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Amos 5:1

Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.

KJV

Audite verbum istud, quod ego levo super vos planctum : domus Israël cecidit, et non adjiciet ut resurgat.

Vulgate

Ἀκούσατε τὸν λόγον Κυρίου τοῦτον ὃν ἐγὼ λαμβάνω ἐφ’ ὑμᾶς θρῆνον Οἶκος Ἰσραὴλ

LXX

Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.

ASV

שִׁמְע֞וּ אֶת הַ/דָּבָ֣ר הַ/זֶּ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָנֹכִ֜י נֹשֵׂ֧א עֲלֵי/כֶ֛ם קִינָ֖ה בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

Hebrew

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In this verse

Places Israel (Northern Kingdom)

In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אָנֹכִ֖י
'nky
pronoun · 356×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
קִינָ֔ה
qynh
noun · 18×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ezek 19:1 — Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
  • Jer 7:29 — Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
  • Jer 9:10 — For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear th
  • Jer 9:17 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come: