“Hear ye this word which I take up against you. Even a lamentation, O house of Israel.”
Amos 5
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1Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lamentation I take up against you:
2"Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again. She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up."
“the virgin of Israel is fallen. She shall no more rise. She is forsaken upon her land. There is none to raise her up.”
“The Virgin of Israel has fallen. She will rise no more. She lies forsaken on her land. There is no one to raise her up”
3This is what the Lord GOD says: "The city that marches out a thousand strong will only see a hundred return, and the one that marches out a hundred strong will have but ten left in the house of Israel."
“for thus says the Lord God. The city that goes out by a thousand shall have a hundred left and that which goes out by a hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel.”
“For thus saith the Lord God, the city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten for the house of Israel.”
4For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: "Seek Me and live!
“For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel seek ye me and ye shall live”
“for thus says the Lord to the house of Israel Seek me and live.”
“for thus says the Lord to the house of Israel, seek me that you may live.”
5Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal; do not journey to Beersheba, for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.
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6Seek the LORD and live, or He will sweep like fire through the house of Joseph; it will devour everything, with no one at Bethel to extinguish it.
“Seek the Lord and live lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph and devour it with no one to quench it in Bethel.”
“Seek the Lord again. It is repeated. And ye shall live lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph and devour it and there be none to quench it in”
7There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
“Ye who turn judgment to wormwood and leave off righteousness in the earth”
“You who turn justice to wormwood and lay righteousness to rest in the earth.”
8He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth— the LORD is His name—
“He made the Pleiades in Orion. He turns the shadow of death in the morning and makes the day dark as night. He calls for the water of the sea and pours them out on the face of the earth. The Lord is his name.”
9He flashes destruction on the strong, so that fury comes upon the stronghold.
“he reigns ruin upon the strong so that fury comes upon the fortress.”
“that strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong so that the spoiled shall come out against a fortress.”
10There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.
“They hate him. That rebuketh in the gate and they abhor him. That speaketh uprightly”
“they hate him that rebuketh in the gate and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.”
“They hate the one who rebukes in the gate and they abhor the one who speaks up rightly.”
“they hate him that rebuketh in the gate. They abhor him that speaketh uprightly”
“they hate him who reproves in the gate and they despise him who speaks with integrity.”
“they hate him who reproves and rebukes in the gate. They abhor him who speaks the truth.”
11Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.
“therefore, as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat, ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them. Ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.”
“Therefore because you tread down the poor and take grain taxes from him though. You have built houses of hewn stone yet. You shall not dwell in them. You've planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink wine from them.”
12For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.
“For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins. They afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.”
“I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins. Afflicting the just and taking bribes. Diverting the poor from justice at the gate”
“for I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great. You who distress the righteous and accept bribes and turn aside the poor at the gate.”
13Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
“Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time for it is an evil time.”
“therefore the prudent keeps silent at that time for it is an evil time.”
14Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.
“See good and not evil that you may live and thus may the Lord God of hosts be with you just as you have said.”
“seek good and not evil that you may live so the Lord the God of hosts shall be with you as you have spoken”
15Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph."
“hate evil love good. Establish justice in the gates. It may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”
“hate the evil and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate. It may be that the Lord, God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.”
“Hate the evil and love the good and establish judgment in the gate. It may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.”
“hate evil and love the good and establish judgment in the gate. It may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious under the remnant of Joseph.”
“hate evil, love good, establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the Lord God of hosts may be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”
16Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: "There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of 'Alas! Alas!' in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail.
“Therefore the Lord God of hosts the Lord says this. There shall be wailing in all the streets and they shall say in all the highways alas alas. They shall call the farmer to mourning and the skillful lamenters to wailing”
“Therefore, thus says the Lord God of hosts, the Lord, there is wailing in the plazas. And in all the streets, they say, alas, alas. They also call the farmer to mourning and professional mourners to lamentation.”
17There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst," says the LORD.
