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Jewish Tanakh
Title: Amōs
Section: 8th book of Nevi'im - Trei Asar (The Twelve)
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Although edited by many authors into many versions, some of this text does appear to come from Amos himself in the 8th century BCE1. Yet again, the text says God will punish the gentile (non-Jewish) nations, but, that God will continue to punish the Hebrews too, if they don't repent. God promises to restore god-fearing nations to success and glory. This message is repeated through five different repetitive visions from God that Amos says he had, each giving the same message that Amos himself was giving.
Worryingly, some of structure and content appears to be copied from older stories and songs2, meaning ,that the visions themselves are possibly rewrites of older stories, and not genuine revelations to Amos. One of the sources look to be one of the Sumerian city laments3, possibly dating to at least a few hundred years before the time of AmosBCE4.
It may be that Amos is a collection of stories and songs, retold under the guise of a single prophet; this would explain why the ending is so sudden and abrupt that many indicate it as being a clear addition by a later editor in order to attempt to end the text in a storylike manner.
“The book of Amos refers to the destruction of the northern kingdom with a certainty that reflects the probability that the event had already occurred before much of the book was written. While such certitude could simply be the confidence of a prophet, the book's specific references go beyond mere threat or prediction. The references to the destructions of Calneh and Hamath in 6:2, the exile "beyond Damascus" in 5:27 and others... suggest a later date than conventionally assumed. There is no need to remove such references to a later redaction if the first layer of the book as a whole was written after the 720s BCE. The specificity of references to the destruction of Israel coupled with the almost total lack of references to Judah's destruction suggest a date fairly close to the downfall of the northern kingdom for the book's initial composition. So, the late eighty or possibly the early seventh century.”
"The Book of Amos in Emergent Judah" by Jason Radine (2010)4
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The 8th part of the Hebrew holy text the Nevi'im is called the Trei Asar (The Twelve), and from it the Christians extracted the 12 books of the Old Testament that are together known as the Minor Prophets, including Amos. They are not chronological and they are collected together as 'minor' prophets simply because they are shorter than the 'major' prophets5. The Hebrews wrote a great number of religious texts; the reason that 12 in particular were selected is because religious scribes would create collections of 12 wherever possible, as it was considered a magical number6.
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| 1 | The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. | Words of Amos -- who hath been among herdsmen of Tekoa -- that he hath seen concerning Israel, in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the shaking; | |
| 2 | And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither. | and he saith: Jehovah from Zion doth roar, And from Jerusalem giveth forth His voice, And mourned have pastures of the shepherds, And withered hath the top of Carmel! | |
| 3 | Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron: | And thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Damascus, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of their threshing Gilead with sharp-pointed irons, | |
| 4 | But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad. | And I have sent a fire against the house of Hazael, And it hath consumed the palaces of Ben-Hadad. | |
| 5 | I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD. | And I have broken the bar of Damascus, And cut off the inhabitant from Bikat-Aven, And a holder of a sceptre from Beth-Eden, And removed have been the people of Aram to Kir, said Jehovah. | |
| 6 | Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom: | Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Gaza, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of their removing a complete captivity, To deliver up to Edom, | |
| 7 | But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof: | And I have sent a fire against the wall of Gaza, And it hath consumed her palaces; | |
| 8 | And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD. | And I have cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, And a holder of a sceptre from Ashkelon, And have turned back My hand against Ekron, And perished have the remnant of the Philistines, Said the Lord Jehovah. | |
| 9 | Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant: | Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Tyre, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of their delivering up a complete captivity to Edom, And they remembered not the brotherly covenant, | |
| 10 | But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof. | And I have sent a fire against the wall of Tyre, And it hath consumed her palaces. | |
| 11 | Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever: | Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of his pursuing with a sword his brother, And he hath destroyed his mercies, And tear perpetually doth his anger, And his wrath -- he hath kept it for ever, | |
| 12 | But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. | And I have sent a fire against Teman, And it hath consumed palaces of Bozrah. | |
| 13 | Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border: | Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of the sons of Ammon, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of their ripping up the pregnant ones of Gilead, To enlarge their border, | |
