Amos 5:1
“Heare ye this word which I take vp against you, euen a lamentation, O house of Israel.”
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Amos 5:1 Context
1Heare ye this word which I take vp against you, euen a lamentation, O house of Israel. 2The virgin of Israel is fallen, she shall no more rise: she is forsaken vpon her land, there is none to raise her vp. 3For thus saith the Lord God, The citie that went out by a thousand, shall leaue an hundred, and that which went foorth by an hundred, shall leaue ten to the house of Israel.
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Hear ye this word which I take up against you, [even] a lamentation, O house of Israel.
- King James Version
Hear this word which I take up for you as a dirge, O house of Israel:
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Give ear to this word, my song of sorrow over you, O children of Israel.
- Basic English Bible
Hear this word, a lamentation, which I take up against you, O house of Israel.
- Darby Bible
Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
- Webster's Bible
Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.
- World English Bible
Hear this word that I am bearing to you, A lamentation, O house of Israel:
- Youngs Literal Bible
Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel:
- Jewish Publication Society Bible