Amos 1
1. The words <01697> of Amos <05986>, who <0834> was among the
herdmen <05349> of Tekoa <08620>, which <0834> he saw <02372>
concerning <05921> Israel <03478> in the days <03117> of Uzziah
<05818> king <04428> of Judah <03063>, and in the days <03117> of
Jeroboam <03379> the son <01121> of Joash <03101> king <04428> of
Israel <03478>, two years <08141> before <06440> the earthquake
<07494>.
2 And he said <0559>, The LORD <03068> will roar <07580> from Zion
<06726>, and utter <05414> his voice <06963> from Jerusalem <03389>;
and the habitations <04999> of the shepherds <07462> shall mourn
<056>, and the top <07218> of Carmel <03760> shall wither <03001>.
3. Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; For three <07969>
transgressions <06588> of Damascus <01834>, and for four <0702>, I
will not turn <07725> away [the punishment] thereof; because <05921>
they have threshed <01758> Gilead <01568> with threshing <02742>
instruments of iron <01270>:
4 But I will send <07971> a fire <0784> into the house <01004> of
Hazael <02371>, which shall devour <0398> the palaces <0759> of
Benhadad <01130>.
5 I will break <07665> also the bar <01280> of Damascus <01834>,
and cut <03772> off the inhabitant <03427> from the plain <01237> of
Aven <0206>, and him that holdeth <08551> the sceptre <07626> from
the house <01004> of Eden <05731>: and the people <05971> of Syria
<0758> shall go into captivity <01540> unto Kir <07024>, saith
<0559> the LORD <03068>.
6 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; For three <07969>
transgressions <06588> of Gaza <05804>, and for four <0702>, I will
not turn <07725> away [the punishment] thereof; because <05921> they
carried <01540> away captive <01540> the whole <08003> captivity
<01546>, to deliver <05462> [them] up to Edom <0123>:
7 But I will send <07971> a fire <0784> on the wall <02346> of
Gaza <05804>, which shall devour <0398> the palaces <0759> thereof:
8 And I will cut <03772> off the inhabitant <03427> from Ashdod
<0795>, and him that holdeth <08551> the sceptre <07626> from
Ashkelon <0831>, and I will turn <07725> mine hand <03027> against
<05921> Ekron <06138>: and the remnant <07611> of the Philistines
<06430> shall perish <06>, saith <0559> the Lord <0136> GOD <03069>.
9 Thus saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; For three <07969>
transgressions <06588> of Tyrus <06865>, and for four <0702>, I will
not turn <07725> away [the punishment] thereof; because <05921> they
delivered <05462> up the whole <08003> captivity <01546> to Edom
<0123>, and remembered <02142> not the brotherly covenant <01285>:
10 But I will send <07971> a fire <0784> on the wall <02346> of
Tyrus <06865>, which shall devour <0398> the palaces <0759> thereof.
11 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; For three <07969>
transgressions <06588> of Edom <0123>, and for four <0702>, I will
not turn <07725> away [the punishment] thereof; because <05921> he
did pursue <07291> his brother <0251> with the sword <02719>, and
did cast <07843> off all pity <07356>, and his anger <0639> did tear
<02963> perpetually <05703>, and he kept <08104> his wrath <05678>
for ever <05331>:
12 But I will send <07971> a fire <0784> upon Teman <08487>, which
shall devour <0398> the palaces <0759> of Bozrah <01224>.
13 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; For three <07969>
transgressions <06588> of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>, and
for four <0702>, I will not turn <07725> away [the punishment]
thereof; because <05921> they have ripped <01234> up the women with
child <02030> of Gilead <01568>, that they might enlarge <07337>
their border <01366>:
14 But I will kindle <03341> a fire <0784> in the wall <02346> of
Rabbah <07237>, and it shall devour <0398> the palaces <0759>
thereof, with shouting <08643> in the day <03117> of battle <04421>,
with a tempest <05591> in the day <03117> of the whirlwind <05492>:
15 And their king <04428> shall go <01980> into captivity <01473>,
he and his princes <08269> together <03162>, saith <0559> the LORD
<03068>.
Amos 2
1. Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; For three <07969>
transgressions <06588> of Moab <04124>, and for four <0702>, I will
not turn <07725> away [the punishment] thereof; because <05921> he
burned <08313> the bones <06106> of the king <04428> of Edom <0123>
into lime <07875>:
2 But I will send <07971> a fire <0784> upon Moab <04124>, and it
shall devour <0398> the palaces <0759> of Kerioth <07152>: and Moab
<04124> shall die <04191> with tumult <07588>, with shouting
<08643>, [and] with the sound <06963> of the trumpet <07782>:
3 And I will cut <03772> off the judge <08199> from the midst
<07130> thereof, and will slay <02026> all <03605> the princes
<08269> thereof with him, saith <0559> the LORD <03068>.