| 14 | But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind: | And I have kindled a fire against the wall of Rabbah, And it hath consumed her palaces, With a shout in a day of battle, With a whirlwind in a day of hurricane, | |
| 15 | And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the LORD. | And gone hath their king in a removal, He and his heads together, said Jehovah! |
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| 1 | Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime: | Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of his burning the bones of the king of Edom to lime, | |
| 2 | But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet: | And I have sent a fire against Moab, And it hath consumed the palaces of Kerioth, And dying with noise is Moab, With shouting, with voice of a trumpet. | |
| 3 | And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD. | And I have cut off a judge from her midst, And all its heads I slay with him, said Jehovah. | |
| 4 | Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked: | Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, And for four, I do not reserve it, Because of their loathing the law of Jehovah, And His statutes they have not kept, And their lies do cause them to err, After which their fathers did walk, | |
| 5 | But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem. | And I have sent a fire against Judah, And it hath consumed palaces of Jerusalem. | |
| 6 | Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; | Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of their selling for silver the righteous, And the needy for a pair of sandals. | |
| 7 | That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name: | Who are panting for the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, And the way of the humble they turn aside, And a man and his father go unto the damsel, So as to pollute My holy name. | |
| 8 | And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god. | And on pledged garments they stretch themselves near every altar, And the wine of fined ones they drink `in' the house of their gods. | |
| 9 | Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. | And I -- I have destroyed the Amorite from before them, Whose height `is' as the height of cedars, And strong he `is' as the oaks, And I destroy his fruit from above, And his roots from beneath. | |
| 10 | Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite. | And I -- I have brought you up from the land of Egypt, And cause you to go in a wilderness forty years, To possess the land of the Amorite. | |
| 11 | And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD. | And I raise of your sons for prophets, And of your choice ones for Nazarites, Is not this true, O sons of Israel? An affirmation of Jehovah. | |
| 12 | But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not. | And ye cause the Nazarites to drink wine, And on the prophets ye have laid a charge, Saying, `Do not prophecy!' | |
| 13 | Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves. | Lo, I am pressing you under, As the full cart doth press for itself a sheaf. | |
| 14 | Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself: | And perished hath refuge from the swift, And the strong strengtheneth not his power, And the mighty delivereth not his soul. | |
| 15 | Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself. | And the handler of the bow standeth not, And the swift with his feet delivereth not `himself', And the rider of the horse delivereth not his soul. | |
| 16 | And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD. | And the courageous of heart among the mighty, Naked doth flee in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah! |
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| 1 | Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying, | Hear ye this word that Jehovah hath spoken concerning you, O sons of Israel, concerning all the family that I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying: | Amos 3:6 is discussed on Christian Marcionites: 2nd Century Christianity: 2. The Salvation Given by Jesus |
| 2 | You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. | Only you I have known of all families of the land, Therefore I charge on you all your iniquities. | |
| 3 | Can two walk together, except they be agreed? | Do two walk together if they have not met? | |
| 4 | Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing? | Roar doth a lion in a forest and prey he hath none? Give out doth a young lion his voice from his habitation, If he hath not caught? | |
| 5 | Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all? | Doth a bird fall into a snare of the earth, And there is no gin for it? Doth a snare go up from the ground, And prey it captureth not? | |
| 6 | Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it? | Is a trumpet blown in a city, And do people not tremble? Is there affliction in a city, And Jehovah hath not done `it'? | |
| 7 | Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. | For the Lord Jehovah doth nothing, Except He hath revealed His counsel unto His servants the prophets. | |
| 8 | The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy? | A lion hath roared -- who doth not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken -- who doth not prophesy? | |
| 9 | Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof. | Sound ye unto palaces in Ashdod, And to palaces in the land of Egypt, and say: Be ye gathered on mountains of Samaria, And see many troubles within her, And oppressed ones in her midst. | |
| 10 | For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces. | And they have not known to act straightforwardly, An affirmation of Jehovah, Who are treasuring up violence and spoil in their palaces. | |
