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# Chapter 1
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1. The words of Amos, who was one of the sheep breeders from Tekoa--what he saw regarding Israel in the days of King Uzziah of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
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2. He said:
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1 The words of Amos, who was one of the sheep breeders from Tekoa—what he saw regarding Israel in the days of King Uzziah of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
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2 He said:
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The Lord roars from Zion
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and makes his voice heard from Jerusalem;
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the pastures of the shepherds mourn,
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and the summit of Carmel withers.
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Judgment on Israel's Neighbors
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3.
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The Lord says:
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3 The Lord says:
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I will not relent from punishing Damascus
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for three crimes, even four,
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because they threshed Gilead with iron sledges.
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4. Therefore, I will send fire against Hazael's palace,
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and it will consume Ben-hadad's citadels.
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5. I will break down the gates of Damascus.
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4 Therefore, I will send fire against Hazael’s palace,
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and it will consume Ben-hadad’s citadels.
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5 I will break down the gates of Damascus.
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I will cut off the ruler from the Valley of Aven,
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and the one who wields the scepter from Beth-eden.
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The people of Aram will be exiled to Kir.
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The Lord has spoken.
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6.
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The Lord says:
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6 The Lord says:
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I will not relent from punishing Gaza
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for three crimes, even four,
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because they exiled a whole community,
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handing them over to Edom.
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7. Therefore, I will send fire against the walls of Gaza,
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7 Therefore, I will send fire against the walls of Gaza,
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and it will consume its citadels.
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8. I will cut off the ruler from Ashdod,
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8 I will cut off the ruler from Ashdod,
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and the one who wields the scepter from Ashkelon.
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I will also turn my hand against Ekron,
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and the remainder of the Philistines will perish.
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The Lord God has spoken.
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9.
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The Lord says:
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9 The Lord says:
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I will not relent from punishing Tyre
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for three crimes, even four,
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because they handed over
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a whole community of exiles to Edom
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and broke a treaty of brotherhood.
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10. Therefore, I will send fire against the walls of Tyre,
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10 Therefore, I will send fire against the walls of Tyre,
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and it will consume its citadels.
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11.
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The Lord says:
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11 The Lord says:
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I will not relent from punishing Edom
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for three crimes, even four,
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because he pursued his brother with the sword.
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He stifled his compassion,
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his anger tore at him continually,
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and he harbored his rage incessantly.
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12. Therefore, I will send fire against Teman,
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12 Therefore, I will send fire against Teman,
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and it will consume the citadels of Bozrah.
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13.
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The Lord says:
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13 The Lord says:
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I will not relent from punishing the Ammonites
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for three crimes, even four,
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because they ripped open
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the pregnant women of Gilead
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in order to enlarge their territory.
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14. Therefore, I will set fire to the walls of Rabbah,
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14 Therefore, I will set fire to the walls of Rabbah,
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and it will consume its citadels.
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There will be shouting on the day of battle
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and a violent wind on the day of the storm.
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15. Their king and his princes
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15 Their king and his princes
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will go into exile together.
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The Lord has spoken.
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The Lord has spoken.
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# Chapter 2
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1.
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The Lord says:
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1 The Lord says:
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I will not relent from punishing Moab
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for three crimes, even four,
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because he burned the bones
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of the king of Edom to lime.
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2. Therefore, I will send fire against Moab,
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2 Therefore, I will send fire against Moab,
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and it will consume the citadels of Kerioth.
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Moab will die with a tumult,
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with shouting and the sound of the ram's horn.
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3. I will cut off the judge from the land
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with shouting and the sound of the ram’s horn.
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3 I will cut off the judge from the land
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and kill all its officials with him.
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The Lord has spoken.
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Judgment on Judah
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4.
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The Lord says:
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4 The Lord says:
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I will not relent from punishing Judah
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for three crimes, even four,
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because they have rejected the instruction of the Lord
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and have not kept his statutes.
