Amos 5
1Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.
She shall rise no more.
She is cast down on her land;
there is no one to raise her up.”
3For the Lord Yahweh says:
and that which went out one hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel.”
4For Yahweh says to the house of Israel:
nor enter into Gilgal,
and don’t pass to Beersheba:
for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity,
and Bethel shall come to nothing.
lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel.
and cast down righteousness to the earth:
and turns the shadow of death into the morning,
and makes the day dark with night;
who calls for the waters of the sea,
and pours them out on the surface of the earth, Yahweh is his name,
so that destruction comes on the fortress.
and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.
and take taxes 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 shall not drink their wine.
and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the just,
who take a bribe,
and who turn away the needy in the courts.
for it is an evil time.
that you may live;
and so Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be with you,
as you say.
and establish justice in the courts.
It may be that Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”
16Therefore Yahweh, the God of Armies, the Lord, says:
and they will say in all the streets, ‘Alas! Alas!’
and they will call the farmer to mourning,
and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing.
for I will pass through the middle of you,” says Yahweh.
Why do you long for the day of Yahweh?
It is darkness,
and not light.
and a bear met him;
Or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall,
and a snake bit him.
Even very dark, and no brightness in it?
and I can’t stand your solemn assemblies.
I will not accept them;
neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals.
I will not listen to the music of your harps.
and righteousness like a mighty stream.
25“Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel? 26You also carried the tent of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves. 27Therefore I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus,” says Yahweh, whose name is the God of Armies.