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Amos 5:1 Cross-References
Explore 16 cross-references for Amos 5:1 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Amos chapter 5 verse 1 to related passages throughout the Bible.
A Lament for Israel
“Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.”
Amos 5:1 (KJV)
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Commentary on Amos 5:1
Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel (שִׁמְעוּ אֶת־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי נֹשֵׂא עֲלֵיכֶם קִינָה בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל, shim'u et-hadavar hazeh asher anokhi nose aleikhem qinah beit Yisrael)—the verb shama (שָׁמַע, "hear") demands urgent attention. Amos issues a qinah (קִינָה, "lamentation/funeral dirge"), the formal poetic genre used at burials to mourn the dead. By speaking a funeral lament over living Israel, Amos declares their doom certain—they're already dead, they just don't know it yet. This rhetorical strategy is devastatingly effecti...
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Cross-References for Amos 5:1
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“take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel”
“Consider you”
“[Jerusalem]”
“and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation”
“children of Israel”
“you cows of Bashan”
“and tell you”
“the God of Armies”
“take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt”
“take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre”