Amos 5

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Amos 5

ÒSeek Me that You May LiveÓ

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Hear this word which I take up for you as a ^(A)dirge, O house of Israel:

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She has fallen, she will ^(B)not rise again—
The ^(C)virgin Israel.
She lies neglected on her land;
There is ^(D)none to raise her up.

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3} For thus says the Lord ^(a)God,

“The city which goes forth a thousand strong
Will have a ^(E)hundred left,
And the one which goes forth a hundred strong
Will have ^(F)ten left to the house of Israel.”

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4} For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel,

“^(G)Seek Me ^(H)that you may live.

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“But do not ^(b)resort to ^(I)Bethel
And do not come to ^(J)Gilgal,
Nor cross over to ^(K)Beersheba;
For Gilgal will certainly go into captivity
And Bethel will ^(c)come to trouble.

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“^(L)Seek the Lord that you may live,
Or He will break forth like a ^(M)fire, ^(d)O house of Joseph,
And it will consume with none to quench it for Bethel,

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For those who turn ^(N)justice into wormwood
And ^(e)cast righteousness down to the earth.”

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He who made the ^(O)Pleiades and Orion
And ^(P)changes deep darkness into morning,
^(f)Who also ^(Q)darkens day into night,
Who ^(R)calls for the waters of the sea
And pours them out on the surface of the earth,
The ^(S)Lord is His name.

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It is He who ^(T)flashes forth with destruction upon the strong,
So that ^(U)destruction comes upon the fortress.

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They hate him who ^(V)reproves in the ^(g)gate,
And they ^(W)abhor him who speaks with integrity.

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Therefore because you ^(h)impose heavy rent on the poor
And exact a tribute of grain from them,
Though you have built ^(X)houses of well-hewn stone,
Yet you will not live in them;
You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will ^(Y)not drink their wine.

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For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great,
You who ^(Z)distress the righteous and accept bribes
And ⁽ⁱ⁾turn aside the poor in the ^(j)gate.

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Therefore at ^(k)such a time the prudent person ^(AA)keeps silent, for it is an evil time.

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Seek good and not evil, that you may live;
And thus may the Lord God of hosts be with you,
^(AB)Just as you have said!

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^(AC)Hate evil, love good,
And establish justice in the ^(l)gate!
Perhaps the Lord God of hosts
^(AD)May be gracious to the ^(AE)remnant of Joseph.

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16} Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts, the Lord,

“There is ^(AF)wailing in all the plazas,
And in all the streets they say, ‘Alas! Alas!’
They also call the ^(AG)farmer to mourning
And ^(m)^(AH)professional mourners to lamentation.

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“And in all the ^(AI)vineyards there is wailing,
Because I will pass through the midst of you,” says the Lord.

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Alas, you who are longing for the ^(AJ)day of the Lord,
For what purpose will the day of the Lord be to you?
It will be ^(AK)darkness and not light;

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As when a man ^(AL)flees from a lion
And a bear meets him,
⁽ⁿ⁾Or goes home, leans his hand against the wall
And a snake bites him.

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Will not the day of the Lord be ^(AM)darkness instead of light,
Even gloom with no brightness in it?

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“I hate, I ^(AN)reject your festivals,
Nor do I ^(o)^(AO)delight in your solemn assemblies.

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“Even though you ^(AP)offer up to Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings,
I will not accept them;
And I will not even look at the ^(AQ)peace offerings of your fatlings.

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“Take away from Me the noise of your songs;
I will not even listen to the sound of your harps.

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“But let ^(AR)justice roll down like waters
And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

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25} “^(p)^(AS)Did you present Me with sacrifices and grain offerings in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Israel? ^{Tools
26} ^(AT)You also carried along ^(q)Sikkuth your king and ^(r)Kiyyun, your images, ^(s)the star of your gods which you made for yourselves. ^{Tools
27} Therefore, I will make you go into exile beyond Damascus,” says the Lord, whose name is the God of hosts.

