Amos 5:16-27
Woe to Rebellious Israel

16 Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing [shall be] in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.

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17 And in all vineyards [shall be] wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD.

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18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end [is] it for you? the day of the LORD [is] darkness, and not light.

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19 As if 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.

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20 [Shall] not the day of the LORD [be] darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

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21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.

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22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept [them]: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

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23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

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24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

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25 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

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26 But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.

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27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name [is] The God of hosts.

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