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The lies that their ancestors followed
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have led them astray.
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5. Therefore, I will send fire against Judah,
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5 Therefore, I will send fire against Judah,
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and it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.
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Judgment on Israel
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6.
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The Lord says:
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6 The Lord says:
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I will not relent from punishing Israel
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for three crimes, even four,
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because they sell a righteous person for silver
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and a needy person for a pair of sandals.
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7. They trample the heads of the poor
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7 They trample the heads of the poor
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on the dust of the ground
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and obstruct the path of the needy.
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A man and his father have sexual relations
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with the same girl,
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profaning my holy name.
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8. They stretch out beside every altar
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8 They stretch out beside every altar
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on garments taken as collateral,
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and in the house of their God
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they drink wine obtained through fines.
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9. Yet I destroyed the Amorite as Israel advanced;
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9 Yet I destroyed the Amorite as Israel advanced;
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his height was like the cedars,
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and he was as sturdy as the oaks;
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I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath.
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10. And I brought you from the land of Egypt
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10 And I brought you from the land of Egypt
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and led you forty years in the wilderness
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in order to possess the land of the Amorite.
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11. I raised up some of your sons as prophets
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11 I raised up some of your sons as prophets
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and some of your young men as Nazirites.
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Is this not the case, Israelites?
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This is the Lord's declaration.
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12. But you made the Nazirites drink wine
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This is the Lord’s declaration.
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12 But you made the Nazirites drink wine
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and commanded the prophets,
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"Do not prophesy."
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13. Look, I am about to crush you in your place
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“Do not prophesy.”
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13 Look, I am about to crush you in your place
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as a wagon crushes when full of grain.
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14. Escape will fail the swift,
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14 Escape will fail the swift,
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the strong one will not maintain his strength,
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and the warrior will not save his life.
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15. The archer will not stand his ground,
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15 The archer will not stand his ground,
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the one who is swift of foot
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will not save himself,
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and the one riding a horse will not save his life.
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16. Even the most courageous of the warriors
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will flee naked on that day--
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this is the Lord's declaration.
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16 Even the most courageous of the warriors
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will flee naked on that day—
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this is the Lord’s declaration.
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God's Reasons for Punishing Israel
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# Chapter 3
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1. Listen to this message that the Lord has spoken against you, Israelites, against the entire clan that I brought from the land of Egypt:
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2. I have known only you
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1 Listen to this message that the Lord has spoken against you, Israelites, against the entire clan that I brought from the land of Egypt:
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2 I have known only you
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out of all the clans of the earth;
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therefore, I will punish you for all your iniquities.
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3. Can two walk together
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3 Can two walk together
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without agreeing to meet?
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4. Does a lion roar in the forest
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4 Does a lion roar in the forest
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when it has no prey?
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Does a young lion growl from its lair
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unless it has captured something?
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5. Does a bird land in a trap on the ground
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5 Does a bird land in a trap on the ground
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if there is no bait for it?
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Does a trap spring from the ground
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when it has caught nothing?
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6. If a ram's horn is blown in a city,
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aren't people afraid?
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6 If a ram’s horn is blown in a city,
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aren’t people afraid?
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If a disaster occurs in a city,
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hasn't the Lord done it?
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7. Indeed, the Lord God does nothing
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hasn’t the Lord done it?
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7 Indeed, the Lord God does nothing
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without revealing his counsel
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to his servants the prophets.
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8. A lion has roared;
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8 A lion has roared;
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who will not fear?
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The Lord God has spoken;
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who will not prophesy?
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9. Proclaim on the citadels in Ashdod
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9 Proclaim on the citadels in Ashdod
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and on the citadels in the land of Egypt:
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Assemble on the mountains of Samaria,
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and see the great turmoil in the city
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and the acts of oppression within it.
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10. The people are incapable of doing right--
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this is the Lord's declaration--
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10 The people are incapable of doing right—
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this is the Lord’s declaration—
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those who store up violence and destruction
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in their citadels.
