Amos 5:1

Heare ye this word which I take vp against you, euen a lamentation, O house of Israel.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

Hear this word which I take up for you as a dirge, O house of Israel:
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.
- American Standard Version (1901)

Give ear to this word, my song of sorrow over you, O children of Israel.
- Basic English Bible

Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lamentation I take up against you:
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

Hear this word, a lamentation, which I take up against you, O house of Israel.
- Darby Bible

Hear ye this word, which I take up concerning you for a lamentation. The house of Israel is fallen, and it shall rise no more.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

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

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

Wesley's Notes for Amos 5:1

5:2 The virgin - So she was, when first espoused to God. Upon her land - Broken to pieces upon her own land, and so left as a broken vessel.

5:3 By a thousand - That sent out one thousand soldiers. An hundred - Shall lose nine parts of them.