## Amos Chapter 5

###### Amos 5:1
[Amos 5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/5:1)

שִׁמְע֞וּ אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָנֹכִ֜י נֹשֵׂ֧א עֲלֵיכֶ֛ם קִינָ֖ה בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Hear this word which I take up against you, a lamentation, O house of Yisra᾽el.


###### Amos 5:2
[Amos 5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/5:2)

נָֽפְלָה֙ לֹא־תוֹסִ֣יף ק֔וּם בְּתוּלַ֖ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל נִטְּשָׁ֥ה עַל־אַדְמָתָ֖הּ אֵ֥ין מְקִימָֽהּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The virgin of Yisra᾽el is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.


###### Amos 5:3
[Amos 5:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/5:3)

כִּ֣י כֹ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִ֔ה הָעִ֛יר הַיֹּצֵ֥את אֶ֖לֶף תַּשְׁאִ֣יר מֵאָ֑ה וְהַיּוֹצֵ֥את מֵאָ֛ה תַּשְׁאִ֥יר עֲשָׂרָ֖ה לְבֵ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For thus says the Lord God; The city that went out a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth a hundred shall have ten left for the house of Yisra᾽el.


###### Amos 5:4
[Amos 5:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/5:4)

כִּ֣י כֹ֥ה אָמַ֛ר יְהֹוָ֖ה לְבֵ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל דִּרְשׁ֖וּנִי וִֽחְיֽוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For, thus says the Lord to the house of Yisra᾽el, Seek me and you shall live:


###### Amos 5:5
[Amos 5:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/5:5)

וְאַֽל־תִּדְרְשׁוּ֙ בֵּֽית־אֵ֔ל וְהַגִּלְגָּל֙ לֹ֣א תָבֹ֔אוּ וּבְאֵ֥ר שֶׁ֖בַע לֹ֣א תַעֲבֹ֑רוּ כִּ֤י הַגִּלְגָּל֙ גָּלֹ֣ה יִגְלֶ֔ה וּבֵֽית־אֵ֖ל יִהְיֶ֥ה לְאָֽוֶן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
but do not seek Bet-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and do not pass to Be᾽er-sheva; for Gilgal shall surely go into exile, and Bet-el shall come to nought.


###### Amos 5:6
[Amos 5:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/5:6)

דִּרְשׁ֥וּ אֶת־יְהֹוָ֖ה וִֽחְי֑וּ פֶּן־יִצְלַ֤ח כָּאֵשׁ֙ בֵּ֣ית יוֹסֵ֔ף וְאָכְלָ֥ה וְאֵין־מְכַבֶּ֖ה לְבֵֽית־אֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Seek the Lord, and live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Yosef, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bet-el,


###### Amos 5:7
[Amos 5:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/5:7)

הַהֹפְכִ֥ים לְלַעֲנָ֖ה מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּצְדָקָ֖ה לָאָ֥רֶץ הִנִּֽיחוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O you who turn judgment to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the ground.


###### Amos 5:8
[Amos 5:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/5:8)

עֹשֵׂ֨ה כִימָ֜ה וּכְסִ֗יל וְהֹפֵ֤ךְ לַבֹּ֙קֶר֙ צַלְמָ֔וֶת וְי֖וֹם לַ֣יְלָה הֶחְשִׁ֑יךְ הַקּוֹרֵ֣א לְמֵֽי־הַיָּ֗ם וַֽיִּשְׁפְּכֵ֛ם עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הָאָ֖רֶץ יְהֹוָ֥ה שְׁמֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns deepest darkness into morning, and makes the day darken into night: that calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name:


###### Amos 5:9
[Amos 5:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/5:9)

הַמַּבְלִ֥יג שֹׁ֖ד עַל־עָ֑ז וְשֹׁ֖ד עַל־מִבְצָ֥ר יָבֽוֹא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
who sends forth destruction against the strong, the destruction that comes against the fortress.


###### Amos 5:10
[Amos 5:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/5:10)

שָׂנְא֥וּ בַשַּׁ֖עַר מוֹכִ֑יחַ וְדֹבֵ֥ר תָּמִ֖ים יְתָעֵֽבוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him that speaks uprightly.


###### Amos 5:11
[Amos 5:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/5:11)

לָ֠כֵ֠ן יַ֣עַן בּוֹשַׁסְכֶ֞ם עַל־דָּ֗ל וּמַשְׂאַת־בַּר֙ תִּקְח֣וּ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ בָּתֵּ֥י גָזִ֛ית בְּנִיתֶ֖ם וְלֹא־תֵ֣שְׁבוּ בָ֑ם כַּרְמֵי־חֶ֣מֶד נְטַעְתֶּ֔ם וְלֹ֥א תִשְׁתּ֖וּ אֶת־יֵינָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore, since you trample upon the poor, and take from him exactions of wheat: you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink wine of them.


###### Amos 5:12
[Amos 5:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/5:12)

כִּ֤י יָדַ֙עְתִּי֙ רַבִּ֣ים פִּשְׁעֵיכֶ֔ם וַעֲצֻמִ֖ים חַטֹּאתֵיכֶ֑ם צֹרְרֵ֤י צַדִּיק֙ לֹ֣קְחֵי כֹ֔פֶר וְאֶבְיוֹנִ֖ים בַּשַּׁ֥עַר הִטּֽוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For I know your many transgressions and your mighty sins: you that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and turn aside the poor at the gate.


###### Amos 5:13
[Amos 5:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/5:13)

לָכֵ֗ן הַמַּשְׂכִּ֛יל בָּעֵ֥ת הַהִ֖יא יִדֹּ֑ם כִּ֛י עֵ֥ת רָעָ֖ה הִֽיא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.


