Amo Amos, chapter Book of Amos, chapter 5
Hear this word that I am bearing to yöu, || A lamentation, O house of Israel: “Fallen, not to rise again, has the virgin of Israel, || Left on her land—she has none [to] raise [her] up.” For thus said Lord YHWH: “The city that is going out one thousand, || Leaves one hundred, || And that which is going out one hundred, || Leaves ten to the house of Israel.” For thus said YHWH to the house of Israel: “Seek Me, and live, Psa 34:10And do not seek Beth-El, and do not enter Gilgal, || And do not pass through Beer-Sheba, || For Gilgal utterly removes, || And Beth-El becomes vanity. Amo 4:4Seek YHWH, and live, || Lest He prosper as fire [against] the house of Joseph, || And it has consumed, || And there is no quencher for Beth-El— Isa 55:6; Jer 17:27Yöu who are turning judgment to wormwood, || And have put down righteousness to the earth!” The Maker of the Pleiades and Orion, || And He who is turning death-shade to the morning—And He has made day [as] dark [as] night—Who is calling to the waters of the sea, || And pours them on the face of the earth, || YHWH [is] His Name; Amo 9:6Who is brightening up the spoiled against the strong, || And the spoiled comes against a fortress. They have hated a reprover in the gate, || And they detest a plain speaker. Isa 29:21; Zep 1:12Therefore, because of yöur trampling on the poor, || And the tribute of grain yöu take from him, || Houses of hewn work yöu have built, || And yöu do not dwell in them, || Desirable vineyards yöu have planted, || And yöu do not drink their wine. Zep 1:13For I have known—many [are] yöur transgressions, || And mighty yöur sins, || Adversaries of the righteous, taking ransoms, || And yöu turned aside the needy in the gate. Isa 59:15; Amo 8:4Therefore the wise is silent at that time, || For it [is] an evil time. Amo 8:3Seek good, and not evil, that yöu may live, and it is so; YHWH, God of Hosts, [is] with yöu, as yöu said. Psa 34:14; Isa 1:16; Rom 12:9Hate evil, and love good, || And set up judgment in the gate, || It may be YHWH, God of Hosts, pities the remnant of Joseph. Psa 97:10Therefore, thus said YHWH, God of Hosts, the Lord: “Lamentation is in all broad places, || And in all out-places they say, Oh! Oh! And called the farmer to mourning, || And the skillful of wailing to lamentation. Jer 9:17And in all vineyards [is] lamentation, || For I pass into your midst,” said YHWH. Behold, yöu who are desiring the Day of YHWH, || Why [is] this to yöu—the Day of YHWH? It is darkness, and not light, Isa 5:19; Jer 30:7; Jol 2:11; Zep 1:15As [when] one flees from the face of the lion, || And the bear has met him, || And he has come into the house, || And has leaned his hand on the wall, || And the serpent has bitten him. Isa 24:18; Jer 48:44Is not the Day of YHWH darkness and not light, || Even thick darkness that has no brightness? Jol 2:2“I have hated—I have loathed yöur festivals, || And I am not refreshed by yöur restraints. Isa 1:11; Jer 6:20For though yöu cause burnt-offerings and yöur presents to ascend to Me, || I am not pleased, || And I do not behold the peace-offering of yöur fatlings. Mal 2:13Turn the noise of your songs aside from Me, || Indeed, I do not hear the praise of your stringed instruments. Mat 15:8And judgment rolls on as waters, || And righteousness as a perennial stream. Isa 11:9; Isa 56:1Did yöu bring sacrifices and offerings near to Me, || In a wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? Act 7:42And yöu bore Succoth yöur king, and Chiun yöur images, || The star of yöur god, that yöu made for yourselves. Act 7:43And I removed yöu beyond Damascus,” said YHWH—God of Hosts [is] His Name.