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| Amos 5:1 | Hear you this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel. | Hear this word that I am bearing to you, A lamentation, 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 cast down on her land; there is none to raise her up. | `Fallen, not again to rise, hath the virgin of Israel, Left on her land she hath no raiser up.` | The virgin of Israel is cast down upon her land, there is none to raise her up. |
| Amos 5:3 | 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 said the Lord Jehovah: The city that is going out a thousand, Doth leave an hundred, And that which is going out an hundred, Doth leave ten 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 says Yahweh to the house of Israel, Seek you me, and you shall live; | For thus said Jehovah to the house of Israel: Seek ye Me, and live, | For thus saith the Lord to the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and you shall live. |
| Amos 5:5 | 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. | And seek not Beth-El, and Gilgal enter not, And Beer-Sheba pass not through, For Gilgal doth utterly remove, And Beth-El doth become vanity. | 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 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 Jehovah, and live, Lest He prosper as fire [against] the house of Joseph, And it hath consumed, And there is no quencher for Beth-El. | 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 | You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth, | Ye who are turning to wormwood judgment, And righteousness to the earth have put down, | You that turn judgment into wormwood, and forsake justice in the land, |
| Amos 5:8 | [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); | The maker of Kimah and Kesil, And the turner to morning of death-shade, And day [as] night He hath made dark, Who is calling to the waters of the sea, And poureth them on the face of the earth, Jehovah [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 | who brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the fortress. | Who is brightening up the spoiled against the strong, And the spoiled against a fortress cometh. | He that with a smile bringeth destruction upon the strong, and waste upon the mighty. |
| Amos 5:10 | They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly. | They have hated a reprover in the gate, And a plain speaker they abominate. | They have hated him that rebuketh in the gate: and have abhorred him that speaketh perfectly. |
| Amos 5:11 | 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 of your trampling on the poor, And the tribute of corn ye take from him, Houses of hewn work ye have built, And ye do not dwell in them, Desirable vineyards ye have planted, And ye do not drink their wine. | 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 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]. | For I have known many [are] your transgressions, And mighty your sins, Adversaries of the righteous, taking ransoms, And the needy in the gate ye turned aside. | 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 he who is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time. | Therefore is the wise at that time silent, For an evil time it [is]. | Therefore the prudent shall keep silence at that time, for it is an evil time. |
| Amos 5:14 | Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so Yahweh, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you say. | Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live, And it is so; Jehovah, God of Hosts, [is] with you, as ye said. | 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 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 set up judgment in the gate, It may be Jehovah, God of Hosts, doth pity 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 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 said Jehovah, God of Hosts, the Lord, In all broad places [is] lamentation, And in all out-places they say, `Alas, alas,` And called the husbandman to mourning, And to lamentation the skilful of 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 | In all vineyards shall be wailing; for I will pass through the midst of you, says Yahweh. | And in all vineyards [is] lamentation, For I pass into thy midst, said Jehovah. | 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 to you who desire the day of Yahweh! Why would you have the day of Yahweh? It is darkness, and not light. | Ho, ye who are desiring the day of Jehovah, Why [is] this to you the day of Jehovah? 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 [when] one fleeth from the face of the lion, And the bear hath met him, And he hath come in to the house, And hath leant his hand on the wall, And the serpent hath bitten 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 the day of Yahweh not be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it? | Is not the day of Jehovah darkness and not light, Even thick darkness that hath no brightness? | 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 feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies. | I have hated I have loathed your festivals, And I am not refreshed by your restraints. | I hate, and have rejected your festivities: and I will not receive the odour of your assemblies. |
| Amos 5:22 | 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. | For though ye cause burnt-offerings and your presents to ascend to Me, I am not pleased, And the peace-offering of your fatlings I behold not. | 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 away from me the noise of your songs; for I will not hear the melody of your viols. | Turn aside from Me the noise of thy songs, Yea, the praise of thy psaltery I hear not. | Take away from me the tumult of thy songs: and I will not hear the canticles of thy harp. |
| Amos 5:24 | But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. | And roll on as waters doth judgment, And righteousness as a perennial stream. | But judgment shall be revealed as water, and justice as a mighty torrent. |
| Amos 5:25 | Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel? | Sacrifices and offering did ye bring nigh to Me, In a wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? | Did you offer victims and sacrifices to me in the desert for forty years, O house of Israel? |
| Amos 5:26 | 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. | And ye bare Succoth your king, and Chiun your images, The star of your god, that ye made for 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, says Yahweh, whose name is the God of hosts. | And I removed you beyond Damascus, Said Jehovah, God of Hosts [is] His name. | 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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