Amos 5:1

Contemporary English Version 1995

Listen, nation of Israel, to my mournful message:

Cross References

Ezekiel 19:1

Ezekiel, sing a funeral song for two of Israel's leaders:

Jeremiah 9:17

The Lord All-Powerful said, “Make arrangements now for the women who are paid to weep at funerals, especially the women who can cry the loudest.”

Jeremiah 9:10

I weep for the pastureland in the hill country. It's so barren and scorched that no one travels there. No cattle can be found there, and birds and wild animals have all disappeared.

Jeremiah 7:29

Shave your head bald and throw away the hair. Sing a funeral song on top of a barren hill. You people have made me angry, and I have abandoned you.

Micah 2:4

When that happens, this sorrowful song will be sung about you: “Ruined! Completely ruined! The Lord has taken our land and given it to traitors.”

Amos 5:16

This is what the Lord has sworn: Noisy crying will be heard in every town and street. Even farmers will be told to mourn for the dead, together with those who are paid to mourn.

Amos 4:1

You women of Samaria are fat cows! You mistreat and abuse the poor and needy, then you say to your husbands, “Bring us more drinks!”

Amos 3:1

People of Israel, I rescued you from Egypt. Now listen to my judgment against you.

Ezekiel 32:16

This is your warning, and it will be used as a funeral song by foreign women to mourn the death of your people. I, the Lord God, have spoken.

Ezekiel 32:2

Ezekiel, son of man, condemn the king of Egypt and tell him I am saying: You act like a lion roaming the earth; but you are nothing more than a crocodile in a river, churning up muddy water with your feet.

Ezekiel 28:12

Ezekiel, son of man, sing a funeral song for the king of Tyre and tell him I am saying: At one time, you were perfect, intelligent, and good-looking.

Ezekiel 27:2

Ezekiel, son of man, sing a funeral song for Tyre,

Ezekiel 26:17

and sing this funeral song: “The great city beside the sea is destroyed! Its people once ruled the coast and terrified everyone there.

Ezekiel 19:14

where her stem caught fire, and flames burned her branches and fruit. Not one strong branch is left; she is stripped bare. This funeral song must be sung with sorrow.

Jeremiah 9:20

“We ask you women to pay attention to what the Lord says. We will teach you a funeral song that you can teach your daughters and friends:

Jeremiah 9:9

Give me one good reason not to punish them as they deserve. I, the Lord All-Powerful, have spoken.

Jeremiah 18:13

So I, the Lord, command you to ask the nations, and find out if they have ever heard of such a horrible sin as what you have done.

Amos 8:14

You made promises to the goddess Ashimah at Samaria; you made vows to other gods at the shrines of Dan and Beersheba. So now you will fall and never get up.