“And in all vineyards shall be wailing for I will pass through thee saith the Lord”
“And in all the vineyards, there is wailing because I will pass through the midst of you, says the Lord.”
18Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.
“Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! To what end is it for you? The day of the Lord is darkness and not light.”
“Alas, you who are longing for the day of the Lord, for what purpose will the day of the Lord be to you? It will be darkness and not light.”
“Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord for what good is the day of the Lord to you? Will be darkness and not light.”
“Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord. Why would you have the day of the Lord? It is darkness, not light.”
“Woe to you that desire the day of the Lord. To what end is it for you? He said. The day of the Lord is darkness and not light.”
“you that desire the day of the Lord, to what end is it for you? The day of the Lord is darkness and not light.”
19It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.
“As if a man did flee 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.”
“As when a man flees from a lion and a bear meets him or goes home, leans his hand against the wall and a snake bites him.”
“As if a man did flee 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,”
“As if a man did flee 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.”
“be as though a man fled from a lion and a bear met him. Or as though he went into the house leaned his hand on the wall and a serpent bit him”
“As if a man did flee from a lion and a bear met him, and went into his house and leaned his hand on a wall and a serpent bit him,”
20Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?
“is not the day of the Lord. Darkness and not light. Is it not very dark with no brightness in it?”
“shall not the day of the Lord be darkness and not light, even very dark and no brightness in it.”
“Will not the day of the Lord be darkness instead of light, even gloom with no brightness in it?”
“Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness and not light? Even very dark and no brightness in it.”
“Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness and not light even very dark no brightness in it.”
“not the day of the Lord. A day of darkness and not light. Is it not very dark with no brightness in it”
21"I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.
“I hate, I despise your feast days, and I do not savor your sacred assemblies.”
“I hate, I reject your festivals, nor do I delight in your solemn assemblies.”
“I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies,”
“I hate, I reject your festivals. Nor do I delight in your solemn assemblies,”
“I hate, I reject your festivals, nor do I delight in your solemn assemblies.”
“I hate, I despise your feast days. I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.”
22Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard.
“Though you offer me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them, nor will I regard your fattened peace offerings.”
“though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings. I will not accept them, neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.”
“even though you offer up to me burnt offerings and your grain offerings. I will not accept them. And I will not even look at the peace offerings of your fatlings.”
“though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them. Neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.”
“though you offer me the burnt offerings and your meal offerings. I will not accept them. Neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beast.”
“though you offer Me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them. Neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beast.”
23Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.
“take away from me the noise of your songs. For I will not hear the melody of your stringed instruments.”
“Take away from me the noise of your songs. To the melody of your harps. I will not listen.”
“Take thou away from me, the noise of thy songs, for I will not hear the melody of thy vials.”
“Take thou away from Me the noise of thy songs, for I will not hear the melody of thy vials.”
“Take away from me the noise of your songs. I will not even listen to the sound of your harps.”
“Take away from me the noise of your songs. They sang to the melody of your harps. I will not listen.”
24But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
“but let judgment run down as waters and righteousness as a mighty stream.”
“But let justice run down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
“But let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever -flowing stream.".”
“But let justice run down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
“But let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever -flowing stream.”
“Let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever -flowing stream.”
25Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
“Did you present me with sacrifices and grain offerings in the wilderness for 40 years, O house of Israel?”
“Did you offer me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness 40 years. Oh house of Israel.”
“Have you offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Israel.”
26You have taken along Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god, the idols you made for yourselves.
“You also carried sick of your king and chin your idols the star of your gods, which you made for yourselves.”
“You also carried along Sikoth, your king, and Chion, your images, the star of your gods, which you made for yourselves.”
27Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus," says the LORD, whose name is the God of Hosts.
“Therefore I will send you into captivity beyond Damascus says the Lord. Whose name is the God of hosts?”
“Therefore, I will make you go into exile. Beyond Damascus, says the Lord, whose name is the God of hosts.”