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Amos 5:1

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

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KJV ORIGINAL

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

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Listen up, Israel — I'm about to share something that breaks my heart, and it's about you.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Sometimes the hardest conversations come from the deepest love.

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But God had issues with how things were going, so he said, 'Listen up — there's a day coming when I'm going to make a completely fresh agreement with Israel and Judah.'

This is a heavy message from God about the land of Hadrach, with Damascus being the focal point. It's for the time when everyone — all people and every tribe of Israel — will finally turn their attention to the Lord.

But now listen, Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen:

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