Verse 15

Amos 5:15

Geneva Bible

15 Hate the euil, and loue the good, and establish iudgement in the gate: it may bee that the Lord God (Elohim) of hostes will be mercifull vnto the remnant of Ioseph.
Original Language Text
hebrew
שִׂנְאוּ רָע֙ וְ/אֶ֣הֱבוּ ט֔וֹב וְ/הַצִּ֥יגוּ בַ/שַּׁ֖עַר מִשְׁפָּ֑ט אוּלַ֗י יֶֽחֱנַ֛ן יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽי צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁאֵרִ֥ית יוֹסֵֽף
English Translation
Hate evil and love good, and establish justice in the gate; perhaps the Lord God of Hosts will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 5 Context
1 Heare ye this worde, which I lift vp vpon you, euen a lamentation of the house of Israel. Focus ↗
2 The virgine Israel is fallen, and shall no more rise: shee is left vpon her lande, and there is none... Focus ↗
3 For thus saith ye Lord God (Elohim), The citie which went out by a thousand, shall leaue an hundreth... Focus ↗
4 For thus saith the Lord vnto the house of Israel, Seeke ye me, and ye shall liue. Focus ↗
5 But seeke not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and go not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall goe into ca... Focus ↗
6 Seeke the Lord, and yee shall liue, least he breake out like fire in the house of Ioseph and deuoure... Focus ↗
7 They turne iudgement to wormewood, and leaue off righteousnes in the earth. Focus ↗
8 He maketh Pleiades, and Orion, and he turneth the shadowe of death into the morning, and he maketh t... Focus ↗
9 He strengtheneth the destroyer against the mightie: and the destroyer shall come against the fortres... Focus ↗
10 They haue hated him, that rebuked in the gate: and they abhorred him that speaketh vprightly. Focus ↗
11 Forasmuch then as your treading is vpon the poore, and yee take from him burdens of wheate, ye haue... Focus ↗
12 For I know your manifold transgressions, and your mightie sinnes: they afflict the iust, they take r... Focus ↗
13 Therefore the prudent shall keepe silence in that time, for it is an euill time. Focus ↗
14 Seeke good and not euil, that ye may liue: and the Lord God (Elohim) of hostes shalbe with you, as y... Focus ↗
15 Hate the euil, and loue the good, and establish iudgement in the gate: it may bee that the Lord God...
16 Therfore the Lord God (Elohim) of hosts, the Lord saith thus, Mourning shalbe in all streetes: and t... Focus ↗
17 And in al the vines shalbe lamentation: for I wil passe through thee, saith the Lord. Focus ↗
18 Woe vnto you, that desire the day of the Lord: what haue you to do with it? the day of the Lord is d... Focus ↗
19 As if a man did flee from a lyon, and a beare met him: or went into the house, and leaned his hand o... Focus ↗
20 Shal not the day of the Lord be darkenes, and not light? euen darkenes and no light in it? Focus ↗
21 I hate and abhorre your feast dayes, and I wil not smelll in your solemne assemblies. Focus ↗
22 Though ye offer me burnt offrings and meat offrings, I wil not accept them: neither will I regard th... Focus ↗
23 Take thou away from me the multitude of thy songs (for I wil not heare the melodie of thy violes) Focus ↗
24 And let iudgement runne downe as waters, and righteousnesse as a mightie riuer. Focus ↗
25 Haue ye offered vnto me sacrifices and offrings in the wildernesse fourtie yeeres, O house of Israel... Focus ↗
26 But you haue borne Siccuth your King, and Chiun your images, and the starre of your gods, which ye m... Focus ↗
27 Therefore wil I cause you to goe into captiuitie beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, whose Name is the... Focus ↗