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LXX reads devour the House of Israel">d</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and there will be no one to extinguish it.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Those of you who are making justice taste bitter,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:7 Lit. are turning justice into wormwood">e</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and who have thrown righteousness to the ground:</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Seek<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:8 The Heb. lacks Seek">f</a></span> the one who fashions the Pleiades and Orion,</p> <p class="poetry2">who turns the deep darkness<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:8 Or the shadow of death">g</a></span> into morning,</p> <p class="poetry2">who darkens day into night,</p> <p class="poetry2">who calls out to the waters of the sea,</p> <p class="poetry2">pouring them out onto the surface of the earth—</p> <p class="poetry2">the LORD is his name.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>It is he who is raining sudden destruction</p> <p class="poetry2">upon the strong like lightning,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:9 The Heb. lacks like lightning">h</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">so that ruin comes upon the fortress.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>They have hated those who are presenting their cases in court,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:10 Lit. in the gate">i</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">detesting the one who speaks truthfully.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>‘Therefore, since you trample the poor continuously, </p> <p class="poetry2">taxing his grain,</p> <p class="poetry2">building houses of stone in which you won’t live</p> <p class="poetry2">and planting fine vineyards from which you won’t drink—</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>and because I know that your transgressions are many,</p> <p class="poetry2">and your sins are numerous</p> <p class="poetry2">as you oppose the righteous,</p> <p class="poetry2">taking bribes as a ransom,</p> <p class="poetry2">and turning away the poor in court<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:12 Lit. in the gate">j</a></span> —</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>therefore the prudent person remains silent at such a time,</p> <p class="poetry2">for the time is evil.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>‘Pursue good and not evil,</p> <p class="poetry2">so that you may live,</p> <p class="poetry2">and this is what will happen:<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:14 Lit. And so it was">k</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">The LORD God of the Heavenly Armies will be with you,</p> <p class="poetry2">as you have been claiming.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Hate evil and love good,</p> <p class="poetry2">and establish justice in court—<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:15 Lit. in the gates">l</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">perhaps the LORD, the God of the Heavenly Armies,</p> <p class="poetry2">will be gracious to the survivors of Joseph.’”</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of the Heavenly Armies, the Lord, says:</p> <p class="poetry2">‘There will be dirges in all of the streets;</p> <p class="poetry2">and in all of the highways they will cry out in anguish.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:16 Lit. will say, “Alas! Alas!”">m</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">They will call the farmer to mourning</p> <p class="poetry2">and those who lament<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:16 i.e. professional mourners">n</a></span> to grieve.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And in all of the vineyards there will be mourning</p> <p class="poetry2">when I pass through your midst,’</p> <p class="poetry2">says the LORD.”</p> <p class="heading">The Fearful Day of the LORD</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“Woe to those who are craving the Day of the LORD!</p> <p class="poetry2">How is it to your benefit, this Day of the LORD?</p> <p class="poetry2">It’s a day of<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:18 The Heb. lacks a day of">o</a></span> darkness to you, and not light.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>It will be like a man who runs from a lion,</p> <p class="poetry2">only to encounter a bear;</p> <p class="poetry2">or who comes home, leans his hand against a wall,</p> <p class="poetry2">and a serpent bites him!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness, and not light—</p> <p class="poetry2">pitch black at that, without a ray of sunshine?”</p> <p class="heading">Let Justice Roll On</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“I hate—I despise—your festival days,</p> <p class="poetry2">and your solemn convocations stink.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:21 Lit. and I smell no pleasant scent in your solemn assemblies">p</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:22 Lit. Because">q</a></span> if you send up burnt offerings to me</p> <p class="poetry2">as well as your grain offerings,</p> <p class="poetry2">I will not accept them,</p> <p class="poetry2">nor will I consider your peace offerings of fattened cattle.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Spare me your noisy singing—</p> <p class="poetry2">I will not listen to your musical instruments.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:23 i.e. a stringed instrument such as a harp or lyre">r</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/5-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“But let justice roll on like many<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:24 The Heb. lacks many">s</a></span> waters,</p> <p class="poetry2">and righteousness like an ever-flowing river.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/5-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“Was it to me that you brought offerings and gifts</p> <p class="poetry2">in the desert for 40 years, house of Israel?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/5-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And you carried the tent of your king<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:26 LXX reads of Moloch; MT reads carried Sikkuth your king">t</a></span> —</p> <p class="poetry2">and Saturn,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:26 Heb. Kiyyun">u</a></span> your star god idols<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:26 So MT; LXX reads and the star of your God Raiphan, the images">v</a></span> that you crafted for yourselves.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/5-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>So I will cause you to be taken captive beyond Damascus,”</p> <p class="poetry2">says the LORD,</p> <p class="poetry2">whose name is God of the Heavenly Armies.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 5:1 Lit. <i>word</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 5:3 The Heb. lacks <i>The city</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 5:5 The root Heb. for <i>Gilgal</i> is a pun on the Heb. <i>go into captivity</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 5:6 So MT; LXX reads <i>devour the House of Israel</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 5:7 Lit. <i>are turning justice into wormwood</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 5:8 The Heb. lacks <i>Seek</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 5:8 Or <i>the shadow of death</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 5:9 The Heb. lacks <i>like lightning</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 5:10 Lit. <i>in the gate</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 5:12 Lit. <i>in the gate</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 5:14 Lit. <i>And so it was</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 5:15 Lit. <i>in the gates</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 5:16 Lit. <i>will say, “Alas! Alas!”</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 5:16 i.e. professional mourners<br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 5:18 The Heb. lacks <i>a day of</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 5:21 Lit. <i>and I smell no pleasant scent in your solemn assemblies</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 5:22 Lit. <i>Because</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 5:23 i.e. a stringed instrument such as a harp or lyre<br /><span class="fnb">s</span> 5:24 The Heb. lacks <i>many</i><br /><span class="fnb">t</span> 5:26 LXX reads <i>of Moloch</i>; MT reads <i>carried Sikkuth your king</i><br /><span class="fnb">u</span> 5:26 Heb. <i>Kiyyun</i><br /><span class="fnb">v</span> 5:26 So MT; LXX reads <i>and the star of your God Raiphan, the images</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<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></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/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 width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>