Amos 5
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Amos 5:18-27

18AlasH1945, you who are longingH183 for the 1dayH3117 of the LordH3068, For whatH4100 purposeH2088 will the dayH3117 of the LordH3068 be to you? It will be 2darknessH2822 and not lightH216;19As whenH3512 a manH376 3fleesH5127 from a lionH738 And a bearH1677 meetsH6293 him, 4Or goesH935 homeH1004, leansH5564 his handH3027 againstH5921 the wallH7023 And a snakeH5175 bitesH5391 him.20Will not the dayH3117 of the LordH3068 be 5darknessH2822 insteadH3808 of lightH216, Even gloomH651 with noH3808 brightnessH5051 in it?

21“I hateH8130, I 6rejectH3988 your festivalsH2282, NorH3808 do I 78delightH7381 in your solemnH6116 assembliesH6116.22EvenH3588 thoughH518 you 9offerH5927 up to Me burntH5930 offeringsH5930 and your grain offeringsH4503, I will not acceptH7521 them; And I will not even lookH5027 at the 10peaceH8002 offeringsH8002 of your fatlingsH4806.23TakeH5493 awayH5493 from Me the noiseH1995 of your songsH7892; I will not even listenH8085 to the soundH2172 of your harpsH5035.24But let 11justiceH4941 rollH1556 downH1556 like watersH4325 And righteousnessH6666 like an ever-flowingH386 streamH5158.

25“1213Did you presentH5066 Me with sacrificesH2077 and grain offeringsH4503 in the wildernessH4057 for fortyH705 yearsH8141, O houseH1004 of IsraelH3478? 2614You also carriedH5375 along 15SikkuthH5522 your kingH4428 and 16KiyyunH3594, your imagesH6754, 17the starH3556 of your godsH430 whichH834 you madeH6213 for yourselves. 27Therefore, I will make you goH1540 into exileH1540 beyondH4480H1973 DamascusH1834,” saysH559 the LordH3068, whose nameH8034 is the GodH430 of hostsH6635.

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Notes

  1. 1. Amos 5:18 Is 5:19; Jer 30:7; Joel 1:15; 2:1, 11, 31 ↩
  2. 2. Amos 5:18 Is 5:30; Joel 2:2 ↩
  3. 3. Amos 5:19 Job 20:24; Is 24:17, 18; Jer 15:2, 3; 48:44 ↩
  4. 4. Amos 5:19 Or Then ↩
  5. 5. Amos 5:20 Is 13:10; Zeph 1:15 ↩
  6. 6. Amos 5:21 Is 1:11-16; 66:3; Amos 4:4, 5; 8:10 ↩
  7. 7. Amos 5:21 Lit like to smell ↩
  8. 8. Amos 5:21 Lev 26:31; Jer 14:12; Hos 5:6 ↩
  9. 9. Amos 5:22 Is 66:3; Mic 6:6, 7 ↩
  10. 10. Amos 5:22 Lev 7:11-15; Amos 4:5 ↩
  11. 11. Amos 5:24 Jer 22:3; Ezek 45:9; Mic 6:8 ↩
  12. 12. Amos 5:25 Or You presented Me with the sacrifices and a grain offering ↩
  13. 13. Amos 5:25 Deut 32:17; Josh 24:14; Neh 9:18-21; Acts 7:42, 43 ↩
  14. 14. Amos 5:26 Acts 7:43 ↩
  15. 15. Amos 5:26 Or Sakkuth (Saturn) or shrine of your Moloch ↩
  16. 16. Amos 5:26 Or Kaiwan (Saturn) or stands of ↩
  17. 17. Amos 5:26 Or your star gods ↩

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