Amos 5:1 ¶ Listen8085 to this word1697 which I take up5375 for a lamentation7015 over you, O house1004 of Israel.3478 cr 2 "The virgin1330 of Israel3478 has fallen;5307 She shall rise6965 no more.3254 She is cast down5203 on her land;127 there is no one to raise her up."6965 cr

Amos 5:3 ¶ For thus says559 the Lord136 Yahweh:3069 "The city5892 that went forth3318 a thousand505 shall have a hundred3967 left,7604 and that which went forth3318 one hundred3967 shall have ten6235 left7604 to the house1004 of Israel."3478 cr

Amos 5:4 ¶ For thus says559 Yahweh3068 to the house1004 of Israel:3478 "Seek1875 me, and you will live;2421 cr 5 but don't seek1875 Bethel,1008 nor enter935 into Gilgal,1537 and don't pass5674 to Beersheba:884 for Gilgal1537 shall surely1540 go into captivity,1540 and Bethel1008 shall come to nothing.205 cr 6 Seek1875 Yahweh,3068 and you will live;2421 lest he break out6743 like fire784 in the house1004 of Joseph,3130 and it devour,398 and there be no one to quench3518 it in Bethel.1008 cr 7 You who turn2015 justice4941 to wormwood,3939 and cast down3240 righteousness6666 to the earth:776 cr 8 seek him who made6213 the Pleiades3598 and Orion,3685 and turns2015 the shadow of death6757 into the morning,1242 and makes the day3117 dark2821 with night;3915 who calls7121 for the waters4325 of the sea,3220 and pours them out8210 on the surface6440 of the earth,776 Yahweh3068 is his name,8034 cr 9 who brings1082 sudden destruction7701 on the strong,5794 so that destruction7701 comes935 on the fortress.4013 cr 10 They hate8130 him who reproves3198 in the gate,8179 and they abhor8581 him who speaks1696 blamelessly.8549 cr 11 Forasmuch3282 therefore as you trample1318 on the poor,1800 and take3947 taxes4864 from him of wheat:1250 You have built1129 houses1004 of cut stone,1496 but you will not dwell3427 in them. You have planted5193 pleasant2531 vineyards,3754 but you shall not drink8354 their wine.3196 cr 12 For I know3045 how many7227 your offenses,6588 and how great6099 are your sins—2403 you who afflict6887 the just,6662 who take3947 a bribe,3724 and who turn aside5186 the needy34 in the courts.8179 cr 13 Therefore a prudent7919 person keeps silent1826 in such a time,6256 for it is an evil7451 time.6256 cr 14 Seek1875 good,2896 and not evil,7451 that you may live;2421 and so Yahweh,3068 the God430 of Armies,6635 will be with you, as you say.559 cr 15 Hate8130 evil,7451 love157 good,2896 and establish3322 justice4941 in the courts.8179 It may be that Yahweh,3068 the God430 of Armies,6635 will be gracious2603 to the remnant7611 of Joseph."3130 cr

Amos 5:16 ¶ Therefore thus says559 Yahweh,3068 the God430 of Armies,6635 the Lord:136 "Wailing4553 will be in all the broad7339 ways; and they will say559 in all the streets,2351 ‘Alas!1930 Alas!'1930 and they will call7121 the farmer406 to mourning,60 and those who are skillful3045 in lamentation5092 to wailing.4553 cr 17 In all vineyards3754 there will be wailing;4553 for I will pass5674 through7130 the midst of you," says559 Yahweh.3068 cr 18 "Woe1945 to you who desire183 the day3117 of Yahweh!3068 Why4100 do you long for the day3117 of Yahweh?3068 It is darkness,2822 and not light.216 cr 19 As if a man376 fled5127 from6440 a lion,738 and a bear1677 met6293 him; Or he went935 into the house1004 and leaned5564 his hand3027 on the wall,7023 and a snake5175 bit5391 him. cr 20 Won't the day3117 of Yahweh3068 be darkness,2822 and not light?216 Even very dark,651 and no brightness5051 in it? cr 21 I hate,8130 I despise3988 your feasts,2282 and I can't stand7306 your solemn assemblies.6116 cr 22 Yes, though you offer5927 me your burnt offerings5930 and meal offerings,4503 I will not accept7521 them; neither will I regard5027 the peace offerings8002 of your fat animals.4806 cr 23 Take away5493 from me the noise1995 of your songs!7892 I will not listen8085 to the music2172 of your harps.5035 cr 24 But let justice4941 roll on1556 like rivers,4325 and righteousness6666 like a mighty386 stream.5158 cr

Amos 5:25 ¶ "Did you bring5066 to me sacrifices2077 and offerings4503 in the wilderness4057 forty705 years,8141 house1004 of Israel?3478 cr 26 You also carried5375 the tent5522 of your king4428 and the shrine3594 of your images,6754 the star3556 of your god,430 which you made6213 for yourselves. cr 27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity1540 beyond1973 Damascus,"1834 says559 Yahweh,3068 whose name8034 is the God430 of Armies.6635 cr