Revised Version 1895

Amos 5:4-9

4Forthusכֹ֥הkhohH3541saith theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068unto thehouseלְבֵ֣יתle.VeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,Seekדִּרְשׁ֖וּנִיdir.Shu.niH1875yemeH1875, and ye shallliveוִֽחְיֽוּ׃Vich.YuH2421:

5butseekתִּדְרְשׁוּ֙tid.re.ShuH1875notH3808Beth-el,norH3808enterH935intoH1540Gilgalוְהַגִּלְגָּל֙ve.ha.gil.GalH1537, andpassתַעֲבֹ֑רוּta.'a.Vo.ruH5674notH3808to Beer-sheba: forGilgalהַגִּלְגָּל֙ha.gil.GalH1537shallsurelyכִּ֤יkiH3588goתָבֹ֔אוּta.Vo.'uH935intoH1540captivityH1540, and Beth-el shallcomeH935to nought.

6Seekדִּרְשׁ֥וּdir.ShuH1875theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068, and ye shallliveוִֽחְי֑וּvich.YuH2421;lestפֶּן־pen-H6435he breakoutאֶת־'et-H853likefireכָּאֵשׁ֙ka.'EshH784in thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofJosephיוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefH3130, and itdevourוְאָכְלָ֥הve.'a.khe.LahH398and there benoneוְאֵין־ve.'ein-H369toquenchמְכַבֶּ֖הme.kha.BehH3518it in Beth-el:

7Ye whoturnהַהֹפְכִ֥יםha.ho.fe.KhimH2015judgmentמִשְׁפָּ֑טmish.PatH4941towormwoodלְלַעֲנָ֖הle.la.'a.NahH3939, and cast downrighteousnessוּצְדָקָ֖הu.tze.da.KahH6666to theearthלָאָ֥רֶץla.'A.retzH776;

8seek him that maketh thePleiadesכִימָ֜הkhi.MahH3598andOrionוּכְסִ֗ילu.khe.SilH3685, and turneth theshadowH6757ofdeathH6757intoH5921themorningלַבֹּ֙קֶר֙la.Bo.kerH1242, and maketh thedayוְי֖וֹםve.YomH3117darkהֶחְשִׁ֑יךְhech.ShikhH2821withnightלַ֣יְלָהLay.lahH3915; that calleth for thewatersלְמֵֽי־le.mei-H4325of theseaהַיָּ֗םhai.YamH3220, and poureth themoutוַֽיִּשְׁפְּכֵ֛םvai.yish.pe.KhemH8210uponH5921thefaceפְּנֵ֥יpe.NeiH6440of theearthהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776; theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068is hisnameשְׁמֽוֹ׃ סshe.MoH8034;

9that bringeth suddendestructionשֹׁ֖דshodH7701uponעַל־'al-H5921thestrongעָ֑ז'AzH5794,soיָבֽוֹא׃ya.Vo'H935thatdestructionוְשֹׁ֖דve.ShodH7701comethuponעַל־'al-H5921thefortressמִבְצָ֥רmiv.TzarH4013.

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