1Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lament I take up concerning you:


In Context

1 Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lament I take up concerning you:

2 "Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again, deserted in her own land, with no one to lift her up."

3 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: "The city that marches out a thousand strong for Israel will have only a hundred left; the town that marches out a hundred strong will have only ten left."

Amos 5:1 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:1Hear ye this word which I take up against you, [even] a lamentation, O house of Israel.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:1Hear ye this word, which I take up concerning you for a lamentation. The house of Israel is fallen, and it shall rise no more.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:1Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:1Hear this word, a lamentation, which I take up against you, O house of Israel.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:1Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:1Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:1Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:1Hear this word that I am bearing to you, A lamentation, O house of Israel:

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:1Hear you this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.