The Bible Study Podcast, episode 753. Today, the Bible Study podcast continues the study of the book of Amos

with Chapter 5. Welcome to the Bible Study podcast. I'm your host, Chris Christensen. We continue on with Amos

5. Amos 5 is a lament and call to repentance. Hear this word Israel, this lament I take up concerning

you. Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again, deserted in her own land, with no one to lift her up.

This is what the sovereign Lord says to Israel.

Your city that marches out a thousand strong will have only a hundred left. Your town that marches out a hundred strong will have only ten left. This is what the Lord says to Israel,

seek me and live.

Do not seek Bethel.

Do not go to Gilgall.

Do not journey to Bershiba, for Gilgall will surely go into exile, and Bethel will be reduced to nothing.

Seek the Lord and live, or he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire.

It will devour them, and Bethel will have no one to quench it.

There are those who turn justice into bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground.

He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns midnight into dawn and darkens day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea and

pours them out over the face of the land.

The Lord is his name, with a blinding flash he destroys the stronghold, and brings the fortified

city to ruin.

There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court, and detest the one who

tells the truth. You levy a straw tax on the poor, and impose a tax on their grain. Therefore,

though you have built stone mansions, you will not live in them. Though you have planted

lush vineyards, you will not drink their wine. For I know how many

are your offenses and how great your sins. There are those who oppress the innocent and take

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