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11. Therefore, the Lord God says:
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11 Therefore, the Lord God says:
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An enemy will surround the land;
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he will destroy your strongholds
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and plunder your citadels.
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12. The Lord says:
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12 The Lord says:
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As the shepherd snatches two legs
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or a piece of an ear
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from the lion's mouth,
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from the lion’s mouth,
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so the Israelites who live in Samaria
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will be rescued
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with only the corner of a bed
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or the cushion of a couch.
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13. Listen and testify against the house of Jacob--
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13 Listen and testify against the house of Jacob—
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this is the declaration of the Lord God,
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the God of Armies.
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14. I will punish the altars of Bethel
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14 I will punish the altars of Bethel
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on the day I punish Israel for its crimes;
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the horns of the altar will be cut off
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and fall to the ground.
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15. I will demolish the winter house
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15 I will demolish the winter house
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and the summer house;
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the houses inlaid with ivory will be destroyed,
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and the great houses will come to an end.
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This is the Lord's declaration.
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This is the Lord’s declaration.
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Social and Spiritual Corruption
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# Chapter 4
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1. Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan
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1 Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan
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who are on the hill of Samaria,
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women who oppress the poor
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and crush the needy,
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who say to their husbands,
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"Bring us something to drink."
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2.
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The Lord God has sworn by his holiness:
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“Bring us something to drink.”
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2 The Lord God has sworn by his holiness:
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Look, the days are coming
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when you will be taken away with hooks,
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every last one of you with fishhooks.
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3. You will go through breaches in the wall,
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3 You will go through breaches in the wall,
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each woman straight ahead,
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and you will be driven along toward Harmon.
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This is the Lord's declaration.
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4. Come to Bethel and rebel;
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This is the Lord’s declaration.
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4 Come to Bethel and rebel;
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rebel even more at Gilgal!
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Bring your sacrifices every morning,
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your tenths every three days.
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5. Offer leavened bread as a thanksgiving sacrifice,
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5 Offer leavened bread as a thanksgiving sacrifice,
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and loudly proclaim your freewill offerings,
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for that is what you Israelites love to do!
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This is the declaration of the Lord God.
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God's Discipline and Israel's Apostasy
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6. I gave you absolutely nothing to eat in all your cities,
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6 I gave you absolutely nothing to eat in all your cities,
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a shortage of food in all your communities,
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yet you did not return to me.
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This is the Lord's declaration.
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7. I also withheld the rain from you
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This is the Lord’s declaration.
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7 I also withheld the rain from you
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while there were still three months until harvest.
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I sent rain on one city
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but no rain on another.
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One field received rain
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while a field with no rain withered.
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8. Two or three cities staggered
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8 Two or three cities staggered
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to another city to drink water
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but were not satisfied,
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yet you did not return to me.
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This is the Lord's declaration.
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9. I struck you with blight and mildew;
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This is the Lord’s declaration.
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9 I struck you with blight and mildew;
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the locust devoured
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your many gardens and vineyards,
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your fig trees and olive trees,
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yet you did not return to me.
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This is the Lord's declaration.
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10. I sent plagues like those of Egypt;
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This is the Lord’s declaration.
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10 I sent plagues like those of Egypt;
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I killed your young men with the sword,
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along with your captured horses.
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I caused the stench of your camp
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to fill your nostrils,
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yet you did not return to me.
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This is the Lord's declaration.
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11. I overthrew some of you
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This is the Lord’s declaration.
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11 I overthrew some of you
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as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
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and you were like a burning stick
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snatched from a fire,
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yet you did not return to me--
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This is the Lord's declaration.
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12. Therefore, Israel, that is what I will do to you,
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yet you did not return to me—
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This is the Lord’s declaration.
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12 Therefore, Israel, that is what I will do to you,
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and since I will do that to you,
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Israel, prepare to meet your God!
