Amos 5
1. Hear * ye this word which I take up * against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
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 * .
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.
4. For thus saith * the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek * ye me, and ye shall live * :
5. But seek * not Bethel, nor enter * into Gilgal, and pass * not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely * go into captivity * , and Bethel shall come to nought.
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.
7. Ye who turn * judgment to wormwood, and leave off * righteousness in the earth,
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:
9. That strengtheneth * the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come * against the fortress.
10. They hate * him that rebuketh * in the gate, and they abhor * him that speaketh * uprightly.
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.
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.
13. Therefore the prudent * shall keep silence * in that 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, shall be with you, as ye have spoken * .
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.
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.
17. And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass * through thee, saith * the LORD.
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.
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.
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 feast days, and I will not smell * in your solemn assemblies.
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.
23. Take thou away * from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear * the melody of thy viols.
24. But let judgment run down * as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
25. Have ye offered * unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
26. But ye have borne * the tabernacle of your Moloch 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 * the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.
