| 1:1 |
The words of Amos who was among the shepherds of Teko′aTekoa which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzzi′ahKing kingUzziah of Judah and in the days of Jerobo′amKing theJeroboam son of Jo′ashJoash king of Israel two years before the earthquake |
| 1:2 |
And he said: The Lord roars from Zion and utters his voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mournwither and the top of Carmel withersdries up |
| 1:4 |
So I will send a fire uponon the house of Haz′aelHazael and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben ha′dadhadad |
| 1:5 |
I will break the bargate bars of Damascus and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven and himthe thatone who holds the scepter from Beth eden; and the people of SyriaAram shall go into exile to Kir says the Lord |
| 1:6 |
Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Gaza and for four I will not revoke the punishment; because they carried into exile aentire wholecommunities people to deliverhand them upover to Edom |
| 1:7 |
So I will send a fire uponon the wall of Gaza andfire itthat shall devour herits strongholds |
| 1:8 |
I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod and himthe thatone who holds the scepter from Ash′kelonAshkelon; I will turn my hand against Ekron; and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish says the Lord God |
| 1:9 |
Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Tyre and for four I will not revoke the punishment; because they delivered upentire acommunities wholeover people to Edom and did not remember the covenant of brotherhoodkinship |
| 1:10 |
So I will send a fire uponon the wall of Tyre andfire itthat shall devour herits strongholds |
| 1:11 |
Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Edom and for four I will not revoke the punishment; because he pursued his brother with the sword and cast off all pity; andhe maintained his anger tore perpetually and he kept his wrath for everforever |
| 1:12 |
So I will send a fire uponon Teman and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah |
| 1:13 |
Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of the Ammonites and for four I will not revoke the punishment; because they have ripped upopen pregnant women with child in Gilead thatin theyorder mightto enlarge their borderterritory |
| 1:14 |
So I will kindle a fire inagainst the wall of Rabbah andfire itthat shall devour herits strongholds with shouting inon the day of battle with a tempeststorm inon the day of the whirlwind; |
| 1:15 |
andthen their king shall go into exile he and his princesofficials together says the Lord |
| 2:2 |
So I will send a fire uponon Moab and it shall devour the strongholds of Ker′iothKerioth and Moab shall die amid uproar amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet; |
| 2:3 |
I will cut off the ruler from its midst and will slaykill all its princesofficials with him says the Lord |
| 2:4 |
Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Judah and for four I will not revoke the punishment; because they have rejected the law of the Lord and have not kept his statutes but theirthey lies have been led them astray by the same lies after which their fathersancestors walked |
| 2:5 |
So I will send a fire uponon Judah and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem |
| 2:6 |
Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Israel and for four I will not revoke the punishment; because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of shoessandals— |
| 2:7 |
they thatwho trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth and turnpush aside the wayafflicted out of the afflictedway; afather man and hisson father go in to the same maidengirl so that my holy name is profaned; |
| 2:8 |
they lay themselves down beside every altar uponon garments taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine ofbought thosewith whofines havethey been finedimposed |
| 2:9 |
Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them whose height was like the height of the cedars and who was as strong as the oaks; I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath |
| 2:11 |
And I raised up some of your sonschildren forto be prophets and some of your youngyouths mento forbe Naziritesnazirites Is it not indeed so O people of Israel says the Lord |
| 2:12 |
But you made the Naziritesnazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets saying You shall not prophesy |
| 2:13 |
BeholdSo I will press you down in your place just as a cart presses down when it is full of sheaves presses down |
| 2:14 |
Flight shall perish from the swift and the strong shall not retain histheir strength nor shall the mighty save histheir lifelives; |
| 2:15 |
hethose who handleshandle the bow shall not stand and hethose who isare swift of foot shall not save himselfthemselves nor shall hethose who ridesride thehorses horse save histheir lifelives; |
| 2:16 |
and hethose who isare stout of heart among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day says the Lord |
| 3:1 |
Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you O people of Israel against the whole family whichthat I brought up out of the land of Egypt: |
| 3:4 |
