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The house of Israel is fallen, and it shall rise no more. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The virgin of Israel is cast down upon her land, there is none to raise her up. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For thus saith the Lord God: The city, out of which came forth a thousand, there shall be left in it a hundred: and out of which there came a hundred, there shall be left in it ten, in the house of Israel. </p> <a name="4" id="4"></a><p class="hdg">A Call to Repentance<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../joel/1.htm#13">Joel 1:13-20</a>; <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 saith the Lord to the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and you shall live. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But seek not Bethel, and go not into Galgal, neither shall you pass over to Bersabee: for Galgal shall go into captivity, and Bethel shall be unprofitable. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Seek ye the Lord, and live: lest the house of Joseph be burnt with fire, and it shall devour, and there shall be none to quench Bethel. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>You that turn judgment into wormwood, and forsake justice in the land, </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Seek him that maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and that turneth darkness into morning, and that changeth day into night: that calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He that with a smile bringeth destruction upon the strong, and waste upon the mighty. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>They have hated him that rebuketh in the gate: and have abhorred him that speaketh perfectly. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Therefore because you robbed the poor, and took the choice prey from him: you shall build houses with square stone, and shall not dwell in them: you shall plant most delightful vineyards, and shall not drink the wine of them. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Because I know your manifold crimes, and your grievous sine: enemies of the just, taking bribes, and oppressing the poor in the gate. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Therefore the prudent shall keep silence at that time, for it is an evil time. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Seek ye good, and not evil, that you may live: and the Lord the God of hosts will be with you, as you have 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 establish judgment in the gate: it may be the Lord the God of hosts may have mercy on 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 saith the Lord the God of hosts the sovereign Lord: In every street there shall be wailing: and in all places that are without, they shall say: Alas, alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful in lamentation to lament. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And in all vineyards there shall be wailing: because I will pass through in the midst of thee, saith the Lord. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Woe to them that desire the day of the Lord: to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and a bear should meet him: or enter into the house, and lean with his hand upon the wall, and a serpent should bite him. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light: and obscurity, and no brightness in it? </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>I hate, and have rejected your festivities: and I will not receive the odour of your assemblies. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And if you offer me holocausts, and your gifts, I will not receive them: neither will I regard the vows of your fat beasts. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Take away from me the tumult of thy songs: and I will not hear the canticles of thy harp. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>But judgment shall be revealed as water, and justice as a mighty torrent. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Did you offer victims and sacrifices to me in the desert for forty years, O house of Israel? <span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>But you carried a tabernacle for your Moloch, and the image of your idols, the star of your god, which you made to yourselves. <span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/5-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, the God of hosts is his name. </p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Douay-Rheims Bible<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="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></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><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>