| 11 | Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled. | Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: An adversary -- and surrounding the land, And he hath brought down from thee thy strength, And spoiled have been thy palaces. | |
| 12 | Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch. | Thus said Jehovah: As the shepherd delivereth from the lion's mouth Two legs, or a piece of an ear, So delivered are the sons of Israel, Who are sitting in Samaria on the corner of a bed, And in Damascus `on that of' a couch. | |
| 13 | Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts, | Hear ye and testify to the house of Jacob, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, God of Hosts. | |
| 14 | That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground. | For in the day of My charging the transgressions of Israel on him, I have laid a charge on the altars of Beth-El, And cut off have been the horns of the altar, And they have fallen to the earth. | |
| 15 | And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the LORD. | And I have smitten the winter-house with the summer-house, And perished have houses of ivory, And consumed have been many houses, An affirmation of Jehovah! |
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| 1 | Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink. | Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, Who `are' in the mountain of Samaria, Who are oppressing the poor, Who are bruising the needy, Who are saying to their lords: `Bring in, and we do drink.' | |
| 2 | The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks. | Sworn hath the Lord Jehovah by His holiness, That lo, days are coming upon you, And he hath taken you away with hooks, And your posterity with fish-hooks. | |
| 3 | And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the LORD. | And `by' breaches ye go forth, A woman `at that' over-against her, And ye have cast down the high place, An affirmation of Jehovah. | |
| 4 | Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years: | Enter ye Beth-El, and transgress, At Gilgal multiply transgression, And bring in every morning your sacrifices, Every third year your tithes. | |
| 5 | And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. | And perfume with leaven a thank-offering, And proclaim willing gifts, sound ye! For so ye have loved, O sons of Israel, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah. | |
| 6 | And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. | And I also -- I have given to you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, And lack of bread in all your places, And ye have not turned back unto Me, an affirmation of Jehovah. | |
| 7 | And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered. | And I also -- I have withheld from you the rain. While yet three months to harvest, And I have sent rain on one city, And on another city I do not send rain, One portion is rained on, And the portion on which it raineth not withereth. | |
| 8 | So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. | And wandered have two or three cities, Unto the same city to drink water, And they are not satisfied, And ye have not turned back unto Me, An affirmation of Jehovah. | |
| 9 | I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. | I have smitten you with blasting and with mildew, The abundance of your gardens and of your vineyards, And of your figs, and of your olives, Eat doth the palmer-worm, And ye have not turned back unto Me, An affirmation of Jehovah. | |
| 10 | I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. | I have sent among you pestilence by the way of Egypt, I have slain by sword your choice ones, With your captive horses, And I cause the stink of your camps to come up -- even into your nostrils, And ye have not turned back unto Me, An affirmation of Jehovah. | |
| 11 | I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. | I have overturned among you, Like the overturn by God of Sodom and Gomorrah, And ye are as a brand delivered from a burning, And ye have not turned back unto Me, An affirmation of Jehovah. | |
| 12 | Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. | Therefore, thus I do to thee, O Israel, at last, Because this I do to thee, Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. | |
| 13 | For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name. | For, lo, the former of mountains, and creator of wind, And the declarer to man what `is' His thought, He is making dawn obscurity, And is treading on high places of earth, Jehovah, God of Hosts, `is' His name! |
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| 1 | Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel. | Hear this word that I am bearing to you, A lamentation, O house of Israel: | |
| 2 | The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up. | `Fallen, not again to rise, hath the virgin of Israel, Left on her land -- she hath no raiser up.' | |
| 3 | For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city 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. | For thus said the Lord Jehovah: The city that is going out a thousand, Doth leave an hundred, And that which is going out an hundred, Doth leave ten to the house of Israel. | |
| 4 | For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: | For thus said Jehovah to the house of Israel: Seek ye Me, and live, | |
| 5 | But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought. | And seek not Beth-El, and Gilgal enter not, And Beer-Sheba pass not through, For Gilgal doth utterly remove, And Beth-El doth become vanity. | |
| 6 | Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel. | Seek ye Jehovah, and live, Lest He prosper as fire `against' the house of Joseph, And it hath consumed, And there is no quencher for Beth-El. | |
| 7 | Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, | Ye who are turning to wormwood judgment, And righteousness to the earth have put down, | |
