Book of Amos, Chapter 5
Amos 5 NASB - New American Standard BibleChapter 5 of Amos—New American Standard Bible (NASB)
- ¶ Hear this word which I take up for you as a 1dirge, O house of Israel:
- She has fallen, she will 2not rise again—
The 3virgin Israel.
She lies neglected on her land;
There is 4none to raise her up. - ¶ For thus says the Lord [a]GOD,
¶ “The city which goes forth a thousand strong
Will have a 5hundred left,
And the one which goes forth a hundred strong
Will have 6ten left to the house of Israel.” - ¶ For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel,
¶ “7Seek Me 8that you may live. - “But do not [b]resort to 9Bethel
And do not come to 10Gilgal,
Nor cross over to 11Beersheba;
For Gilgal will certainly go into captivity
And Bethel will [c]come to trouble. - “12Seek the LORD that you may live,
Or He will break forth like a 13fire, [d]O house of Joseph,
And it will consume with none to quench it for Bethel, - For those who turn 14justice into wormwood
And [e]cast righteousness down to the earth.” - ¶ He who made the 15Pleiades and Orion
And 16changes deep darkness into morning,
[f]Who also 17darkens day into night,
Who 18calls for the waters of the sea
And pours them out on the surface of the earth,
The 19LORD is His name. - It is He who 20flashes forth with destruction upon the strong,
So that 21destruction comes upon the fortress. - ¶ They hate him who 22reproves in the [g]gate,
And they 23abhor him who speaks with integrity. - Therefore because you [h]impose heavy rent on the poor
And exact a tribute of grain from them,
Though you have built 24houses of well-hewn stone,
Yet you will not live in them;
You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will 25not drink their wine. - For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great,
You who 26distress the righteous and accept bribes
And [i]turn aside the poor in the [j]gate. - Therefore at [k]such a time the prudent person 27keeps silent, for it is an evil time.
- ¶ Seek good and not evil, that you may live;
And thus may the LORD God of hosts be with you,
28Just as you have said! - 29Hate evil, love good,
And establish justice in the [l]gate!
Perhaps the LORD God of hosts
30May be gracious to the 31remnant of Joseph. - ¶ Therefore thus says the LORD God of hosts, the Lord,
¶ “There is 32wailing in all the plazas,
And in all the streets they say, ‘Alas! Alas!’
They also call the 33farmer to mourning
And [m]34professional mourners to lamentation. - “And in all the 35vineyards there is wailing,
Because I will pass through the midst of you,” says the LORD. - ¶ Alas, you who are longing for the 36day of the LORD,
For what purpose will the day of the LORD be to you?
It will be 37darkness and not light; - As when a man 38flees from a lion
And a bear meets him,
[n]Or goes home, leans his hand against the wall
And a snake bites him. - Will not the day of the LORD be 39darkness instead of light,
Even gloom with no brightness in it? - ¶ “I hate, I 40reject your festivals,
Nor do I [o]41delight in your solemn assemblies. - “Even though you 42offer up to Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings,
I will not accept them;
And I will not even look at the 43peace offerings of your fatlings. - “Take away from Me the noise of your songs;
I will not even listen to the sound of your harps. - “But let 44justice roll down like waters
And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. - ¶ “[p]45Did you present Me with sacrifices and grain offerings in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Israel?
- 46You also carried along [q]Sikkuth your king and [r]Kiyyun, your images, [s]the star of your gods which you made for yourselves.
- Therefore, I will make you go into exile beyond Damascus,” says the LORD, whose name is the God of hosts.
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
- ^ Lit seek
- ^ Or become iniquity
- ^ Or in the house
- ^ Lit they have put down
- ^ Lit And He darkened
- ^ I.e. the place where court was held
- ^ Another reading is trample upon
- ^ Lit they turn
- ^ I.e. the place where court was held
- ^ Lit that time
- ^ I.e. the place where court was held
- ^ Lit those who know lamentation
- ^ Or Then
- ^ Lit like to smell
- ^ Or You presented Me with the sacrifices and a grain offering
- ^ Or Sakkuth (Saturn) or shrine of your Moloch
- ^ Or Kaiwan (Saturn) or stands of
- ^ Or your star gods
REFERENCES
- ^ Je 7:29; 9:10, 17; Eze 19:1
- ^ Am 8:14
- ^ Je 14:17
- ^ Is 51:18; Je 50:32
- ^ Is 6:13
- ^ Am 6:9
- ^ De 4:29; 32:46, 47; Je 29:13
- ^ Is 55:3
- ^ 1Ki 12:28, 29; Am 3:14; 4:4; 7:10, 13
- ^ 1Sa 7:16; 11:14
- ^ Ge 21:31-33; Am 8:14
- ^ Is 55:3, 6, 7; Am 5:14
- ^ De 4:24
- ^ Am 2:3; 5:12; 6:12
- ^ Jb 9:9; 38:31
- ^ Jb 12:22; 38:12; Is 42:16
- ^ Ps 104:20
- ^ Ps 104:6-9; Am 9:6
- ^ Am 4:13
- ^ Is 29:5; Am 2:14
- ^ Mc 5:11
- ^ Is 29:21; Am 5:15
- ^ 1Ki 22:8; Is 59:15; Je 17:16-18
- ^ Am 3:15; 6:11
- ^ Mc 6:15
- ^ Is 1:23; 5:23; Am 2:6
- ^ Ec 3:7; Ho 4:4
- ^ Mc 3:11
- ^ Ps 97:10; Ro 12:9
- ^ Jl 2:14
- ^ Mc 5:3, 7, 8
- ^ Je 9:10, 18-20; Am 8:3
- ^ Jl 1:11
- ^ 2Ch 35:25; Je 9:17
- ^ Is 16:10; Je 48:33
- ^ Is 5:19; Je 30:7; Jl 1:15; 2:1, 11, 31
- ^ Is 5:30; Jl 2:2
- ^ Jb 20:24; Is 24:17, 18; Je 15:2, 3; 48:44
- ^ Is 13:10; Zp 1:15
- ^ Is 1:11-16; 66:3; Am 4:4, 5; 8:10
- ^ Le 26:31; Je 14:12; Ho 5:6
- ^ Is 66:3; Mc 6:6, 7
- ^ Le 7:11-15; Am 4:5
- ^ Je 22:3; Eze 45:9; Mc 6:8
- ^ De 32:17; Jos 24:14; Ne 9:18-21; Ac 7:42, 43
- ^ Ac 7:43
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