Amos 5 | Strong's Bible

This section is currently under construction

Chapter 1 Chapter 2

CHAPTER 5

Hear

this

word,

O house

of Israel,

this

lamentation

I

take up

against you:

“Fallen is

Virgin

Israel,

never

to rise

again.

She lies abandoned

on

her land,

with no

one to raise her up.”

This 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

this is what

the LORD

says

to the house

of Israel:

“Seek

Me and live!

Do 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.

Seek

the LORD

and live,

or

He will spread

like fire

through the house

of Joseph;

it will devour everything,

with no

one at Bethel

to extinguish it.

You who turn

justice

into wormwood

and cast

righteousness

to the ground—

He 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 flashes

destruction

on

the strong,

so that fury

comes

upon

the stronghold—

you hate

the one who reproves

in the gate

and despise

him who speaks

with integrity.

Therefore,

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.

For

I know

your transgressions

are many

and your sins

are innumerable.

You oppress

the righteous,

taking

bribes,

and depriving the poor

of justice

at the gates.

Therefore,

the prudent

keep silent

in such

times,

for

the days

are evil.

Seek

good,

not

evil

so that

you may live,

and the LORD,

the God

of Hosts,

will be

with you,

as

you have claimed.

Hate

evil

and love

good;

establish

justice

in the gate.

Perhaps

the LORD,

the God

of Hosts,

will be gracious

to the remnant

of Joseph.”

Therefore

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.

There will be wailing

in all

the vineyards,

for

I will pass

through your midst,”

says

the LORD.

Woe

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.

It 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 have a serpent

bite him.

Will not

the Day

of the LORD

be darkness

and not

light,

even gloom

with no

brightness

in it?

I hate,

I despise

your feasts!

I cannot

stand the stench

of your solemn assemblies.

Even

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.

Take away

from Me

the noise

of your songs!

I will not

listen

to the music

of your harps.

But let justice

roll on

like a river,

and righteousness

like an ever-flowing

stream.

Did you bring

Me

sacrifices

and offerings

forty

years

in the wilderness,

O house

of Israel?

You have lifted up

Sakkuth

your king

and Kaiwan

your star

god,

the idols

you made

for yourselves.

Therefore, I will send you into exile

beyond

Damascus,”

says

the LORD,

whose name is

the God

of Hosts.

< >

To purchase a hardcover copy of Strong's Bible click here or visit Amazon.