for3588 I will pass5674 through7130 thee, saith559 the LORD.3068

18 Woe1945 unto you that desire183 853 the day3117 of the LORD!3068 to what end4100 is it2088 for you? the day3117 of the LORD3068 is darkness,2822 and not3808 light.216

19 As if834 a man376 did flee5127 from4480 6440 a lion,738 and a bear1677 met6293 him; or went935 into the house,1004 and leaned5564 his hand3027 on5921 the wall,7023 and a serpent5175 bit5391 him.

20 Shall not3808 the day3117 of the LORD3068 be darkness,2822 and not3808 light?216 even very dark,651 and no3808 brightness5051 in it?

21 I hate,8130 I despise3988 your feast days,2282 and I will not3808 smell7306 in your solemn assemblies.6116

22 Though3588 518 ye offer5927 me burnt offerings5930 and your meat offerings,4503 I will not3808 accept7521 them: neither3808 will I regard5027 the peace offerings8002 of your fat beasts.4806

23 Take thou away5493 from4480 5921 me the noise1995 of thy songs;7892 for I will not3808 hear8085 the melody2172 of thy viols.5035

24 But let judgment4941 run down1556 as waters,4325 and righteousness6666 as a mighty386 stream.5158

25 Have ye offered5066 unto me sacrifices2077 and offerings4503 in the wilderness4057 forty705 years,8141 O house1004 of Israel?3478

26 But ye have borne5375 853 the tabernacle5522 of your Moloch4432 and Chiun3594 your images,6754 the star3556 of your god,430 which834 ye made6213 to yourselves.

27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity1540 beyond4480 1973 Damascus,1834 saith559 the LORD,3068 whose name8034 is The God430 of hosts.6635

Amos

Chapter 5

1 HEAR this word which I take up concerning you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel:

2 The virgin of Israel is fallen, she shall no more rise; she is left lying on the ground, there is none to raise her up.

3 For thus says the LORD God: The city out of which went forth a thousand men, there shall be left in it a hundred men; and that out of which went forth a hundred men, there shall be left in it ten men to the house of Israel.

4 For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: Seek me and you shall live;

5 But do not seek Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity and Beth-el shall come to nought.

6 Seek the LORD and you shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph and devour Beth-el, and there will be none to quench it.

7 You who turn justice into bitterness, and lower righteousness to the ground,

8 They have forsaken him who made Pleiades and Orion, and who turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark into night; who calls the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth; the LORD is his name;

9 Who makes the weak to rule over the mighty, and exalts the meek over the proud.

10 They hate the poor at the gates, and they abhor him who speaks uprightly.

11 Therefore because you have beaten on the head of the poor and have taken from him the choicest gifts; the houses of hewn stone which you have built, you shall not dwell in; and from the pleasant vineyards which you have planted, you shall not drink wine.

12 For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great; you oppress the just, you take a bribe, and you turn aside the cause of the poor in the gate from their right.

13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

14 Seek good and not evil that you may live; and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as you have spoken.

15 Hate the evil and love the good, and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

16 Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of hosts: In all streets there shall be wailing; and in all broad places they shall say, Alas! alas! and they shall call the farmers to mourning, and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing.

17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing; for I will pass through the midst of you, says the LORD.

18 Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? The day of the LORD? For it is a day of darkness and not light.

19 As when a man fled from a lion and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall and a serpent bit him.

20 Such is the day of the LORD; it is darkness and not light; yea, it is a day of thick darkness and no brightness is in it.

21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell the savor of your solemn assemblies.

22 Though you offer me your burnt offerings and your meal offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

23 Take away from me the noise of your songs; for I will not hear the melody of your harps.

24 But let justice run down like waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

25 Did you offer to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Israel?

26 But you carried the tabernacle of Malcom and Chiun your idol, the star which you made a god to yourselves.

27 Therefore I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, says the LORD whose name is the God of hosts.

Amos

Chapter 5

Amos

Chapter 5

1 Hear8085 ye853 this2088 word1697 which834 I595 take up5375 against5921 you, even a lamentation,7015 O house1004 of Israel.3478

1 HEAR this word which I take up concerning you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel:

2 The virgin1330 of Israel3478 is fallen;5307 she shall no3808 more3254 rise:6965 she is forsaken5203 upon5921 her land;127 there is none369 to raise her up.6965

2 The virgin of Israel is fallen, she shall no more rise; she is left lying on the ground, there is none to raise her up.

3 For3588 thus3541 saith559 the Lord136 GOD;3069 The city5892 that went out3318 by a thousand505 shall leave7604 a hundred,3967 and that which went forth3318 by a hundred3967 shall leave7604 ten,6235 to the house1004 of Israel.3478

3 For thus says the LORD God: The city out of which went forth a thousand men, there shall be left in it a hundred men; and that out of which went forth a hundred men, there shall be left in it ten men to the house of Israel.

4 For3588 thus3541 saith559 the LORD3068 unto the house1004 of Israel,3478 Seek1875 ye me, and ye shall live: 2421

4 For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: Seek me and you shall live;

5 But seek1875 not408 Bethel,1008 nor3808 enter935 into Gilgal,1537 and pass5674 not3808 to Beer-sheba:884 for3588 Gilgal1537 shall surely go into captivity,1540 1540 and Bethel1008 shall come1961 to naught.205

5 But do not seek Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity and Beth-el shall come to nought.

6 Seek1875 853 the LORD,3068 and ye shall live;2421 lest6435 he break out6743 like fire784 in the house1004 of Joseph,3130 and devour398 it, and there be none369 to quench3518 it in Bethel.1008

6 Seek the LORD and you shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph and devour Beth-el, and there will be none to quench it.

