Amos 5:1 (WEB)
Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.

Amos 5:2 (WEB)
"The virgin of Israel has fallen; She shall rise no more. She is cast down on her land; There is no one to raise her up."

Amos 5:3 (WEB)
For thus says the Lord Yahweh: "The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, And that which went forth one hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel."

Amos 5:4 (WEB)
For thus says Yahweh to the house of Israel: "Seek me, and you will live;

Amos 5:5 (WEB)
But don't seek Bethel, Nor enter into Gilgal, And don't pass to Beersheba: For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, And Bethel shall come to nothing.

Amos 5:6 (WEB)
Seek Yahweh, and you will live; Lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, And it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel.

Amos 5:7 (WEB)
You who turn justice to wormwood, And cast down righteousness to the earth:

Amos 5:8 (WEB)
Seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, And turns the shadow of death into the morning, And makes the day dark with night; Who calls for the waters of the sea, And pours them out on the surface of the earth, Yahweh is his name,

Amos 5:9 (WEB)
Who brings sudden destruction on the strong, So that destruction comes on the fortress.

Amos 5:10 (WEB)
They hate him who reproves in the gate, And they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.

Amos 5:11 (WEB)
Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor, And take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of hewn stone, But you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, But you shall not drink their wine.

Amos 5:12 (WEB)
For I know how many your offenses, And how great are your sins-- You who afflict the just, Who take a bribe, And who turn aside the needy in the courts.

Amos 5:13 (WEB)
Therefore he who is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; For it is an evil time.

Amos 5:14 (WEB)
Seek good, and not evil, That you may live; And so Yahweh, the God of hosts, will be with you, As you say.

Amos 5:15 (WEB)
Hate evil, love good, And establish justice in the courts. It may be that Yahweh, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph."

Amos 5:16 (WEB)
Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of hosts, the Lord: "Wailing will be in all the broad ways; And they will say in all the streets, 'Alas! Alas!' And they will call the farmer to mourning, And those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing.

Amos 5:17 (WEB)
In all vineyards there will be wailing; For I will pass through the midst of you," says Yahweh.

Amos 5:18 (WEB)
"Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh! Why do you long for the day of Yahweh? It is darkness, And not light.

Amos 5:19 (WEB)
As if a man fled from a lion, And a bear met him; Or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, And a snake bit him.

Amos 5:20 (WEB)
Will the day of Yahweh not be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?

Amos 5:21 (WEB)
I hate, I despise your feasts, And I can't stand your solemn assemblies.

Amos 5:22 (WEB)
Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal-offerings, I will not accept them; Neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals.

Amos 5:23 (WEB)
Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.

Amos 5:24 (WEB)
But let justice roll on like rivers, And righteousness like a mighty stream.

Amos 5:25 (WEB)
"Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel?

Amos 5:26 (WEB)
Yes, you have borne the tent of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.

Amos 5:27 (WEB)
Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus," says Yahweh, whose name is the God of hosts.