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Amos
Chapter
05
1``
'Hear, listen and obey' {shama`} you
this
word/'doctrinal communication' {dabar}
which
I intone
as
a dirge over you, O house of Israel.
2``Fallen,
not to rise again
is
the maiden/virgin Israel.
Abandoned
on her soil . . .
with
none to lift her up.
3``For
thus said my Lord/'Adonay Jehovah/God
about
the House of Israel,
"The
town that marches out a thousand strong
shall
have a hundred left.
And
the one that marches out a hundred strong
shall
have but ten left."
4``For
thus said Jehovah/God to the House of Israel,
"Seek
Me and you will live.
5``Do not seek Bethel.
Nor go to Gilgal.
Nor cross over to Beer-Sheba.
For
Gilgal shall go into exile/captivity . . .
and
Bethel shall become a delusion.
6`` Seek Jehovah/God and you will live.
Else
He will rush like fire upon the House of Joseph
and
consume Bethel with none to quench it.
7``{Ah}
You who turn justice into wormwood,
and
hurl righteousness to the ground.
8``{Seek Him} Who made the Pleiades/'seven stars' and Orion.
Who turns deep darkness into dawn.
And darkens day into night.
Who summons the waters of the sea.
And pours them out upon the earth!
His Name is Jehovah/God.
9``It
is He Who hurls destruction upon strongholds . . .
so
that ruin comes upon fortresses!
10``They hate the arbiter in the gate.
And detest him whose plea is just.
11``Assuredly,
because
you impose a tax on the poor
and
exact from him a levy of grain . . .
you
have built houses of hewn stone
but
you shall not live in them.
You
have planted delightful vineyards
but
shall not drink their wine.
12``For
I {God} have noted how many are your crimes,
and
how countless your sins
-
you enemies of the righteous -
you
takers of bribes . . .
you
who subvert in the gate
the
cause of the needy!
13``Assuredly,
at
such a time the prudent man keeps silent . . .
for
it is an evil time.
14``Seek good and not evil . . .that you may live.
And
that Jehovah/God . . . the 'Elohiym/Godhead of the armies/hosts,
may
truly be with you . . . as you think.
15``Hate evil and love good.
And establish justice in the gate {where they held court in this day}.
Perhaps
Jehovah/God . . . 'Elohiym/Godhead of the armies/hosts
will
be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
16``
Assuredly,
Jehovah/God
. . . 'Elohiym/Godhead of the armies/hosts . . .
the
Lord/'Adonay said thus,
"In
every square there shall be lamenting.
In every street cries of 'Ah, woe!'
And the farm hand shall be called to mourn.
And those skilled in wailing . . . to lament.
17``For
there shall be lamenting
in
every vineyard too . . .
when
I pass through your midst," said Jehovah/God.
18-19`` Ah, you who wish for the day of Jehovah/God!
Why should you want the day of Jehovah/God?
It
shall be darkness . . . not light {!} . . . 19``
as
if a man should run from a lion . . .
and
be attacked by a bear!
Or
if he got indoors
should
lean his hand on the wall . . .
and
be bitten by a snake!
20``
Surely the day of Jehovah/God
shall
be darkness . . . and not light . . .
blackest
night . . . without a glimmer?
21``
I {God} loath/hate . . .
I
spurn/despise your festivals/'feast days' . . .
and
I am not appeased by your solemn assemblies.
22``If
you offer Me burnt offerings
-
or your food offerings -
I
will not accept them.
I
will pay no heed to your 'gifts of fatlings'/
'peace
offerings of your fatty beasts'.
23``Spare Me the sound of your hymns.
And let Me not hear the music of your lutes.
24``But
let justice well up like water . . .
righteousness
like an unfailing/mighty stream.
25``
Did you offer sacrifices and oblation to Me
those
forty years in the desert, O House of Israel?
{Note: Stephen explains in Acts 7:42 that the Exodus generation consistently engaged in Idolatry in the 40 years in the desert and died the sin unto death because of it.}
26``And
you shall carry off your "king" . . .
Molek/Sikkuth
and Kiyyun . . .
{per the Jewish bible - this may be two Akkadian names applied to
Saturn, here deliberately pointed with the vowels of Hebrew -
shiqqus 'detested thing'.}
the
images you have made for yourselves . . . of your astral deity -
27``
Therefore, I will cause you
to
go into exile captivity beyond Damascus,"
said
Jehovah/God . . .
Whose name is 'Elohiym/Godhead of the armies/hosts.
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