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Complete Jewish Bible

Amos 5:1

Hear this word that I take up against you in lament, house of Isra'el:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Thompson Chain Reference - Joy-Sorrow;   Lamentations;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Funeral;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ahab;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Amos;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Amos (1);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Captivity;   Memra;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Listen to this message that I am singing for you, a lament, house of Israel:
Hebrew Names Version
Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Yisra'el.
King James Version
Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
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 am taking up for you as a song of mourning, house of Israel:
New Century Version
Listen to this funeral song that I sing about you, people of Israel.
Amplified Bible
Hear this word which I take up for you as a funeral song, O house of Israel:
Geneva Bible (1587)
Heare ye this worde, which I lift vp vpon you, euen a lamentation of the house of Israel.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Hear this word which I take up for you as a dirge, O house of Israel:
Legacy Standard Bible
Hear this word which I take up for you as a funeral lament, O house of Israel:
Berean Standard Bible
Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lamentation I take up against you:
Contemporary English Version
Listen, nation of Israel, to my mournful message:
Darby Translation
Hear this word, a lamentation, which I take up against you, O house of Israel.
Easy-to-Read Version
People of Israel, listen to this song. This funeral song is about you.
George Lamsa Translation
HEAR this word which I take up concerning you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel:
Good News Translation
Listen, people of Israel, to this funeral song which I sing over you:
Lexham English Bible
Hear this word that I am going to intone over you as a lament, O house of Israel!
Literal Translation
Hear this word which I am lifting up against you, a dirge, O house of Israel.
American Standard Version
Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.
Bible in Basic English
Give ear to this word, my song of sorrow over you, O children of Israel.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel:
King James Version (1611)
Heare ye this word which I take vp against you, euen a lamentation, O house of Israel.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Heare ye this worde whiche I lift vp vpon you, [euen] a lamentation of the house of Israel.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Hear ye this word of the Lord, even a lamentation, which I take up against you. The house of Israel is fallen; it shall no more rise.
English Revised Version
Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.
World English Bible
Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Here ye this word, for Y reise on you a weilyng.
Update Bible Version
Hear this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.
Webster's Bible Translation
Hear ye this word which I take up against you, [even] a lamentation, O house of Israel.
New English Translation
Listen to this funeral song I am ready to sing about you, family of Israel:
New King James Version
Hear this word which I take up against you, a lamentation, O house of Israel:
New Living Translation
Listen, you people of Israel! Listen to this funeral song I am singing:
New Life Bible
Hear this word, O people of Israel, this song of sorrow which I sing for you:
New Revised Standard
Hear this word that I take up over you in lamentation, O house of Israel:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Hear ye this word, which, I, am taking up concerning you - even a dirge, 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.
Revised Standard Version
Hear this word which I take up over you in lamentation, O house of Israel:
Young's Literal Translation
Hear this word that I am bearing to you, A lamentation, O house of Israel:
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Heare this worde (o ye house of Israel) and why? I must make this mone for you:
THE MESSAGE
Listen to this, family of Israel, this Message I'm sending in bold print, this tragic warning:

Contextual Overview

1 Hear this word that I take up against you in lament, house of Isra'el: 2 The virgin of Isra'el has fallen; she will not rise again. She lies abandoned on her own soil with no one to lift her up. 3 For thus says Adonai Elohim : "The city from which a thousand marched will be left with a hundred, and the one from which a hundred marched will be left with ten from the house of Isra'el."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Hear: Amos 3:1, Amos 4:1

I take: Amos 5:16, Jeremiah 7:29, Jeremiah 9:10, Jeremiah 9:17, Jeremiah 9:20, Ezekiel 19:1, Ezekiel 19:14, Ezekiel 26:17, Ezekiel 27:2, Ezekiel 27:27-32, Ezekiel 28:12, Ezekiel 32:2, Ezekiel 32:16, Micah 2:4

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 18:11 - the king Joel 1:2 - Hear Zephaniah 2:5 - the word

