Amos 5

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

there is no one to raise her up.”

and that which went out one hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel.”

“Seek me, and you will live;

and Bethel shall come to nothing.

and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel.

and cast down righteousness to the earth:

and pours them out on the surface of the earth, Yahweh is his name,

so that destruction comes on the fortress.

and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.

but you shall not drink their wine.

and who turn away the needy in the courts.

for it is an evil time.

as you say.

It may be that Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”

and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing.

for I will pass through the middle of you,” says Yahweh.

and not light.

and a snake bit him.

Even very dark, and no brightness in it?

and I can’t stand your solemn assemblies.

neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals.

I will not listen to the music of your harps.

and righteousness like a mighty stream.

“Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel?

You also carried the tent of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.

Therefore I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus,” says Yahweh, whose name is the God of Armies.