Amos 5

1 Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.

Heare ye this worde, which I lift vp vpon you, euen a lamentation of the house of Israel.

2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise. She is cast down upon her land; there is none to raise her up.

The virgine Israel is fallen, and shall no more rise: shee is left vpon her lande, and there is none to raise her vp.

3 For thus says the lord Jehovah: The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth a hundred shall have ten left, to the house of Israel.

For thus saith ye Lord God, The citie which went out by a thousand, shall leaue an hundreth: and that which went forth by an hundreth, shall leaue ten to the house of Israel.

4 For thus says Jehovah to the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and ye shall live.

For thus saith the Lord vnto the house of Israel, Seeke ye me, and ye shall liue.

5 But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba. For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to naught.

But seeke not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and go not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall goe into captiuitie, and Beth-el shall come to nought.

6 Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live, lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.

Seeke the Lord, and yee shall liue, least he breake out like fire in the house of Ioseph and deuoure it, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el.

7 Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,

They turne iudgement to wormewood, and leaue off righteousnes in the earth.

8 seek him who makes 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 upon the face of the earth (Jehovah is his name),

He maketh Pleiades, and Orion, and he turneth the shadowe of death into the morning, and he maketh the day darke as night: he calleth the waters of the sea, and powreth them out vpon the open earth: the Lord is his Name.

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

He strengtheneth the destroyer against the mightie: and the destroyer shall come against the fortresse.

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

They haue hated him, that rebuked in the gate: and they abhorred him that speaketh vprightly.

11 Inasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions of wheat from him. Ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them. Ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.

Forasmuch then as your treading is vpon the poore, and yee take from him burdens of wheate, ye haue built houses of hewen stone, but ye shall not dwel in them: ye haue plated pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drinke wine of them.

12 For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins-ye who afflict the just man, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the gate.

For I know your manifold transgressions, and your mightie sinnes: they afflict the iust, they take rewards, and they oppresse the poore in ye gate.

13 Therefore he who is prudent shall keep silence in such a time, for it is an evil time.

Therefore the prudent shall keepe silence in that time, for it is an euill time.

14 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live, and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be with you, as ye say.

Seeke good and not euil, that ye may liue: and the Lord God of hostes shalbe with you, as you haue spoken.

15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate. It may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

Hate the euil, and loue the good, and establish iudgement in the gate: it may bee that the Lord God of hostes will be mercifull vnto the remnant of Ioseph.

16 Therefore thus says Jehovah, the God of hosts, the Lord: Wailing shall be in all the broad ways. And they shall say in all the streets, Alas! Alas! And they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful in lamentation to wailing.

Therfore the Lord God of hosts, the Lord saith thus, Mourning shalbe in all streetes: and they shall say in al the hie wayes, Alas, alas: and they shall call the husbandman to lamentation, and such as can mourne, to mourning.

17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing, for I will pass through the midst of thee, says Jehovah.

And in al the vines shalbe lamentation: for I wil passe through thee, saith the Lord.

18 Woe to you who desire the day of Jehovah! Why would ye have the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light.

Woe vnto you, that desire the day of the Lord: what haue you to do with it? the day of the Lord is darkenes and not light.

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

As if a man did flee from a lyon, and a beare met him: or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

20 Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light, even very dark, and no brightness in it?

Shal not the day of the Lord be darkenes, and not light? euen darkenes and no light in it?

21 I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.

I hate and abhorre your feast dayes, and I wil not smelll in your solemne assemblies.

22 Yea, though ye offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them, nor will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

Though ye offer me burnt offrings and meat offrings, I wil not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offrings of your fat beasts.

23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs, for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

Take thou away from me the multitude of thy songs (for I wil not heare the melodie of thy violes)

24 But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

And let iudgement runne downe as waters, and righteousnesse as a mightie riuer.

25 Did ye bring sacrifices and offerings to me in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

Haue ye offered vnto me sacrifices and offrings in the wildernesse fourtie yeeres, O house of Israel?

26 Yea, ye have borne the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, your images which ye made to yourselves.

But you haue borne Siccuth your King, and Chiun your images, and the starre of your gods, which ye made to your selues.

27 Therefore I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, says Jehovah, whose name is the God of hosts.

Therefore wil I cause you to goe into captiuitie beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, whose Name is the God of hostes.