4 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; For three <07969>
transgressions <06588> of Judah <03063>, and for four <0702>, I will
not turn <07725> away [the punishment] thereof; because <05921> they
have despised <03988> the law <08451> of the LORD <03068>, and have
not kept <08104> his commandments <02706>, and their lies <03576>
caused them to err <08582>, after <0310> the which <0834> their
fathers <01> have walked <01980>:
5 But I will send <07971> a fire <0784> upon Judah <03063>, and it
shall devour <0398> the palaces <0759> of Jerusalem <03389>.
6 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; For three <07969>
transgressions <06588> of Israel <03478>, and for four <0702>, I
will not turn <07725> away [the punishment] thereof; because <05921>
they sold <04376> the righteous <06662> for silver <03701>, and the
poor <034> for a pair of shoes <05275>;
7 That pant <07602> after <05921> the dust <06083> of the earth
<0776> on the head <07218> of the poor <01800>, and turn <05186>
aside <05186> the way <01870> of the meek <06035>: and a man <0376>
and his father <02> will go <03212> in unto the [same] maid <05291>,
to profane <02490> my holy <06944> name <08034>:
8 And they lay <05186> [themselves] down upon clothes <0899> laid
to pledge <02254> by every <03605> altar <04196>, and they drink
<08354> the wine <03196> of the condemned <06064> [in] the house
<01004> of their god <0430>.
9. Yet destroyed <08045> I the Amorite <0567> before <06440> them,
whose <0834> height <01363> [was] like the height <01363> of the
cedars <0730>, and he [was] strong <02364> as the oaks <0437>; yet I
destroyed <08045> his fruit <06529> from above <04605>, and his
roots <08328> from beneath <08478>.
10 Also I brought <05927> you up from the land <0776> of Egypt
<04714>, and led <03212> you forty <0705> years <08141> through the
wilderness <04057>, to possess <03423> the land <0776> of the
Amorite <0567>.
11 And I raised <06965> up of your sons <01121> for prophets
<05030>, and of your young <0970> men for Nazarites <05139>. [Is it]
not even <0637> thus <02063>, O ye children <01121> of Israel
<03478>? saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.
12 But ye gave the Nazarites <05139> wine <03196> to drink
<08248>; and commanded <06680> the prophets <05030>, saying <0559>,
Prophesy <05012> not.
13 Behold <02009>, I am pressed <05781> under <08478> you, as a
cart <05699> is pressed <05781> [that is] full <04392> of sheaves
<05995>.
14 Therefore the flight <04498> shall perish <06> from the swift
<07031>, and the strong <02389> shall not strengthen <0553> his
force <03581>, neither <03808> shall the mighty <01368> deliver
<04422> himself <05315>:
15 Neither <03808> shall he stand <05975> that handleth <08610>
the bow <07198>; and [he that is] swift <07031> of foot <07272>
shall not deliver <04422> [himself <05315>]: neither <03808> shall
he that rideth <07392> the horse <05483> deliver <04422> himself
<05315>.
16 And [he that is] courageous among the mighty <01368> shall flee
<05127> away naked <06174> in that day <03117>, saith <05002> the
LORD <03068>.
Amos 3
1. Hear <08085> this <02088> word <01697> that the LORD <03068>
hath spoken <01696> against <05921> you, O children <01121> of
Israel <03478>, against <05921> the whole <03605> family <04940>
which <0834> I brought <05927> up from the land <0776> of Egypt
<04714>, saying <0559>,
2 You only <07535> have I known <03045> of all <03605> the
families <04940> of the earth <0127>: therefore I will punish
<06485> you for all <03605> your iniquities <05771>.
3 Can two <08147> walk <03212> together <03162>, except <01115>
they be agreed <03259>?
4 Will a lion <0738> roar <07580> in the forest <03293>, when he
hath no <0369> prey <02964>? will a young <03715> lion <03715> cry
out of his den <04585>, if <0518> he have taken <03920> nothing
<01115>?
5 Can a bird <06833> fall <05307> in a snare <06341> upon the
earth <0776>, where no <0369> gin <04170> [is] for him? shall [one]
take <05927> up a snare <06341> from the earth <0127>, and have
taken <03947> nothing <03808> at all?
6 Shall a trumpet <07782> be blown <08628> in the city <05892>,
and the people <05971> not be afraid <02729>? shall there be evil
<07451> in a city <05892>, and the LORD <03068> hath not done
<06213> [it]?
7 Surely <03588> the Lord <0136> GOD <03069> will do <06213>
nothing, but he revealeth <01540> his secret <05475> unto his
servants <05650> the prophets <05030>.
