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## Amos

### Chapter 1

1The words of Amos, who was amongst the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Yisrael in the days of Uziyahu king of Yehudah and in the days of Yarov'am the son of Yoash, king of Yisrael, two years before the earthquake. 2He said: “YHWH will roar from Tzion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds will mourn, and the top of Karmel will wither.” 3YHWH says: “For three transgressions of Dameshek, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron; 4but I will send a fire into the house of Chaza'el, and it will devour the palaces of Ben Hadad. 5I will break the bar of Dameshek, and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, and him who holds the sceptre from the house of Eden; and the people of Aram shall go into captivity to Kir,” says YHWH. 6YHWH says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they carried away captive the whole community, to deliver them up to Edom; 7but I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it will devour its palaces. 8I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him who holds the sceptre from Ashkelon; and I will turn my hand against Ekron; and the remnant of the Pelishtim will perish,” says Adonai YHWH. 9YHWH says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they delivered up the whole community to Edom, and didn’t remember the brotherly Brit; 10but I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, and it will devour its palaces.” 11YHWH says: “For three transgressions of Edom, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and cast off all pity, and his anger raged continually, and he kept his wrath forever; 12but I will send a fire on Teman, and it will devour the palaces of Botzra.” 13YHWH says: “For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they have ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead, that they may enlarge their border. 14But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it will devour its palaces, with shouting in the day of battle, with a storm in the day of the whirlwind; 15and their king will go into captivity, he and his princes together,” says YHWH.

### Chapter 2

1YHWH says: “For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because he burnt the bones of the king of Edom into lime; 2but I will send a fire on Moab, and it will devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab will die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet; 3and I will cut off the judge from amongst them, and will kill all its princes with him,” says YHWH. 4YHWH says: “For three transgressions of Yehudah, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they have rejected YHWH’s law, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have led them astray, after which their fathers walked; 5but I will send a fire on Yehudah, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem.” 6YHWH says: “For three transgressions of Yisrael, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals; 7They trample the heads of the poor into the dust of the earth and deny justice to the oppressed. A man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my kodesh name. 8They lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge. In the house of their Elohim they drink the wine of those who have been fined. 9Yet I destroyed the Emori before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. 10Also I brought you up out of the land of Mitzrayim and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Emori. 11I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. Isn’t this true, you children of Yisrael?” says YHWH. 12“But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, ‘Don’t prophesy!’ 13Behold, I will crush you in your place, as a cart crushes that is full of grain. 14Flight will perish from the swift. The strong won’t strengthen his force. The mighty won’t deliver himself. 15He who handles the bow won’t stand. He who is swift of foot won’t escape. He who rides the horse won’t deliver himself. 16He who is courageous amongst the mighty will flee away naked on that day,” says YHWH.

### Chapter 3

1Hear this word that YHWH has spoken against you, children of Yisrael, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Mitzrayim, saying: 2“I have only chosen you of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins.” 3Do two walk together, unless they have agreed? 4Will a lion roar in the thicket, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing? 5Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when there is nothing to catch? 6Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and YHWH hasn’t done it? 7Surely Adonai YHWH will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets. 8The lion has roared. Who will not fear? Adonai YHWH has spoken. Who can but prophesy? 9Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Mitzrayim, and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Shomron, and see what unrest is in her, and what oppression is amongst them.” 10“Indeed they don’t know to do right,” says YHWH, “Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces.” 11Therefore Adonai YHWH says: “An adversary will overrun the land; and he will pull down your strongholds, and your fortresses will be plundered.” 12YHWH says: “As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Yisrael be rescued who sit in Shomron on the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed.” 13“Listen, and testify against the house of Yaakov,” says Adonai YHWH, the Elohim Tzeva'ot. 14“For in the day that I visit the transgressions of Yisrael on him, I will also visit the altars of Beit El; and the horns of the altar will be cut off, and fall to the ground. 15I will strike the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory will perish, and the great houses will have an end,” says YHWH.

