Lamentation for Israel
3 For the Lord God says:
Seek God and Live
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Seek good and not evil
so that you may live,
and the Lord, the God of Hosts,
will be with you,
as you have claimed.(AE)
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so that you may live,
and the Lord, the God of Hosts,
will be with you,
as you have claimed.(AE)
The Day of the Lord
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It will be like a man who flees from a lion(AQ)
only to have a bear confront him.
He goes home and rests his hand against the wall
only to have a snake bite him.
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only to have a bear confront him.
He goes home and rests his hand against the wall
only to have a snake bite him.
25 “House of Israel, was it sacrifices and grain offerings that you presented to Me during the 40 years in the wilderness?(BA)
26 But you have taken up(g) Sakkuth(h)(i) your king(j) and Kaiwan(k) your star god, images you have made for yourselves.(BB)
27 So I will send you into exile beyond Damascus.”(BC) Yahweh, the God of Hosts, is His name.(BD) He has spoken.
Footnotes:
a.
Amos 5:8: Or turns the shadow of death
b.
Amos 5:9: Hb obscure
c.
Amos 5:9: Or stronghold
d.
Amos 5:13: Or the prudent will perish
e.
Amos 5:16: Lit will say, “Alas! Alas!”
f.
Amos 5:16: Lit and those skilled in lamentation
g.
Amos 5:26: Or you will lift up
h.
Amos 5:26: LXX, Sym, Syr, Vg read the tent; Ac 7:43
i.
Amos 5:26: Probably a Mesopotamian war god also called Adar or Ninurta
j.
Amos 5:26: LXX reads up the tent of Molech and Rephan; Ac 7:43
k.
Amos 5:26: Probably a Mesopotamian god identified with Saturn
Cross references:
D.
Amos 5:2:
Isaiah 51:18
E.
Amos 5:3:
Isaiah 6:13
S.
Amos 5:8:
Job 36:27-30
U.
Amos 5:9:
Isaiah 29:5
V.
Amos 5:9:
Micah 5:11
AC.
Amos 5:12:
Amos 2:6-7
AE.
Amos 5:14:
Isaiah 48:1-2
AF.
Amos 5:15:
Romans 12:9
AG.
Amos 5:15:
Isaiah 1:17
AL.
Amos 5:16:
Jeremiah 9:17
AN.
Amos 5:17:
Exodus 12:12
AP.
Amos 5:18:
Isaiah 5:30
AR.
Amos 5:20:
Isaiah 13:10
AV.
Amos 5:22:
Micah 6:6-7
AW.
Amos 5:22:
Jeremiah 14:12
AY.
Amos 5:23:
Isaiah 5:12
AZ.
Amos 5:21:
Micah 6:6-8
BB.
Amos 5:26:
Isaiah 44:12-20
BC.
Amos 5:25:
Acts 7:42-43