Amos 5:1 Hear this word, Israel, this lament I take up concerning you:

◄ Amos 5:1 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
Hear this word, Israel, this lament I take up concerning you:

English Standard Version
Hear this word that I take up over you in lamentation, O house of Israel:

New American Standard Bible
Hear this word which I take up for you as a dirge, O house of Israel:

King James Bible
Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Listen to this message that I am singing for you, a lament, house of Israel:

International Standard Version
"Hear this accusation that I am bringing against you: 'A dirge, house of Israel:

American Standard Version
Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Hear ye this word, which I take up concerning you for a lamentation. The house of Israel is fallen, and it shall rise no more.

Darby Bible Translation
Hear this word, a lamentation, which I take up against you, O house of Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
Hear this word that I am bearing to you, A lamentation, O house of Israel:

Cross References

Jeremiah 7:29
Cut off your hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.

Jeremiah 9:10
For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.

Jeremiah 9:17
Thus said the LORD of hosts, Consider you, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:

Ezekiel 19:1
Moreover take you up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

5:1-6 The convincing, awakening word must be heard and heeded, as well as words of comfort and peace; for whether we hear or forbear, the word of God shall take effect. The Lord still proclaims mercy to men, but they often expect deliverance from such self-invented forms as make their condemnation sure. While they refuse to come to Christ and to seek mercy in and by him, that they may live, the fire of Divine wrath breaks forth upon them. Men may make an idol of the world, but will find it cannot protect.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

CHAPTER 5

Am 5:1-27. Elegy over the Prostrate Kingdom: Renewed Exhortations to Repentance: God Declares that the Coming Day of Judgment Shall Be Terrible to the Scorners Who Despise It: Ceremonial Services Are Not Acceptable to Him Where True Piety Exists Not: Israel Shall Therefore Be Removed Far Eastward.

1. lamentation—an elegy for the destruction coming on you. Compare Eze 32:2, "take up," namely, as a mournful burden (Eze 19:1; 27:2).