Amos 5:1
שִׁמְעוּ אֶת ־ הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי נֹשֵׂא עֲלֵיכֶם קִינָה בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
In Context
2נָֽפְלָה לֹֽא ־ תוֹסִיף קוּם בְּתוּלַת יִשְׂרָאֵל נִטְּשָׁה עַל ־ אַדְמָתָהּ אֵין מְקִימָֽהּ ׃
Cross References
Jeremiah 7:29גָּזִּי נִזְרֵךְ וְֽהַשְׁלִיכִי וּשְׂאִי עַל ־ שְׁפָיִם קִינָה כִּי מָאַס יְהוָה וַיִּטֹּשׁ אֶת ־ דּוֹר עֶבְרָתֽוֹ ׃
Jeremiah 9:10וְנָתַתִּי אֶת ־ יְרוּשָׁלִַם לְגַלִּים מְעוֹן תַּנִּים וְאֶת ־ עָרֵי יְהוּדָה אֶתֵּן שְׁמָמָה מִבְּלִי יוֹשֵֽׁב ׃ ס
Jeremiah 9:20כִּֽי ־ עָלָה מָוֶת בְּחַלּוֹנֵינוּ בָּא בְּאַרְמְנוֹתֵינוּ לְהַכְרִית עוֹלָל מִחוּץ בַּחוּרִים מֵרְחֹבֽוֹת ׃
Matthew Henry on Amos 5:1
The scope of this chapter is to prosecute the exhortation given to Israel in the close of the foregoing chapter to prepare to meet their God; the prophet here tells them, I. What preparation they must make; they must "seek the Lord," and not seek any more to idols ( ver. 4-8 ); they must seek good, and love it, ver. 14, 15 . II. Why they must make this preparation to meet their God, 1. Because of the present deplorable condition they were in, ver. 1-3 . 2. Because it was by sin that they were brought into such a… Read the whole commentary →