bes Amos:5:1-17 SEEK
Seeker Overlay ON
*
Hear ye this word of the Lord ,
even a lamentation ,
which I take up against you .
The house of Israel is fallen ;
it shall no more rise .
*
The virgin of Israel has fallen upon his land ;
there is none that shall raise her up .
*
Therefore thus saith the Lord God ;
The city out of which there went forth a thousand ,
in it there shall be left a hundred ,
and in that out of which there went forth a hundred ,
there shall be left ten to the house of Israel .
*
Wherefore thus saith the Lord to the house of Israel ,
Seek ye me ,
and ye shall live .
*
But seek not Bethel ,
and go not into Galgala ,
and cross not over to the Well of the Oath :
for Galgala shall surely go into captivity ,
and Bethel shall be as that which is not .
*
Seek ye the Lord ,
and ye shall live ;
lest the house of Joseph blaze as fire ,
and it devour him ,
and there shall be none to quench it for the house of Israel .
*
It is he that executes judgement in the height above ,
and he has established justice on the earth :
*
who makes all things ,
and changes them ,
and turns darkness into the morning ,
and darkens the day into night :
who calls for the water of the sea ,
and pours it out on the face of the earth :
the Lord is his name :
*
who dispenses ruin to strength ,
and brings distress upon the fortress .
*
They hated him that reproved in the gates ,
and abhorred holy speech .
*
Therefore because they have smitten the poor with their fists ,
and ye have received of them choice gifts ;
ye have built polished houses ,
but ye shall not dwell in them ;
ye have planted desirable vineyards ,
but ye shall not drink the wine of them .
*
For I know your many transgressions ,
and your sins are great ,
trampling on the just ,
taking bribes ,
and turning aside the judgement of the poor in the gates .
*
Therefore the prudent shall be silent at that time ;
for it is a time (
note :)
Or ,
of wicked men (:
note )
of evils .
*
Seek good ,
and not evil ,
that ye may live :
and so the Lord God Almighty shall be with you ,
as ye have said ,
*
We have hated evil ,
and loved good :
and restore ye judgement in the gates ;
that the Lord God Almighty may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph .
*
Therefore thus saith the Lord God Almighty ;
In all the streets shall be lamentations ;
and in all the ways shall it be said ,
Woe ,
woe !
the husbandman shall be called to mourning and lamentation ,
and to them that are skilled in complaining .
*
And there shall be lamentation in all the ways ;
because I will pass through the midst of thee ,
saith the Lord .