Amos 5
5
Seek Adonai and Live
1Hear this word that I take up as a lament over you, O house of Israel:
2She has fallen, never rising again— virgin Israel— She is forsaken on her land, with nobody to lift her up.
3For thus says Adonai Elohim: “The city that sends out a thousand will have a hundred left, and one that sends out a hundred will have ten left for the house of Israel.”
4For thus says Adonai to the house of Israel: “Seek Me, and live!
5But do not seek Bethel, do not go to Gilgal, do not cross over to Beersheba. For Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will come to trouble.
6Seek Adonai, and live— lest He rush like fire through the house of Joseph. Yes, it will devour Bethel, with no one to quench it.
Sins of Injustice
7You who turn justice to wormwood threw righteousness to the ground.
8He who made the Pleiades and Orion and changes deep darkness to morning. Who darkens the day into night. Who summons the water of the sea and pours it out on the face of the earth —Adonai is His Name.
9He flashes destruction on the mighty, so destruction will come against a fortress.
10They despise one who reproves at the gate, so they detest one who speaks with integrity.
11Therefore, because you trample on the poor, exacting from him a burden of grain, you built houses of hewn stone, but will not dwell in them, you planted pleasant vineyards, but will not drink their wine.
12For I know your crimes are many and your sins countless— afflicting the righteous, taking bribes, and turning the needy aside at the gate.
13Therefore the prudent keep silent at such a time —for it is a distressful time.
14Seek good and not evil, so you may live, and so Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot may be with you —just as you said!
15Hate evil, love good, maintain justice at the gate. Maybe Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot will extend grace to Joseph’s remnant.
16Therefore thus said Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot, my Lord: “There will be wailing in all plazas and in all streets. They will say: ‘Alas! Alas!’ The farmer will be called to mourning along with those who know the lamentation song.
17In all vineyards will be wailing, for I will pass through your midst” —Adonai has spoken.
Dreadful Day of Adonai
18Oy to you—longing for the Day of Adonai! What would it be for you? The Day of Adonai will be darkness and not light.
19It will be as when a man is fleeing from a lion—and meets a bear! Or he comes home, leans his hand on the wall, and a snake bites him!
20Will not the Day of Adonai be darkness, not light? Gloom, not brightness?
Justice Better Than Sacrifices
21“I hate, I despise your festivals! I take no delight in your sacred assemblies.
22Even if you offer me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them, nor will I look at peace offerings of your fattened animals.
23Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the melody of your harps.
24But let justice roll like water and righteousness like an ever-flowing torrent.
25Did you bring sacrifices and offerings to Me in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Israel?
26But you lifted up your images —Siccuth your ‘king’, and Chiun, your star gods— which you made for yourselves,
27So I will send you into exile, beyond Damascus.” Adonai has spoken, Elohei-Tzva’ot is His Name.
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Amos 5
5
Lamentation for Israel
1Listen to this message that I am singing for you, a lament, # Jr 7:29; 9:10,17; Ezk 19:1 house of Israel:
2She has fallen;
Virgin Israel # Jr 14:17; 31:4,21 will never rise again. # Am 8:14
She lies abandoned on her land,
with no one to raise her up. # Is 51:18
3For the Lord God says:
The city that marches out a thousand strong
will have only a hundred left, # Is 6:13
and the one that marches out a hundred strong
will have only ten left # Am 6:9 in the house of Israel.
Seek God and Live
4For the Lord says to the house of Israel:
Seek Me and live! # Dt 4:29; 32:46-47
5Do not seek Bethel # 1Kg 12:28-29
or go to Gilgal # 1Sm 7:16; 11:14
or journey to Beer-sheba, # Gn 21:31-33
for Gilgal will certainly go into exile,
and Bethel will come to nothing.
6Seek Yahweh # Is 55:3,6-7 and live,
or He will spread like fire # Dt 4:24; 32:22; Heb 12:29
throughout the house of Joseph;
it will consume everything,
with no one at Bethel to extinguish it. # Is 33:14; 66:24; Jr 4:4
7Those who turn justice into wormwood # Am 6:12
throw righteousness to the ground.
