Amos:5

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* Hear ye this word , which , I , am taking up concerning youeven a dirge , O house of Israel . * She hath fallenshe cannot again rise , the virgin , Israel , she lieth forsaken on her soil , there is none to raise her up . * For , thus , saith My Lord , Yahweh , The city that goeth out a thousand strong , shall have left it a hundred , And , that which goeth out a hundred strong , shall have left it ten , belonging to the house of Israel . * For , thus , saith Yahweh , to the house of Israel , Seek me , and live ; * Then do not seek Bethel , and , Gilgal , shall ye not enter , and , unto Beer-sheba , shall ye not cross over , For , Gilgal , shall , surely go into exile , and , Bethel , shall become a trouble . * Seek ye Yahweh , and live , lest he break forth , like a fire , upon the house of Joseph , and it devour with none to quench it , for Bethel . * Ye who turn , into , wormwood , justice , and , righteousnessto the ground have let fall . * who made the Cluster and the Giant , and turneth , into morning , the shadow of death , and who , day into night , doth darken , Him who calleth to the waters of the sea , and poureth them out on the face of the land , Yahweh , is his name : * Him who flasheth force on the strong , and , force , on the fortress , alighteth ! * They hate the man who , in the gate , rebuketh , and , him who speaketh truthfully , they abhor . * Thereforebecause ye have trampled on the poor , and , the gift of corn , ye would take away from him , though , houses of hewn stone , ye have built , Yet shall ye not dwell in them , Though , delightful vineyards , ye have planted , Yet shall ye not drink the wine of them . * For I know how numerous are your transgressions , and how surpassing your sins , ye adversaries of the righteous ! ye acceptors of a bribe ! Even the needy in the gate , have they turned away ! * Therefore , the prudent man , at that time , will be dumb , Because an evil time , it is ! * Seek ye right and not wrong , that ye nay live , that , so , Yahweh God of hosts , may be with you , as ye have said . * Hate wrong , and love right , and station , Justice , in the gate , Peradventure , Yahweh , God of hosts , will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph . * Therefore , thus , saith Yahweh , God of hosts , My Lord , In all broadways , shall be lamentation , and , in all streets , shall they say , Alas ! Alas ! And they shall call the husbandman unto the mourning , and , unto the lamentation , them who know a wailing song ; * Ye , in all vineyards , lamentation , For I will pass along through thy midst , saith Yahweh . * Alas for them who are longing for the day of Yahweh , What good to you , is the day of Yahweh ? it , being darkness and not light : * As if a man should flee from the face of a lion , and there should meet hima bear ! or he should have entered the house , and leaned his hand upon the wall , and there should bite hima serpent ! * Shall not the day of Yahweh be , darkness , and not light ? yea , thick darkness and no brightness in it ? * I hate , I despise your festivals , and can scent no fragrance in your solemn feasts . * Nay , though ye cause to ascend unto me ascending-sacrifices , and your meal-offerings , I will not accept , nor , the peace-offering of your fat heifers , will I regard . * Take thou away from me , the noise of thy songs , Even the melody of thy harps , will I not hear . * But let , justice , roll along like water , and , righteousness , as a torrent over flowing . * The sacrifices and meal-offering , ye brought near unto me , in the desert , for forty years O house of Israel ; * But ye carried the tent of your king-idol , and your Saturn-images , the star of your gods , which ye made for yourselves : * Therefore will I carry you into exile beyond Damascus , saith Yahweh , God of hosts , is his name .

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