Amos 5:1 (YLT)

Passage

Hear this word that I am bearing to you, A lamentation, O house of Israel:

Nearby Context

Amos 5:1 Hear this word that I am bearing to you, A lamentation, O house of Israel:

Amos 5:2 `Fallen, not again to rise, hath the virgin of Israel, Left on her land--she hath no raiser up.'

Amos 5:3 For thus said the Lord Jehovah: The city that is going out a thousand, Doth leave an hundred, And that which is going out an hundred, Doth leave ten to the house of Israel.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hear", "word", "bearing", "lamentation", "house", and "israel". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "hear" and "word", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "Fallen not again to rise hath the...", so "hear" and "word" should be read forward into that movement. In Amos context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "hear" and "word" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.