| 8 | Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name: | The maker of Kimah and Kesil, And the turner to morning of death-shade, And day `as' night He hath made dark, Who is calling to the waters of the sea, And poureth them on the face of the earth, Jehovah `is' His name; | |
| 9 | That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress. | Who is brightening up the spoiled against the strong, And the spoiled against a fortress cometh. | |
| 10 | They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly. | They have hated a reprover in the gate, And a plain speaker they abominate. | |
| 11 | Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them. | Therefore, because of your trampling on the poor, And the tribute of corn ye take from him, Houses of hewn work ye have built, And ye do not dwell in them, Desirable vineyards ye have planted, And ye do not drink their wine. | |
| 12 | For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right. | For I have known -- many `are' your transgressions, And mighty your sins, Adversaries of the righteous, taking ransoms, And the needy in the gate ye turned aside. | |
| 13 | Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time. | Therefore is the wise at that time silent, For an evil time it `is'. | |
| 14 | Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken. | Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live, And it is so; Jehovah, God of Hosts, `is' with you, as ye said. | |
| 15 | Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph. | Hate evil, and love good, And set up judgment in the gate, It may be Jehovah, God of Hosts, doth pity the remnant of Joseph. | |
| 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. | Therefore, thus said Jehovah, God of Hosts, the Lord, In all broad places `is' lamentation, And in all out-places they say, `Alas, alas,' And called the husbandman to mourning, And to lamentation the skilful of wailing. | |
| 17 | And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD. | And in all vineyards `is' lamentation, For I pass into thy midst, said Jehovah. | |
| 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. | Ho, ye who are desiring the day of Jehovah, Why `is' this to you -- the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light, | |
| 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. | As `when' one fleeth from the face of the lion, And the bear hath met him, And he hath come in to the house, And hath leant his hand on the wall, And the serpent hath bitten him. | |
| 20 | Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it? | Is not the day of Jehovah darkness and not light, Even thick darkness that hath no brightness? | |
| 21 | I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. | I have hated -- I have loathed your festivals, And I am not refreshed by your restraints. | |
| 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. | For though ye cause burnt-offerings and your presents to ascend to Me, I am not pleased, And the peace-offering of your fatlings I behold not. | |
| 23 | Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. | Turn aside from Me the noise of thy songs, Yea, the praise of thy psaltery I hear not. | |
| 24 | But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. | And roll on as waters doth judgment, And righteousness as a perennial stream. | |
| 25 | Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? | Sacrifices and offering did ye bring nigh to Me, In a wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? | |
| 26 | But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves. | And ye bare Succoth your king, and Chiun your images, The star of your god, that ye made for yourselves. | |
| 27 | Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts. | And I removed you beyond Damascus, Said Jehovah, God of Hosts `is' His name. |
| KJV | YLT | Notes | |
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| 1 | Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came! | Wo `to' those secure in Zion, And those confident in the mount of Samaria, The marked of the chief of the nations, And come to them have the house of Israel. | |
| 2 | Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border? | Pass ye over `to' Calneh and see, And go thence `to' Hamath the great, And go down `to' Gath of the Philistines, Are `they' better than these kingdoms? Greater `is' their border than your border? | |
| 3 | Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; | Who are putting away the day of evil, And ye bring nigh the seat of violence, | |
| 4 | That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; | Who are lying down on beds of ivory, And are spread out on their couches, And are eating lambs from the flock, And calves from the midst of the stall, | |
| 5 | That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David; | Who are taking part according to the psaltery, Like David they invented for themselves instruments of music; | |
| 6 | That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. | Who are drinking with bowls of wine, And `with' chief perfumes anoint `themselves', And have not been pained for the breach of Joseph. | |
| 7 | Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed. | Therefore now they remove at the head of the captives, And turned aside is the mourning-feast of stretched-out ones. | |
| 8 | The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein. | Sworn hath the Lord Jehovah by Himself, An affirmation of Jehovah, God of Hosts: I am abominating the excellency of Jacob, And his high places I have hated, And I have delivered up the city and its fulness. | |
| 9 | And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die. | And if there are left ten persons in one house, It hath come to pass -- that they have died. | |
