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What does Amos 5:1 mean?

"Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel."

— Amos 5:1 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

1

Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.

2

“The virgin of Israel has fallen; She shall rise no more. She is cast down on her land; there is no one to raise her up.”

3

For thus says the Lord Yahweh: “The city that went out a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went out one hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel.”

4

For Yahweh says to the house of Israel: “Seek me, and you will live;

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