Amos 5 - UPDV Updated Bible Version

^5:1 Hear⁺ this word which I take up for a lamentation over you⁺, O house of Israel.
^5:2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she will no more rise: she is cast down on her land; there is none to raise her up.
^5:3 For thus says the Sovereign Yahweh: The city that went forth a thousand will have a hundred left, and that which went forth a hundred will have ten left, to the house of Israel.
^5:4 For thus says Yahweh to the house of Israel, Seek⁺ me, and you⁺ will live;
^5:5 but don't seek Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and don't pass to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal will surely go into captivity, and Beth-el will come to nothing.
^5:6 Seek Yahweh, and you⁺ will live; or else he will break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it will devour, and there will be none to quench it in Beth-el.
^5:7 You⁺ who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
^5:8 [seek him] that makes the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; that calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the face of the earth (Yahweh is his name);
^5:9 that brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the fortress.
^5:10 They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they are disgusted by him who speaks uprightly.
^5:11 Forasmuch therefore as you⁺ trample on the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: you⁺ have built houses of cut stone, but you⁺ will not dwell in them; you⁺ have planted pleasant vineyards, but you⁺ will not drink their wine.
^5:12 For I know how manifold are your⁺ transgressions, and how mighty are your⁺ sins--you⁺ who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right].
^5:13 Therefore he who is prudent will keep silent in such a time; for it is an evil time.
^5:14 Seek good, and not evil, that you⁺ may live; and so Yahweh, the God of hosts, will be with you⁺, as you⁺ say.
^5:15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate: it may be that Yahweh, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
^5:16 Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of hosts, the Lord: Wailing will be in all the broad ways; and they will say in all the streets, Alas! Alas! And they will call the husbandman to mourning, and a wailing for such as are skillful in lamentation.
^5:17 And in all vineyards will be wailing; for I will pass through the midst of you, says Yahweh.
^5:18 Woe to you⁺ who desire the day of Yahweh! Why would you⁺ have the day of Yahweh? It is darkness, and not light.
^5:19 As if a man fled 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.
^5:20 Will not the day of Yahweh be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?
^5:21 I hate, I despise your⁺ feasts, and I will take no delight in your⁺ solemn assemblies.
^5:22 Yes, though you⁺ offer me your⁺ burnt-offerings and meal-offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your⁺ fat beasts.
^5:23 Take away from me the noise of your songs; for I will not hear the melody of your viols.
^5:24 But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
^5:25 Did you⁺ bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
^5:26 Yes, you⁺ have borne the tabernacle of your⁺ king and the Kewan--your⁺ idols, the star of your⁺ god which you⁺ made to yourselves.
^5:27 Therefore I will cause you⁺ to go into captivity beyond Damascus, says Yahweh, whose name is the God of hosts.

Amos, Chapter 5