Amos 5:1 meaning and explanation
Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lamentation I take up against you:
Amos 5:1, Berean Standard Bible
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The prophet Amos speaks to the northern kingdom of Israel in the eighth century BC and begins this chapter by taking up a lament, a funeral song, over a people still alive. The Hebrew word is qinah, the mournful chant normally sung for the dead.
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