Cross-References

Genesis 2:4
(A: iv, S: ii) Here is the history of the heavens and the earth when they were created. On the day when Adonai , God, made earth and heaven,
Genesis 5:26
After Lemekh was born, Metushelach lived 782 years and had sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:27
In all, Metushelach lived 969 years; then he died.
Genesis 6:9
But Noach found grace in the sight of Adonai . Haftarah B'resheet: Yesha‘yahu (Isaiah) 42:5–43:10 (A); 42:5–21 (S) B'rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah B'resheet: Mattityahu (Matthew) 1:1–17; 19:3–9; Mark 10:1–12; Luke 3:23–38; Yochanan (John) 1:1–18; 1 Corinthians 6:15–20; 15:35–58; Romans 5:12–21; Ephesians 5:21–32; Colossians 1:14–17; 1 Timothy 2:11–15; Messianic Jews (Hebrews) 1:1–3; 3:7–4:11; 11:1–7; 2 Kefa (2 Peter) 3:3–14; Revelation 21:1–5; 22:1–5 Here is the history of Noach. In his generation, Noach was a man righteous and wholehearted; Noach walked with God.
Genesis 10:1
Here is the genealogy of the sons of Noach — Shem, Ham and Yefet; sons were born to them after the flood.
1 Chronicles 1:1
Adam, Shet, Enosh,
Ecclesiastes 7:29
This is the only thing I have found, that God made human beings upright, but they have devised many schemes.
Ecclesiastes 12:1
So remember your creator while you are young, before the evil days come, and the years approach when you will say, "They no longer give me pleasure";
Matthew 1:1
This is the genealogy of Yeshua the Messiah, son of David, son of Avraham:
1 Corinthians 11:7
For a man indeed should not have his head veiled, because he is the image and glory of God, and the woman is the glory of man.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Hear ye the word which I take up against you,.... And which was not his own word, but the word of the Lord; and which he took up, by his direction as a heavy burden as some prophecies are called, and this was; and which, though against them, a reproof for their sins, and denunciation of punishment for them, yet was to be heard; for every word of God is pure, and to be hearkened to, whether for us or against us; since the whole is profitable, either for doctrine and instruction in righteousness, or for reproof and correction. It may be rendered, "which I take up concerning you", or "over you" z:

[even] a lamentation, O house of Israel; a mournful ditty, an elegiac song over the house of Israel, now expiring, and as it were dead. This word was like Ezekiel's roll, in which were written "lamentation, and mourning, and woe", Ezekiel 2:10; full of mournful matter, misery, and distress, as follows:

z עליכם "de vobis", Tigurine version, Mercerus, Piscator, Cocceius; "super vos", Pagninus, Montanus; "pro vobis", Vatablus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In order to impress Israel the more, Amos begins this his third appeal by a “dirge” over its destruction, mourning over those who were full of joy, and thought themselves safe and enviable. As if a living man, in the midst of his pride and luxury and buoyant recklessness of heart, could see his own funeral procession, and hear, as it were, over himself the “earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust.” It would give solemn thoughts, even though he should impatiently put them from him. So must it to Israel, when after the tide of victories of Jeroboam II, Amos said, “Hear this word which I am lifting up,” as a heavy weight, to cast it down “against” or “upon you,” a funeral “dirge,” O house of Israel. Human greatness is so unstable, human strength so fleeting, that the prophet of decay finds a response in man’s own conscience, however he may silence or resent it. He would not resent it, unless he felt its force.

Dionysius: “Amos, an Israelite, mourneth over Israel, as Samuel did over Saul 1 Samuel 15:35, or as Isaiah says, “I will weep bitterly; labor not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people” Isaiah 22:4; images of Him who wept over Jerusalem.” “So are they bewailed, who know not why they are bewailed, the more miserable, because they know not their own misery.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER V

This chapter opens with a tender and pathetic lamentation, in

the style of a funeral song, over the house of Israel, 1, 2.

The prophet then glances at the awful threatening denounced

against them, 3;

earnestly exhorting them to renounce their idols, and seek

Jehovah, of whom he gives a very magnificent description, 4-9.

He then reproves their injustice and oppression with great

warmth and indignation; exhorts them again to repentance; and

enforces his exhortation with the most awful threatenings,

delivered with great majesty and authority, and in images full

of beauty and grandeur, 10-24.

The chapter concludes with observing that their idolatry was

of long standing, that they increased the national guilt, by

adding to the sins of their fathers; and that their punishment,

therefore, should be great in proportion, 25-27.

Formerly numbers of them were brought captive to Damascus, 2 Kings 10:32-33;

but now they must go beyond it to Assyria, 2 Kings 15:29; 2 Kings 17:6.

NOTES ON CHAP. V

Verse Amos 5:1. Hear ye this word — Attend to this doleful song which I make for the house of Israel.


 
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