Thematic Bible
Amos 5:1 (show verse)
Hear ye this word, which, I, am taking up concerning you - even a dirge, O house of Israel.
Amos 5:2 (show verse)
She hath fallen - she cannot again rise, the virgin, Israel, - she lieth forsaken on her soil, there is none to raise her up.
No Themes for this verse.
Amos 5:3 (show verse)
For, thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, The city that goeth out a thousand strong, shall have left it a hundred, - And, that which goeth out a hundred strong, shall have left it ten, belonging to the house of Israel.
No Themes for this verse.
Amos 5:4 (show verse)
For, thus, saith Yahweh, to the house of Israel, - Seek me, and live;
Amos 5:5 (show verse)
Then do not seek Bethel, and, Gilgal, shall ye not enter, and, unto Beer-sheba, shall ye not cross over, For, Gilgal, shall, surely go into exile, and, Bethel, shall become a trouble.
Amos 5:6 (show verse)
Seek ye Yahweh, and live, - lest he break forth, like a fire, upon the house of Joseph, and it devour with none to quench it, for Bethel.
Amos 5:7 (show verse)
Ye who turn, into, wormwood, justice, and, righteousness - to the ground have let fall.
Amos 5:8 (show verse)
Seek him who made the Cluster and the Giant, and turneth, into morning, the shadow of death, and who, day into night, doth darken, Him who calleth to the waters of the sea, and poureth them out on the face of the land, Yahweh, is his name:
Astronomy » Moon » Pleiades,
Astronomy » Moon » Orion
Constellations » Orion
Days » Under the control of God
Night » Illustrative of » Seasons of severe calamities
Orion » The constellation of
Seven » Miscellany of sevens » Seven stars
Stars » Created by God
Stars » Orion
Stars » Mentioned in scripture » Pleiades,
Stars » Mentioned in scripture » Orion
Astronomy » Moon » Orion
Constellations » Orion
Days » Under the control of God
Night » Illustrative of » Seasons of severe calamities
Orion » The constellation of
Seven » Miscellany of sevens » Seven stars
Stars » Created by God
Stars » Orion
Stars » Mentioned in scripture » Pleiades,
Stars » Mentioned in scripture » Orion
Amos 5:9 (show verse)
Him who flasheth force on the strong, - and, force, on the fortress, alighteth!
No Themes for this verse.
Amos 5:10 (show verse)
They hate the man who, in the gate, rebuketh, - and, him who speaketh truthfully, they abhor.
Amos 5:11 (show verse)
Therefore - because ye have trampled on the poor, and, the gift of corn, ye would take away from him, though, houses of hewn stone, ye have built, Yet shall ye not dwell in them, - Though, delightful vineyards, ye have planted, Yet shall ye not drink the wine of them.
Amos 5:12 (show verse)
For I know how numerous are your transgressions, and how surpassing your sins, - ye adversaries of the righteous! ye acceptors of a bribe! Even the needy in the gate, have they turned away!
Bribery » Condemned
Courts of justice » Corruption and bribery often practised in
Exposure » Of sin » Rendered doubly certain by God's infinite knowledge
Justice » The wicked » Afflict those who act with
Secret sins » Known to God
Sin » Internal » Known to God
Sin » Described as » Often manifold
Sin » Described as » Often mighty
The Nation » Bribery » Condemned
Courts of justice » Corruption and bribery often practised in
Exposure » Of sin » Rendered doubly certain by God's infinite knowledge
Justice » The wicked » Afflict those who act with
Secret sins » Known to God
Sin » Internal » Known to God
Sin » Described as » Often manifold
Sin » Described as » Often mighty
The Nation » Bribery » Condemned
Amos 5:13 (show verse)
Therefore, the prudent man, at that time, will be dumb, - Because an evil time, it is!
Amos 5:14 (show verse)
Seek ye right and not wrong, that ye nay live, - that, so, Yahweh God of hosts, may be with you, as ye have said.
Amos 5:15 (show verse)
Hate wrong, and love right, and station, Justice, in the gate, - Peradventure, Yahweh, God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
Amos 5:16 (show verse)
Therefore, thus, saith Yahweh, God of hosts, My Lord, In all broadways, shall be lamentation, and, in all streets, shall they say, Alas! Alas! And they shall call the husbandman unto the mourning, and, unto the lamentation, them who know a wailing song;
Amos 5:17 (show verse)
Ye, in all vineyards, lamentation, - For I will pass along through thy midst, saith Yahweh.
Amos 5:18 (show verse)
Alas for them who are longing for the day of Yahweh, - What good to you, is the day of Yahweh? it, being darkness and not light:
Amos 5:19 (show verse)
As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and there should meet him - a bear! or he should have entered the house, and leaned his hand upon the wall, and there should bite him - a serpent!
Amos 5:20 (show verse)
Shall not the day of Yahweh be, darkness, and not light? yea, thick darkness and no brightness in it?
Amos 5:21 (show verse)
I hate, I despise your festivals, - and can scent no fragrance in your solemn feasts.
Amos 5:22 (show verse)
Nay, though ye cause to ascend unto me ascending-sacrifices, and your meal-offerings, I will not accept them , - nor, the peace-offering of your fat heifers, will I regard.
Amos 5:23 (show verse)
Take thou away from me, the noise of thy songs, - Even the melody of thy harps, will I not hear.
Amos 5:24 (show verse)
But let, justice, roll along like water, - and, righteousness, as a torrent over flowing.
Amos 5:25 (show verse)
The sacrifices and meal-offering, ye brought near unto me, in the desert, for forty years O house of Israel;
No Themes for this verse.
Amos 5:26 (show verse)
But ye carried the tent of your king-idol, and your Saturn-images, - the star of your gods, which ye made for yourselves:
Chiun » Also called remphan, a God of the phoenicians
Idolatry » Punishment of » Banishment
Idolatry » Objects of, carried in procession
Idolatry » Idols, &c mentioned in scripture » Chiun
Stars » Worshiped
Stars » False gods frequently worshipped under the representation of
false Worship » gods, false » Images » Names of » Molech, moloch, or milcom, a God of the ammonites
Idolatry » Punishment of » Banishment
Idolatry » Objects of, carried in procession
Idolatry » Idols, &c mentioned in scripture » Chiun
Stars » Worshiped
Stars » False gods frequently worshipped under the representation of
false Worship » gods, false » Images » Names of » Molech, moloch, or milcom, a God of the ammonites
Amos 5:27 (show verse)
Therefore will I carry you into exile beyond Damascus, - saith Yahweh, God of hosts, is his name.