8 The lion <0738> hath roared <07580>, who <04310> will not fear
<03372>? the Lord <0136> GOD <03069> hath spoken <01696>, who
<04310> can but prophesy <05012>?
9. Publish <08085> in the palaces <0759> at Ashdod <0795>, and in
the palaces <0759> in the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>, and say
<0559>, Assemble <0622> yourselves upon the mountains <02022> of
Samaria <08111>, and behold <07200> the great <07227> tumults
<04103> in the midst <07130> thereof, and the oppressed <06217> in
the midst <08432> thereof.
10 For they know <03045> not to do <06213> right <05229>, saith
<05002> the LORD <03068>, who store <0686> up violence <02555> and
robbery <07701> in their palaces <0759>.
11 Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the Lord <0136> GOD
<03069>; An adversary <06862> [there shall be] even round <05439>
about the land <0776>; and he shall bring <03381> down <03381> thy
strength <05797> from thee, and thy palaces <0759> shall be spoiled
<0962>.
12 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; As the shepherd
<07462> taketh <05337> out of the mouth <06310> of the lion <0738>
two <08147> legs <03767>, or <0176> a piece <0915> of an ear <0241>;
so <03651> shall the children <01121> of Israel <03478> be taken
<05337> out that dwell <03427> in Samaria <08111> in the corner
<06285> of a bed <04296>, and in Damascus <01834> [in] a couch
<06210>.
13 Hear <08085> ye, and testify <05749> in the house <01004> of
Jacob <03290>, saith <05001> the Lord <0136> GOD <03069>, the God
<0430> of hosts <06635>,
14 That in the day <03117> that I shall visit <06485> the
transgressions <06588> of Israel <03478> upon him I will also visit
<06485> the altars <04196> of Bethel <01008>: and the horns <07161>
of the altar <04196> shall be cut <01438> off, and fall <05307> to
the ground <0776>.
15 And I will smite <05221> the winter <02779> house <01004> with
the summer <07019> house <01004>; and the houses <01004> of ivory
<08127> shall perish <06>, and the great <07227> houses <01004>
shall have an end <05486>, saith <05001> the LORD <03068>.
Amos 4
1. Hear <08085> this <02088> word <01697>, ye kine <06510> of
Bashan <01316>, that [are] in the mountain <02022> of Samaria
<08111>, which oppress <06231> the poor <01800>, which crush <07533>
the needy <034>, which say <0559> to their masters <0113>, Bring
<0935>, and let us drink <08354>.
2 The Lord <0136> GOD <03069> hath sworn <07650> by his holiness
<06944>, that, lo <02009>, the days <03117> shall come <0935> upon
you, that he will take <05375> you away with hooks <06793>, and your
posterity <0319> with fishhooks.
3 And ye shall go <03318> out at the breaches <06556>, every
<0802> [cow at that which is] before <05084> her; and ye shall cast
<07993> [them] into the palace <02038>, saith <05001> the LORD
<03068>.
4 Come <0935> to Bethel <01008>, and transgress <06586>; at Gilgal
<01537> multiply <07235> transgression <06588>; and bring <0935>
your sacrifices <02077> every morning <01242>, [and] your tithes
<04643> after three <07969> years <03117>:
5 And offer <06999> a sacrifice of thanksgiving <08426> with
leaven <02557>, and proclaim <07121> [and] publish <08085> the free
<05071> offerings: for this <03651> liketh <0157> you, O ye children
<01121> of Israel <03478>, saith <05001> the Lord <0136> GOD
<03069>.
6. And I also <01571> have given <05414> you cleanness <05356> of
teeth <08127> in all <03605> your cities <05892>, and want <02640>
of bread <03899> in all <03605> your places <04725>: yet have ye not
returned <07725> unto me, saith <05001> the LORD <03068>.
7 And also <01571> I have withholden <04513> the rain <01653> from
you, when [there were] yet <05750> three <07969> months <02320> to
the harvest <07105>: and I caused it to rain <04305> upon one <0259>
city <05892>, and caused it not to rain <04305> upon another <0259>
city <05892>: one <0259> piece was rained <04305> upon, and the
piece whereupon it rained <04305> not withered <03001>.
8 So two <08147> [or] three <07969> cities <05892> wandered
<05128> unto one <0259> city <05892>, to drink <08354> water
<04325>; but they were not satisfied <07646>: yet have ye not
returned <07725> unto me, saith <05001> the LORD <03068>.
9 I have smitten <05221> you with blasting <07711> and mildew
<03420>: when your gardens <01593> and your vineyards <03754> and
your fig <08384> trees and your olive <02132> trees increased
<07235>, the palmerworm <01501> devoured <0398> [them]: yet have ye
not returned <07725> unto me, saith <05001> the LORD <03068>.