###### Amos 5:14
[Amos 5:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/5:14)

דִּרְשׁוּ־ט֥וֹב וְאַל־רָ֖ע לְמַ֣עַן תִּֽחְי֑וּ וִיהִי־כֵ֞ן יְהֹוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֵֽי־צְבָא֛וֹת אִתְּכֶ֖ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲמַרְתֶּֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Seek good, and not evil, that you may live: and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as you have spoken.


###### Amos 5:15
[Amos 5:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/5:15)

שִׂנְאוּ־רָע֙ וְאֶ֣הֱבוּ ט֔וֹב וְהַצִּ֥יגוּ בַשַּׁ֖עַר מִשְׁפָּ֑ט אוּלַ֗י יֶחֱנַ֛ן יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽי־צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁאֵרִ֥ית יוֹסֵֽף׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious to the remnant of Yosef.


###### Amos 5:16
[Amos 5:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/5:16)

לָ֠כֵ֠ן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֨ר יְהֹוָ֜ה אֱלֹהֵ֤י צְבָאוֹת֙ אֲדֹנָ֔י בְּכׇל־רְחֹב֣וֹת מִסְפֵּ֔ד וּבְכׇל־חוּצ֖וֹת יֹאמְר֣וּ הוֹ־ה֑וֹ וְקָרְא֤וּ אִכָּר֙ אֶל־אֵ֔בֶל וּמִסְפֵּ֖ד אֶל־י֥וֹדְעֵי נֶֽהִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord, says thus; Lamentation shall there be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the farmer to mourning, and to wailing such as are skilful in lamentation.


###### Amos 5:17
[Amos 5:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/5:17)

וּבְכׇל־כְּרָמִ֖ים מִסְפֵּ֑ד כִּֽי־אֶעֱבֹ֥ר בְּקִרְבְּךָ֖ אָמַ֥ר יְהֹוָֽה׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And in all vineyards there shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, says the Lord.


###### Amos 5:18
[Amos 5:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/5:18)

ה֥וֹי הַמִּתְאַוִּ֖ים אֶת־י֣וֹם יְהֹוָ֑ה לָמָּה־זֶּ֥ה לָכֶ֛ם י֥וֹם יְהֹוָ֖ה הוּא־חֹ֥שֶׁךְ וְלֹא־אֽוֹר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Woe to you that desire the day of the Lord! why would you have this day of the Lord; it is darkness, and not light.


###### Amos 5:19
[Amos 5:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/5:19)

כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יָנ֥וּס אִישׁ֙ מִפְּנֵ֣י הָאֲרִ֔י וּפְגָע֖וֹ הַדֹּ֑ב וּבָ֣א הַבַּ֔יִת וְסָמַ֤ךְ יָדוֹ֙ עַל־הַקִּ֔יר וּנְשָׁכ֖וֹ הַנָּחָֽשׁ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
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 snake bit him.


###### Amos 5:20
[Amos 5:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/5:20)

הֲלֹא־חֹ֛שֶׁךְ י֥וֹם יְהֹוָ֖ה וְלֹא־א֑וֹר וְאָפֵ֖ל וְלֹא־נֹ֥גַֽהּ לֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?


###### Amos 5:21
[Amos 5:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/5:21)

שָׂנֵ֥אתִי מָאַ֖סְתִּי חַגֵּיכֶ֑ם וְלֹ֥א אָרִ֖יחַ בְּעַצְּרֹתֵיכֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will not smell the sacrifices of your solemn assemblies.


###### Amos 5:22
[Amos 5:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/5:22)

כִּ֣י אִם־תַּעֲלוּ־לִ֥י עֹל֛וֹת וּמִנְחֹתֵיכֶ֖ם לֹ֣א אֶרְצֶ֑ה וְשֶׁ֥לֶם מְרִיאֵיכֶ֖ם לֹ֥א אַבִּֽיט׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Though you offer me burnt offerings and your meal offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.


###### Amos 5:23
[Amos 5:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/5:23)

הָסֵ֥ר מֵעָלַ֖י הֲמ֣וֹן שִׁרֶ֑יךָ וְזִמְרַ֥ת נְבָלֶ֖יךָ לֹ֥א אֶשְׁמָֽע׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Take away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy lutes.


###### Amos 5:24
[Amos 5:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/5:24)

וְיִגַּ֥ל כַּמַּ֖יִם מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּצְדָקָ֖ה כְּנַ֥חַל אֵיתָֽן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.


###### Amos 5:25
[Amos 5:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/5:25)

הַזְּבָחִ֨ים וּמִנְחָ֜ה הִֽגַּשְׁתֶּם־לִ֧י בַמִּדְבָּ֛ר אַרְבָּעִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings for forty years in the wilderness, O house of Yisra᾽el?


###### Amos 5:26
[Amos 5:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/5:26)

וּנְשָׂאתֶ֗ם אֵ֚ת סִכּ֣וּת מַלְכְּכֶ֔ם וְאֵ֖ת כִּיּ֣וּן צַלְמֵיכֶ֑ם כּוֹכַב֙ אֱלֹ֣הֵיכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר עֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם לָכֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But you shall carry Sikkut your king, and Kiyyun, your images, the star image of your God which you made for yourselves,


###### Amos 5:27
[Amos 5:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/5:27)

וְהִגְלֵיתִ֥י אֶתְכֶ֖ם מֵהָ֣לְאָה לְדַמָּ֑שֶׂק אָמַ֛ר יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽי־צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁמֽוֹ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and I will cause you to go into exile beyond Dammeseq, says the Lord, whose name is the God of hosts.