4:13. For behold he that formeth the mountains and createth the wind, and declareth his word to man, he that maketh the morning mist, and walketh upon the high places of the earth: the Lord the God of hosts is his name. Amos Chapter 5 A lamentation for Israel: an exhortation to return to God. 5:1. 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. 5:2. The virgin of Israel is cast down upon her land, there is none to raise her up. 5:3. For thus saith the Lord God: The city, out of which came forth a thousand, there shall be left in it a hundred: and out of which there came a hundred, there shall be left in it ten, in the house of Israel. 5:4. For thus saith the Lord to the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and you shall live. 5:5. But seek not Bethel, and go not into Galgal, neither shall you pass over to Bersabee: for Galgal shall go into captivity, and Bethel shall be unprofitable. Bethel,-Galgal,-Bersabee... The places where they worshipped their idols. 5:6. Seek ye the Lord, and live: lest the house of Joseph be burnt with fire, and it shall devour, and there shall be none to quench Bethel. 5:7. You that turn judgment into wormwood, and forsake justice in the land, 5:8. Seek him that maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and that turneth darkness into morning, and that changeth day into night: that calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name. Arcturus and Orion... Arcturus is a bright star in the north: Orion a beautiful constellation in the south. 5:9. He that with a smile bringeth destruction upon the strong, and waste upon the mighty. With a smile... That is, with all ease, and without making any effort. 5:10. They have hated him that rebuketh in the gate: and have abhorred him that speaketh perfectly. 5:11. Therefore because you robbed the poor, and took the choice prey from him: you shall build houses with square stone, and shall not dwell in them: you shall plant most delightful vineyards, and shall not drink the wine of them. 5:12. Because I know your manifold crimes, and your grievous sins: enemies of the just, taking bribes, and oppressing the poor in the gate. 5:13. Therefore the prudent shall keep silence at that time, for it is an evil time. 5:14. Seek ye good, and not evil, that you may live: and the Lord the God of hosts will be with you, as you have said. 5:15. Hate evil, and love good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be the Lord the God of hosts may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph. 5:16. Therefore thus saith the Lord the God of hosts the sovereign Lord: In every street there shall be wailing: and in all places that are without, they shall say: Alas, alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful in lamentation to lament. 5:17. And in all vineyards there shall be wailing: because I will pass through in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.