10 I have sent <07971> among you the pestilence <01698> after the
manner <01870> of Egypt <04714>: your young <0970> men have I slain
<02026> with the sword <02719>, and have taken <07628> away <07628>
your horses <05483>; and I have made the stink <0889> of your camps
<04264> to come <05927> up unto your nostrils <0639>: yet have ye
not returned <07725> unto me, saith <05001> the LORD <03068>.
11 I have overthrown <02015> [some] of you, as God <0430>
overthrew <04114> Sodom <05467> and Gomorrah <06017>, and ye were as
a firebrand <0181> plucked <05337> out of the burning <08316>: yet
have ye not returned <07725> unto me, saith <05001> the LORD
<03068>.
12 Therefore <03651> thus <03541> will I do <06213> unto thee, O
Israel <03478>: [and] because I will do <06213> this <02063> unto
thee, prepare <03559> to meet <07125> thy God <0430>, O Israel
<03478>.
13 For, lo <02009>, he that formeth <03335> the mountains <02022>,
and createth <01254> the wind <07307>, and declareth <05046> unto
man <0120> what <04100> [is] his thought <07807>, that maketh
<06213> the morning <07837> darkness <05890>, and treadeth <01869>
upon the high <01116> places of the earth <0776>, The LORD <03068>,
The God <0430> of hosts <06635>, [is] his name <08034>.
Amos 5
1. Hear <08085> ye this <02088> word <01697> which <0834> I take
<05375> up against <05921> you, [even] a lamentation <07015>, O
house <01004> of Israel <03478>.
2 The virgin <01330> of Israel <03478> is fallen <05307>; she
shall no <03808> more <05750> rise <06965>: she is forsaken <05203>
upon her land <0127>; [there is] none <0369> to raise <06965> her
up.
3 For thus <03541> saith <0559> the Lord <0136> GOD <03069>; The
city <05892> that went <03318> out [by] a thousand <0505> shall
leave <07604> an hundred <03967>, and that which went <03318> forth
<03318> [by] an hundred <03967> shall leave <07604> ten <06235>, to
the house <01004> of Israel <03478>.
4. For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> unto the house
<01004> of Israel <03478>, Seek <01875> ye me, and ye shall live
<02421>:
5 But seek <01875> not Bethel <01008>, nor <03808> enter <0935>
into Gilgal <01537>, and pass <05674> not to Beersheba <0884>: for
Gilgal <01537> shall surely go into captivity <01540>, and Bethel
<01008> shall come <01961> to nought <0205>.
6 Seek <01875> the LORD <03068>, and ye shall live <02421>; lest
<06435> he break <06743> out like fire <0784> in the house <01004>
of Joseph <03130>, and devour <0398> [it], and [there be] none
<0369> to quench <03518> [it] in Bethel <01008>.
7 Ye who turn <02015> judgment <04941> to wormwood <03939>, and
leave <03241> off righteousness <06666> in the earth <0776>,
8 [Seek him] that maketh <06213> the seven <03598> stars <03598>
and Orion <03685>, and turneth <02015> the shadow <06757> of death
<06757> into the morning <01242>, and maketh the day <03117> dark
<02821> with night <03915>: that calleth <07121> for the waters
<04325> of the sea <03220>, and poureth <08210> them out upon the
face <06440> of the earth <0776>: The LORD <03068> [is] his name
<08034>:
9 That strengtheneth <01082> the spoiled <07701> against <05921>
the strong <05794>, so that the spoiled <07701> shall come <0935>
against <05921> the fortress <04013>.
10 They hate <08130> him that rebuketh <03198> in the gate
<08179>, and they abhor <08581> him that speaketh <01696> uprightly
<08549>.
11 Forasmuch <03282> therefore <03651> as your treading <01318>
[is] upon the poor <01800>, and ye take <03947> from him burdens
<04864> of wheat <01250>: ye have built <01129> houses <01004> of
hewn <01496> stone <01496>, but ye shall not dwell <03427> in them;
ye have planted <05193> pleasant <02531> vineyards <03754>, but ye
shall not drink <08354> wine <03196> of them.
12 For I know <03045> your manifold <07227> transgressions <06588>
and your mighty <06099> sins <02403>: they afflict <06887> the just
<06662>, they take <03947> a bribe <03724>, and they turn <05186>
aside <05186> the poor <034> in the gate <08179> [from their right].
13 Therefore <03651> the prudent <07919> shall keep silence
<01826> in that time <06256>; for it [is] an evil <07451> time
<06256>.
14 Seek <01875> good <02896>, and not evil <07451>, that ye may
live <02421>: and so <03651> the LORD <03068>, the God <0430> of
hosts <06635>, shall be with you, as ye have spoken <0559>.
15 Hate <08130> the evil <07451>, and love <0157> the good
<02896>, and establish <03322> judgment <04941> in the gate <08179>:
it may be that the LORD <03068> God <0430> of hosts <06635> will be
gracious <02587> unto the remnant <07611> of Joseph <03130>.
