(KJV) Amos 5¹

⥃A Lamentation against Israel

[1] Hear² ye this word which I take³ up against you, [even] a lamentation, O house of Israel. [2] The virgin⁴ of Israel is fallen⁵; she shall⁶ no more rise: she is⁷ forsaken upon her land; [there is] none⁸ to raise her up. [3] For thus saith the Lord God; The city⁹ that went out [by] a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth [by] an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.

⥃A Call to Repentance ^{[ Joel 1:13–20 † Zephaniah 2:1–3 † Luke 13:1–5 ]}

[4] For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek¹⁰ ye me, and¹¹ ye shall live: [5] But seek¹² not Beth–el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer–sheba¹³: for Gilgal¹⁴ shall surely go into captivity, and Beth–el¹⁵ shall come¹⁶ to nought. [6] Seek¹⁷ the Lord, and ye shall live; lest¹⁸ he break out like fire in the house¹⁹ of Joseph, and devour [it], and [there²⁰ be] none to quench [it] in Beth–el. [7] Ye who turn²¹ judgment to wormwood, and leave²² off righteousness in the earth, [8] [Seek him] that maketh²³ the seven stars and Orion, and turneth²⁴ the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh²⁵ the day dark with night: that calleth²⁶ for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord²⁷ [is] his name: [9] That strengtheneth²⁸ the spoiled²⁹ against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress. [10] They hate³⁰ him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor³¹ him that speaketh uprightly. [11] Forasmuch therefore as your treading³² [is] upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built³³ houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards³⁴, but ye shall not drink wine of them. [12] For I know³⁵ your manifold³⁶ transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict³⁷ the just, they take³⁸ a bribe³⁹, and they⁴⁰ turn aside the poor in the⁴¹ gate [from their right]. [13] Therefore the prudent⁴² shall keep silence in that time; for it [is] an evil⁴³ time. [14] Seek⁴⁴ good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so⁴⁵ the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as⁴⁶ ye have spoken. [15] Hate⁴⁷ the evil, and love the good, and establish⁴⁸ judgment in the gate: it may⁴⁹ be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant⁵⁰ of Joseph.

⥃Woe to Rebellious Israel ^{[ Acts 7:39–43 ]}

[16] Therefore the Lord⁵¹, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing⁵² [shall be] in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such⁵³ as are skilful of lamentation to wailing. [17] And in⁵⁴ all vineyards [shall be] wailing: for I will⁵⁵ pass through thee, saith the Lord. [18] Woe unto you that desire⁵⁶ the day of the Lord! to what end [is] it for you? the day of the Lord [is⁵⁷] darkness, and not light. [19] As if⁵⁸ a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. [20] [Shall] not the day of the Lord [be] darkness⁵⁹, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

[21] I hate⁶⁰, I despise your feast days, and I will⁶¹ not smell in your solemn assemblies⁶². [22] Though ye offer⁶³ me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept [them]: neither will I regard the peace offerings⁶⁴ of your fat beasts. [23] Take thou away from me the noise⁶⁵ of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. [24] But let⁶⁶ judgment run⁶⁷ down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. [25] Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?⁶⁸ [26] But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch⁶⁹ and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves. [27] Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond⁷⁰ Damascus, saith the Lord, whose⁷¹ name [is] The God of hosts.