Amos 5 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Amos 6

¹Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!

KJVWoe^H1945 to them that are at ease^H7600 in Zion^H6726, and trust^H982^(H8802) in the mountain^H2022 of Samaria^H8111, which are named^H5344^(H8803) chief^H7225 of the nations^H1471, to whom the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478 came^H935^(H8804)!

² Go to Calneh, and see. From there go to Hamath the great. Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms? Is their border greater than your border?

KJVPass^H5674^(H8798) ye unto Calneh^H3641, and see^H7200^(H8798); and from thence go^H3212^(H8798) ye to Hamath^H2574 the great^H7227^(H8677)^H2579: then go down^H3381^(H8798) to Gath^H1661 of the Philistines^H6430: be they better^H2896 than these kingdoms^H4467? or their border^H1366 greater^H7227 than your border^H1366?

³ Alas for you who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near,

KJVYe that put far away^H5077^(H8764) the evil^H7451 day^H3117, and cause the seat^H7675^(H8800) of violence^H2555 to come near^H5066^(H8686);

⁴ who lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the middle of the stall,

KJVThat lie^H7901^(H8802) upon beds^H4296 of ivory^H8127, and stretch^H5628^(H8803) themselves upon their couches^H6210, and eat^H398^(H8802) the lambs^H3733 out of the flock^H6629, and the calves^H5695 out of the midst^H8432 of the stall^H4770;

⁵ who strum on the strings of a harp, who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;

KJVThat chant^H6527^(H8802) to the sound^H6310 of the viol^H5035, and invent^H2803^(H8804) to themselves instruments^H3627 of musick^H7892, like David^H1732;

⁶ who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best oils, but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

KJVThat drink^H8354^(H8802) wine^H3196 in bowls^H4219, and anoint^H4886^(H8799) themselves with the chief^H7225 ointments^H8081: but they are not grieved^H2470^(H8738) for the affliction^H7667 of Joseph^H3130.

⁷ Therefore they will now go captive with the first who go captive. The feasting and lounging will end.

KJVTherefore now shall they go captive^H1540^(H8799) with the first^H7218 that go captive^H1540^(H8802), and the banquet^H4797 of them that stretched^H5628^(H8803) themselves shall be removed^H5493^(H8804).

⁸ “The Lord Yahweh has sworn by himself,” says Yahweh, the God of Armies: “I abhor the pride of Jacob, and detest his fortresses. Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.

KJVThe Lord^H136 GOD^H3069 hath sworn^H7650^(H8738) by himself^H5315, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068 the God^H430 of hosts^H6635, I abhor^H8374^(H8764) the excellency^H1347 of Jacob^H3290, and hate^H8130^(H8804) his palaces^H759: therefore will I deliver up^H5462^(H8689) the city^H5892 with all that is therein^H4393.

⁹ It will happen that if ten men remain in one house, they will die.

KJVAnd it shall come to pass, if there remain^H3498^(H8735) ten^H6235 men^H582 in one^H259 house^H1004, that they shall die^H4191^(H8804).

¹⁰ “When a man’s relative carries him, even he who burns him, to bring bodies out of the house, and asks him who is in the innermost parts of the house, ‘Is there yet any with you?’ And he says, ‘No;’ then he will say, ‘Hush! Indeed we must not mention Yahweh’s name.’

KJVAnd a man's uncle^H1730 shall take him up^H5375^(H8804), and he that burneth^H5635^(H8764) him, to bring out^H3318^(H8687) the bones^H6106 out of the house^H1004, and shall say^H559^(H8804) unto him that is by the sides^H3411 of the house^H1004, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say^H559^(H8804), No^H657. Then shall he say^H559^(H8804), Hold thy tongue^H2013^(H8761): for we may not make mention^H2142^(H8687) of the name^H8034 of the LORD^H3068.

¹¹ “For, behold, Yahweh commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, and the little house into bits.

KJVFor, behold, the LORD^H3068 commandeth^H6680^(H8764), and he will smite^H5221^(H8689) the great^H1419 house^H1004 with breaches^H7447, and the little^H6996 house^H1004 with clefts^H1233.

¹² Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness,

KJVShall horses^H5483 run^H7323^(H8799) upon the rock^H5553? will one plow^H2790^(H8799) there with oxen^H1241? for ye have turned^H2015^(H8804) judgment^H4941 into gall^H7219, and the fruit^H6529 of righteousness^H6666 into hemlock^H3939:

¹³ you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, ‘Haven’t we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?’

