Verse 13
Amos 5:13
GOD'S WORD Translation
13
Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time,
for it is an evil time.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לָ/כֵ֗ן הַ/מַּשְׂכִּ֛יל בָּ/עֵ֥ת הַ/הִ֖יא יִדֹּ֑ם כִּ֛י עֵ֥ת רָעָ֖ה הִֽיא
English Translation
Therefore, the wise will remain silent at that time, for it is a time of evil.
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Chapter 5 Context
1
Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.
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2
“The virgin of Israel has fallen;
She shall rise no more.
She is cast down on her land;
there is no...
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3
For thus says the Lord Yahweh:
“The city that went out a thousand shall have a hundred left,
and tha...
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4
For Yahweh says to the house of Israel:
“Seek me, and you will live;
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5
but don’t seek Bethel,
nor enter into Gilgal,
and don’t pass to Beersheba:
for Gilgal shall surely g...
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6
Seek Yahweh, and you will live;
lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
and it devour, a...
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7
You who turn justice to wormwood,
and cast down righteousness to the earth:
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8
seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion,
and turns the shadow of death into the morning,
and makes...
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9
who brings sudden destruction on the strong,
so that destruction comes on the fortress.
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10
They hate him who reproves in the gate,
and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.
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11
Therefore, because you trample on the poor,
and take taxes from him of wheat:
You have built houses...
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12
For I know how many your offenses,
and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the just,
who take a...
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13
Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time,
for it is an evil time.
14
Seek good, and not evil,
that you may live;
and so Yahweh, the God (Elohim) of Armies, will be with...
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15
Hate evil, love good,
and establish justice in the courts.
It may be that Yahweh, the God (Elohim) o...
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16
Therefore Yahweh, the God (Elohim) of Armies, the Lord, says:
“Wailing will be in all the wide ways;...
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17
In all vineyards there will be wailing;
for I will pass through the middle of you,” says Yahweh.
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18
“Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh!
Why do you long for the day of Yahweh?
It is darkness,
and...
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19
As if a man fled from a lion,
and a bear met him;
Or he went into the house and leaned his hand on t...
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20
Won’t the day of Yahweh be darkness, and not light?
Even very dark, and no brightness in it?
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21
I hate, I despise your feasts,
and I can’t stand your solemn assemblies.
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22
Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings,
I will not accept them;
neither wi...
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23
Take away from me the noise of your songs!
I will not listen to the music of your harps.
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24
But let justice roll on like rivers,
and righteousness like a mighty stream.
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25
“Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel?
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26
You also carried the tent of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which yo...
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27
Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus,” says Yahweh, whose name is the God...
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