16. Therefore <03651> the LORD <03068>, the God <0430> of hosts
<06635>, the Lord <0136>, saith <0559> thus <03541>; Wailing <04553>
[shall be] in all <03605> streets <07339>; and they shall say <0559>
in all <03605> the highways <02351>, Alas <01930>! alas <01930>! and
they shall call <07121> the husbandman <0406> to mourning <060>, and
such as are skilful <03045> of lamentation <05092> to wailing
<04553>.
17 And in all <03605> vineyards <03754> [shall be] wailing
<04553>: for I will pass <05674> through <07130> thee, saith <0559>
the LORD <03068>.
18 Woe <01945> unto you that desire <0183> the day <03117> of the
LORD <03068>! to what <04100> end [is] it for you? the day <03117>
of the LORD <03068> [is] darkness <02822>, and not light <0216>.
19 As if <0834> a man <0376> did flee <05127> from a lion <0738>,
and a bear <01677> met <06293> him; or went <0935> into the house
<01004>, and leaned <05564> his hand <03027> on <05921> the wall
<07023>, and a serpent <05175> bit <05391> him.
20 [Shall] not the day <03117> of the LORD <03068> [be] darkness
<02822>, and not light <0216>? even very <0651> dark <0651>, and no
<03808> brightness <05051> in it?
21. I hate <08130>, I despise <03988> your feast <02282> days, and
I will not smell <07306> in your solemn <06116> assemblies <06116>.
22 Though ye offer <05927> me burnt <05930> offerings and your
meat offerings <04503>, I will not accept <07521> [them]: neither
<03808> will I regard <05027> the peace <08002> offerings of your
fat <04806> beasts <04806>.
23 Take <05493> thou away <05493> from me the noise <01995> of thy
songs <07892>; for I will not hear <08085> the melody <02172> of thy
viols <05035>.
24 But let judgment <04941> run <01556> down as waters <04325>,
and righteousness <06666> as a mighty <0386> stream <05158>.
25 Have ye offered <05066> unto me sacrifices <02077> and
offerings <04503> in the wilderness <04057> forty <0705> years
<08141>, O house <01004> of Israel <03478>?
26 But ye have borne <05375> the tabernacle <05522> of your Moloch
<04432> and Chiun <03594> your images <06754>, the star <03556> of
your god <0430>, which <0834> ye made <06213> to yourselves.
27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity <01540> beyond
<01973> Damascus <01834>, saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, whose name
<08034> [is] The God <0430> of hosts <06635>.
Amos 6
1. Woe <01945> to them [that are] at ease <07600> in Zion <06726>,
and trust <0982> in the mountain <02022> of Samaria <08111>, [which
are] named <05344> chief <07225> of the nations <01471>, to whom
<01992> the house <01004> of Israel <03478> came <0935>!
2 Pass <05674> ye unto Calneh <03641>, and see <07200>; and from
thence <08033> go <03212> ye to Hamath <02579> the great <07227>:
then go <03381> down <03381> to Gath <01661> of the Philistines
<06430>: [be they] better <02896> than <04480> these <0428> kingdoms
<04467>? or their border <01366> greater <07227> than your border
<01366>?
3 Ye that put far away <05077> the evil <07451> day <03117>, and
cause the seat <07675> of violence <02555> to come <05066> near
<05066>;
4 That lie <07901> upon beds <04296> of ivory <08127>, and stretch
<05628> themselves upon their couches <06210>, and eat <0398> the
lambs <03733> out of the flock <06629>, and the calves <05695> out
of the midst <08432> of the stall <04770>;
5 That chant <06527> to the sound <06310> of the viol <05035>,
[and] invent <02803> to themselves <01992> instruments <03627> of
musick <07892>, like David <01732>;
6 That drink <08354> wine <03196> in bowls <04219>, and anoint
<04886> themselves with the chief <07225> ointments <08081>: but
they are not grieved <02470> for the affliction <07667> of Joseph
<03130>.
7 Therefore <03651> now <06258> shall they go captive <01540> with
the first <07218> that go captive <01540>, and the banquet <04797>
of them that stretched <05628> themselves shall be removed <05493>.
8. The Lord <0136> GOD <03069> hath sworn <07650> by himself
<05315>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068> the God <0430> of hosts
<06635>, I abhor <08374> the excellency <01347> of Jacob <03290>,
and hate <08130> his palaces <0759>: therefore will I deliver
<05462> up the city <05892> with all <04393> that is therein
<04393>.
9 And it shall come <01961> to pass, if <0518> there remain
<03498> ten <06235> men <0582> in one <0259> house <01004>, that
they shall die <04191>.