### Chapter 4

1Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Shomron, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husbands, “Bring us drinks!” 2Adonai YHWH has sworn by his holiness, “Behold, the days shall come on you that they will take you away with hooks, and the last of you with fish hooks. 3You will go out at the breaks in the wall, everyone straight before her; and you will cast yourselves into Harmon,” says YHWH. 4“Go to Beit El, and sin; to Gilgal, and sin more. Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days, 5offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim free will offerings and brag about them; for this pleases you, you children of Yisrael,” says Adonai YHWH. 6“I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in every town; yet you haven’t returned to me,” says YHWH. 7“I also have withheld the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain on one city, and caused it not to rain on another city. One field was rained on, and the field where it didn’t rain withered. 8So two or three cities staggered to one city to drink water, and were not satisfied; yet you haven’t returned to me,” says YHWH. 9“I struck you with blight and mildew many times in your gardens and your vineyards, and the swarming locusts have devoured your fig trees and your olive trees; yet you haven’t returned to me,” says YHWH. 10“I sent plagues amongst you like I did Mitzrayim. I have slain your young men with the sword, and have carried away your horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you haven’t returned to me,” says YHWH. 11“I have overthrown some of you, as when Elohim overthrew Sodom and Amorah, and you were like a burning stick plucked out of the fire; yet you haven’t returned to me,” says YHWH. 12“Therefore I will do this to you, Yisrael; because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your Elohim, Yisrael. 13For, behold, he who forms the mountains, creates the wind, declares to man what is his thought, who makes the morning darkness, and treads on the high places of the earth: YHWH, the Elohim Tzeva'ot, is his name.”

### Chapter 5

1Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Yisrael: 2“The virgin of Yisrael has fallen; She shall rise no more. She is cast down on her land; there is no one to raise her up.” 3For Adonai YHWH says: “The city that went out a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went out one hundred shall have ten left to the house of Yisrael.” 4For YHWH says to the house of Yisrael: “Seek me, and you will live; 5but don’t seek Beit El, nor enter into Gilgal, and don’t pass to Be'er Sheva; for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beit El shall come to nothing. 6Seek YHWH, and you will live, lest he break out like fire in the house of Yosef, and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Beit El. 7You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth! 8Seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, YHWH is his name, 9who brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the fortress. 10They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly. 11Therefore, because you trample on the poor and take taxes from him of wheat, you have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine. 12For I know how many are your offences, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn away the needy in the courts. 13Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time. 14Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so YHWH, the Elohim Tzeva'ot, will be with you, as you say. 15Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that YHWH, the Elohim Tzeva'ot, will be gracious to the remnant of Yosef.” 16Therefore YHWH, the Elohim Tzeva'ot, Adonai, says: “Wailing will be in all the wide ways. They will say in all the streets, ‘Alas! Alas!’ They will call the farmer to mourning, and those who are skilful in lamentation to wailing. 17In all vineyards there will be wailing, for I will pass through the middle of you,” says YHWH. 18“Woe to you who desire the day of YHWH! Why do you long for the day of YHWH? It is darkness, and not light. 19As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a snake bit him. 20Won’t the day of YHWH be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it? 21I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can’t stand your solemn assemblies. 22Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals. 23Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. 24But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream. 25“Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Yisrael? 26You also carried the tent of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves. 27Therefore I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Dameshek,” says YHWH, whose name is the Elohim Tzeva'ot.

### Chapter 6

1Woe to those who are at ease in Tzion, and to those who are secure on the mountain of Shomron, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Yisrael come! 2Go to Calneh, and see. From there go to Chamat the great. Then go down to Gat of the Pelishtim. Are they better than these kingdoms? Is their border greater than your border? 3Alas for you who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near, 4who lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the middle of the stall, 5who strum on the strings of a harp, who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David; 6who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best oils, but they are not grieved for the affliction of Yosef. 7Therefore they will now go captive with the first who go captive. The feasting and lounging will end. 8“Adonai YHWH has sworn by himself,” says YHWH, the Elohim Tzeva'ot: “I abhor the pride of Yaakov, and detest his fortresses. Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it. 9It will happen that if ten men remain in one house, they will die. 10“When a man’s relative carries him, even he who burns him, to bring bodies out of the house, and asks him who is in the innermost parts of the house, ‘Is there yet any with you?’ And he says, ‘No;’ then he will say, ‘Hush! Indeed we must not mention YHWH’s name.’ 11“For, behold, YHWH commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, and the little house into bits. 12Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plough there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness, 13you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, ‘Haven’t we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?’ 14For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Yisrael,” says YHWH, the Elohim Tzeva'ot; “and they will afflict you from the entrance of Chamat to the brook of the Arava.”

