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| Amos 5:1 | Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel. | Hear you this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel. | Hear ye this word, which I take up concerning you for a lamentation. The house of Israel is fallen, and it shall rise no more. |
| Amos 5:2 | 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 is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is cast down on her land; there is none to raise her up. | The virgin of Israel is cast down upon her land, there is none to raise her up. |
| Amos 5:3 | For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel. | For thus says the Lord Yahweh: The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth one hundred shall have ten left, to the house of Israel. | For thus saith the Lord God: The city, out of which came forth a thousand, there shall be left in it a hundred: and out of which there came a hundred, there shall be left in it ten, in the house of Israel. |
| Amos 5:4 | For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: | For thus says Yahweh to the house of Israel, Seek you me, and you shall live; | For thus saith the Lord to the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and you shall live. |
| Amos 5:5 | But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought. | but don't seek Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and don't pass to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing. | But seek not Bethel, and go not into Galgal, neither shall you pass over to Bersabee: for Galgal shall go into captivity, and Bethel shall be unprofitable. |
| Amos 5:6 | Seek the LORD, 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 Bethel. | Seek Yahweh, and you shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be none to quench it in Bethel. | Seek ye the Lord, and live: lest the house of Joseph be burnt with fire, and it shall devour, and there shall be none to quench Bethel. |
| Amos 5:7 | Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, | You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth, | You that turn judgment into wormwood, and forsake justice in the land, |
| Amos 5:8 | Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name: | [seek him] who makes the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth (Yahweh is his name); | Seek him that maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and that turneth darkness into morning, and that changeth day into night: that calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name. |
| Amos 5:9 | That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress. | who brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the fortress. | He that with a smile bringeth destruction upon the strong, and waste upon the mighty. |
| Amos 5:10 | They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly. | They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly. | They have hated him that rebuketh in the gate: and have abhorred him that speaketh perfectly. |
| Amos 5:11 | Forasmuch 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. | Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink the wine of it. | Therefore because you robbed the poor, and took the choice prey from him: you shall build houses with square stone, and shall not dwell in them: you shall plant most delightful vineyards, and shall not drink the wine of them. |
| Amos 5:12 | 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. | For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins-you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right]. | Because I know your manifold crimes, and your grievous sine: enemies of the just, taking bribes, and oppressing the poor in the gate. |
| Amos 5:13 | Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time. | Therefore he who is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time. | Therefore the prudent shall keep silence at that time, for it is an evil time. |
| Amos 5:14 | Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken. | Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so Yahweh, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you say. | Seek ye good, and not evil, that you may live: and the Lord the God of hosts will be with you, as you have said. |
| Amos 5:15 | 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 justice in the gate: it may be that Yahweh, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph. | Hate evil, and love good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be the Lord the God of hosts may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph. |
| Amos 5:16 | Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing. | Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of hosts, the Lord: Wailing shall be in all the broad ways; and they shall say in all the streets, Alas! Alas! and they shall call the farmer to mourning, and such as are skillful in lamentation to wailing. | Therefore thus saith the Lord the God of hosts the sovereign Lord: In every street there shall be wailing: and in all places that are without, they shall say: Alas, alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful in lamentation to lament. |
| Amos 5:17 | And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD. | In all vineyards shall be wailing; for I will pass through the midst of you, says Yahweh. | And in all vineyards there shall be wailing: because I will pass through in the midst of thee, saith the Lord. |
| Amos 5:18 | 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. | Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh! Why would you have the day of Yahweh? It is darkness, and not light. | Woe to them that desire the day of the Lord: to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light. |
| Amos 5:19 | 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. | As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and a bear should meet him: or enter into the house, and lean with his hand upon the wall, and a serpent should bite him. |
| Amos 5:20 | Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it? | Shall the day of Yahweh not 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: and obscurity, and no brightness in it? |
| Amos 5:21 | I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. | I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies. | I hate, and have rejected your festivities: and I will not receive the odour of your assemblies. |
| Amos 5:22 | 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. | Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal-offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fat animals. | And if you offer me holocausts, and your gifts, I will not receive them: neither will I regard the vows of your fat beasts. |
| Amos 5:23 | Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. | Take away from me the noise of your songs; for I will not hear the melody of your viols. | Take away from me the tumult of thy songs: and I will not hear the canticles of thy harp. |
| Amos 5:24 | But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. | But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. | But judgment shall be revealed as water, and justice as a mighty torrent. |
| Amos 5:25 | Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? | Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel? | Did you offer victims and sacrifices to me in the desert for forty years, O house of Israel? |
| Amos 5:26 | But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves. | Yes, you have borne the tent of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made to yourselves. | But you carried a tabernacle for your Moloch, and the image of your idols, the star of your god, which you made to yourselves. |
| Amos 5:27 | Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts. | Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, says Yahweh, whose name is the God of hosts. | And I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, the God of hosts is his name. |
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