Amos 5
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| v | JPS1917 |
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| 1 | Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel: |
| 2 | The virgin of Israel is fallen, She shall no more rise; She is cast down upon her land, There is none to raise her up. |
| 3 | For thus saith the Lord GOD: The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth a hundred shall have ten left, of the house of Israel. |
| 4 | For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel: Seek ye Me, and live; |
| 5 | But seek not 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 live— Lest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph, And it devour, and there be none to quench it in Bethel— |
| 7 | Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, And cast righteousness to the ground; |
| 8 | Him that maketh the Pleiades and Orion, And bringeth on the shadow of death in the morning, And darkeneth the day into night; That calleth for the waters of the sea, And poureth them out upon the face of the earth; The LORD is His name; |
| 9 | That causeth destruction to flash upon the strong, So that destruction cometh upon the fortress. |
| 10 | They hate him that reproveth in the gate, And they abhor him that speaketh uprightly. |
| 11 | Therefore, because ye trample upon the poor, And take from him exactions 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 thereof. |
| 12 | For I know how manifold are your transgressions, And how mighty are your sins; Ye that afflict the just, that take a ransom, And that turn aside the needy in the gate. |
| 13 | Therefore the prudent doth keep silence in such a time; For it is an evil time. |
| 14 | Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; And so the LORD, the God of hosts, will be with you, as ye say. |
| 15 | Hate the evil, and love the good, And establish justice in the gate; It may be that the LORD, the God of hosts, Will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph. |
| 16 | Therefore thus saith the LORD, The God of hosts, the Lord: Lamentation shall be in all the broad places, And they shall say in all the streets: ‘Alas! alas! ’ And they shall call the husbandman to mourning, And proclaim lamentation to such as are skilful of wailing. |
| 17 | And in all vineyards shall be lamentation; For I will pass through the midst of thee, Saith the LORD. |
| 18 | Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! Wherefore would ye have the day of the LORD? It is darkness, and not light. |
| 19 | As if a man did flee from a lion, And a bear met him; And went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, And a serpent bit him. |
| 20 | Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it? |
| 21 | I hate, I despise your feasts, And I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies. |
| 22 | Yea, though ye offer me 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 away from Me the noise of thy songs; And let Me not hear the melody of thy psalteries. |
| 24 | But let justice well up as waters, And righteousness as a mighty stream. |
| 25 | Did ye bring unto Me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? |
| 26 | So shall ye take up Siccuth your king and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves. |
| 27 | Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith He, whose name is the LORD God of hosts. |