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13. He is here:
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13 He is here:
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the one who forms the mountains,
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creates the wind,
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and reveals his thoughts to man,
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the one who makes the dawn out of darkness
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and strides on the heights of the earth.
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The Lord, the God of Armies, is his name.
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The Lord, the God of Armies, is his name.
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Lamentation for Israel
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# Chapter 5
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1. Listen to this message that I am singing for you, a lament, house of Israel:
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2. She has fallen;
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1 Listen to this message that I am singing for you, a lament, house of Israel:
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2 She has fallen;
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Virgin Israel will never rise again.
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She lies abandoned on her land
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with no one to raise her up.
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3. For
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the Lord God says:
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3 For the Lord God says:
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The city that marches out a thousand strong
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will have only a hundred left,
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and the one that marches out a hundred strong
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will have only ten left in the house of Israel.
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Seek God and Live
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4. For
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the Lord says to the house of Israel:
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4 For the Lord says to the house of Israel:
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Seek me and live!
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5. Do not seek Bethel
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5 Do not seek Bethel
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or go to Gilgal
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or journey to Beer-sheba,
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for Gilgal will certainly go into exile,
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and Bethel will come to nothing.
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6. Seek
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the Lord and live,
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6 Seek the Lord and live,
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or he will spread like fire
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throughout the house of Joseph;
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it will consume everything
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with no one at Bethel to extinguish it.
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7. Those who turn justice into wormwood
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7 Those who turn justice into wormwood
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also throw righteousness to the ground.
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8. The one who made the Pleiades and Orion,
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8 The one who made the Pleiades and Orion,
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who turns darkness into dawn
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and darkens day into night,
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who summons the water of the sea
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and pours it out over the surface of the earth--
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and pours it out over the surface of the earth—
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the Lord is his name.
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9. He brings destruction on the strong,
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9 He brings destruction on the strong,
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and it falls on the fortress.
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10. They hate the one who convicts the guilty
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10 They hate the one who convicts the guilty
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at the city gate,
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and they despise the one who speaks with integrity.
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11. Therefore, because you trample on the poor
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11 Therefore, because you trample on the poor
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and exact a grain tax from him,
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you will never live in the houses of cut stone
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you have built;
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you will never drink the wine
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from the lush vineyards
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you have planted.
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12. For I know your crimes are many
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12 For I know your crimes are many
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and your sins innumerable.
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They oppress the righteous, take a bribe,
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and deprive the poor of justice at the city gates.
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13. Therefore, those who have insight will keep silent
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13 Therefore, those who have insight will keep silent
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at such a time,
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for the days are evil.
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14. Pursue good and not evil
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14 Pursue good and not evil
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so that you may live,
|
||||
and
|
||||
the Lord, the God of Armies,
|
||||
and the Lord, the God of Armies,
|
||||
will be with you
|
||||
as you have claimed.
|
||||
|
||||
15. Hate evil and love good;
|
||||
15 Hate evil and love good;
|
||||
establish justice at the city gate.
|
||||
Perhaps
|
||||
the Lord, the God of Armies, will be gracious
|
||||
Perhaps the Lord, the God of Armies, will be gracious
|
||||
to the remnant of Joseph.
|
||||
|
||||
16. Therefore
|
||||
the Lord, the God of Armies,
|
||||
the Lord, says:
|
||||
16 Therefore the Lord, the God of Armies, the Lord, says:
|
||||
There will be wailing in all the public squares;
|
||||
they will cry out in anguish in all the streets.
|
||||
The farmer will be called on to mourn,
|
||||
and professional mourners to wail.
|
||||
|
||||
17. There will be wailing in all the vineyards,
|
||||
17 There will be wailing in all the vineyards,
|
||||
for I will pass among you.
|
||||
|
||||
The Lord has spoken.The Day of
|
||||
the Lord
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
18. Woe to you who long for the day of
|
||||
the Lord!
|
||||
What will the day of
|
||||
the Lord be for you?
|
||||
The Lord has spoken.
