Amos 5

1Hear this word that I take up as a lament over you, house of Israel. 2The virgin Israel has fallen; 3For this is what the Lord Yahweh says: 4For this is what Yahweh says to the house of Israel: 5Do not seek Bethel; 6Seek Yahweh and live, 7Those people turn justice into a bitter thing 8God made the Pleiades and Orion; 9He brings sudden destruction on the strong 10They hate anyone who corrects them in the city gate, 11Because you trample down the poor 12For I know how many are your offenses 13Therefore any prudent person is silent at such a time, 14Seek good and not evil, 15Hate evil, love good, 16Therefore, this is what Yahweh says, 17In all vineyards there will be wailing, 18Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh! 19as when a man flees from a lion 20Will not the day of Yahweh be darkness and not light? 21“I hate, I despise your festivals, 22Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings, 23Remove from me the noise of your songs; 24Instead, let justice flow like water, 25Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings 26You have lifted up the images of Sikkuth, your king,