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Amos 5:13-6:14
New International Version
Amos 5:13-6:14
New International Version
14 Seek good, not evil,
that you may live.(C)
Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you,
just as you say he is.
15 Hate evil,(D) love good;(E)
maintain justice in the courts.(F)
Perhaps(G) the Lord God Almighty will have mercy(H)
on the remnant(I) of Joseph.
16 Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord God Almighty, says:
“There will be wailing(J) in all the streets(K)
and cries of anguish in every public square.
The farmers(L) will be summoned to weep
and the mourners to wail.
17 There will be wailing(M) in all the vineyards,
for I will pass through(N) your midst,”
says the Lord.(O)
The Day of the Lord
18 Woe to you who long
for the day of the Lord!(P)
Why do you long for the day of the Lord?(Q)
That day will be darkness,(R) not light.(S)
19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion
only to meet a bear,(T)
as though he entered his house
and rested his hand on the wall
only to have a snake bite him.(U)
20 Will not the day of the Lord be darkness,(V) not light—
pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness?(W)
21 “I hate,(X) I despise your religious festivals;(Y)
your assemblies(Z) are a stench to me.
22 Even though you bring me burnt offerings(AA) and grain offerings,
I will not accept them.(AB)
Though you bring choice fellowship offerings,
I will have no regard for them.(AC)
23 Away with the noise of your songs!
I will not listen to the music of your harps.(AD)
24 But let justice(AE) roll on like a river,
righteousness(AF) like a never-failing stream!(AG)
25 “Did you bring me sacrifices(AH) and offerings
forty years(AI) in the wilderness, people of Israel?
26 You have lifted up the shrine of your king,
the pedestal of your idols,(AJ)
the star of your god[a]—
which you made for yourselves.
27 Therefore I will send you into exile(AK) beyond Damascus,”
says the Lord, whose name is God Almighty.(AL)
Woe to the Complacent
6 Woe to you(AM) who are complacent(AN) in Zion,
and to you who feel secure(AO) on Mount Samaria,(AP)
you notable men of the foremost nation,
to whom the people of Israel come!(AQ)
2 Go to Kalneh(AR) and look at it;
go from there to great Hamath,(AS)
and then go down to Gath(AT) in Philistia.
Are they better off than(AU) your two kingdoms?
Is their land larger than yours?
3 You put off the day of disaster
and bring near a reign of terror.(AV)
4 You lie on beds adorned with ivory
and lounge on your couches.(AW)
You dine on choice lambs
and fattened calves.(AX)
5 You strum away on your harps(AY) like David
and improvise on musical instruments.(AZ)
6 You drink wine(BA) by the bowlful
and use the finest lotions,
but you do not grieve(BB) over the ruin of Joseph.(BC)
7 Therefore you will be among the first to go into exile;(BD)
your feasting and lounging will end.(BE)
The Lord Abhors the Pride of Israel
8 The Sovereign Lord has sworn by himself(BF)—the Lord God Almighty declares:
“I abhor(BG) the pride of Jacob(BH)
and detest his fortresses;(BI)
I will deliver up(BJ) the city
and everything in it.(BK)”
9 If ten(BL) people are left in one house, they too will die. 10 And if the relative who comes to carry the bodies out of the house to burn them[b](BM) asks anyone who might be hiding there, “Is anyone else with you?” and he says, “No,” then he will go on to say, “Hush!(BN) We must not mention the name of the Lord.”
11 For the Lord has given the command,
and he will smash(BO) the great house(BP) into pieces
and the small house into bits.(BQ)
Footnotes
- Amos 5:26 Or lifted up Sakkuth your king / and Kaiwan your idols, / your star-gods; Septuagint lifted up the shrine of Molek / and the star of your god Rephan, / their idols
- Amos 6:10 Or to make a funeral fire in honor of the dead
- Amos 6:12 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text plow there
- Amos 6:13 Lo Debar means nothing.
- Amos 6:13 Karnaim means horns; horn here symbolizes strength.
Amos 5:13-6:14
King James Version
Amos 5:13-6:14
King James Version
13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
14 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
16 Therefore the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the Lord.
18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.
19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
20 Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
25 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
26 But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, whose name is The God of hosts.
6 Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!
2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?
3 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
5 That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
7 Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
8 The Lord God hath sworn by himself, saith the Lord the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
10 And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the Lord.
11 For, behold, the Lord commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
14 But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the Lord the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.
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