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Listen to this funeral song I am singing:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/amos/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Hear this word that I take up over you in lamentation, O house of Israel:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/amos/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lamentation I take up against you:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/amos/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Hear ye this word which I take up against you, <i>even</i> a lamentation, O house of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/amos/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Hear this word which I take up against you, a lamentation, O house of Israel:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/amos/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Hear this word which I am taking up for you as a song of mourning, house of Israel:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/amos/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Hear this word which I take up for you as a dirge, O house of Israel:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/amos/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Hear this word which I take up for you as a dirge, O house of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/amos/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Hear this word which I take up for you as a <i>funeral</i> lament, O house of Israel:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/amos/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Hear this word which I take up for you as a funeral song, O house of Israel:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/amos/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Listen to this message that I am singing for you, a lament, house of Israel:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/amos/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Listen to this message that I am singing for you, a lament, house of Israel: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/amos/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/amos/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Listen, nation of Israel, to my mournful message: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/amos/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/amos/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Listen to this message, this funeral song that I sing about you, nation of Israel:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/amos/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Listen, people of Israel, to this funeral song which I sing over you: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/amos/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Hear this accusation that I am bringing against you: 'A dirge, house of Israel:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/amos/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lamentation I take up against you:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/amos/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Listen to this funeral song I am ready to sing about you, family of Israel: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/amos/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/amos/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/amos/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel: <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/amos/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Hear this word that I am bearing to you, "" A lamentation, O house of Israel:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/amos/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Hear this word that I am bearing to you, A lamentation, O house of Israel:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/amos/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Hear ye this word which I lift up to you, a lamentation, O house of Israel.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/amos/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Hear ye this word, which I take up concerning you for a lamentation. The house of Israel is fallen, and it shall rise no more. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/amos/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Listen to this word, which I lift over you in lamentation. The house of Israel has fallen, and it will no longer rise again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/amos/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Hear this word which I utter concerning you, this dirge, house of Israel: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/amos/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Hear this word that I take up over you in lamentation, O house of Israel:<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/amos/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />HEAR this word which I take up concerning you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/amos/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Hear this word that I bear for you, a lamentation, house of Israel<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/amos/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/amos/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Hear ye this word of the Lord, even a lamentation, which I take up against you. The house of Israel is fallen; it shall no more rise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/amos/5-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u4uh7eMswjw?start=696" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/amos/5.htm">A Lamentation against Israel</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šim·‘ū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">Hear</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: had·dā·ḇār (Art:: N-ms) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">word,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">O house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/7015.htm" title="7015: qî·nāh (N-fs) -- An elegy, dirge. From quwn; a dirge.">lamentation</a> <a href="/hebrew/595.htm" title="595: ’ā·nō·ḵî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Sometimes; a primitive pro. I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: nō·śê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">take up</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ă·lê·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">against you:</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>“Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again. She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-21.htm">Isaiah 1:21</a></span><br />See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-29.htm">Jeremiah 7:29</a></span><br />Cut off your hair and throw it away. Raise up a lamentation