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<a href="../zephaniah/2.htm">Zephaniah 2:1-3</a>; <a href="../luke/13.htm">Luke 13:1-5</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For thus said Jehovah to the house of Israel: Seek ye Me, and live,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And seek not Beth-El, and Gilgal enter not, And Beer-Sheba pass not through, For Gilgal doth utterly remove, And Beth-El doth become vanity.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Seek ye Jehovah, and live, Lest He prosper as fire [against] the house of Joseph, And it hath consumed, And there is no quencher for Beth-El.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Ye who are turning to wormwood judgment, And righteousness to the earth have put down,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The maker of Kimah and Kesil, And the turner to morning of death-shade, And day [as] night He hath made dark, Who is calling to the waters of the sea, And poureth them on the face of the earth, Jehovah [is] His name;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Who is brightening up the spoiled against the strong, And the spoiled against a fortress cometh.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>They have hated a reprover in the gate, And a plain speaker they abominate.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Therefore, because of your trampling on the poor, And the tribute of corn ye take from him, Houses of hewn work ye have built, And ye do not dwell in them, Desirable vineyards ye have planted, And ye do not drink their wine.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For I have known — many [are] your transgressions, And mighty your sins, Adversaries of the righteous, taking ransoms, And the needy in the gate ye turned aside.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Therefore is the wise at that time silent, For an evil time it [is].</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live, And it is so; Jehovah, God of Hosts, [is] with you, as ye said.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Hate evil, and love good, And set up judgment in the gate, It may be Jehovah, God of Hosts, doth pity the remnant of Joseph.</p> <p class="hdg">The Coming Judgment</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Therefore, thus said Jehovah, God of Hosts, the Lord, In all broad places [is] lamentation, And in all out-places they say, ‘Alas, alas,’ And called the husbandman to mourning, And to lamentation the skilful of wailing.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And in all vineyards [is] lamentation, For I pass into thy midst, said Jehovah.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Ho, ye who are desiring the day of Jehovah, Why [is] this to you — the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>As [when] one fleeth from the face of the lion, And the bear hath met him, And he hath come in to the house, And hath leant his hand on the wall, And the serpent hath bitten him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Is not the day of Jehovah darkness and not light, Even thick darkness that hath no brightness?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>I have hated — I have loathed your festivals, And I am not refreshed by your restraints.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For though ye cause burnt-offerings and your presents to ascend to Me, I am not pleased, And the peace-offering of your fatlings I behold not.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Turn aside from Me the noise of thy songs, Yea, the praise of thy psaltery I hear not.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And roll on as waters doth judgment, And righteousness as a perennial stream.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Sacrifices and offering did ye bring nigh to Me, In a wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? <span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And ye bare Succoth your king, and Chiun your images, The star of your god, that ye made for yourselves. <span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And I removed you beyond Damascus, Said Jehovah, God of Hosts [is] His name.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Young's Literal Translation<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../amos/4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Amos 4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Amos 4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../amos/6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Amos 6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Amos 6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/amos/5-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="../sidemenu.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhpar.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>