| 10 | And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD. | And lifted him up hath his loved one, even his burner, To bring forth the bones from the house, And he said to him who `is' in the sides of the house, `Is there yet with thee?' And he said, `None,' then he said, `Hush! Save to make mention of the name of Jehovah.' | |
| 11 | For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts. | For lo, Jehovah is commanding, And He hath smitten the great house `with' breaches, And the little house `with' clefts. | |
| 12 | Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock: | Do horses run on a rock? Doth one plough `it' with oxen? For ye have turned to gall judgment, And the fruit of righteousness to wormwood. | |
| 13 | Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength? | O ye who are rejoicing at nothing, Who are saying, `Have we not by our strength taken to ourselves horns?' | |
| 14 | But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness. | Surely, lo, I am raising against you a nation, O house of Israel, An affirmation of Jehovah, God of Hosts, And they have oppressed you from the coming in to Hamath, Unto the stream of the desert. |
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| 1 | Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings. | Thus hath the Lord Jehovah shewed me, and lo, He is forming locusts at the beginning of the ascending of the latter growth, and lo, the latter growth `is' after the mowings of the king; | |
| 2 | And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. | and it hath come to pass, when it hath finished to consume the herb of the land, that I say: `Lord Jehovah, forgive, I pray Thee, How doth Jacob arise -- for he `is' small?' | |
| 3 | The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD. | Jehovah hath repented of this, `It shall not be,' said Jehovah. | |
| 4 | Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part. | Thus hath the Lord Jehovah shewed me, and lo, the Lord Jehovah is calling to contend by fire, and it consumeth the great deep, yea, it hath consumed the portion, and I say: | |
| 5 | Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. | `Lord Jehovah, cease, I pray Thee, How doth Jacob arise -- for he `is' small?' | |
| 6 | The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD. | Jehovah hath repented of this, `It also shall not be,' said the Lord Jehovah. | |
| 7 | Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the LORD stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand. | Thus hath He shewed me, and lo, the Lord is standing by a wall `made according to' a plumb-line, and in His hand a plumb-line; | |
| 8 | And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the LORD, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more: | and Jehovah saith unto me, `What art thou seeing, Amos?' And I say, `A plumb-line;' and the Lord saith: `Lo, I am setting a plumb-line in the midst of My people Israel, I do not add any more to pass over to it. | |
| 9 | And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword. | And desolated have been high places of Isaac, And sanctuaries of Israel are wasted, And I have risen against the house of Jeroboam with a sword.' | |
| 10 | Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words. | And Amaziah priest of Beth-El sendeth unto Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, `Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is not able to bear all his words, | |
| 11 | For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land. | for thus said Amos: By sword die doth Jeroboam, And Israel certainly removeth from off its land.' | |
| 12 | Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: | And Amaziah saith unto Amos, `Seer, go flee for thee unto the land of Judah, and eat there bread, and there thou dost prophesy; | |
| 13 | But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court. | and `at' Beth-El do not add to prophesy any more, for it `is' the king's sanctuary, and it `is' the royal house.' | |
| 14 | Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit: | And Amos answereth and saith unto Amaziah, `I `am' no prophet, nor a prophet's son `am' I, but a herdsman I `am', and a cultivator of sycamores, | |
| 15 | And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel. | and Jehovah taketh me from after the flock, and Jehovah saith unto me, Go, prophesy unto My people Israel. | |
| 16 | Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac. | And now, hear a word of Jehovah: thou art saying, Do not prophesy against Israel, nor drop `any thing' against the house of Isaac, | |
| 17 | Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land. | therefore thus said Jehovah: Thy wife in the city doth go a-whoring, And thy sons and thy daughters by sword do fall, And thy land by line is apportioned, And thou on an unclean land diest, And Israel certainly removeth from off its land.' |
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| 1 | Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit. | Thus hath the Lord Jehovah shewed me, and, lo, a basket of summer-fruit. | |
| 2 | And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more. | And He saith, `What art thou seeing, Amos?' and I say, `A basket of summer-fruit.' And Jehovah saith unto me: `The end hath come unto My people Israel, I do not add any more to pass over to it. | |
| 3 | And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence. | And howled have songstresses of a palace in that day, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Many `are' the carcases, into any place throw -- hush! | |
| 4 | Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, | Hear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease the poor of the land, | |
| 5 | Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? | Saying, When doth the new moon pass, And we sell ground corn? And the sabbath, and we open out pure corn? To make little the ephah, And to make great the shekel, And to use perversely balances of deceit. | |
