{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/amos/5","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T01:31:22.095Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Amos","bookSlug":"amos","chapter":5,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":4,"nextChapter":6,"totalChapters":9,"totalVerses":27},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is cast down upon her land; there is none to raise her up."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth a hundred shall have ten left, to the house of Israel."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"but seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el shall come to nought."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"seek him that maketh the Pleiades and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night; that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth (Jehovah is his name);"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"that bringeth sudden destruction upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him 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 the wine thereof."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins-ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate from their right ."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be with you, as ye say."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the Lord: Wailing shall be in all the broad ways; and they shall say in all the streets, Alas! Alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful in lamentation to wailing."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And in all vineyards shall be wailing; for I will pass through the midst of thee, saith Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! Wherefore would ye have the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Yea, though ye offer me your burnt-offerings and meal-offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fat beasts."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Did ye bring unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Yea, ye have borne the tabernacle of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith Jehovah, whose name is the God of hosts."}],"citation":{"inline":"Amos 5 (ASV)","markdown":"[Amos 5](https://primebible.com/asv/amos/5)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/amos/5 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}