10 And a man's uncle <01730> shall take <05375> him up, and he
that burneth <05635> him, to bring <03318> out the bones <06106> out
of the house <01004>, and shall say <0559> unto him that [is] by the
sides <03411> of the house <01004>, [Is there] yet [any] with thee?
and he shall say <0559>, No <0657>. Then shall he say <0559>, Hold
<02013> thy tongue <02013>: for we may not make mention <02142> of
the name <08034> of the LORD <03068>.
11 For, behold <02009>, the LORD <03068> commandeth <06680>, and
he will smite <05221> the great <01419> house <01004> with breaches
<07447>, and the little <06996> house <01004> with clefts <01233>.
12 Shall horses <05483> run <07323> upon the rock <05558>? will
[one] plow <02790> [there] with oxen <01241>? for ye have turned
<02015> judgment <04941> into gall <07219>, and the fruit <06529> of
righteousness <06666> into hemlock <03939>:
13 Ye which rejoice <08055> in a thing <01697> of nought, which
say <0559>, Have we not taken <03947> to us horns <07161> by our own
strength <02392>?
14 But, behold <02005>, I will raise <06965> up against <05921>
you a nation <01471>, O house <01004> of Israel <03478>, saith
<05002> the LORD <03068> the God <0430> of hosts <06635>; and they
shall afflict <03905> you from the entering <0935> in of Hemath
<02574> unto the river <05158> of the wilderness <06166>.
Amos 7
1. Thus <03541> hath the Lord <0136> GOD <03069> shewed <07200>
unto me; and, behold <02009>, he formed <03335> grasshoppers <01462>
in the beginning <08462> of the shooting <05927> up of the latter
<03954> growth <03954>; and, lo <02009>, [it was] the latter <03954>
growth <03954> after <0310> the king's <04428> mowings <01488>.
2 And it came <01961> to pass, [that] when <0518> they had made an
end <03615> of eating <0398> the grass <06212> of the land <0776>,
then I said <0559>, O Lord <0136> GOD <03069>, forgive <05545>, I
beseech <04994> thee: by whom <04310> shall Jacob <03290> arise
<06965>? for he [is] small <06996>.
3 The LORD <03068> repented <05162> for this <02063>: It shall not
be, saith <0559> the LORD <03068>.
4 Thus <03541> hath the Lord <0136> GOD <03069> shewed <07200>
unto me: and, behold <02009>, the Lord <0136> GOD <03069> called
<07121> to contend <07678> by fire <0784>, and it devoured <0398>
the great <07227> deep <08415>, and did eat <0398> up a part
<02506>.
5 Then said <0559> I, O Lord <0136> GOD <03069>, cease <02308>, I
beseech <04994> thee: by whom <04310> shall Jacob <03290> arise
<06965>? for he [is] small <06996>.
6 The LORD <03068> repented <05162> for this <02063>: This <01931>
also shall not be, saith <0559> the Lord <0136> GOD <03069>.
7 Thus <03541> he shewed <07200> me: and, behold <02009>, the Lord
<0136> stood <05324> upon a wall <02346> [made] by a plumbline
<0594>, with a plumbline <0594> in his hand <03027>.
8 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto me, Amos <05986>, what
<04100> seest <07200> thou? And I said <0559>, A plumbline <0594>.
Then said <0559> the Lord <0136>, Behold <02005>, I will set <07760>
a plumbline <0594> in the midst <07130> of my people <05971> Israel
<03478>: I will not again <03254> pass <05674> by them any more
<05750>:
9 And the high <01116> places of Isaac <03446> shall be desolate
<08074>, and the sanctuaries <04720> of Israel <03478> shall be laid
waste <02717>; and I will rise <06965> against <05921> the house
<01004> of Jeroboam <03379> with the sword <02719>.
10. Then Amaziah <0558> the priest <03548> of Bethel <01008> sent
<07971> to Jeroboam <03379> king <04428> of Israel <03478>, saying
<0559>, Amos <05986> hath conspired <07194> against <05921> thee in
the midst <07130> of the house <01004> of Israel <03478>: the land
<0776> is not able <03201> to bear <03557> all <03605> his words
<01697>.
11 For thus <03541> Amos <05986> saith <0559>, Jeroboam <03379>
shall die <04191> by the sword <02719>, and Israel <03478> shall
surely be led away captive <01540> out of their own land <0127>.
12 Also Amaziah <0558> said <0559> unto Amos <05986>, O thou seer
<02374>, go <03212>, flee <01272> thee away into <0413> the land
<0776> of Judah <03063>, and there <08033> eat <0398> bread <03899>,
and prophesy <05012> there <08033>:
13 But prophesy <05012> not again <03254> any more <05750> at
Bethel <01008>: for it [is] the king's <04428> chapel <04720>, and
it [is] the king's <04467> court <01004>.
