|
16 For this, thus said Jehovah God of armies, the Lord: In all your broad places, wailing; and in all the streets they shall say, Wo! wo! and they called to the husbandman to mourning, and wailing to all knowing lamentation. 17 And in all vineyards, wailing: for I will pass through in the midst of thee, said Jehovah. 18 Wo! to you longing for the day of Jehovah; for what this to you? The day of Jehovah this is darkness and not light. 19 According as a man will flee from the face of the lion and the bear struck upon him, and he came into the house and leaned his hand upon the wall, and the serpent bit him. 20 Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness and not light? and dark and no shining to it? 21 I hated, I rejected your festivals, and I will not smell in your assemblies. 22 For if ye shall bring up to me burnt-offerings, and your gifts, I will not delight; and I will not look upon the peace-offerings of your fatlings. 23 Remove from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the music of thy lyres. 24 Judgment shall roll as the waters, and justice as a torrent of strength. 25 Did ye bring near to me sacrifices and gifts in the desert forty years, O house of Israel? 26 Ye lifted up the tent of your king and the statue of your images, the star of your God which he made for you. 27 And I caused you to be carried away captive farther off than Damascus, said Jehovah, God of armies his name. Amos 5:16-27, Smith's Literal Translation. Public domain.
|