KJVYe which rejoice^H8056 in a thing^H1697 of nought^H3808, which say^H559^(H8802), Have we not taken^H3947^(H8804) to us horns^H7161 by our own strength^H2392?

¹⁴ For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel,” says Yahweh, the God of Armies; “and they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah.”

KJVBut, behold, I will raise up^H6965^(H8688) against you a nation^H1471, O house^H1004 of Israel^H3478, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068 the God^H430 of hosts^H6635; and they shall afflict^H3905^(H8804) you from the entering in^H935^(H8800) of Hemath^H2574 unto the river^H5158 of the wilderness^H6160.

WEB·Amos 5

¹Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel:

KJVHear^H8085^(H8798) ye this word^H1697 which I take up^H5375^(H8802) against you, even a lamentation^H7015, O house^H1004 of Israel^H3478.

² “The virgin of Israel has fallen; She shall rise no more. She is cast down on her land; there is no one to raise her up.”

KJVThe virgin^H1330 of Israel^H3478 is fallen^H5307^(H8804); she shall no more^H3254^(H8686) rise^H6965^(H8800): she is forsaken^H5203^(H8738) upon her land^H127; there is none to raise her up^H6965^(H8688).

³ For the Lord Yahweh says: “The city that went out a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went out one hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel.”

KJVFor thus saith^H559^(H8804) the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069; The city^H5892 that went out^H3318^(H8802) by a thousand^H505 shall leave^H7604^(H8686) an hundred^H3967, and that which went forth^H3318^(H8802) by an hundred^H3967 shall leave^H7604^(H8686) ten^H6235, to the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478.

⁴ For Yahweh says to the house of Israel: “Seek me, and you will live;

KJVFor thus saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 unto the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478, Seek^H1875^(H8798) ye me, and ye shall live^H2421^(H8798):

⁵ but don’t seek Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and don’t pass to Beersheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing.

KJVBut seek^H1875^(H8799) not Bethel^H1008, nor enter^H935^(H8799) into Gilgal^H1537, and pass^H5674^(H8799) not to Beersheba^H884: for Gilgal^H1537 shall surely^H1540^(H8800) go into captivity^H1540^(H8799), and Bethel^H1008 shall come to nought^H205.

⁶ Seek Yahweh, and you will live, lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel.

KJVSeek^H1875^(H8798) the LORD^H3068, and ye shall live^H2421^(H8798); lest he break out^H6743^(H8799) like fire^H784 in the house^H1004 of Joseph^H3130, and devour^H398^(H8804) it, and there be none to quench^H3518^(H8764) it in Bethel^H1008.

⁷ You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth!

KJVYe who turn^H2015^(H8802) judgment^H4941 to wormwood^H3939, and leave off^H3240^(H8689) righteousness^H6666 in the earth^H776,

⁸ Seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, Yahweh is his name,

KJVSeek him that maketh^H6213^(H8802) the seven stars^H3598 and Orion^H3685, and turneth^H2015^(H8802) the shadow of death^H6757 into the morning^H1242, and maketh the day^H3117 dark^H2821^(H8689) with night^H3915: that calleth^H7121^(H8802) for the waters^H4325 of the sea^H3220, and poureth them out^H8210^(H8799) upon the face^H6440 of the earth^H776: The LORD^H3068 is his name^H8034:

⁹ who brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the fortress.

KJVThat strengtheneth^H1082^(H8688) the spoiled^H7701 against the strong^H5794, so that the spoiled^H7701 shall come^H935^(H8799) against the fortress^H4013.

¹⁰ They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.

KJVThey hate^H8130^(H8804) him that rebuketh^H3198^(H8688) in the gate^H8179, and they abhor^H8581^(H8762) him that speaketh^H1696^(H8802) uprightly^H8549.

¹¹ Therefore, because you trample on the poor and take taxes from him of wheat, you have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.

KJVForasmuch^H3282 therefore as your treading^H1318^(H8780) is upon the poor^H1800, and ye take^H3947^(H8799) from him burdens^H4864 of wheat^H1250: ye have built^H1129^(H8804) houses^H1004 of hewn stone^H1496, but ye shall not dwell^H3427^(H8799) in them; ye have planted^H5193^(H8804) pleasant^H2531 vineyards^H3754, but ye shall not drink^H8354^(H8799) wine^H3196 of them.

¹² For I know how many are your offenses, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn away the needy in the courts.