14 Then answered <06030> Amos <05986>, and said <0559> to Amaziah
<0558>, I [was] no <03808> prophet <05030>, neither <03808> [was] I
a prophet's <05030> son <01121>; but I [was] an herdman <0951>, and
a gatherer <01103> of sycomore <08256> fruit:
15 And the LORD <03068> took <03947> me as I followed <0310> the
flock <06629>, and the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto me, Go <03212>,
prophesy <05012> unto my people <05971> Israel <03478>.
16 Now <06258> therefore hear <08085> thou the word <01697> of the
LORD <03068>: Thou sayest <0559>, Prophesy <05012> not against
<05921> Israel <03478>, and drop <05197> not [thy word] against
<05921> the house <01004> of Isaac <03446>.
17 Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>;
Thy wife <0802> shall be an harlot <02181> in the city <05892>, and
thy sons <01121> and thy daughters <01121> shall fall <05307> by the
sword <02719>, and thy land <0127> shall be divided <02505> by line
<02256>; and thou shalt die <04191> in a polluted <02931> land
<0127>: and Israel <03478> shall surely go into captivity <01540>
forth of his land <0127>.
Amos 8
1. Thus <03541> hath the Lord <0136> GOD <03069> shewed <07200>
unto me: and behold <02009> a basket <03619> of summer <07019>
fruit.
2 And he said <0559>, Amos <05986>, what <04100> seest <07200>
thou? And I said <0559>, A basket <03619> of summer <07019> fruit.
Then said <0559> the LORD <03068> unto me, The end <07093> is come
<0935> upon my people <05971> of Israel <03478>; I will not again
<03254> pass <05674> by them any more <05750>.
3 And the songs <07892> of the temple <01964> shall be howlings
<03213> in that day <03117>, saith <05002> the Lord <0136> GOD
<03069>: [there shall be] many <07227> dead <06297> bodies <06297>
in every <03605> place <04725>; they shall cast <07993> [them] forth
with silence <02013>.
4. Hear <08085> this <02063>, O ye that swallow <07602> up the
needy <034>, even to make the poor of the land <0776> to fail
<07673>,
5 Saying <0559>, When <04970> will the new <02320> moon <02320> be
gone <05674>, that we may sell <07666> corn <07668>? and the sabbath
<07676>, that we may set <06605> forth <06605> wheat <01250>, making
the ephah <0374> small <06694>, and the shekel <08255> great
<01431>, and falsifying <05791> the balances <03976> by deceit
<04820>?
6 That we may buy <07069> the poor <01800> for silver <03701>, and
the needy <034> for a pair of shoes <05275>; [yea], and sell <07666>
the refuse <04651> of the wheat <01250>?
7 The LORD <03068> hath sworn <07650> by the excellency <01347> of
Jacob <03290>, Surely I will never forget <07911> any <03605> of
their works <04639>.
8 Shall not the land <0776> tremble <07264> for this <02063>, and
every <03605> one mourn <056> that dwelleth <03427> therein? and it
shall rise <05927> up wholly <03605> as a flood <02975>; and it
shall be cast <01644> out and drowned <08248>, as [by] the flood
<02975> of Egypt <04714>.
9 And it shall come <01961> to pass in that day <03117>, saith
<05002> the Lord <0136> GOD <03069>, that I will cause the sun
<08121> to go <0935> down at noon <06672>, and I will darken <02821>
the earth <0776> in the clear <0216> day <03117>:
10 And I will turn <02015> your feasts <02282> into mourning
<060>, and all <03605> your songs <07892> into lamentation <07015>;
and I will bring <05927> up sackcloth <08242> upon all <03605> loins
<04975>, and baldness <07144> upon every <03605> head <07218>; and I
will make <07760> it as the mourning <060> of an only <03173> [son],
and the end <0319> thereof as a bitter <04751> day <03117>.
11. Behold <02009>, the days <03117> come <0935>, saith <05002> the
Lord <0136> GOD <03069>, that I will send <07971> a famine <07458>
in the land <0776>, not a famine <07458> of bread <03899>, nor
<03808> a thirst <06772> for water <04325>, but of hearing <08085>
the words <01697> of the LORD <03068>:
12 And they shall wander <05128> from sea <03220> to sea <03220>,
and from the north <06828> even to the east <04217>, they shall run
<07751> to and fro <07751> to seek <01245> the word <01697> of the
LORD <03068>, and shall not find <04672> [it].
13 In that day <03117> shall the fair <03303> virgins <01330> and
young <0970> men faint <05968> for thirst <06772>.
14 They that swear <07650> by the sin <0819> of Samaria <08111>,
and say <0559>, Thy god <0430>, O Dan <01835>, liveth <02416>; and,
The manner <01870> of Beersheba <0884> liveth <02416>; even they
shall fall <05307>, and never <03808> rise <06965> up again <05750>.
