Amos 5

Berean Standard Bible

A Lamentation against Israel

1HearH8085 thisH2088 wordH1697, O houseH1004 of IsraelH3478, thisH834 lamentationH7015 IH595 take upH5375 against youH5921:

2“Fallen isH5307 VirginH1330 IsraelH3478,neverH3808 to riseH6965 againH3254.She lies abandonedH5203 onH5921 her landH127,with noH369 one to raise her upH6965.”

3This is whatH3588 H3541 the LordH136 GODH3069 saysH559:

“The cityH5892 that marches outH3318 a thousand strongH505will have but a hundredH3967 leftH7604,and the one that marches outH3318 a hundred strongH3967will have but tenH6235 leftH7604 in the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478.”

A Call to Repentance

(Joel 1:13–20; Zephaniah 2:1–3; Luke 13:1–5)

4ForH3588 this is whatH3541 the LORDH3068 saysH559 to the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478:

“Seek MeH1875 and liveH2421!

5Do notH408 seekH1875 BethelH1008 or goH935 to GilgalH1537;do notH3808 journeyH5674 to BeershebaH884 H3808,forH3588 GilgalH1537 will surely go into exileH1540,and BethelH1008 will comeH1961 to nothingH205.16SeekH1875 the LORDH3068 and liveH2421,orH6435 He will sweepH6743 like fireH784 through the houseH1004 of JosephH3130;it will devour everythingH398,with no oneH369 at BethelH1008 to extinguish itH3518.

7There are those who turnH2015 justiceH4941 into wormwoodH3939and castH5117 righteousnessH6666 to the groundH776.

8He who madeH6213 the PleiadesH3598 and OrionH3685,who turnsH2015 darknessH6757 into dawnH1242and darkensH2821 dayH3117 into nightH3915,who summonsH7121 the watersH4325 of the seaH3220and pours themH8210 overH5921 the faceH6440 of the earthH776—the LORDH3068 is His nameH8034—9He flashesH1082 destructionH7701 onH5921 the strongH5794,so that furyH7701 comesH935 uponH5921 the strongholdH4013.

10There are those who hateH8130 the one who reprovesH3198 in the gateH8179and despise himH8581 who speaksH1696 with integrityH8549.11ThereforeH3651, becauseH3282 you trampleH1318 onH5921 the poorH1800and exactH3947 from himH4480 a taxH4864 of grainH1250,you will neverH3808 liveH3427in the stone housesH1004 H1496 you have builtH1129;you will neverH3808 drinkH8354 the wineH3196from the lushH2531 vineyardsH3754 you have plantedH5193.

12ForH3588 I knowH3045 that your transgressionsH6588 are manyH7227and your sinsH2403 are numerousH6099.You oppressH6887 the righteousH6662 by takingH3947 bribesH3724;you deprive the poorH34 of justiceH5186 in the gateH8179.13ThereforeH3651, the prudentH7919 keep silentH1826 in suchH1931 timesH6256,forH3588 the daysH6256 are evilH7451 H1931.

14SeekH1875 goodH2896, notH408 evilH7451,so thatH4616 you may liveH2421.And the LORDH3068, the GodH430 of HostsH6635,will beH1961 H3651 with youH854, asH834 you have claimedH559.15HateH8130 evilH7451 and loveH157 goodH2896;establishH3322 justiceH4941 in the gateH8179.PerhapsH194 the LORDH3068, the GodH430 of HostsH6635,will be graciousH2603 to the remnantH7611 of JosephH3130.”

Woe to Rebellious Israel

(Acts 7:39–43)

16ThereforeH3651 this is whatH3541 the LORDH3068, the GodH430 of HostsH6635, the LordH136, saysH559:

“There will be wailingH4553 in allH3605 the public squaresH7339and cries ofH559 ‘AlasH1930! AlasH1930!’ in allH3605 the streetsH2351.The farmerH406 will be summonedH7121 toH413 mournH60,and the mournersH3045 H5092 toH413 wailH4553.17There will be wailingH4553 in allH3605 the vineyardsH3754,forH3588 I will passH5674 through your midstH7130,”saysH559 the LORDH3068.18WoeH1945 to you who long forH183 the DayH3117 of the LORDH3068!WhatH4100 H2088 will the DayH3117 of the LORDH3068 be for you?ItH1931 will be darknessH2822 and notH3808 lightH216.19It will be likeH834 a manH376 who fleesH5127 fromH6440 a lionH738,only to encounterH6293 a bearH1677,or who entersH935 his houseH1004 and restsH5564 his handH3027 againstH5921 the wallH7023,only to be bittenH5391 by a snakeH5175.20Will notH3808 the DayH3117 of the LORDH3068be darknessH2822 and notH3808 lightH216,even gloomH651 with noH3808 brightnessH5051 in it?

21“I hateH8130, I despiseH3988 your feastsH2282!I cannotH3808 stand the stenchH7306 of your solemn assembliesH6116.22EvenH3588 thoughH518 you offerH5927 Me burnt offeringsH5930 and grain offeringsH4503,I will notH3808 accept themH7521;for your peace offeringsH8002 of fattened cattleH4806I will have noH3808 regardH5027.23Take awayH5493 from MeH5921 the noiseH1995 of your songsH7892!I will notH3808 listenH8085 to the musicH2172 of your harpsH5035.24But let justiceH4941 roll onH1556 like a riverH4325,and righteousnessH6666 like an ever-flowingH386 streamH5158.

25Did you bringH5066 Me sacrificesH2077 and offeringsH4503fortyH705 yearsH8141 in the wildernessH4057, O houseH1004 of IsraelH3478?26You have taken alongH5375 SakkuthH5522 your kingH4428 and KaiwanH3594 your starH3556 godH430,2the idolsH6754 you madeH6213 for yourselves.27Therefore I will send you into exileH1540 beyondH1973 DamascusH1834,”3saysH559 the LORDH3068, whose nameH8034 is the GodH430 of HostsH6635.

Notes

1. Amos 5:5 Hebrew to Aven, a reference to Beth-aven, a derogatory term for Bethel; see Hosea 4:15. ↩
2. Amos 5:26 LXX You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan ↩
3. Amos 5:27 Cited in Acts 7:42–43 ↩