Does a lion roar in the forest when heit has no prey Does a young lion cry out from hisits den if heit has takencaught nothing |
| 3:5 |
Does a bird fall ininto a snare on the earth when there is no trap for it Does a snare spring up from the ground when it has taken nothing |
| 3:6 |
Is a trumpet blown in a city and the people are not afraid Does evildisaster befall a city unless the Lord has done it |
| 3:9 |
Proclaim to the strongholds in AssyriaAshdod and to the strongholds in the land of Egypt and say Assemble yourselves uponon theMount mountainsSamaria of Samar′ia and see thewhat great tumults are within herit and thewhat oppressions are in herits midst |
| 3:11 |
Therefore thus says the Lord God: An adversary shall surround the land and bringstrip downyou of your defensesdefense; from you and your strongholds shall be plundered |
| 3:12 |
Thus says the Lord: As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear so shall the people of Israel who dwelllive in Samar′iaSamaria be rescued with the corner of a couch and part of a bed |
| 3:13 |
Hear and testify against the house of Jacob says the Lord God the God of hosts: |
| 3:14 |
thatOn on the day I punish Israel for hisits transgressions I will punish the altars of Bethel and the horns of the altar shall be cut off and fall to the ground |
| 3:15 |
I will smitetear down the winter house withas well as the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish and the great houses shall come to an end says the Lord |
| 4:1 |
Hear this word you cows of Bashan who are inon theMount mountainSamaria of Samar′ia who oppress the poor who crush the needy who say to their husbands Bring thatsomething weto may drink |
| 4:2 |
The Lord God has sworn by his holiness: thatThe beholdtime theis dayssurely are coming upon you when they shall take you away with hooks even the last of you with fishhooks |
| 4:3 |
AndThrough youbreaches shallin gothe outwall throughyou theshall breachesleave everyeach one straight before herahead; and you shall be castflung forthout into Harmon says the Lord |
| 4:4 |
Come to Bethel —and transgress; to Gilgal —and multiply transgression; bring your sacrifices every morning your tithes every three days; |
| 4:5 |
offerbring a sacrificethank ofoffering thanksgiving of thatleavened whichbread is leavened and proclaim freewill offerings publish them; for so you love to do O people of Israel says the Lord God |
| 4:7 |
And I also withheld the rain from you when there were yetstill three months to the harvest; I would send rain uponon one city and send no rain uponon another city; one field would be rained upon and the field on which it did not rain withered; |
| 4:8 |
so two or three citiestowns wandered to one citytown to drink water and were not satisfied; yet you did not return to me says the Lord |
| 4:9 |
I smotestruck you with blight and mildew; I laid waste your gardens and your vineyards; the locust devoured your fig trees and your olive trees the locust devoured; yet you did not return to me says the Lord |
| 4:10 |
I sent among you a pestilence after the manner of Egypt; I slewkilled your young men with the sword; I carried away your horses; and I made the stench of your camp go up into your nostrils; yet you did not return to me says the Lord |
| 4:11 |
I overthrew some of you as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomor′rahGomorrah and you were aslike a brand pluckedsnatched outfrom of the burningfire; yet you did not return to me says the Lord |
| 4:13 |
For lo hethe one who forms the mountains and creates the wind andreveals declareshis thoughts to manmortals what is his thought; who makes the morning darkness and treads on the heights of the earth— the Lord the God of hosts is his name |
| 5:1 |
Hear this word whichthat I take up over you in lamentation O house of Israel: |
| 5:2 |
Fallen no more to rise is themaiden virgin Israel; forsaken on her land with noneno one to raise her up |
| 5:3 |
For thus says the Lord God: The city that wentmarched forthout a thousand shall have a hundred left and that which wentmarched forthout a hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel |
| 5:5 |
but do not seek Bethel and do not enter into Gilgal or cross over to Beer sheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into exile and Bethel shall come to noughtnothing |
| 5:6 |
Seek the Lord and live lestor he will break out likeagainst fire in the house of Joseph like fire and it will devour Bethel with noneno one to quench it for Bethel |
| 5:7 |
OAh you whothat turn justice to wormwood and castbring down righteousness to the earthground |
| 5:8 |
HeThe one who made the Pleiades and Orion and turns deep darkness into the morning and darkens the day into night who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out uponon the surface of the earth the Lord is his name |
| 5:9 |
who makes destruction flash forthout against the strong so that destruction comes upon the fortress |
| 5:10 |
They hate himthe one who reproves in the gate and they abhor himthe one who speaks the truth |
| 5:11 |
Therefore because you trample uponon the poor and take from himthem exactionslevies of wheatgrain you have built houses of hewn stone but you shall not dwelllive in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards but you shall not drink their wine |