Amos 9
1. I saw <07200> the Lord <0136> standing <05324> upon the altar
<04196>: and he said <0559>, Smite <05221> the lintel <03730> of the
door, that the posts <05592> may shake <07493>: and cut <01214> them
in the head <07218>, all <03605> of them; and I will slay <02026>
the last <0319> of them with the sword <02719>: he that fleeth
<05127> of them shall not flee <05127> away, and he that escapeth
<06412> of them shall not be delivered <04422>.
2 Though <0518> they dig <02864> into hell <07585>, thence <08033>
shall mine hand <03027> take <03947> them; though <0518> they climb
<05927> up to heaven <08064>, thence <08033> will I bring <03381>
them down <03381>:
3 And though <0518> they hide <02244> themselves in the top
<07218> of Carmel <03760>, I will search <02664> and take <03947>
them out thence <08033>; and though <0518> they be hid <05641> from
my sight <05869> in the bottom <07172> of the sea <03220>, thence
<08033> will I command <06680> the serpent <05175>, and he shall
bite <05391> them:
4 And though <0518> they go <03212> into captivity <07628> before
<06440> their enemies <0341>, thence <08033> will I command <06680>
the sword <02719>, and it shall slay <02026> them: and I will set
<07760> mine eyes <05869> upon them for evil <07451>, and not for
good <02896>.
5 And the Lord <0136> GOD <03069> of hosts <06635> [is] he that
toucheth <05060> the land <0776>, and it shall melt <04127>, and all
<03605> that dwell therein shall mourn <056>: and it shall rise
<05927> up wholly <03605> like a flood <02975>; and shall be drowned
<08248>, as [by] the flood <02975> of Egypt <04714>.
6 [It is] he that buildeth <01129> his stories <04609> in the
heaven <08064>, and hath founded <03245> his troop <092> in the
earth <0776>; he that calleth <07121> for the waters <04325> of the
sea <03220>, and poureth <08210> them out upon the face <06440> of
the earth <0776>: The LORD <03068> [is] his name <08034>.
7 [Are] ye not as children <01121> of the Ethiopians <03569> unto
me, O children <01121> of Israel <03478>? saith <05002> the LORD
<03068>. Have not I brought <05927> up Israel <03478> out of the
land <0776> of Egypt <04714>? and the Philistines <06430> from
Caphtor <03731>, and the Syrians <0758> from Kir <07024>?
8 Behold <02009>, the eyes <05869> of the Lord <0136> GOD <03069>
[are] upon the sinful <02401> kingdom <04467>, and I will destroy
<08045> it from off <05921> the face <06440> of the earth <0127>;
saving <0657> that I will not utterly destroy <08045> the house
<01004> of Jacob <03290>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.
9 For, lo <02009>, I will command <06680>, and I will sift <05128>
the house <01004> of Israel <03478> among all <03605> nations
<01471>, like as [corn] is sifted <05128> in a sieve <03531>, yet
shall not the least grain <06872> fall <05307> upon the earth
<0776>.
10 All <03605> the sinners <02400> of my people <05971> shall die
<04191> by the sword <02719>, which say <0559>, The evil <07451>
shall not overtake <05066> nor prevent <06923> us.
11. In that day <03117> will I raise <06965> up the tabernacle
<05521> of David <01732> that is fallen <05307>, and close <01443>
up the breaches <06556> thereof; and I will raise <06965> up his
ruins <02034>, and I will build <01129> it as in the days <03117> of
old <05769>:
12 That they may possess <03423> the remnant <07611> of Edom
<0123>, and of all <03605> the heathen <01471>, which <0834> are
called <07121> by my name <08034>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>
that doeth <06213> this <02063>.
13 Behold <02009>, the days <03117> come <0935>, saith <05002> the
LORD <03068>, that the plowman <02790> shall overtake <05066> the
reaper <07114>, and the treader <01869> of grapes <06025> him that
soweth <04900> seed <02233>; and the mountains <02022> shall drop
<05197> sweet <06071> wine <06071>, and all <03605> the hills
<01389> shall melt <04127>.
14 And I will bring <07725> again <07725> the captivity <07622> of
my people <05971> of Israel <03478>, and they shall build <01129>
the waste <08074> cities <05892>, and inhabit <03427> [them]; and
they shall plant <05193> vineyards <03754>, and drink <08354> the
wine <03196> thereof; they shall also make <06213> gardens <01593>,
and eat <0398> the fruit <06529> of them.
15 And I will plant <05193> them upon their land <0127>, and they
shall no <03808> more <05750> be pulled <05428> up out of their land
<0127> which <0834> I have given <05414> them, saith <0559> the LORD
<03068> thy God <0430>.