Amos

Amos 5:4–8

4For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel:

“Seek Me and live!

5Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal;

do not journey to Beersheba,

for Gilgal will surely go into exile,

and Bethel will come to nothing.a

6Seek the LORD and live,

or He will sweep like fire through the house of Joseph;

it will devour everything,

with no one at Bethel to extinguish it.

7There are those who turn justice into wormwood

and cast righteousness to the ground.

8He who made the Pleiades and Orion,

who turns darkness into dawn

and darkens day into night,

who summons the waters of the sea

and pours them over the face of the earth —

the LORD is His name —

Footnotes

  • a 5:5 Hebrew to Aven, a reference to Beth-aven, a derogatory term for Bethel; see Hosea 4:15|HOS 4:15.

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Amos 5:4

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Forכִּ֣יkîConjunctionH3588 burning, branding
this is whatכֹ֥הḵōhAdverbH3541 thus, here
the LORDיְהוָ֖הYah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
saysאָמַ֛ר’ā·marVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularH559 utter, say
to the houseלְבֵ֣יתlə·ḇêṯPreposition-l; Noun - masculine singular constructH1004 house
of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לyiś·rā·’êlNoun - proper - masculine singularH3478 Israel
Seek Meדִּרְשׁ֖וּנִיdir·šū·nîVerb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural; first person common singularH1875 resort to, seek
and liveוִֽחְיֽוּ׃wiḥ·yūConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluralH2421 live

Amos 5:5

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Do notוְאַֽל־wə·’al-Conjunctive waw; AdverbH408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
seekתִּדְרְשׁוּ֙tiḏ·rə·šūVerb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine pluralH1875 resort to, seek
Bethelאֵ֔ל’êlNoun - proper - feminine singularH1008 Bethel
or goתָבֹ֔אוּṯā·ḇō·’ūVerb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine pluralH935 come in, come, go in, go
to Gilgalוְהַגִּלְגָּל֙wə·hag·gil·gālConjunctive waw, Article; Noun - proper - feminine singularH1537 Gilgal
do notלֹ֣אlōAdverb - Negative particleH3808 not
journeyתַעֲבֹ֑רוּṯa·‘ă·ḇō·rūVerb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine pluralH5674 pass over, through, by, pass on
to Beershebaשֶׁ֖בַעše·ḇa‘Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - feminine singularH884 Beersheba
forכִּ֤יkîConjunctionH3588 burning, branding
Gilgalהַגִּלְגָּל֙hag·gil·gālArticle; Noun - proper - feminine singularH1537 Gilgal
will surely go into exileגָּלֹ֣הgā·lōhVerb - Qal - Infinitive absoluteH1540 uncover, remove
and Bethelאֵ֖ל’êlConjunctive waw; Noun - proper - feminine singularH1008 Bethel
will comeיִהְיֶ֥הyih·yehVerb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularH1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
to nothingלְאָֽוֶן׃lə·’ā·wenPreposition-l; Noun - masculine singularH205 trouble, sorrow, wickedness

Amos 5:6

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Seekדִּרְשׁ֥וּdir·šūVerb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluralH1875 resort to, seek
the LORDיְהוָ֖הYah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
and liveוִֽחְי֑וּwiḥ·yūConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluralH2421 live
orפֶּן־pen-ConjunctionH6435 lest
He will sweepיִצְלַ֤חyiṣ·laḥVerb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularH6743 rush
like fireכָּאֵשׁ֙kā·’êšPreposition-k, Article; Noun - common singularH784 fire
through the houseבֵּ֣יתbêṯNoun - masculine singular constructH1004 house
of Josephיוֹסֵ֔ףyō·w·sêp̄Noun - proper - masculine singularH3130 Joseph
it will devour everythingוְאָכְלָ֥הwə·’ā·ḵə·lāhConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singularH398 eat
with no oneוְאֵין־wə·’ên-Conjunctive waw; AdverbH369 nothing, nought
at Bethelאֵֽל׃’êlPreposition; Noun - proper - feminine singularH1008 Bethel
to extinguish itמְכַבֶּ֖הmə·ḵab·behVerb - Piel - Participle - masculine singularH3518 be quenched, extinguished, go out