on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-1.htm">Hosea 4:1-3</a></span><br />Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land! / Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another. / Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-1.htm">Lamentations 1:1</a></span><br />How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/19-1.htm">Ezekiel 19:1</a></span><br />“As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/1-8.htm">Micah 1:8-9</a></span><br />Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich. / For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/3-1.htm">Zephaniah 3:1-2</a></span><br />Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled! / She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-13.htm">2 Kings 17:13-14</a></span><br />Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.” / But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-1.htm">Isaiah 5:1-7</a></span><br />I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. / He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour! / “And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/9-10.htm">Jeremiah 9:10</a></span><br />I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41-44</a></span><br />As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it / and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. / For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-27.htm">Romans 9:27-29</a></span><br />Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved. / For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.” / It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/2-5.htm">Revelation 2:5</a></span><br />Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-2.htm">Revelation 18:2</a></span><br />And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Hear you this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.</p><p class="hdg">Hear.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/3-1.htm">Amos 3:1</a></b></br> Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/4-1.htm">Amos 4:1</a></b></br> Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that <i>are</i> in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.</p><p class="hdg">I take.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/5-16.htm">Amos 5:16</a></b></br> Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing <i>shall be</i> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/7-29.htm">Jeremiah 7:29</a></b></br> Cut off thine hair, <i>O Jerusalem</i>, and cast <i>it</i> away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/9-10.htm">Jeremiah 9:10,17,20</a></b></br> For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through <i>them</i>; neither can <i>men</i> hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joel/2-22.htm">Bearing</a> <a href="/amos/4-5.htm">Children</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-20.htm">Dirge</a> <a href="/amos/4-1.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/amos/4-1.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/amos/3-15.htm">House</a> <a href="/amos/4-12.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/joel/2-12.htm">Lamentation</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-32.htm">Song</a> <a href="/joel/1-15.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/amos/4-1.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/zephaniah/1-11.htm">Bearing</a> <a href="/amos/5-4.htm">Children</a> <a href="/matthew/11-17.htm">Dirge</a> <a href="/amos/7-16.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/amos/5-23.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/amos/5-3.htm">House</a> <a href="/amos/5-2.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/amos/5-16.htm">Lamentation</a> <a href="/jonah/2-9.htm">Song</a> <a href="/amos/5-18.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/amos/7-10.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Amos 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/amos/5-1.htm">A lamentation for Israel.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/amos/5-4.htm">An exhortation to repentance.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/amos/5-21.htm">God rejects their hypocritical service.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <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> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/amos/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/amos/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/amos/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Hear this word</b><br>This phrase serves as a call to attention, emphasizing the importance of the message that follows. In the prophetic tradition, such calls are often used to introduce a divine message. The prophets were seen as God's messengers, and their words carried the authority of God Himself. This phrase is reminiscent of other prophetic calls to listen, such as in <a href="/isaiah/1-10.htm">Isaiah 1:10</a> and <a href="/jeremiah/2-4.htm">Jeremiah 2:4</a>, where the prophets urge the people to heed God's warnings.<p><b>O house of Israel</b><br>The term "house of Israel" refers to the Northern Kingdom, which had separated from Judah after the reign of Solomon. This division is crucial to understanding the context of Amos's prophecy. The Northern Kingdom, with its capital in Samaria, was often criticized by prophets for its idolatry and social injustices. The use of "house" indicates a familial or covenantal relationship, reminding the Israelites of their identity as God's chosen people, as seen in <a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5-6</a>.<p><b>this lamentation</b><br>A lamentation is a form of mourning or expression of grief. In the biblical context, lamentations are often used to express sorrow over sin and its consequences. The Book of Lamentations, for example, mourns the destruction of Jerusalem. Here, Amos's lamentation is a prophetic expression of sorrow over the impending judgment on Israel due to their unfaithfulness and injustice. This reflects the heart of God, who takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked (<a href="/ezekiel/33-11.htm">Ezekiel 33:11</a>).<p><b>I take up against you</b><br>The phrase "I take up against you" indicates that the lamentation is directed specifically at the people of Israel. It suggests a legal or judicial action, as if God, through Amos, is bringing a case against Israel. This is consistent with the covenantal framework of the Old Testament, where God is seen as the suzerain and Israel as the vassal. The prophets often acted as covenant enforcers, reminding Israel of their obligations and the consequences of their disobedience, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/amos.htm">Amos</a></b><br>A prophet from Tekoa, a small town in Judah, who was called by God to deliver messages of judgment and repentance to the Northern Kingdom of Israel during a time of prosperity and moral decay.