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Amos 5:11-20

11ThereforeH3651 becauseH3282 you 1imposeH1318 heavyH1318 rentH1318 on the poorH1800 And exactH3947 a tributeH4864 of grainH1250 from them, Though you have builtH1129 2housesH1004 of well-hewnH1496 stoneH1496, Yet you will not liveH3427 in them; You have plantedH5193 pleasantH2531 vineyardsH3754, yet you will 3not drinkH8354 their wineH3196.12For I knowH3045 your transgressionsH6588 are manyH7227 and your sinsH2403 are greatH6099, You who 4distressH6887 the righteousH6662 and acceptH3947 bribesH3724 And 5turnH5186 asideH5186 the poorH34 in the 6gateH8179.13ThereforeH3651 at 7suchH1931 a timeH6256 the prudentH7919 person 8keepsH1826 silentH1826, for it is an evilH7463 timeH6256.

14SeekH1875 goodH2896 and not evilH7451, that you may liveH2421; And thusH3651 may the LordH3068 GodH430 of hostsH6635 be with you, 9JustH3512 as you have saidH559!1510HateH8130 evilH7451, loveH157 goodH2896, And establishH3322 justiceH4941 in the 11gateH8179! PerhapsH194 the LordH3068 GodH430 of hostsH6635 12May be graciousH2603 to the 13remnantH7611 of JosephH3130.

16ThereforeH3651 thusH3541 saysH559 the LordH3068 GodH430 of hostsH6635, the LordH136, “There is 14wailingH4553 in allH3605 the plazasH7339, And in allH3605 the streetsH2351 they sayH559, ‘AlasH1930! AlasH1930!’ They also callH7121 the 15farmerH406 to mourningH60 And 1617professionalH3045 mournersH3045 to lamentationH5092.17And in allH3605 the 18vineyardsH3754 there is wailingH4553, BecauseH3588 I will passH5674 through the midstH7130 of you,” saysH559 the LordH3068.

18AlasH1945, you who are longingH183 for the 19dayH3117 of the LordH3068, For whatH4100 purposeH2088 will the dayH3117 of the LordH3068 be to you? It will be 20darknessH2822 and not lightH216;19As whenH3512 a manH376 21fleesH5127 from a lionH738 And a bearH1677 meetsH6293 him, 22Or goesH935 homeH1004, leansH5564 his handH3027 againstH5921 the wallH7023 And a snakeH5175 bitesH5391 him.20Will not the dayH3117 of the LordH3068 be 23darknessH2822 insteadH3808 of lightH216, Even gloomH651 with noH3808 brightnessH5051 in it?

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Notes

  1. 1. Amos 5:11 Another reading is trample upon ↩
  2. 2. Amos 5:11 Amos 3:15; 6:11 ↩
  3. 3. Amos 5:11 Mic 6:15 ↩
  4. 4. Amos 5:12 Is 1:23; 5:23; Amos 2:6 ↩
  5. 5. Amos 5:12 Lit they turn ↩
  6. 6. Amos 5:12 I.e. the place where court was held ↩
  7. 7. Amos 5:13 Lit that time ↩
  8. 8. Amos 5:13 Eccl 3:7; Hos 4:4 ↩
  9. 9. Amos 5:14 Mic 3:11 ↩
  10. 10. Amos 5:15 Ps 97:10; Rom 12:9 ↩
  11. 11. Amos 5:15 I.e. the place where court was held ↩
  12. 12. Amos 5:15 Joel 2:14 ↩
  13. 13. Amos 5:15 Mic 5:3, 7, 8 ↩
  14. 14. Amos 5:16 Jer 9:10, 18-20; Amos 8:3 ↩
  15. 15. Amos 5:16 Joel 1:11 ↩
  16. 16. Amos 5:16 Lit those who know lamentation ↩
  17. 17. Amos 5:16 2 Chr 35:25; Jer 9:17 ↩
  18. 18. Amos 5:17 Is 16:10; Jer 48:33 ↩
  19. 19. Amos 5:18 Is 5:19; Jer 30:7; Joel 1:15; 2:1, 11, 31 ↩
  20. 20. Amos 5:18 Is 5:30; Joel 2:2 ↩
  21. 21. Amos 5:19 Job 20:24; Is 24:17, 18; Jer 15:2, 3; 48:44 ↩
  22. 22. Amos 5:19 Or Then ↩
  23. 23. Amos 5:20 Is 13:10; Zeph 1:15 ↩

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