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rise again, has the virgin of Israel, "" Left on her land—she has none [to] raise [her] up.”<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For thus said Lord YHWH: “The city that is going out one thousand, "" Leaves one hundred, "" And that which is going out one hundred, "" Leaves ten to the house of Israel.”<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For thus said YHWH to the house of Israel: “Seek Me, and live,<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And do not seek Beth-El, and do not enter Gilgal, "" And do not pass through Beer-Sheba, "" For Gilgal utterly removes, "" And Beth-El becomes vanity.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Seek YHWH, and live, "" Lest He prosper as fire [against] the house of Joseph, "" And it has consumed, "" And there is no quencher for Beth-El—<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>You who are turning judgment to wormwood, "" And have put down righteousness to the earth!”<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The Maker of the Pleiades and Orion, "" And He who is turning death-shade to the morning—And He has made day [as] dark [as] night—Who is calling to the waters of the sea, "" And pours them on the face of the earth, "" YHWH [is] His Name;<p> <A name="10"></a><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 comes against a fortress.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>They have hated a reprover in the gate, "" And they detest a plain speaker.<p> <A name="12"></a><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 grain you take from him, "" Houses of hewn work you have built, "" And you do not dwell in them, "" Desirable vineyards you have planted, "" And you do not drink their wine.<p> <A name="13"></a><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 you turned aside the needy in the gate.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Therefore the wise is silent at that time, "" For it [is] an evil time.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Seek good, and not evil, that you may live, and it is so; YHWH, God of Hosts, [is] with you, as you said.<p> <A name="16"></a><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 YHWH, God of Hosts, pities the remnant of Joseph.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Therefore, thus said YHWH, God of Hosts, the Lord: “Lamentation is in all broad places, "" And in all out-places they say, Oh! Oh! And called the farmer to mourning, "" And the skillful of wailing to lamentation.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And in all vineyards [is] lamentation, "" For I pass into your midst,” said YHWH.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Behold, you who are desiring the Day of YHWH, "" Why [is] this to you—the Day of YHWH? It is darkness, and not light,<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>As [when] one flees from the face of the lion, "" And the bear has met him, "" And he has come into the house, "" And has leaned his hand on the wall, "" And the serpent has bitten him.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Is not the Day of YHWH darkness and not light, "" Even thick darkness that has no brightness?<p> <A name="22"></a><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> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For though you cause burnt-offerings and your presents to ascend to Me, "" I am not pleased, "" And I do not behold the peace-offering of your fatlings.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Turn the noise of your songs aside from Me, "" Indeed, I do not hear the praise of your stringed instruments.<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And judgment rolls on as waters, "" And righteousness as a perennial stream.<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Did you bring sacrifices and offerings near to Me, "" In a wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And you bore Succoth your king, and Chiun your images, "" The star of your god, that you made for yourselves. <span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And I removed you beyond Damascus,” said YHWH—God of Hosts [is] His Name.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Literal Standard Version<br>Copyright © 2022 by Covenant Press. 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