Amo Amos, chapter Book of Amos, chapter 5
Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a kinah (lamentation), O Bais Yisroel.
The Betulat Yisroel is fallen;
she shall no more rise;
she is forsaken in her own land;
there is none to raise her up.
For thus saith Adonoi Hashem:
The city that went out by a thousand
will be left a hundred,
and that which went forth by an hundred
will be left ten, for Bais Yisroel.
For thus saith Hashem unto Bais Yisroel:
Seek ye Me, and live;Psa 34:11
But seek not Beit-El,
nor enter into Gilgal,
and pass not to Be'er-Sheva;
for Gilgal shall surely go into golus,
and Beit-El shall come to naught.Amo 4:4
Seek Hashem, and live;
lest He break out like eish in Bais Yosef,
and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Beit-El.Isa 55:6; Jer 17:27
Ye who turn mishpat into wormwood,
and cast tzedakah to the ground.
Seek Him that maketh the Pleiades and Orion,
and turneth tzalmavet into boker,
and maketh the yom into lailah;
that calleth for the waters of the yam,
and poureth them out upon the face of ha'aretz;
Hashem Shmo;Amo 9:6
Who causeth shod (destruction) to flash upon the strong,
and shod upon the fortified city.
They hate the mochiach (reprover) [of injustice] in the gate,
and they abhor him that speaketh tamim (uprightly).Isa 29:21; Zep 1:12
Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor,
and ye take from him burdens of wheat;
ye have built batim (houses) of hewn stone,
but ye shall not dwell in them;
ye have planted pleasant kramim (vineyards),
but ye shall not drink yayin of them.Zep 1:13
For I have da'as of your manifold peysha'im
and your mighty chattaim (sins);
they afflict the tzaddik, they take a bribe,
and they turn aside the poor in the sha'ar (gate, court) from their right.Isa 59:15; Amo 8:4
Therefore the maskil (prudent) shall keep silence in such times;
for it is an evil time.Amo 8:3
Seek tov, and not rah,
that ye may live;
and so Hashem Elohei Tzva'os shall be with you,
just as ye say He is.Psa 34:15; Isa 1:16; Rom 12:9
Hate the rah, and love the tov,
and establish mishpat in the sha'ar;
it may be that Hashem Elohei Tzava'os
will be gracious unto the she'erit Yosef.Psa 97:10
Therefore Hashem Adonoi Elohei Tzva'os saith thus:
Wailing shall be in all rechovot;
and they shall cry in all the public squares,
Alas! Alas! And they shall call the ikkar (farmer) to mourning,
and such as are skillful of lamentation to wailing.Jer 9:16
And in all kramim (vineyards) shall be wailing;
for I will pass through thee, saith Hashem.
Hoy unto you that desire the Yom Hashem!
Why do ye seek it?
The Yom Hashem is choshech, and not ohr.Isa 5:19; Jer 30:7; Jol 2:11; Zep 1:15
As if a man did flee from an ari,
and a dov met him;
or went into the bais,
and leaned his hand on the kir (wall),
and a nachash bit him.Isa 24:18; Jer 48:44
Shall not the Yom Hashem be choshech, and not ohr?
Even very dark, and no brightness in it?Jol 2:2
I hate, I despise your chagim (religious festivals),
and I do not savor your atzerot (solemn assemblies).Isa 1:11; Jer 6:20
Though ye offer Me olot
and your minchot, I will not accept them;
neither will I regard your choice shelamim (peace offerings).Mal 2:13
Take thou away from Me the noise of thy shirim (songs);
for I will not hear the melody of thy nevalim (harps).Mat 15:8
But let mishpat run down as mayim,
and tzedakah as a never failing stream.Isa 11:9; Isa 56:1
Did ye offer unto Me zevakhim and minchah in the midbar arba'im shanah, O Bais Yisroel? Act 7:42But ye have borne Sikkut your king and Kiyun your tzelamim, your star g-d, which ye made for yourselves. Act 7:43Therefore will I cause you to go into golus beyond Damascus, saith Hashem, Elohei Tzva'os Shmo.