Amos 5
1 Hear these words, which I utter concerning you; This lamentation, O house of Israel!
to hear: hear [obj] [the] word [the] this which I to lift: loud upon you dirge house: household Israel
2 She is fallen, she shall rise no more, The virgin of Israel! She is prostrate on her own ground, there is none to raise her up!
to fall: fall not to add: again to arise: rise virgin Israel to leave upon land: soil her nothing to arise: raise her
3 For thus saith the Lord Jehovah; The city which sent out a thousand shall have a hundred left, And that which sent out a hundred shall have ten left, To the house of Israel.
for thus to say Lord YHWH/God [the] city [the] to come out: come thousand to remain hundred and [the] to come out: come hundred to remain ten to/for house: household Israel
4 For thus saith Jehovah to the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and ye shall live!
for thus to say LORD to/for house: household Israel to seek me and to live
5 Seek not Bethel, And go not to Gilgal, And pass not over to Beersheba! For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity! And Bethel shall come to naught.
and not to seek Bethel Bethel and [the] Gilgal not to come (in): come and Beersheba Beersheba not to pass for [the] Gilgal to reveal: remove to reveal: remove and Bethel Bethel to be to/for evil: trouble
6 Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live! Lest he rush like a fire on the house of Joseph, And it devour, and there be none to quench it in the house of Israel.
to seek [obj] LORD and to live lest to rush like/as fire house: household Joseph and to eat and nothing to quench to/for Bethel Bethel
7 Ye who turn justice into wormwood, And cast righteousness down to the ground.
[the] to overturn to/for wormwood justice and righteousness to/for land: country/planet to rest
8 Seek him, that made the Pleiades and Orion; That changeth death-like darkness into morning, And darkeneth day into night; That calleth up the waters of the sea, And poureth them out upon the face of the earth; Jehovah is his name!
to make Pleiades and Orion and to overturn to/for morning shadow and day night to darken [the] to call: call to to/for water [the] sea and to pour: pour them upon face: surface [the] land: country/planet LORD name his
9 Who sendeth sudden destruction upon the strong, And bringeth desolation upon the fortress.
[the] be cheerful violence upon strong and violence upon fortification to come (in): come
10 They hate him that pleadeth in the gate, And abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
to hate in/on/with gate to rebuke and to speak: speak unblemished: blameless to abhor
11 Since, then, ye trample upon the poor, And take from him presents of wheat, Though ye build houses of hewn stone, ye shall not dwell in them; Though ye plant pleasant vineyards, ye shall not drink their wine.
to/for so because to trample you upon poor and tribute grain to take: take from him house: home cutting to build and not to dwell in/on/with them vineyard delight to plant and not to drink [obj] wine their
12 For I know that your sins are many, And your transgressions manifold, Ye who afflict the righteous, and take a bribe, And oppress the poor in the gate!
for to know many transgression your and mighty sin your to vex righteous to take: take ransom and needy in/on/with gate to stretch
13 Therefore the wise man shall be silent at that time, For it shall be an evil time.
to/for so [the] be prudent in/on/with time [the] he/she/it to silence: silent for time distress: evil he/she/it
14 Seek ye good, and not evil, that ye may live; Then shall Jehovah, the God of hosts, be with you, as ye boast.
to seek good and not bad: evil because to live and to be so LORD God Hosts with you like/as as which to say
15 Hate ye evil, and love good, And establish justice in the gate; It may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will have pity upon the remnant of Joseph.
to hate bad: evil and to love: lover good and to set in/on/with gate justice perhaps be gracious LORD God Hosts remnant Joseph
16 Thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the Lord: In all the streets shall there be wailing, And in all the highways shall they cry, Alas! alas! They shall call the husbandmen to mourning, And those who are skilful in lamentation to wailing,
to/for so thus to say LORD God Hosts Lord in/on/with all street/plaza mourning and in/on/with all outside to say Ah! Ah! and to call: call out farmer to(wards) mourning and mourning to(wards) to know wailing
17 And in all vineyards shall be sounds of woe, For I will pass through the midst of thee, saith Jehovah.
and in/on/with all vineyard mourning for to pass in/on/with entrails: among your to say LORD
18 Woe unto them that ask for the day of Jehovah! What is the day of Jehovah to you? It shall be darkness, and not light.
woe! [the] to desire [obj] day LORD to/for what? this to/for you day LORD he/she/it darkness and not light
19 As if a man fled from a lion, And a bear met him; Or went into a house and leaned his hand on a wall, And a serpent bit him;
like/as as which to flee man: anyone from face: before [the] lion and to fall on him [the] bear and to come (in): come [the] house: home and to support hand his upon [the] wall and to bite him [the] serpent
20 So shall the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light, Even thick darkness, and no brightness in it.
not darkness day LORD and not light and gloom and not brightness to/for him
21 I hate, I despise your feasts; I have no delight in your solemn assemblies.
to hate to reject feast your and not to smell in/on/with assembly your
22 When ye offer me burnt-offerings and flour-offerings, I will not accept them; And upon the thank-offerings of your fatlings I will not look.
that if: except if: except to ascend: offer up to/for me burnt offering and offering your not to accept and peace offering fatling your not to look
23 Take ye away from me the noise of your songs, And the music of your harps let me not hear!
to turn aside: remove from upon me crowd song your and melody harp your not to hear: hear
24 Let justice flow forth as waters, And righteousness as a mighty stream!
and to roll like/as water justice and righteousness like/as torrent: river strong
25 Did ye offer me sacrifices and offerings In the wilderness, for forty years, O house of Israel?
sacrifice and offering to approach: bring to/for me in/on/with wilderness forty year house: household Israel
26 But ye bore the tabernacle of your king, And the shrine of your images, The star of your god, which ye made for yourselves.
and to lift: raise [obj] Sikkuth king your and [obj] Kiyyun image your star God your which to make to/for you
27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, Saith Jehovah, whose name is the God of hosts!
and to reveal: remove [obj] you from further to/for Damascus to say LORD God Hosts name his
