Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Listen to this funeral song I am ready to sing about you, family of Israel:
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
Holman Bible
Listen to this message that I am singing for you, a lament,
International Standard Version
"Hear this accusation that I am bringing against you: "A dirge, house of Israel:
A Conservative Version
Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.
American Standard Version
Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.
Amplified
Bible in Basic English
Give ear to this word, my song of sorrow over you, O children of Israel.
Darby Translation
Hear this word, a lamentation, which I take up against you, O house of Israel.
Julia Smith Translation
Hear ye this word which I lift up to you, a lamentation, O house of Israel.
King James 2000
Hear you this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Hear this word that I [am] going to intone over you [as] a lament, O house of Israel!
Modern King James verseion
Hear this Word which I take up against you, a dirge, O house of Israel.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Hear this word, O ye house of Israel. And why? I must make this moan for you:
New Heart English Bible
Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.
The Emphasized Bible
Hear ye this word, which, I, am taking up concerning you - even a dirge, O house of Israel.
Webster
Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
World English Bible
Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.
Youngs Literal Translation
Hear this word that I am bearing to you, A lamentation, O house of Israel:
Interlinear
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References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 5:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Lament And Call To Repentance
1 Listen to this funeral song I am ready to sing about you, family of Israel: 2 "The virgin Israel has fallen down and will not get up again. She is abandoned on her own land with no one to help her get up."
Cross References
Ezekiel 19:1
"And you, sing a lament for the princes of Israel,
Jeremiah 7:29
So, mourn, you people of this nation. Cut off your hair and throw it away. Sing a song of mourning on the hilltops. For the Lord has decided to reject and forsake this generation that has provoked his wrath!'"
Jeremiah 9:10
I said, "I will weep and mourn for the grasslands on the mountains, I will sing a mournful song for the pastures in the wilderness because they are so scorched no one travels through them. The sound of livestock is no longer heard there. Even the birds in the sky and the wild animals in the fields have fled and are gone."
Jeremiah 9:17
The Lord who rules over all told me to say to this people, "Take note of what I say. Call for the women who mourn for the dead! Summon those who are the most skilled at it!"
Jeremiah 9:20
I said, "So now, you wailing women, hear what the Lord says. Open your ears to the words from his mouth. Teach your daughters this mournful song, and each of you teach your neighbor this lament.
Ezekiel 19:14
A fire has gone out from its branch; it has consumed its shoot and its fruit. No strong branch was left in it, nor a scepter to rule.' This is a lament song, and has become a lament song."
Ezekiel 26:17
They will sing this lament over you: "'How you have perished -- you have vanished from the seas, O renowned city, once mighty in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who spread their terror!
Ezekiel 27:2
"You, son of man, sing a lament for Tyre.
Ezekiel 27:27-32
Your wealth, products, and merchandise, your sailors and captains, your ship's carpenters, your merchants, and all your fighting men within you, along with all your crew who are in you, will fall into the heart of the seas on the day of your downfall.
Ezekiel 28:12
"Son of man, sing a lament for the king of Tyre, and say to him, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'You were the sealer of perfection, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
Ezekiel 32:2
"Son of man, sing a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him: "'You were like a lion among the nations, but you are a monster in the seas; you thrash about in your streams, stir up the water with your feet, and muddy your streams.
Ezekiel 32:16
This is a lament; they will chant it. The daughters of the nations will chant it. They will chant it over Egypt and over all her hordes, declares the sovereign Lord."
Amos 3:1
Listen, you Israelites, to this message which the Lord is proclaiming against you! This message is for the entire clan I brought up from the land of Egypt:
Amos 4:1
Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who live on Mount Samaria! You oppress the poor; you crush the needy. You say to your husbands, "Bring us more to drink!"
Amos 5:16
Because of Israel's sins this is what the Lord, the God who commands armies, the sovereign One, says: "In all the squares there will be wailing, in all the streets they will mourn the dead. They will tell the field workers to lament and the professional mourners to wail.
Micah 2:4
In that day people will sing this taunt song to you -- they will mock you with this lament: 'We are completely destroyed; they sell off the property of my people. How they remove it from me! They assign our fields to the conqueror.'