7 Ye who turn2015 judgment4941 to wormwood,3939 and leave off5117 righteousness6666 in the earth,776

7 You who turn justice into bitterness, and lower righteousness to the ground,

8 Seek him that maketh6213 the seven stars3598 and Orion,3685 and turneth2015 the shadow of death6757 into the morning,1242 and maketh the day dark2821 3117 with night:3915 that calleth7121 for the waters4325 of the sea,3220 and poureth them out8210 upon5921 the face6440 of the earth:776 The LORD3068 is his name: 8034

8 They have forsaken him who made Pleiades and Orion, and who turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark into night; who calls the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth; the LORD is his name;

9 That strengtheneth1082 the spoiled7701 against5921 the strong,5974 so that the spoiled7701 shall come935 against5921 the fortress.4013

9 Who makes the weak to rule over the mighty, and exalts the meek over the proud.

10 They hate8130 him that rebuketh3198 in the gate,8179 and they abhor8581 him that speaketh1696 uprightly.8549

10 They hate the poor at the gates, and they abhor him who speaks uprightly.

11 Forasmuch3282 therefore3651 as your treading1318 is upon5921 the poor,1800 and ye take3947 from4480 him burdens4864 of wheat:1250 ye have built1129 houses1004 of hewn stone,1496 but ye shall not3808 dwell3427 in them; ye have planted5193 pleasant2531 vineyards,3754 but ye shall not3808 drink8354 853 wine3196 of them.

11 Therefore because you have beaten on the head of the poor and have taken from him the choicest gifts; the houses of hewn stone which you have built, you shall not dwell in; and from the pleasant vineyards which you have planted, you shall not drink wine.

12 For3588 I know3045 your manifold7227 transgressions6588 and your mighty6099 sins:2403 they afflict6887 the just,6662 they take3947 a bribe,3724 and they turn aside5186 the poor34 in the gate8179 from their right.

12 For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great; you oppress the just, you take a bribe, and you turn aside the cause of the poor in the gate from their right.

13 Therefore3651 the prudent7919 shall keep silence1826 in that1931 time;6256 for3588 it1931 is an evil7451 time.6256

13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

14 Seek1875 good,2896 and not408 evil,7451 that4616 ye may live:2421 and so3651 the LORD,3068 the God430 of hosts,6635 shall be1961 with854 you, as834 ye have spoken.559

14 Seek good and not evil that you may live; and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as you have spoken.

15 Hate8130 the evil,7451 and love157 the good,2896 and establish3322 judgment4941 in the gate:8179 it may be194 that the LORD3068 God430 of hosts6635 will be gracious2603 unto the remnant7611 of Joseph.3130

15 Hate the evil and love the good, and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

16 Therefore3651 the LORD,3068 the God430 of hosts,6635 the Lord,136 saith559 thus;3541 Wailing4553 shall be in all3605 streets;7339 and they shall say559 in all3605 the highways,2351 Alas!1930 alas!1930 and they shall call7121 the husbandman406 to413 mourning,60 and such as are skillful3045 of lamentation5092 to413 wailing.4553

16 Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of hosts: In all streets there shall be wailing; and in all broad places they shall say, Alas! alas! and they shall call the farmers to mourning, and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing.

17 And in all3605 vineyards3754 shall be wailing:4553 for3588 I will pass5674 through7130 thee, saith559 the LORD.3068

17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing; for I will pass through the midst of you, says the LORD.

18 Woe1945 unto you that desire183 853 the day3117 of the LORD!3068 to what end4100 is it2088 for you? the day3117 of the LORD3068 is darkness,2822 and not3808 light.216

18 Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? The day of the LORD? For it is a day of darkness and not light.

19 As if834 a man376 did flee5127 from4480 6440 a lion,738 and a bear1677 met6293 him; or went935 into the house,1004 and leaned5564 his hand3027 on5921 the wall,7023 and a serpent5175 bit5391 him.

19 As when a man fled from a lion and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall and a serpent bit him.

20 Shall not3808 the day3117 of the LORD3068 be darkness,2822 and not3808 light?216 even very dark,651 and no3808 brightness5051 in it?

20 Such is the day of the LORD; it is darkness and not light; yea, it is a day of thick darkness and no brightness is in it.

21 I hate,8130 I despise3988 your feast days,2282 and I will not3808 smell7306 in your solemn assemblies.6116

21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell the savor of your solemn assemblies.

22 Though3588 518 ye offer5927 me burnt offerings5930 and your meat offerings,4503 I will not3808 accept7521 them: neither3808 will I regard5027 the peace offerings8002 of your fat beasts.4806

22 Though you offer me your burnt offerings and your meal offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

23 Take thou away5493 from4480 5921 me the noise1995 of thy songs;7892 for I will not3808 hear8085 the melody2172 of thy viols.5035

23 Take away from me the noise of your songs; for I will not hear the melody of your harps.

24 But let judgment4941 run down1556 as waters,4325 and righteousness6666 as a mighty386 stream.5158

24 But let justice run down like waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

25 Have ye offered5066 unto me sacrifices2077 and offerings4503 in the wilderness4057 forty705 years,8141 O house1004 of Israel?3478

25 Did you offer to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Israel?

26 But ye have borne5375 853 the tabernacle5522 of your Moloch4432 and Chiun3594 your images,6754 the star3556 of your god,430 which834 ye made6213 to yourselves.

26 But you carried the tabernacle of Malcom and Chiun your idol, the star which you made a god to yourselves.

27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity1540 beyond4480 1973 Damascus,1834 saith559 the LORD,3068 whose name8034 is The God430 of hosts.6635

27 Therefore I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, says the LORD whose name is the God of hosts.