|
||||
18 Woe to you who long for the day of the Lord!
|
||||
What will the day of the Lord be for you?
|
||||
It will be darkness and not light.
|
||||
|
||||
19. It will be like a man who flees from a lion
|
||||
19 It will be like a man who flees from a lion
|
||||
only to have a bear confront him.
|
||||
|
||||
He goes home and rests his hand against the wall
|
||||
only to have a snake bite him.
|
||||
|
||||
20. Won't the day of
|
||||
the Lord
|
||||
20 Won’t the day of the Lord
|
||||
be darkness rather than light,
|
||||
even gloom without any brightness in it?
|
||||
|
||||
21. I hate, I despise, your feasts!
|
||||
I can't stand the stench
|
||||
21 I hate, I despise, your feasts!
|
||||
I can’t stand the stench
|
||||
of your solemn assemblies.
|
||||
|
||||
22. Even if you offer me
|
||||
22 Even if you offer me
|
||||
your burnt offerings and grain offerings,
|
||||
I will not accept them;
|
||||
I will have no regard
|
||||
for your fellowship offerings of fattened cattle.
|
||||
|
||||
23. Take away from me the noise of your songs!
|
||||
23 Take away from me the noise of your songs!
|
||||
I will not listen to the music of your harps.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
24. But let justice flow like water,
|
||||
24 But let justice flow like water,
|
||||
and righteousness, like an unfailing stream.
|
||||
|
||||
25. "House of Israel, was it sacrifices and grain offerings that you presented to me during the forty years in the wilderness?
|
||||
26. But you have taken up Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god, images you have made for yourselves.
|
||||
27. So I will send you into exile beyond Damascus."
|
||||
The Lord, the God of Armies, is his name. He has spoken.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
25 “House of Israel, was it sacrifices and grain offerings that you presented to me during the forty years in the wilderness?
|
||||
26 But you have taken up Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god, images you have made for yourselves.
|
||||
27 So I will send you into exile beyond Damascus.” The Lord, the God of Armies, is his name. He has spoken.
|
||||
@@ -1,72 +1,50 @@
|
||||
Woe to the Complacent
|
||||
|
||||
# Chapter 6
|
||||
1. Woe to those who are at ease in Zion
|
||||
and to those who feel secure on the hill of Samaria--
|
||||
1 Woe to those who are at ease in Zion
|
||||
and to those who feel secure on the hill of Samaria—
|
||||
the notable people in this first of the nations,
|
||||
those the house of Israel comes to.
|
||||
|
||||
2. Cross over to Calneh and see;
|
||||
2 Cross over to Calneh and see;
|
||||
go from there to great Hamath;
|
||||
then go down to Gath of the Philistines.
|
||||
Are you better than these kingdoms?
|
||||
Is their territory larger than yours?
|
||||
|
||||
3. You dismiss any thought of the evil day
|
||||
3 You dismiss any thought of the evil day
|
||||
and bring in a reign of violence.
|
||||
|
||||
4. They lie on beds inlaid with ivory,
|
||||
4 They lie on beds inlaid with ivory,
|
||||
sprawled out on their couches,
|
||||
and dine on lambs from the flock
|
||||
and calves from the stall.
|
||||
|
||||
5. They improvise songs to the sound of the harp
|
||||
5 They improvise songs to the sound of the harp
|
||||
and invent their own musical instruments like David.
|
||||
|
||||
6. They drink wine by the bowlful
|
||||
6 They drink wine by the bowlful
|
||||
and anoint themselves with the finest oils
|
||||
but do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
|
||||
|
||||
7. Therefore, they will now go into exile
|
||||
7 Therefore, they will now go into exile
|
||||
as the first of the captives,
|
||||
and the feasting of those who sprawl out
|
||||
will come to an end.