| 6 | That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat? | To purchase with money the poor, And the needy for a pair of sandals, Yea, the refuse of the pure corn we sell. | |
| 7 | The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works. | Sworn hath Jehovah by the excellency of Jacob: `I forget not for ever any of their works. | |
| 8 | Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. | For this doth not the land tremble, And mourned hath every dweller in it? And come up as a flood hath all of it. And it hath been cast out, and hath sunk, Like the flood of Egypt. | |
| 9 | And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day: | And it hath come to pass in that day, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, I have caused the sun to go in at noon, And caused darkness on the land in a day of light, | |
| 10 | And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day. | And have turned your festivals to mourning, And all your songs to lamentation, And caused sackcloth to come up on all loins, And on every head -- baldness, And made it as a mourning `of' an only one, And its latter end as a day of bitterness. | |
| 11 | Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: | Lo, days are coming, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And I have sent a famine into the land, Not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of water But of hearing the words of Jehovah. | |
| 12 | And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it. | And they have wandered from sea unto sea, And from north even unto east, They go to and fro to seek the word of Jehovah, And they do not find. | |
| 13 | In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst. | In that day faint do the fair virgins, And the young men, with thirst. | |
| 14 | They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again. | Those swearing by the guilt of Samaria, And have said, Live doth thy god, O Dan, And, Live doth the way of Beer-Sheba, And they have fallen -- and rise not again!' |
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| 1 | I saw the LORD standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered. | I have seen the Lord standing by the altar, and He saith: `Smite the knob, and the thresholds shake, And cut them off by the head -- all of them, And their posterity with a sword I do slay, Not flee to them doth the fleer, Nor escape to them doth a fugitive. | |
| 2 | Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: | If they dig through into sheol, From thence doth My hand take them, And if they go up the heavens, From thence I cause them to come down. | |
| 3 | And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them: | And if they be hid in the top of Carmel, From thence I search out, and have taken them, And if they be hid from Mine eyes in the bottom of the sea, From thence I command the serpent, And it hath bitten them. | |
| 4 | And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good. | And if they go into captivity before their enemies, From thence I command the sword, And it hath slain them, And I have set Mine eye on them for evil, And not for good. | |
| 5 | And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. | And `it is' the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Who is striking against the land, and it melteth, And mourned have all the inhabitants in it, And come up as a flood hath all of it, And it hath sunk -- like the flood of Egypt. | |
| 6 | It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name. | Who is building in the heavens His upper chambers; As to His troop, Upon earth He hath founded it, Who is calling for the waters of the sea, And poureth them out on the face of the land, Jehovah `is' His name. | |
| 7 | Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir? | As sons of Cushim are ye not to Me? O sons of Israel -- an affirmation of Jehovah. Israel did I not bring up out of the land of Egypt? And the Philistines from Caphtor, and Aram from Kir? | |
| 8 | Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD. | Lo, the eyes of the Lord Jehovah `are' on the sinful kingdom, And I have destroyed it from off the face of the ground, Only, I destroy not utterly the house of Jacob, An affirmation of Jehovah. | |
| 9 | For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth. | For lo, I am commanding, And I have shaken among all the nations the house of Israel, As `one' doth shake with a sieve, And there falleth not a grain `to' the earth. | |
| 10 | All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us. | By sword die do all sinners of My people, Who are saying, `Not overtake, or go before, For our sakes, doth evil.' | |
| 11 | In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: | In that day I raise the tabernacle of David, that is fallen, And I have repaired their breaches, And its ruins I do raise up, And I have built it up as in days of old. | |
| 12 | That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this. | So that they possess the remnant of Edom, And all the nations on whom My name is called, An affirmation of Jehovah -- doer of this. | |
| 13 | Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt. | Lo, days are coming -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And come nigh hath the ploughman to the reaper, And the treader of grapes to the scatterer of seed, And the mountains have dropt juice, And all the hills do melt. | |
| 14 | And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. | And I have turned back `to' the captivity of My people Israel, And they have built desolate cities, and inhabited, And have planted vineyards, and drunk their wine, And made gardens, and eaten their fruit. | |
| 15 | And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God. | And I have planted them on their own ground, And they are not plucked up any more from off their own ground, That I have given to them, said Jehovah thy God! |