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Amos 5:1
1Listen, you people of Israel! Listen to this funeral song I am singing:
Amos 5:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
- New International Version (NIV)Hear this word, Israel, this lament I take up concerning you:
- English Standard Version (ESV)Hear this word that I take up over you in lamentation, O house of Israel:
- New King James Version (NKJV)Hear this word which I take up against you, a lamentation, O house of Israel:
Context of Amos 5:1
Listen, you people of Israel! Listen to this funeral song I am singing: 2“The virgin Israel has fallen, never to rise again! She lies abandoned on the ground, with no one to help her up.” 3The Sovereign Lord says: “When a city sends a thousand men to battle, only a hundred will return. When a town sends a hundred, only ten will come back alive.”
Read all of Amos 5Amos 5:1 word by word
שִׁמְע֞וּ אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָנֹכִ֜י נֹשֵׂ֧א עֲלֵיכֶ֛ם קִינָ֖ה בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Amos 5:1
- Amos 3:1Listen to this message that the Lord has spoken against you, O people of Israel—against the entire family I rescued from Egypt:
- Amos 4:1Listen to me, you fat cows living in Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, and who are always calling to your husbands, “Bring us another drink!”
- Amos 5:16Therefore, this is what the Lord, the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, says: “There will be crying in all the public squares and mourning in every street. Call for the farmers to weep with you, and summon professional mourners to wail.
- Jeremiah 7:29Shave your head in mourning, and weep alone on the mountains. For the Lord has rejected and forsaken this generation that has provoked his fury.’
- Jeremiah 9:10I will weep for the mountains and wail for the wilderness pastures. For they are desolate and empty of life; the lowing of cattle is heard no more; the birds and wild animals have all fled.
- Ezekiel 19:1“Sing this funeral song for the princes of Israel:
- Ezekiel 26:17Then they will wail for you, singing this funeral song: “O famous island city, once ruler of the sea, how you have been destroyed! Your people, with their naval power, once spread fear around the world.
- Ezekiel 27:2“Son of man, sing a funeral song for Tyre,
- Ezekiel 28:12“Son of man, sing this funeral song for the king of Tyre. Give him this message from the Sovereign Lord: “You were the model of perfection, full of wisdom and exquisite in beauty.
- Ezekiel 32:2“Son of man, mourn for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and give him this message: “You think of yourself as a strong young lion among the nations, but you are really just a sea monster, heaving around in your own rivers, stirring up mud with your feet.
- Micah 2:4In that day your enemies will make fun of you by singing this song of despair about you: “We are finished, completely ruined! God has confiscated our land, taking it from us. He has given our fields to those who betrayed us.”
Commentaries on Amos 5:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Hear ye this word - Attend to this doleful song which I make for the house of Israel.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1In order to impress Israel the more, Amos begins this his third appeal by a “dirge” over its destruction, mourning over those who were full of joy, and thought themselves safe and enviable. As if a living man, in the midst of his pride and luxury and buoyant recklessness of heart, could see his own funeral procession, and hear, as it were, over himself the “earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust.” It would give solemn thoughts, even though he should…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Israel is called to seek the Lord. (1-6) Earnest exhortations to repentance. (7-17) Threatenings respecting idolatries. (18-27) Verses 1-6 The convincing, awakening word must be heard and heeded, as well as words of comfort and peace; for whether we hear or forbear, the word of God shall take effect. The Lord still proclaims mercy to men, but they often expect deliverance from such self-invented forms as make their condemnation sure. While they refuse to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1lamentation: A lamentation (or lament) is a song or poem of sorrow. It often uses the form of a funeral song, even when it mourns a nation or a people rather than a single death. The Hebrew word qinah describes a special rhythm used for funeral songs. This rhythm has three beats followed by two beats (3 + 2). Most of the book of Lamentations is written in this qinah rhythm. This rhythm clearly showed something terrible. Israel was spoken of as if it had…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-271. lamentation--an elegy for the destruction coming on you. Compare Eze 32:2, "take up," namely, as a mournful burden (Eze 19:1; 27:2).Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Amos 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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