{"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/kjv/amos/5","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-28T06:53:07.644Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 against you, <i>even</i> a lamentation, O house of Israel."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; <i>there is</i> none to raise her up."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out <i>by</i> a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth <i>by</i> an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour <i>it</i>, and <i>there be</i> none to quench <i>it</i> in Bethel."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"<i>Seek him</i> that maketh the seven stars 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: The LORD <i>is</i> his name:"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Forasmuch therefore as your treading <i>is</i> 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."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"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 <i>from their right</i>."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it <i>is</i> an evil time."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing <i>shall be</i> 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."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And in all vineyards <i>shall be</i> wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end <i>is</i> it for you? the day of the LORD <i>is</i> 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":"<i>Shall</i> not the day of the LORD <i>be</i> darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept <i>them</i>: 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 judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun 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 the LORD, whose name <i>is</i> The God of hosts."}],"citation":{"inline":"Amos 5 (KJV)","markdown":"[Amos 5](https://primebible.com/kjv/amos/5)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/amos/5 (accessed 2026-05-28)."}}