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


In Context

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

2 |The virgin of Israel has fallen; She shall rise no more. She is cast down on her land; there is no one to raise her up.|

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.|

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:1Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lament I take up concerning you:

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 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.