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Amos 5:18-27
English Standard Version
Amos 5:18-27
English Standard Version
Let Justice Roll Down
18 Woe to you who desire (A)the day of the Lord!
Why would you have the day of the Lord?
(B)It is darkness, and not light,
19 (C)as if a man fled from a lion,
and a bear met him,
or went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall,
and a serpent bit him.
20 (D)Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light,
and gloom with no brightness in it?
21 (E)“I hate, I despise your feasts,
and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
22 (F)Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings,
I will not accept them;
and the peace offerings of your fattened animals,
I will not look upon them.
23 Take away from me the noise of your songs;
to (G)the melody of your harps I will not listen.
24 But let justice roll down like waters,
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
25 (H)“Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? 26 (I)You (J)shall take up Sikkuth your king, and Kiyyun your star-god—your images that you made for yourselves, 27 (K)and I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the Lord, whose name is (L)the God of hosts.
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Amos 5:18-27
New International Version
Amos 5:18-27
New International Version
The Day of the Lord
18 Woe to you who long
for the day of the Lord!(A)
Why do you long for the day of the Lord?(B)
That day will be darkness,(C) not light.(D)
19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion
only to meet a bear,(E)
as though he entered his house
and rested his hand on the wall
only to have a snake bite him.(F)
20 Will not the day of the Lord be darkness,(G) not light—
pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness?(H)
21 “I hate,(I) I despise your religious festivals;(J)
your assemblies(K) are a stench to me.
22 Even though you bring me burnt offerings(L) and grain offerings,
I will not accept them.(M)
Though you bring choice fellowship offerings,
I will have no regard for them.(N)
23 Away with the noise of your songs!
I will not listen to the music of your harps.(O)
24 But let justice(P) roll on like a river,
righteousness(Q) like a never-failing stream!(R)
25 “Did you bring me sacrifices(S) and offerings
forty years(T) in the wilderness, people of Israel?
26 You have lifted up the shrine of your king,
the pedestal of your idols,(U)
the star of your god[a]—
which you made for yourselves.
27 Therefore I will send you into exile(V) beyond Damascus,”
says the Lord, whose name is God Almighty.(W)
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 5:18-27
King James Version
Amos 5:18-27
King James Version
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.
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