Amos 5:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Amos 5:1

A Lament for Israel

1 Hear this word which I ^atake up against you, a lamentation, O house of Israel:

2 The virgin of Israel has fallen;
She will rise no more.
She lies forsaken on her land;
There is no one to raise her up.

3 For thus says the Lord God:
“The city that goes out by a thousand
Shall have a hundred left,
And that which goes out by a hundred
Shall have ten left to the house of Israel.”

A Call to Repentance

4 For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel:
^a“Seek Me ^band live;

5 But do not seek ^aBethel,
Nor enter Gilgal,
Nor pass over to ^bBeersheba;
For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity,
And ^cBethel shall come to nothing.

6 ^aSeek the Lord and live,
Lest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
And devour it,
With no one to quench it in Bethel—

7 You who ^aturn justice to wormwood,
And lay righteousness to rest in the earth!”

8 He made the ^aPleiades and Orion;
He turns the shadow of death into morning
^bAnd makes the day dark as night;
He ^ccalls for the waters of the sea
And pours them out on the face of the earth;
^dThe Lord is His name.

Verse Comparison: Amos 5:1

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American Standard Version
Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.

Amplified® Bible
HEAR THIS word which I take up concerning you in lamentation, O house of Israel:

Contemporary English Version
Listen, nation of Israel, to my mournful message:

Darby English Version
Hear this word, a lamentation, which I take up against you, O house of Israel.

Good News Bible
Listen, people of Israel, to this funeral song which I sing over you:

King James Version
Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.

New American Standard Bible
Hear this word which I take up for you as a dirge, O house of Israel:

New International Version
Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lament I take up concerning you:

New King James Version
Hear this word which I take up against you, a lamentation, O house of Israel:

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Hear this word which I take up for you as a dirge, O house of Israel:

Revised Standard Version
Hear this word which I take up over you in lamentation, O house of Israel:

Young's Literal Translation
Hear this word that I am bearing to you, A lamentation, O house of Israel:

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