Amos 5:7

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
There are those who turnהַהֹפְכִ֥יםha·hō·p̄ə·ḵîmArticle; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine pluralH2015 turn, overturn
justiceמִשְׁפָּ֑טmiš·pāṭNoun - masculine singularH4941 judgment
into wormwoodלְלַעֲנָ֖הlə·la·‘ă·nāhPreposition-l; Noun - feminine singularH3939 wormwood
and castהִנִּֽיחוּ׃hin·nî·ḥūVerb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common pluralH5117 rest
righteousnessוּצְדָקָ֖הū·ṣə·ḏā·qāhConjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singularH6666 righteousness
to the groundלָאָ֥רֶץlā·’ā·reṣPreposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singularH776 earth, land

Amos 5:8

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
He who madeעֹשֵׂ֨ה‘ō·śêhVerb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular constructH6213 do, make
the Pleiadesכִימָ֜הḵî·māhNoun - feminine singularH3598 Pleiades
and Orionוּכְסִ֗ילū·ḵə·sîlConjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singularH3685 Orion
who turnsוְהֹפֵ֤ךְwə·hō·p̄êḵConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularH2015 turn, overturn
darknessצַלְמָ֔וֶתṣal·mā·weṯNoun - masculine singularH6757 death-shadow, deep shadow
into dawnלַבֹּ֙קֶר֙lab·bō·qerPreposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singularH1242 morning
and darkensהֶחְשִׁ֑יךְheḥ·šîḵVerb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singularH2821 be, grow dark
dayוְי֖וֹםwə·yō·wmConjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singularH3117 day
into nightלַ֣יְלָהlay·lāhNoun - masculine singularH3915 twist, night, adversity
who summonsהַקּוֹרֵ֣אhaq·qō·w·rêArticle; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularH7121 call, proclaim, read
the watersלְמֵֽי־lə·mê-Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural constructH4325 water, juice, urine
of the seaהַיָּ֗םhay·yāmArticle; Noun - masculine singularH3220 sea
and pours themוַֽיִּשְׁפְּכֵ֛םway·yiš·pə·ḵêmConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine pluralH8210 pour out, pour
overעַל־‘al-PrepositionH5921 height
the faceפְּנֵ֥יpə·nêNoun - common plural constructH6440 face, before
of the earthהָאָ֖רֶץhā·’ā·reṣArticle; Noun - feminine singularH776 earth, land
the LORDיְהוָ֥הYah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
is His nameשְׁמֽוֹ׃סšə·mōwNoun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singularH8034 name

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Amos 5:4 Zephaniah 2:3 · Jeremiah 29:12–13 · 2 Chronicles 15:2 · Isaiah 55:3 · Psalm 14:2 · Isaiah 55:6–7 · Psalm 105:3–4 · Matthew 7:8 · Lamentations 3:25–26 · 1 Chronicles 28:9 · 2 Chronicles 20:3 · Deuteronomy 30:1–8

Amos 5:5 Hosea 4:15 · Amos 8:14 · Amos 4:4 · Genesis 21:33 · Revelation 18:17 · Amos 7:17 · 1 Corinthians 2:6 · 1 Corinthians 1:28

Amos 5:6 Isaiah 55:6 · Ezekiel 20:47–48 · Ezekiel 33:11 · Amos 5:4 · Amos 5:14 · Mark 9:43–48 · Genesis 48:8–20 · Zechariah 10:6

Amos 5:7 Amos 6:12 · Amos 5:11–12 · Ezekiel 3:20 · Hosea 10:4 · Deuteronomy 29:18 · Zephaniah 1:6

Amos 5:8 Amos 4:13 · Job 9:9 · Amos 9:6 · Psalm 104:20 · Amos 8:9 · Job 38:31–32 · Psalm 107:10–14 · Exodus 10:21–23 · Job 38:12–13 · Job 12:22 · Psalm 104:6–9 · Psalm 105:28

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