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Amos 5:11-24
New International Version
Amos 5:11-24
New International Version
11 You levy a straw tax on the poor(A)
and impose a tax on their grain.
Therefore, though you have built stone mansions,(B)
you will not live in them;(C)
though you have planted lush vineyards,
you will not drink their wine.(D)
12 For I know how many are your offenses
and how great your sins.(E)
There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes(F)
and deprive the poor(G) of justice in the courts.(H)
13 Therefore the prudent keep quiet(I) in such times,
for the times are evil.(J)
14 Seek good, not evil,
that you may live.(K)
Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you,
just as you say he is.
15 Hate evil,(L) love good;(M)
maintain justice in the courts.(N)
Perhaps(O) the Lord God Almighty will have mercy(P)
on the remnant(Q) of Joseph.
16 Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord God Almighty, says:
“There will be wailing(R) in all the streets(S)
and cries of anguish in every public square.
The farmers(T) will be summoned to weep
and the mourners to wail.
17 There will be wailing(U) in all the vineyards,
for I will pass through(V) your midst,”
says the Lord.(W)
The Day of the Lord
18 Woe to you who long
for the day of the Lord!(X)
Why do you long for the day of the Lord?(Y)
That day will be darkness,(Z) not light.(AA)
19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion
only to meet a bear,(AB)
as though he entered his house
and rested his hand on the wall
only to have a snake bite him.(AC)
20 Will not the day of the Lord be darkness,(AD) not light—
pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness?(AE)
21 “I hate,(AF) I despise your religious festivals;(AG)
your assemblies(AH) are a stench to me.
22 Even though you bring me burnt offerings(AI) and grain offerings,
I will not accept them.(AJ)
Though you bring choice fellowship offerings,
I will have no regard for them.(AK)
23 Away with the noise of your songs!
I will not listen to the music of your harps.(AL)
24 But let justice(AM) roll on like a river,
righteousness(AN) like a never-failing stream!(AO)
Amos 5:11-24
King James Version
Amos 5:11-24
King James Version
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.
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.
13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
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.
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.
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.
17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the Lord.
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.
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.
20 Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
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.
23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
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