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/h/house_of_israel.htm">House of Israel</a></b><br>Refers to the Northern Kingdom of Israel, which had fallen into idolatry and social injustice, prompting God's message of lamentation through Amos.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/l/lamentation.htm">Lamentation</a></b><br>A form of mourning or expression of sorrow, often used in the context of impending judgment or disaster. In this verse, it signifies the seriousness of the message Amos is delivering.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_listen.htm">The Call to Listen</a></b><br>Amos begins with "Hear this word," emphasizing the importance of listening to God's message. In our lives, we must prioritize hearing and understanding God's Word, allowing it to guide our actions and decisions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_judgment.htm">The Reality of Judgment</a></b><br>The lamentation signifies impending judgment. We must recognize the seriousness of sin and the reality of God's righteous judgment, leading us to repentance and transformation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_heart_of_god.htm">The Heart of God</a></b><br>Despite the message of judgment, the lamentation reflects God's sorrow over the state of His people. This teaches us about God's compassionate heart and His desire for us to return to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>The call to lamentation is also a call to repentance. We are encouraged to examine our lives, turn away from sin, and seek restoration in our relationship with God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_amos_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Amos 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'judgment_at_god's_house'_mean.htm">What does 'Judgment Begins at the House of God' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_verify_micah_2_1-2_injustices.htm">How can we confirm historically or archaeologically that the injustices described in Micah 2:1-2 actually occurred on a large scale?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/was_jairus's_daughter_dead_or_in_a_coma.htm">Mark 5:35-42: Was Jairus's daughter truly dead, or could she have been in a coma, making her 'resurrection' more of a misdiagnosis?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_edom's_fate_in_the_bible.htm">What fate awaits Edom according to biblical prophecies?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/amos/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1-ch. 6:14.</span> - § 8. <span class="accented">Third address</span>: <span class="accented">the prophet utters a lamentation over the fall of Israel</span>. (Vers. 1-3.) He calls her to repentance, while he shows wherein she has declined from the right way. To make this plain, he contrasts God's power and majesty with the people's iniquity, instances of which he gives (vers. 4-12). The only condition of safety is amendment (vers. 13-15); and as they refuse to reform, they shall have cause to lament (vers. 16, 17). This threat is enforced by the two emphatic "woes" that follow, the first of which demonstrates the baselessness of their trust in their covenant relation to God (vers. 18-27); the second denounces the careless lives of the chiefs, who, revelling in luxury, believed not in the coming judgment (<a href="/amos/6-1.htm">Amos 6:1-6</a>). Therefore they shall go into captivity, and the kingdom shall be utterly overthrown (vers. 7-11), because they act iniquitously and are self-confident (vers. 12-14). <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Hear ye this word.</span> To show the certainty of the judgment and his own feeling about it, the prophet utters his prophecy in the form of a dirge (<span class="accented">kinah</span>, <a href="/2_samuel/1-17.htm">2 Samuel 1:17</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/35-25.htm">2 Chronicles 35:25</a>). <span class="cmt_word">Which I take up against you;</span> or, <span class="accented">which I raise over you</span>, as if the end had come. O house of Israel; in the vocative. The Vulgate has, <span class="accented">Domus Israel cecidit</span>; so the LXX. But the present Hebrew text is most suitable, making the dirge begin at ver. 2. The ten tribes are addressed as in ver. 6. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/amos/5-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Hear</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁמְע֞וּ</span> <span class="translit">(šim·‘ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hear intelligently</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֶּ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> </span><span class="str2">This, that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">word,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַדָּבָ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(had·dā·ḇār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> </span><span class="str2">A word, a matter, thing, a cause</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O house</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּ֥ית</span> <span class="translit">(bêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Israel,</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֨ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">lamentation</span><br /><span class="heb">קִינָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(qî·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7015.htm">Strong's 7015: </a> </span><span class="str2">An elegy, dirge</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I</span><br /><span class="heb">אָנֹכִ֜י</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·nō·ḵî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_595.htm">Strong's 595: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">take up</span><br /><span class="heb">נֹשֵׂ֧א</span> <span class="translit">(nō·śê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">against you:</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲלֵיכֶ֛ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·lê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/amos/5-1.htm">Amos 5:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/amos/5-1.htm">Amos 5:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/amos/5-1.htm">Amos 5:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/amos/5-1.htm">Amos 5:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/amos/5-1.htm">Amos 5:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/amos/5-1.htm">Amos 5:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/amos/5-1.htm">Amos 5:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/amos/5-1.htm">Amos 5:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/amos/5-1.htm">Amos 5:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/amos/5-1.htm">Amos 5:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/amos/5-1.htm">OT Prophets: Amos 5:1 Listen to this word which I take (Amo. 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