Footnotes:

a. Amos 5:3: ['Heb ', YHWH, ', usually rendered ', Lord, ', and so throughout the ch']

b. Amos 5:5: ['Lit ', seek]

c. Amos 5:5: ['Or ', become iniquity]

d. Amos 5:6: ['Or in ', the house]

e. Amos 5:7: ['Lit ', they have put down]

f. Amos 5:8: ['Lit ', And He darkened]

g. Amos 5:10: ['I.e. the place where court was held']

h. Amos 5:11: ['Another reading is ', trample upon]

i. Amos 5:12: ['Lit ', they turn]

j. Amos 5:12: ['I.e. the place where court was held']

k. Amos 5:13: ['Lit ', that time]

l. Amos 5:15: ['I.e. the place where court was held']

m. Amos 5:16: ['Lit ', those who know lamentation]

n. Amos 5:19: ['Or ', Then]

o. Amos 5:21: ['Lit ', like to smell]

p. Amos 5:25: ['Or ', You presented Me with the sacrifices and a grain offering]

q. Amos 5:26: ['Or ', Sakkuth (Saturn), ' or ', shrine of your Moloch]

r. Amos 5:26: ['Or ', Kaiwan (Saturn), ' or ', stands of]

s. Amos 5:26: ['Or ', your star gods]

Cross references:

A. Amos 5:1: Jeremiah 7:29; Jeremiah 9:10; Jeremiah 9:17; Ezekiel 19:1

B. Amos 5:2: Amos 8:14

C. Amos 5:2: Jeremiah 14:17

D. Amos 5:2: Isaiah 51:18; Jeremiah 50:32

E. Amos 5:3: Isaiah 6:13

F. Amos 5:3: Amos 6:9

G. Amos 5:4: Deuteronomy 4:29; Deuteronomy 32:46; Deuteronomy 32:47; Jeremiah 29:13

H. Amos 5:4: Isaiah 55:3

I. Amos 5:5: Amos 3:14; Amos 4:4; Amos 7:10; Amos 7:13

J. Amos 5:5: 1 Samuel 7:16; 1 Samuel 11:14

K. Amos 5:5: Genesis 21:31-33; Amos 8:14

L. Amos 5:6: Isaiah 55:3; Isaiah 55:6; Isaiah 55:7; Amos 5:14

M. Amos 5:6: Deuteronomy 4:24

N. Amos 5:7: Amos 2:3; Amos 5:12; Amos 6:12

O. Amos 5:8: Job 9:9; Job 38:31

P. Amos 5:8: Job 12:22; Job 38:12; Isaiah 42:16

Q. Amos 5:8: Psalm 104:20

R. Amos 5:8: Psalm 104:6-9; Amos 9:6

S. Amos 5:8: Amos 4:13

T. Amos 5:9: Isaiah 29:5; Amos 2:14

U. Amos 5:9: Micah 5:11

V. Amos 5:10: Isaiah 29:21; Amos 5:15

W. Amos 5:10: Isaiah 59:15; Jeremiah 17:16-18

X. Amos 5:11: Amos 3:15; Amos 6:11

Y. Amos 5:11: Micah 6:15

Z. Amos 5:12: Isaiah 1:23; Isaiah 5:23; Amos 2:6

AA. Amos 5:13: Hosea 4:4

AB. Amos 5:14: Micah 3:11

AC. Amos 5:15: Psalm 97:10; Romans 12:9

AD. Amos 5:15: Joel 2:14

AE. Amos 5:15: Micah 5:3; Micah 5:7; Micah 5:8

AF. Amos 5:16: Jeremiah 9:10; Jeremiah 9:18-20; Amos 8:3

AG. Amos 5:16: Joel 1:11

AH. Amos 5:16: Jeremiah 9:17

AI. Amos 5:17: Isaiah 16:10; Jeremiah 48:33

AJ. Amos 5:18: Isaiah 5:19; Jeremiah 30:7; Joel 1:15; Joel 2:1; Joel 2:11; Joel 2:31

AK. Amos 5:18: Isaiah 5:30; Joel 2:2

AL. Amos 5:19: Job 20:24; Isaiah 24:17; Isaiah 24:18; Jeremiah 15:2; Jeremiah 15:3; Jeremiah 48:44

AM. Amos 5:20: Isaiah 13:10; Zephaniah 1:15

AN. Amos 5:21: Isaiah 1:11-16; Isaiah 66:3; Amos 4:4; Amos 4:5; Amos 8:10

AO. Amos 5:21: Leviticus 26:31; Jeremiah 14:12; Hosea 5:6

AP. Amos 5:22: Isaiah 66:3; Micah 6:6; Micah 6:7

AQ. Amos 5:22: Leviticus 7:11-15; Amos 4:5

AR. Amos 5:24: Jeremiah 22:3; Ezekiel 45:9; Micah 6:8

AS. Amos 5:25: Deuteronomy 32:17; Joshua 24:14; Nehemiah 9:18-21; Acts 7:42; Acts 7:43

AT. Amos 5:26: Acts 7:43