8The One who made the Pleiades and Orion, # Jb 9:9; 38:31
who turns darkness # Or turns the shadow of death into dawn # Gn 1:2-3; Jb 38:12
and darkens day into night, # Am 8:9
who summons the waters of the sea # Ps 104:6-9; Jr 10:13
and pours them out over the face of the earth # Jb 36:27-30 —
Yahweh is His name. # Am 4:13; 9:5-6
9He brings destruction # Hb obscure on the strong, # Or stronghold # Is 29:5
and it falls on the stronghold. # Mc 5:11
10They hate the one who convicts the guilty # Is 29:21
at the city gate
and despise # Is 59:15 the one who speaks with integrity.
11Therefore, because you trample on the poor # Am 3:9; 8:6; Jms 1:27
and exact a grain tax from him,
you will never live in the houses of cut stone # Am 3:15; 6:11
you have built;
you will never drink the wine
from the lush vineyards
you have planted. # Dt 28:30; Mc 6:15; Zph 1:13
12For I know your crimes are many
and your sins innumerable.
They oppress the righteous, # Is 1:23; 5:23 take a bribe,
and deprive the poor of justice # Am 2:6-7 at the gates.
13Therefore, the wise person will keep silent # Or the prudent will perish # Ec 3:7; Hs 4:4
at such a time,
for the days are evil.
14Seek good and not evil
so that you may live,
and the Lord, the God of Hosts,
will be with you,
as you have claimed. # Is 48:1-2
15Hate evil and love good; # Rm 12:9
establish justice in the gate. # Is 1:17
Perhaps the Lord, the God of Hosts, will be gracious # Jl 2:14
to the remnant of Joseph. # Mc 3:5,7-8
16Therefore Yahweh, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says:
There will be wailing in all the public squares; # Jr 9:10,18-20; Am 8:3
they will cry out in anguish # Lit will say, “Alas! Alas!” in all the streets.
The farmer will be called on to mourn, # Jl 1:11
and professional mourners # Lit and those skilled in lamentation # Jr 9:17 to wail.
17There will be wailing in all the vineyards, # Is 16:10; Jr 48:33
for I will pass among you. # Ex 12:12
The Lord has spoken.
The Day of the Lord
18Woe to you who long for the Day of the Lord! # Is 5:19; Jl 1:15; 2:1,11,31
What will the Day of the Lord be for you?
It will be darkness and not light. # Is 5:30
19It will be like a man who flees from a lion # Jb 20:24; Is 24:17; Jr 15:2-3
only to have a bear confront him.
He goes home and rests his hand against the wall
only to have a snake bite him.
20Won’t the Day of the Lord
be darkness rather than light, # Is 13:10; Zph 1:15
even gloom without any brightness in it? # Jl 2:2; Zph 1:15
21I hate, I despise your feasts! # Is 1:11-16; 66:3; Am 6:8
I can’t stand the stench
of your solemn assemblies. # Lv 26:31; Jr 14:12; Hs 5:6
22Even if you offer Me
your burnt offerings and grain offerings, # Mc 6:6-7
I will not accept them; # Jr 14:12
I will have no regard
for your fellowship offerings of fattened cattle. # Lv 7:11-15
23Take away from Me the noise of your songs!
I will not listen to the music of your harps. # Is 5:12
24But let justice flow like water,
and righteousness, like an unfailing stream. # Mc 6:6-8
25“House of Israel, was it sacrifices and grain offerings that you presented to Me during the 40 years in the wilderness? # Dt 32:17; Jos 24:14; Neh 9:18-21; Ac 7:42-43 26But you have taken up # Or you will lift up Sakkuth # LXX, Sym, Syr, Vg read the tent ; Ac 7:43 # Probably a Mesopotamian war god also called Adar or Ninurta your king # LXX reads up the tent of Molech and Rephan ; Ac 7:43 and Kaiwan # Probably a Mesopotamian god identified with Saturn your star god, images you have made for yourselves. # Is 44:12-20 27So I will send you into exile beyond Damascus.” # 2Kg 17:5-6; Ac 7:42-43 Yahweh, the God of Hosts, is His name. # Am 4:13 He has spoken.
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