| 5:12 |
For I know how many are your transgressions and how great are your sins— you who afflict the righteous who take a bribe and turnpush aside the needy in the gate |
| 5:13 |
Therefore hethe who is prudent will keep silent in such a time; for it is an evil time |
| 5:14 |
Seek good and not evil that you may live; and so the Lord the God of hosts will be with you just as you have said |
| 5:16 |
Therefore thus says the Lord the God of hosts the Lord: In all the squares there shall be wailing; and in all the streets they shall say Alas alas They shall call the farmers to mourning and to wailing those who are skilled in lamentation to wailing; |
| 5:17 |
and in all the vineyards there shall be wailing for I will pass through the midst of you says the Lord |
| 5:18 |
WoeAlas tofor you who desire the day of the Lord Why woulddo you havewant the day of the Lord It is darkness and not light; |
| 5:19 |
as if asomeone man fled from a lion and was met by a bear met him; or went into the house and leanedrested witha his hand against the wall and awas serpentbitten bitby hima snake |
| 5:20 |
Is not the day of the Lord darkness and not light and gloom with no brightness in it |
| 5:21 |
I hate I despise your feastsfestivals and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies |
| 5:22 |
Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and cerealgrain offerings I will not accept them; and the peace offerings of well being of your fatted beastsanimals I will not look upon |
| 5:23 |
Take away from me the noise of your songs; I will not listen to the melody of your harps I will not listen |
| 5:24 |
But let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an everflowingever flowing stream |
| 6:1 |
WoeAlas tofor those who are at ease in Zion and tofor those who feel secure on theMount mountainSamaria of Samar′ia the notablenotables men of the first of the nations to whom the house of Israel comeresorts |
| 6:2 |
PassCross over to Calneh and see; andfrom thencethere go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines Are theyyou better than these kingdoms Or is theiryour territory greater than yourtheir territory |
| 6:3 |
O you whothat put far away the evil day and bring near thea seatreign of violence |
| 6:4 |
WoeAlas tofor those who lie uponon beds of ivory and stretchlounge themselveson upon their couches and eat lambs from the flock and calves from the midst of the stall; |
| 6:5 |
who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp and like David inventimprovise foron themselves instruments of music; |
| 6:6 |
who drink wine infrom bowls and anoint themselves with the finest oils but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph |
| 6:7 |
Therefore they shall now be the first of those to go into exile and the revelry of thosethe wholoungers stretch themselves shall pass away |
| 6:9 |
AndIf if ten menpeople remain in one house they shall die |
| 6:10 |
And whenif a mansrelative kinsmanone he who burns himthe dead shall take him up the body to bring theit bones out of the house and shall say to himsomeone who is in the innermost parts of the house Is thereanyone stillelse any one with you hethe shallanswer saywill come No; andThen hethe relative shall say Hush We must not mention the name of the Lord |
| 6:11 |
ForSee behold the Lord commands and the great house shall be smittenshattered intoto fragmentsbits and the little house intoto bitspieces |
| 6:12 |
Do horses run uponon rocks Does one plow the sea with oxen But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood— |
| 6:14 |
ForIndeed behold I willam raiseraising up against you a nation O house of Israel says the Lord the God of hosts; and they shall oppress you from theLebo entrancehamath of Hamath to the BrookWadi of the Arabah |
| 7:1 |
ThusThis is what the Lord God showed me: behold he was forming locusts inat the beginningtime of the shooting up of the latter growth; andbegan loto sprout it was the latter growth after the kings mowings |
| 7:2 |
When they had finished eating the grass of the land I said O Lord God forgive I beseechbeg theeyou How can Jacob stand He is so small |
| 7:3 |
The Lord repentedrelented concerning this; It shall not be said the Lord |
| 7:4 |
ThusThis is what the Lord God showed me: behold the Lord God was calling for a judgmentshower byof fire and it devoured the great deep and was eating up the land |
| 7:5 |
Then I said O Lord God cease I beseechbeg theeyou How can Jacob stand He is so small |
| 7:6 |
The Lord repentedrelented concerning this; This also shall not be said the Lord God |
| 7:7 |
HeThis is what he showed me: behold the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb line with a plumb line in his hand |
| 7:8 |
And the Lord said to me Amos what do you see And I said A plumb line Then the Lord said BeholdSee I am setting a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel; I will never again pass them by them; |
| 7:9 |
the high places of Isaac shall be made desolate and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste and I will rise against the house of Jerobo′amJeroboam with the sword |
| 7:10 |
