Amos:5

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* Hear this word which I take up against you , a dirge , O house of Israel . * The virgin of Israel has fallen ; she shall rise no more ; she lies forsaken on her land . There is none to raise her up . * For thus says the Lord Jehovah : The city that went out [by ] a thousand shall leave a hundred , and that which went out [by ] a hundred shall have ten left in the house of Israel . * For so says the LORD to the house of Israel : Seek Me , and you shall live . * But do not seek Bethel nor enter into Gilgal , and do not pass to Beer-sheba ; for Gilgal shall surely go into exile , and Bethel shall come to nothing . * Seek the LORD , and you shall live ; lest He break out like a fire [on ] the house of Joseph and devour it , and there be none to put it out in Bethel . * You who turn judgment to wormwood and leave off righteousness [in ] the earth , * seek Him who created the Pleiades and Orion , and who turned the deep darkness into the morning and He darkened the day [into ] night . Seek Him who calls for the waters of the sea , and pours them out on the face of the earth ; the LORD is ] His name ; * who causes destruction to flash out against the strong , and destruction comes against the fortress * They hate him who rebukes in the gate , and they despise him who speaks uprightly . * So , because of your trampling on the poor , and you take tribute of grain from him ; you have built houses of carved stone , but you shall not dwell in them ; you have planted desirable vineyards , but you shall not drink wine from them . * For I know your many transgressions and your many sins . They afflict the just , they take a bribe , and they turn aside the poor in the gate . * So the understanding ones shall keep silent in that time ; for it [is ] an evil time . * Seek good and not evil , that you may live ; and so the LORD , the God of hosts , shall be with you , as you have spoken . * Hate the evil , and love the good , and establish judgment in the gate . It may be that the Lord Jehovah of hosts will be gracious [to ] the remnant of Joseph . * So the LORD , the God of hosts , the Master , says this : Wailing [shall be ] in all streets ; and they shall say in all the highways , Alas ! Alas ! And they shall call the tiller to mourning , and those who are skillful in mourning to wailing . * And there [shall be ] wailing in all vineyards ; for I will pass through you , says the LORD . * Woe to those desiring the day of the LORD ! What [is ] this for you ? The day of the LORD [is ] darkness and not light ; * 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 snake bit him . * [Shall ] not the day of the LORD [be ] darkness and not light ? Even very dark , and no brightness in it ? * I hate , I despise your feast days , and I will not delight in your solemn assemblies . * Though you offer Me burnt offerings and your food offerings , I will not be pleased . Nor will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals . * Take the noise of your songs away from Me ; for I will not hear the melody of your stringed instruments . * But let judgment roll down like waters , and righteousness like a mighty stream . * Have you offered sacrifices and offerings to Me forty years in the wilderness , O house of Israel ? * But you have carried the booth of your king and Kiyyun , your images , the star of your gods which you made for yourselves . * So I will cause you to go into exile beyond Damascus , says the LORD , the God of hosts [is ] His name .

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