Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.
Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lamentation I take up against you:
Hear this word that I am bearing to you, A lamentation, O house of Israel:
Hear this word, a lamentation, which I take up against you, O house of Israel.
Amos — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
1. Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel. 1. Audite verbum hoc quod ego tollo super vos, lamentum domus Israel. Some render the verse thus, "Hear ye this word, because upon you, or for you, I raise a lamentation:" but…