### Chapter 7

1Thus Adonai YHWH showed me: behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and behold, it was the latter growth after the king’s harvest. 2When they finished eating the grass of the land, then I said, “Adonai YHWH, forgive, I beg you! How could Yaakov stand? For he is small.” 3YHWH relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” says YHWH. 4Thus Adonai YHWH showed me: behold, Adonai YHWH called for judgement by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the land. 5Then I said, “Adonai YHWH, stop, I beg you! How could Yaakov stand? For he is small.” 6YHWH relented concerning this. “This also shall not be,” says Adonai YHWH. 7Thus he showed me: behold, Adonai stood beside a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand. 8YHWH said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” I said, “A plumb line.” Then Adonai said, “Behold, I will set a plumb line in the middle of my people Yisrael. I will not again pass by them any more. 9The high places of Yitzhak will be desolate, the sanctuaries of Yisrael will be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Yarov'am with the sword.” 10Then Amatzyahu the priest of Beit El sent to Yarov'am king of Yisrael, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the middle of the house of Yisrael. The land is not able to bear all his words. 11For Amos says, ‘Yarov'am will die by the sword, and Yisrael shall surely be led away captive out of his land.’” 12Amatzyahu also said to Amos, “You seer, go, flee away into the land of Yehudah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there, 13but don’t prophesy again any more at Beit El; for it is the king’s Beit HaMikdash, and it is a royal house!” 14Then Amos answered Amatzyahu, “I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son, but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs; 15and YHWH took me from following the flock, and YHWH said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Yisrael.’ 16Now therefore listen to YHWH’s word: ‘You say, Don’t prophesy against Yisrael, and don’t preach against the house of Yitzhak.’ 17Therefore YHWH says: ‘Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you yourself shall die in a land that is unclean, and Yisrael shall surely be led away captive out of his land.’”

### Chapter 8

1Thus Adonai YHWH showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit. 2He said, “Amos, what do you see?” I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then YHWH said to me, “The end has come on my people Yisrael. I will not again pass by them any more. 3The songs of the Beit HaMikdash will be wailing in that day,” says Adonai YHWH. “The dead bodies will be many. In every place they will throw them out with silence. 4Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail, 5saying, ‘When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Shabbat, that we may market wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel large, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit; 6that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals, and sell the sweepings with the wheat?’” 7YHWH has sworn by the pride of Yaakov, “Surely I will never forget any of their works. 8Won’t the land tremble for this, and everyone mourn who dwells in it? Yes, it will rise up wholly like the River; and it will be stirred up and sink again, like the River of Mitzrayim. 9It will happen in that day,” says Adonai YHWH, “that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day. 10I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will make you wear sackcloth on all your bodies, and baldness on every head. I will make it like the mourning for an only son, and its end like a bitter day. 11Behold, the days come,” says Adonai YHWH, “that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing YHWH’s words. 12They will wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they will run back and forth to seek YHWH’s word, and will not find it. 13In that day the beautiful virgins and the young men will faint for thirst. 14Those who swear by the sin of Shomron, and say, ‘As your god, Dan, lives,’ and, ‘As the way of Be'er Sheva lives,’ they will fall, and never rise up again.”

### Chapter 9

1I saw Adonai standing beside the altar, and he said, “Strike the tops of the pillars, that the thresholds may shake. Break them in pieces on the head of all of them. I will kill the last of them with the sword. Not one of them will flee away. Not one of them will escape. 2Though they dig into Sheol, there my hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, there I will bring them down. 3Though they hide themselves in the top of Karmel, I will search and take them out from there; and though they be hidden from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent, and it will bite them. 4Though they go into captivity before their enemies, there I will command the sword, and it will kill them. I will set my eyes on them for evil, and not for good. 5For Adonai, the YHWH Tzeva'ot, is he who touches the land and it melts, and all who dwell in it will mourn; and it will rise up wholly like the River, and will sink again, like the River of Mitzrayim. 6It is he who builds his rooms in the heavens, and has founded his vault on the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth—YHWH is his name. 7Are you not like the children of the Kushim to me, children of Yisrael?” says YHWH. “Haven’t I brought up Yisrael out of the land of Mitzrayim, and the Pelishtim from Kaftor, and the Aramim from Kir? 8Behold, the eyes of Adonai YHWH are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the surface of the earth, except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Yaakov,” says YHWH. 9“For behold, I will command, and I will sift the house of Yisrael amongst all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet not the least kernel will fall on the earth. 10All the sinners of my people will die by the sword, who say, ‘Evil won’t overtake nor meet us.’ 11In that day I will raise up the tent of David who is fallen and close up its breaches, and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old, 12that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations who are called by my name,” says YHWH who does this. 13“Behold, the days come,” says YHWH, “that the ploughman shall overtake the reaper, and the one treading grapes him who sows seed; and sweet wine will drip from the mountains, and flow from the hills. 14I will bring my people Yisrael back from captivity, and they will rebuild the ruined cities, and inhabit them; and they will plant vineyards, and drink wine from them. They shall also make gardens, and eat their fruit. 15I will plant them on their land, and they will no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them,” says YHWH your Elohim.

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