| 1 | Hear you this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel. | Am 3:1 Am 4:1 |
| 2 | The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is cast down on her land; there is none to raise her up. | Isa 37:22 Jer 14:17 Jer 18:13 Jer 31:4 Lam 2:13 |
| 3 | For thus says the Lord Yahweh: The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth one hundred shall have ten left, to the house of Israel. | Dt 4:27 Dt 28:62 Isa 1:9 Isa 10:22 Ezk 12:16 Ro 9:27 |
| 4 | For thus says Yahweh to the house of Israel, Seek you me, and you shall live; | Am 5:6 Dt 30:1-8 1Ch 28:9 2Ch 15:2 2Ch 20:3 2Ch 34:3 Ps 14:2 Ps 27:8 Isa 55:6 Isa 55:7 Jer 29:12 Jer 29:13 Lam 3:25 Lam 3:26 Zep 2:3 Mt 7:8 |
| 5 | but don`t seek Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and don`t pass to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing. | Am 4:4 Hos 4:15 Hos 9:15 Hos 10:14 Hos 10:15 Hos 12:11 |
| 6 | Seek Yahweh, and you shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be none to quench it in Bethel. | Am 5:4 Ezk 33:11 |
| 7 | You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth, | Am 5:11 Am 5:12 Am 6:12 Dt 29:18 Isa 1:23 Isa 5:7 Isa 10:1 Isa 59:13 Isa 59:14 Hos 10:4 Hab 1:12-14 |
| 8 | [seek him] who makes 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 (Yahweh is his name); | Jb 9:9 Jb 38:31 Jb 38:32 |
| 9 | who brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the fortress. | 2Ki 13:17 2Ki 13:25 Jer 37:10 Heb 11:34 |
| 10 | They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly. | Am 7:10-17 1Ki 18:17 1Ki 21:20 1Ki 22:8 2Ch 24:20-22 2Ch 25:16 2Ch 36:16 Pr 9:7 Pr 9:8 Isa 29:21 Jer 20:7-10 Jn 7:7 Jn 15:19 Jn 15:22-24 Rev 11:10 |
| 11 | Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink the wine of it. | Am 4:1 Isa 5:7 Isa 5:8 Isa 59:13 Isa 59:14 Mic 2:2 Mic 3:1-3 Jm 2:6 Rev 11:8-10 |
| 12 | For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins-you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right]. | Dt 31:21 Isa 66:18 Jer 29:23 Heb 4:12 Heb 4:13 |
| 13 | Therefore he who is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time. | Am 6:10 Ec 3:7 Isa 36:21 Hos 4:4 Mic 7:5-7 Mt 27:12-14 |
| 14 | Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so Yahweh, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you say. | Ps 34:12-16 Pr 11:27 Isa 1:16 Isa 1:17 Isa 55:2 Mic 6:8 Mt 6:33 Ro 2:7-9 |
| 15 | Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate: it may be that Yahweh, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph. | Ps 34:14 Ps 36:4 Ps 37:27 Ps 97:10 Ps 119:104 Ps 139:21 Ps 139:22 Ro 7:15 Ro 7:16 Ro 7:22 Ro 8:7 Ro 12:9 1Th 5:21 1Th 5:22 3Jn 1:11 |
| 16 | Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of hosts, the Lord: Wailing shall be in all the broad ways; and they shall say in all the streets, Alas! Alas! and they shall call the farmer to mourning, and such as are skillful in lamentation to wailing. | Am 5:27 Am 3:13 |
| 17 | In all vineyards shall be wailing; for I will pass through the midst of you, says Yahweh. | Isa 16:10 Isa 32:10-12 Jer 48:33 Hos 9:1 Hos 9:2 |
| 18 | Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh! Why would you have the day of Yahweh? It is darkness, and not light. | Isa 5:19 Isa 28:15-22 Jer 17:15 Ezk 12:22 Ezk 12:27 Mal 3:1 Mal 3:2 2Pe 3:4 |
| 19 | As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. | Am 9:1 Am 9:2 1Ki 20:29 1Ki 20:30 Jb 20:24 Jb 20:25 Isa 24:17 Isa 24:18 Jer 15:2 Jer 15:3 Jer 48:43 Jer 48:44 Ac 28:4 |
| 20 | Shall the day of Yahweh not be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it? | Jb 3:4-6 Jb 10:21 Jb 10:22 Isa 13:10 Ezk 34:12 Nah 1:8 Mt 22:13 Jud 1:13 Rev 16:10 |
| 21 | I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies. | Pr 15:8 Pr 21:27 Pr 28:9 Isa 1:11-16 Isa 66:3 Jer 6:20 Jer 7:21-23 Hos 8:13 Mt 23:14 |
| 22 | Yes, 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. | Ps 50:8-13 Isa 66:3 Mic 6:6 Mic 6:7 |
| 23 | Take away from me the noise of your songs; for I will not hear the melody of your viols. | Am 6:5 Am 8:3 Am 8:10 |
| 24 | But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. | Am 5:7 Am 5:14 Am 5:15 Jb 29:12-17 Pr 21:3 Hos 6:6 Mic 6:8 Mk 12:32-34 |
| 25 | Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel? | Lv 17:7 Dt 32:17-19 Jsh 24:14 Ne 9:18 Ne 9:21 Isa 43:23 Isa 43:24 Ezk 20:8 Ezk 20:16 Ezk 20:24 Hos 9:9 Hos 9:10 Zc 7:5 Ac 7:42 Ac 7:43 |
| 26 | Yes, you have borne the tent of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made to yourselves. | Lv 18:21 Lv 20:2-5 1Ki 11:33 2Ki 23:12 2Ki 23:13 |
| 27 | Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, says Yahweh, whose name is the God of hosts. | 2Ki 15:29 2Ki 17:6 Ac 7:43 |
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