Then Amazi′ahAmaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jerobo′amKing kingJeroboam of Israel saying Amos has conspired against you in the midstvery center of the house of Israel; the land is not able to bear all his words |
| 7:11 |
For thus Amos has said Jerobo′amJeroboam shall die by the sword and Israel must go into exile away from his land |
| 7:12 |
And Amazi′ahAmaziah said to Amos O seer go flee away to the land of Judah andearn eatyour bread there and prophesy there; |
| 7:14 |
Then Amos answered Amazi′ahAmaziah I am no prophet nor a prophets son; but I am a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore trees |
| 7:17 |
Therefore thus says the Lord: Your wife shall bebecome a harlotprostitute in the city and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword and your land shall be parceled out by line; you yourself shall die in an unclean land and Israel shall surely go into exile away from its land |
| 8:1 |
ThusThis is what the Lord God showed me: behold —a basket of summer fruit |
| 8:2 |
AndHe he said Amos what do you see And I said A basket of summer fruit Then the Lord said to me The end has come upon my people Israel; I will never again pass them by them |
| 8:3 |
The songs of the temple shall become wailings in that day says the Lord God; the dead bodies shall be many; cast out in every place theyBe shall be cast out in silencesilent |
| 8:4 |
Hear this you whothat trample uponon the needy and bring to ruin the poor of the land to an end |
| 8:5 |
saying When will the new moon be over so that we may sell grain; Andand the sabbath so that we may offer wheat for sale thatWe wewill may make the ephah small and the shekel great and dealpractice deceitfullydeceit with false balances |
| 8:6 |
thatbuying we may buy the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals and sellselling the refusesweepings of the wheat |
| 8:8 |
Shall not the land tremble on this account and everyeveryone one mourn who dwellslives in it and all of it rise like the Nile and be tossed about and sink again like the Nile of Egypt |
| 8:9 |
AndOn on that day says the Lord God I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight |
| 8:10 |
I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation; I will bring sackcloth uponon all loins and baldness on every head; I will make it like the mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day |
| 8:11 |
BeholdThe thetime daysis aresurely coming says the Lord God when I will send a famine on the land; not a famine of bread noror a thirst for water but of hearing the words of the Lord |
| 8:12 |
They shall wander from sea to sea and from north to east; they shall run to and fro toseeking seek the word of the Lord but they shall not find it |
| 8:13 |
In that day the fairbeautiful virginsyoung women and the young men shall faint for thirst |
| 8:14 |
Those who swear by Ash′imahAshimah of Samar′iaSamaria and say As thyyour god lives O Dan and As the way of Beer sheba lives— they shall fall and never rise again |
| 9:1 |
I saw the Lord standing beside the altar and he said: SmiteStrike the capitals until the thresholds shake and shatter them on the heads of all the people; and whatthose who are left of them I will slaykill with the sword; not one of them shall flee away not one of them shall escape |
| 9:3 |
Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel from there I will search out and take them; and though they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea there I will command the sea serpent and it shall bite them |
| 9:4 |
And though they go into captivity beforein front of their enemies there I will command the sword and it shall slaykill them; and I will setfix my eyes uponon them for evilharm and not for good |
| 9:5 |
The Lord God of hosts he who touches the earth and it melts and all who dwelllive in it mourn and all of it rises like the Nile and sinks again like the Nile of Egypt; |
| 9:7 |
Are you not like the Ethiopians to me O people of Israel says the Lord Did I not bring Israel up Israel from the land of Egypt and the Philistines from Caphtor and the SyriansArameans from Kir |
| 9:8 |
BeholdThe the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom and I will destroy it from the surfaceface of the ground;earth —except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob says the Lord |
| 9:9 |
For lo I will command and shake the house of Israel among all the nations as one shakes with a sieve but no pebble shall fall uponto the earthground |
| 9:11 |
InOn that day I will raise up the booth of David that is fallen and repair its breaches and raise up its ruins and rebuild it as in the days of old; |
| 9:12 |
in order that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations who are called by my name says the Lord who does this |
| 9:13 |
BeholdThe thetime daysis aresurely coming says the Lord when the plowmanone who plows shall overtake the reaperone who reaps and the treader of grapes himthe one who sows the seed; the mountains shall drip sweet wine and all the hills shall flow with it |
| 9:15 |
I will plant them upon their land and they shall never again be plucked up out of the land whichthat I have given them says the Lord your God |