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Amos 5:1-19

5:1

Hear
<08085> (8798)

ye this word
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which I take up
<05375> (8802)

against you, [even] a lamentation
<07015>_,

O house
<01004>

of Israel
<03478>_.

5:2

The virgin
<01330>

of Israel
<03478>

is fallen
<05307> (8804)_;

she shall no more
<03254> (8686)

rise
<06965> (8800)_:

she is forsaken
<05203> (8738)

upon her land
<0127>_;

[there is] none to raise her up
<06965> (8688)_.

5:3

For thus saith
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the Lord
<0136>

GOD
<03069>_;

The city
<05892>

that went out
<03318> (8802)

[by] a thousand
<0505>

shall leave
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an hundred
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and that which went forth
<03318> (8802)

[by] an hundred
<03967>

shall leave
<07604> (8686)

ten
<06235>_,

to the house
<01004>

of Israel
<03478>_.

5:4

For thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>

unto the house
<01004>

of Israel
<03478>_,

Seek
<01875> (8798)

ye me, and ye shall live
<02421> (8798)_:

5:5

But seek
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not Bethel
<01008>_,

nor enter
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into Gilgal
<01537>_,

and pass
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not to Beersheba
<0884>_:

for Gilgal
<01537>

shall surely
<01540> (8800)

go into captivity
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and Bethel
<01008>

shall come to nought
<0205>_.

5:6

Seek
<01875> (8798)

the LORD
<03068>_,

and ye shall live
<02421> (8798)_;

lest he break out
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like fire
<0784>

in the house
<01004>

of Joseph
<03130>_,

and devour
<0398> (8804)

[it], and [there be] none to quench
<03518> (8764)

[it] in Bethel
<01008>_.

5:7

Ye who turn
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judgment
<04941>

to wormwood
<03939>_,

and leave off
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righteousness
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in the earth
<0776>_,

5:8

[Seek him] that maketh
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the seven stars
<03598>

and Orion
<03685>_,

and turneth
<02015> (8802)

the shadow of death
<06757>

into the morning
<01242>_,

and maketh the day
<03117>

dark
<02821> (8689)

with night
<03915>_:

that calleth
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for the waters
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of the sea
<03220>_,

and poureth them out
<08210> (8799)

upon the face
<06440>

of the earth
<0776>_:

The LORD
<03068>

[is] his name
<08034>_:

5:9

That strengtheneth
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the spoiled
<07701>

against the strong
<05794>_,

so that the spoiled
<07701>

shall come
<0935> (8799)

against the fortress
<04013>_.

{spoiled: Heb. spoil}

5:10

They hate
<08130> (8804)

him that rebuketh
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in the gate
<08179>_,

and they abhor
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him that speaketh
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uprightly
<08549>_.

5:11

Forasmuch
<03282>

therefore as your treading
<01318> (8780)

[is] upon the poor
<01800>_,

and ye take
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from him burdens
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of wheat
<01250>_:

ye have built
<01129> (8804)

houses
<01004>

of hewn stone
<01496>_,

but ye shall not dwell
<03427> (8799)

in them; ye have planted
<05193> (8804)

pleasant
<02531>

vineyards
<03754>_,

but ye shall not drink
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wine
<03196>

of them. {pleasant...: Heb. vineyards of desire}

5:12

For I know
<03045> (8804)

your manifold
<07227>

transgressions
<06588>

and your mighty
<06099>

sins
<02403>_:

they afflict
<06887> (8802)

the just
<06662>_,

they take
<03947> (8802)

a bribe
<03724>_,

and they turn aside
<05186> (8689)

the poor
<034>

in the gate
<08179>

[from their right]. {a bribe: or, a ransom}

5:13

Therefore the prudent
<07919> (8688)

shall keep silence
<01826> (8799)

in that time
<06256>_;

for it [is] an evil
<07451>

time
<06256>_.

5:14

Seek
<01875> (8798)

good
<02896>_,

and not evil
<07451>_,

that ye may live
<02421> (8799)_:

and so the LORD
<03068>_,

the God
<0430>

of hosts
<06635>_,

shall be with you, as ye have spoken
<0559> (8804)_.

5:15

Hate
<08130> (8798)

the evil
<07451>_,

and love
<0157> (8798)

the good
<02896>_,

and establish
<03322> (8685)

judgment
<04941>

in the gate
<08179>_:

it may be that the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of hosts
<06635>

will be gracious
<02603> (8799)

unto the remnant
<07611>

of Joseph
<03130>_.

5:16

Therefore the LORD
<03068>_,

the God
<0430>

of hosts
<06635>_,

the Lord
<0136>_,

saith
<0559> (8804)

thus; Wailing
<04553>

[shall be] in all streets
<07339>_;

and they shall say
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in all the highways
<02351>_,

Alas
<01930>_!

alas
<01930>_!

and they shall call
<07121> (8804)

the husbandman
<0406>

to mourning
<060>_,

and such as are skilful
<03045> (8802)

of lamentation
<05092>

to wailing
<04553>_.

5:17

And in all vineyards
<03754>

[shall be] wailing
<04553>_:

for I will pass
<05674> (8799)

through
<07130>

thee, saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_.

5:18

Woe
<01945>

unto you that desire
<0183> (8693)

the day
<03117>

of the LORD
<03068>_!

to what end
<04100>

[is] it for you? the day
<03117>

of the LORD
<03068>

[is] darkness
<02822>_,

and not light
<0216>_.

5:19

As if a man
<0376>

did flee
<05127> (8799)

from
<06440>

a lion
<0738>_,

and a bear
<01677>

met
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him; or went
<0935> (8804)

into the house
<01004>_,

and leaned
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his hand
<03027>

on the wall
<07023>_,

and a serpent
<05175>

bit
<05391> (8804)

him.