Amos

Speaks against injustice and predicts Israel's punishment but ends with hope for restoration.

Chapter 5

KJV: Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.

Geneva: Heare ye this worde, which I lift vp vpon you, euen a lamentation of the house of Israel.

KJV: The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.

Geneva: The virgine Israel is fallen, and shall no more rise: shee is left vpon her lande, and there is none to raise her vp.

KJV: For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.

Geneva: For thus saith ye Lord God, The citie which went out by a thousand, shal leaue an hundreth: and that which went forth by an hundreth, shal leaue ten to the house of Israel.

KJV: For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:

Geneva: For thus saith the Lorde vnto the house of Israel, Seeke ye me, and ye shal liue.

KJV: 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.

Geneva: But seeke not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, & go not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shal goe into captiuitie, and Beth-el shal come to nought.

KJV: Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.

Geneva: Seeke the Lorde, and yee shal liue, least he breake out like fire in the house of Ioseph & deuoure it, & there be none to quench it in Beth-el.

KJV: Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

Geneva: They turne iudgement to wormewood, and leaue off righteousnes in the earth.

KJV: Seek him 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 is his name:

Geneva: He maketh Pleiades, and Orion, and he turneth the shadowe of death into the morning, and he maketh the day darke as night: he calleth the waters of the sea, and powreth them out vpon the open earth: the Lord is his Name.

KJV: That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.

Geneva: He strengtheneth the destroyer against the mightie: and the destroyer shal come against the fortresse.

KJV: They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

Geneva: They haue hated him, that rebuked in the gate: and they abhorred him that speaketh vprightly.

KJV: Forasmuch therefore as your treading is 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.

Geneva: Forasmuch then as your treading is vpon the poore, and yee take from him burdens of wheate, ye haue built houses of hewen stone, but ye shal not dwel in them: ye haue plated pleasant vineyards, but ye shal not drinke wine of them.

KJV: 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 from their right.

Geneva: For I know your manifold transgressions, and your mightie sinnes: they afflict the iust, they take rewards, & they oppresse the poore in ye gate.

KJV: Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

Geneva: Therefore the prudent shal keepe silence in that time, for it is an euill time.

KJV: 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.

Geneva: Seeke good and not euil, that ye may liue: and the Lorde God of hostes shalbe with you, as you haue spoken.

KJV: 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.

Geneva: Hate the euil, and loue the good, and establish iudgement in the gate: it may bee that the Lorde God of hostes will be mercifull vnto the remnant of Ioseph.

KJV: Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD, saith thus; Wailing shall be 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.

Geneva: Therfore the Lord God of hosts, the Lord saith thus, Mourning shalbe in all streetes: & they shal say in al the hie wayes, Alas, alas: & they shal call the husbandman to lamentation, and such as can mourne, to mourning.

KJV: And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD.

Geneva: And in al the vines shalbe lamentation: for I wil passe through thee, saith the Lord.

KJV: Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.

Geneva: Woe vnto you, that desire the day of the Lord: what haue you to do with it? the day of the Lord is darkenes and not light.

KJV: 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.

Geneva: As if a man did flee from a lyon, & a beare met him: or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

KJV: Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

Geneva: Shal not the day of the Lord be darkenes, and not light? euen darkenes and no light in it?

KJV: I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.

Geneva: I hate and abhorre your feast dayes, and I wil not smell in your solemne assemblies.

KJV: Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

Geneva: Though ye offer me burnt offrings & meat offrings, I wil not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offrings of your fat beasts.

KJV: Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

Geneva: Take thou away from me the multitude of thy songs (for I wil not heare the melodie of thy violes)

KJV: But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

Geneva: And let iudgement runne downe as waters, and righteousnesse as a mightie riuer.

KJV: Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

Geneva: Haue ye offered vnto me sacrifices and offrings in the wildernesse fourtie yeeres, O house of Israel?

KJV: But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.

Geneva: But you haue borne Siccuth your King, and Chiun your images, and the starre of your gods, which ye made to your selues.

KJV: Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.

Geneva: Therefore wil I cause you to goe into captiuitie beyond Damascus, saith the Lorde, whose Name is the God of hostes.

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