KJVFor I know^H3045^(H8804) your manifold^H7227 transgressions^H6588 and your mighty^H6099 sins^H2403: they afflict^H6887^(H8802) the just^H6662, they take^H3947^(H8802) a bribe^H3724, and they turn aside^H5186^(H8689) the poor^H34 in the gate^H8179 from their right.

¹³ Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.

KJVTherefore the prudent^H7919^(H8688) shall keep silence^H1826^(H8799) in that time^H6256; for it is an evil^H7451 time^H6256.

¹⁴ Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be with you, as you say.

KJVSeek^H1875^(H8798) good^H2896, and not evil^H7451, that ye may live^H2421^(H8799): and so the LORD^H3068, the God^H430 of hosts^H6635, shall be with you, as ye have spoken^H559^(H8804).

¹⁵ Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”

KJVHate^H8130^(H8798) the evil^H7451, and love^H157^(H8798) the good^H2896, and establish^H3322^(H8685) judgment^H4941 in the gate^H8179: it may be that the LORD^H3068 God^H430 of hosts^H6635 will be gracious^H2603^(H8799) unto the remnant^H7611 of Joseph^H3130.

¹⁶ Therefore Yahweh, the God of Armies, the Lord, says: “Wailing will be in all the wide ways. They will say in all the streets, ‘Alas! Alas!’ They will call the farmer to mourning, and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing.

KJVTherefore the LORD^H3068, the God^H430 of hosts^H6635, the Lord^H136, saith^H559^(H8804) thus; Wailing^H4553 shall be in all streets^H7339; and they shall say^H559^(H8799) in all the highways^H2351, Alas^H1930! alas^H1930! and they shall call^H7121^(H8804) the husbandman^H406 to mourning^H60, and such as are skilful^H3045^(H8802) of lamentation^H5092 to wailing^H4553.

¹⁷ In all vineyards there will be wailing, for I will pass through the middle of you,” says Yahweh.

KJVAnd in all vineyards^H3754 shall be wailing^H4553: for I will pass^H5674^(H8799) through^H7130 thee, saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068.

¹⁸ “Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh! Why do you long for the day of Yahweh? It is darkness, and not light.

KJVWoe^H1945 unto you that desire^H183^(H8693) the day^H3117 of the LORD^H3068! to what end^H4100 is it for you? the day^H3117 of the LORD^H3068 is darkness^H2822, and not light^H216.

¹⁹ As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a snake bit him.

KJVAs if a man^H376 did flee^H5127^(H8799) from^H6440 a lion^H738, and a bear^H1677 met^H6293^(H8804) him; or went^H935^(H8804) into the house^H1004, and leaned^H5564^(H8804) his hand^H3027 on the wall^H7023, and a serpent^H5175 bit^H5391^(H8804) him.

²⁰ Won’t the day of Yahweh be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?

KJVShall not the day^H3117 of the LORD^H3068 be darkness^H2822, and not light^H216? even very dark^H651, and no brightness^H5051 in it?

²¹ I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can’t stand your solemn assemblies.

KJVI hate^H8130^(H8804), I despise^H3988^(H8804) your feast days^H2282, and I will not smell^H7306^(H8686) in your solemn assemblies^H6116.

²² Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals.

KJVThough ye offer^H5927^(H8686) me burnt offerings^H5930 and your meat offerings^H4503, I will not accept^H7521^(H8799) them: neither will I regard^H5027^(H8686) the peace offerings^H8002 of your fat beasts^H4806.

²³ Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.

KJVTake thou away^H5493^(H8685) from me the noise^H1995 of thy songs^H7892; for I will not hear^H8085^(H8799) the melody^H2172 of thy viols^H5035.

²⁴ But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.

KJVBut let judgment^H4941 run down^H1556^(H8735) as waters^H4325, and righteousness^H6666 as a mighty^H386 stream^H5158.

²⁵ “Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel?

KJVHave ye offered^H5066^(H8689) unto me sacrifices^H2077 and offerings^H4503 in the wilderness^H4057 forty^H705 years^H8141, O house^H1004 of Israel^H3478?

²⁶ You also carried the tent of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.

KJVBut ye have borne^H5375^(H8804) the tabernacle^H5522 of your Moloch^H4428 and Chiun^H3594 your images^H6754, the star^H3556 of your god^H430, which ye made^H6213^(H8804) to yourselves.

²⁷ Therefore I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus,” says Yahweh, whose name is the God of Armies.

KJVTherefore will I cause you to go into captivity^H1540^(H8689) beyond^H1973 Damascus^H1834, saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068, whose name^H8034 is The God^H430 of hosts^H6635.

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