Amos 5:14-27 ▼

14 Seek good, and not evil, that you may live, and it is so; YHWH, God of Hosts, [is] with you, as you said.

15 Hate evil, and love good, || And set up judgment in the gate, || It may be YHWH, God of Hosts, pities the remnant of Joseph.

16 Therefore, thus said YHWH, God of Hosts, the Lord: “Lamentation is in all broad places, || And in all out-places they say, Oh! Oh! And called the farmer to mourning, || And the skillful of wailing to lamentation.

17 And in all vineyards [is] lamentation, || For I pass into your midst,” said YHWH.

18 Behold, you who are desiring the Day of YHWH, || Why [is] this to you—the Day of YHWH? It is darkness, and not light,

19 As [when] one flees from the face of the lion, || And the bear has met him, || And he has come into the house, || And has leaned his hand on the wall, || And the serpent has bitten him.

20 Is not the Day of YHWH darkness and not light, || Even thick darkness that has no brightness?

21 “I have hated—I have loathed your festivals, || And I am not refreshed by your restraints.

22 For though you cause burnt-offerings and your presents to ascend to Me, || I am not pleased, || And I do not behold the peace-offering of your fatlings.

23 Turn the noise of your songs aside from Me, || Indeed, I do not hear the praise of your stringed instruments.

24 And judgment rolls on as waters, || And righteousness as a perennial stream.

25 Did you bring sacrifices and offerings near to Me, || In a wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

26 And you bore Succoth your king, and Chiun your images, || The star of your god, that you made for yourselves.

27 And I removed you beyond Damascus,” said YHWH—God of Hosts [is] His Name.