Amos 5
- 1Hear this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
- 2The virgin of Israel has fallen. She shall no more rise: she is abandoned on her land. There is none to raise her up.
- 3For the Lord God says this. The city that went out by a thousand shall leave a hundred, and that which went out by a hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.
- 4For The Lord says this to the house of Israel, Seek me, and you shall live:
- 5But do not seek Bethel, or enter into Gilgal, and do not pass to Beersheba. For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing.
- 6Seek the Lord, and you shall live. Or else he will break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to put out it in Bethel.
- 7You who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
- 8Seek him who makes the seven stars and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night: that calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the face of the earth: The Lord is his name:
- 9That strengthens the plundered against the strong, so that the plundered shall come against the fortress.
- 10They hate him who rebukes in the gate, and they hate him who speaks uprightly.
- 11Since therefore as your treading is on the poor, and you take from him burdens of wheat: you have built houses of cut stone, but you shall not live in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink wine of them.
- 12For I know your manifold rebellions and your mighty sins: they mistreat the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
- 13Therefore the sensible shall keep silence in that time. For it is an evil time.
- 14Seek good, and not evil, that you may live: and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as you have spoken.
- 15Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
- 16Therefore the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord, says this. Wailing shall be in all streets. And they shall say in all the highways, Oh no! Oh no! And they shall call the farmer to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
- 17And in all vineyards shall be wailing. For I will pass through you, says the Lord.
- 18Disaster is coming to you who desire the day of the Lord! To what end is it for you? The day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.
- 19As 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.
- 20Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?
- 21I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
- 22Though you offer me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
- 23Take away from me the noise of your songs. For I will not hear the melody of your lyres.
- 24But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
- 25Have you offered to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
- 26But you have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which you made to yourselves.
- 27Therefore I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, says the Lord, whose name is The God of hosts.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Amos 5 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVHear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
GIGAKJVHear this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
KJVThe virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
GIGAKJVThe virgin of Israel has fallen. She shall no more rise: she is abandoned on her land. There is none to raise her up.
KJVFor 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.
GIGAKJVFor the Lord God says this. The city that went out by a thousand shall leave a hundred, and that which went out by a hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.
KJVFor thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
GIGAKJVFor The Lord says this to the house of Israel, Seek me, and you shall live:
KJVBut 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.
GIGAKJVBut do not seek Bethel, or enter into Gilgal, and do not pass to Beersheba. For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing.
KJVSeek 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.
GIGAKJVSeek the Lord, and you shall live. Or else he will break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to put out it in Bethel.
KJVYe who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
GIGAKJVYou who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
KJVSeek 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:
GIGAKJVSeek him who makes the seven stars and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night: that calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the face of the earth: The Lord is his name:
KJVThat strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
GIGAKJVThat strengthens the plundered against the strong, so that the plundered shall come against the fortress.
KJVThey hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
GIGAKJVThey hate him who rebukes in the gate, and they hate him who speaks uprightly.
KJVForasmuch 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.
GIGAKJVSince therefore as your treading is on the poor, and you take from him burdens of wheat: you have built houses of cut stone, but you shall not live in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink wine of them.
KJVFor 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.
GIGAKJVFor I know your manifold rebellions and your mighty sins: they mistreat the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
KJVTherefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
GIGAKJVTherefore the sensible shall keep silence in that time. For it is an evil time.
KJVSeek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
GIGAKJVSeek good, and not evil, that you may live: and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as you have spoken.
KJVHate 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.
GIGAKJVHate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
KJVTherefore 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.
GIGAKJVTherefore the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord, says this. Wailing shall be in all streets. And they shall say in all the highways, Oh no! Oh no! And they shall call the farmer to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
KJVAnd in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the Lord.
GIGAKJVAnd in all vineyards shall be wailing. For I will pass through you, says the Lord.
KJVWoe 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.
GIGAKJVDisaster is coming to you who desire the day of the Lord! To what end is it for you? The day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.
KJVAs 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.
GIGAKJVAs 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.
KJVShall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
GIGAKJVShall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?
KJVThough 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.
GIGAKJVThough you offer me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
KJVTake thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
GIGAKJVTake away from me the noise of your songs. For I will not hear the melody of your lyres.
KJVHave ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
GIGAKJVHave you offered to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
KJVBut ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
GIGAKJVBut you have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which you made to yourselves.
KJVTherefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, whose name is The God of hosts.
GIGAKJVTherefore I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, says the Lord, whose name is The God of hosts.
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