The Prophet Amos

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- Chapter 5 -

Hear this word that I take up as a lament over you, house of Israel.

The virgin Israel has fallen; she will rise no more; she is forsaken on her land; there is no one to raise her up.

For this is what Lord Yahweh says: “The city that went out with a thousand will have a hundred left, and the one that went out with a hundred will have ten left belonging to the house of Israel.”

A Call to Repentance

(Joel 1:13–20; Zephaniah 2:1–3; Luke 13:1–5)

For this is what Yahweh says to the house of Israel: “Seek me and live!

Do not seek Bethel; nor enter Gilgal; do not journey to Beersheba. For Gilgal will surely go into captivity, and Bethel will become nothing.

Seek Yahweh and live, or he will break out like fire in the house of Joseph. It will devour, and there will be no one to quench it in Bethel.

Those people turn justice into a bitter thing and throw righteousness down to the ground!”

God made the Pleiades and Orion; he turns darkness into the morning; he makes the day dark with night and calls for the waters of the sea; he pours them out on the surface of the earth. Yahweh is his name!

He brings sudden destruction on the strong so that destruction comes on the fortresses.

They hate anyone who corrects them in the city gate, and they abhor anyone who speaks the truth.

Because you trample down the poor and take portions of wheat from him-although you have built houses of worked stone, you will not live in them. You have delightful vineyards, but you will not drink their wine.

For I know how many are your offenses and how great are your sins-you who afflict the just, take bribes, and turn aside the needy in the city gate.

Therefore, any prudent person is silent at such a time, for it is an evil time.

Seek good and not evil, so that you may live. So Yahweh, the God of hosts, will really be with you, as you say he is.

Hate evil, love good, establish justice in the city gate. Perhaps Yahweh, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

Woe to Rebellious Israel

(Acts 7:39–43)

Therefore, this is what Yahweh says, the God of hosts, the Lord, “Wailing will be in all the squares, and they will say in all the streets, ‘Woe! Woe!’ They will call the farmers to mourning and the mourners to wail.

In all vineyards there will be wailing, for I will pass through your midst,” says Yahweh.

Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh! Why do you long for the day of Yahweh? It will be darkness and not light,

as when a man flees from a lion and a bear meets him, or he goes in a house and puts his hand on the wall and a snake bites him.

Will not the day of Yahweh be darkness and not light? Gloom and no brightness?

“I hate, I despise your festivals, I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.

Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them, neither will I look at the fellowship offerings of your fattened animals.

Remove from me the noise of your songs; I will not listen to the sound of your harps.

Instead, let justice flow like water, and righteousness like a constantly flowing stream.

Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness for forty years, house of Israel?

You will lift up Sikkuth as your king, and Kaiwan, your star god -idols that you have made for yourselves.

Therefore, I will exile you beyond Damascus,” says Yahweh, whose name is the God of hosts.

Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel:

“The virgin of Israel has fallen; She shall rise no more. She is cast down on her land; there is no one to raise her up.”

For the Lord GOD says: “The city that went out a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went out one hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel.”

A Call to Repentance

(Joel 1:13–20; Zephaniah 2:1–3; Luke 13:1–5)

For the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek me, and you will live;

but don’t seek Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and don’t pass to Beersheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing.

Seek the LORD, and you will live, lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel.

You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth!

Seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, the LORD is his name,

who brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the fortress.

They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.

Therefore, because you trample on the poor and take taxes from him of wheat, you have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.

For I know how many are your offenses, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn away the needy in the courts.

Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.

Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the LORD, the God of Armies, will be with you, as you say.

Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that the LORD, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”

Woe to Rebellious Israel

(Acts 7:39–43)

Therefore the LORD, the God of Armies, the Lord, says: “Wailing will be in all the wide ways. They will say in all the streets, ‘Alas! Alas!’ They will call the farmer to mourning, and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing.

In all vineyards there will be wailing, for I will pass through the middle of you,” says the LORD.

“Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD! Why do you long for the day of the LORD? It is darkness, and not light.

As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a snake bit him.

Won’t the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?

I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can’t stand your solemn assemblies.

Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals.

Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.

But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.

“Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel?

You also carried the tent of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.

Therefore I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus,” says the LORD, whose name is the God of Armies.