|
||||
|
||||
Israel's Pride Judged
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
8. The Lord God has sworn by himself--this is the declaration of the Lord,
|
||||
the God of Armies:
|
||||
I loathe Jacob's pride
|
||||
8 The Lord God has sworn by himself—this is the declaration of the Lord, the God of Armies:
|
||||
I loathe Jacob’s pride
|
||||
and hate his citadels,
|
||||
so I will hand over the city and everything in it.
|
||||
|
||||
9. And if there are ten men left in one house, they will die.
|
||||
10. A close relative and burner will remove his corpse from the house. He will call to someone in the inner recesses of the house, "Any more with you?"
|
||||
That person will reply, "None."
|
||||
Then he will say, "Silence, because the Lord's name must not be invoked."
|
||||
|
||||
11. For the Lord commands:
|
||||
9 And if there are ten men left in one house, they will die.
|
||||
10 A close relative and burner will remove his corpse from the house. He will call to someone in the inner recesses of the house, “Any more with you?”
|
||||
That person will reply, “None.”
|
||||
Then he will say, “Silence, because the Lord’s name must not be invoked.”
|
||||
11 For the Lord commands:
|
||||
The large house will be smashed to pieces,
|
||||
and the small house to rubble.
|
||||
|
||||
12. Do horses gallop on the cliffs?
|
||||
12 Do horses gallop on the cliffs?
|
||||
Does anyone plow there with oxen?
|
||||
Yet you have turned justice into poison
|
||||
and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood--
|
||||
|
||||
13. you who rejoice over Lo-debar
|
||||
and say, "Didn't we capture Karnaim
|
||||
for ourselves by our own strength?"
|
||||
|
||||
14. But look, I am raising up a nation
|
||||
against you, house of Israel--
|
||||
and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
|
||||
13 you who rejoice over Lo-debar
|
||||
and say, “Didn’t we capture Karnaim
|
||||
for ourselves by our own strength?”
|
||||
14 But look, I am raising up a nation
|
||||
against you, house of Israel—
|
||||
this is the declaration of the Lord,
|
||||
the God of Armies--
|
||||
the God of Armies—
|
||||
and they will oppress you
|
||||
from the entrance of Hamath
|
||||
to the Brook of the Arabah.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
to the Brook of the Arabah.
|
||||
@@ -1,56 +1,32 @@
|
||||
First Vision: Locusts
|
||||
|
||||
# Chapter 7
|
||||
1. The Lord God showed me this: He was forming a swarm of locusts at the time the spring crop first began to sprout--after the cutting of the king's hay.
|
||||
2. When the locusts finished eating the vegetation of the land, I said, "Lord God, please forgive! How will Jacob survive since he is so small?"
|
||||
|
||||
3. The Lord relented concerning this. "It will not happen," he said.
|
||||
|
||||
Second Vision: Fire
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
4. The Lord God showed me this: The Lord God was calling for a judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.
|
||||
5. Then I said, "Lord God, please stop! How will Jacob survive since he is so small?"
|
||||
|
||||
6. The Lord relented concerning this. "This will not happen either," said the Lord God.
|
||||
|
||||
Third Vision: A Plumb Line
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
7. He showed me this: The Lord was standing there by a vertical wall with a plumb line in his hand.
|
||||
8. The Lord asked me, "What do you see, Amos?"
|
||||
I replied, "A plumb line."
|
||||
Then the Lord said, "I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; I will no longer spare them:
|
||||
|
||||
9. Isaac's high places will be deserted,
|
||||
and Israel's sanctuaries will be in ruins;
|
||||
1 The Lord God showed me this: He was forming a swarm of locusts at the time the spring crop first began to sprout—after the cutting of the king’s hay.
|
||||
2 When the locusts finished eating the vegetation of the land, I said, “Lord God, please forgive! How will Jacob survive since he is so small?”
|
||||
3 The Lord relented concerning this. “It will not happen,” he said.
|
||||
4 The Lord God showed me this: The Lord God was calling for a judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.
|
||||
5 Then I said, “Lord God, please stop! How will Jacob survive since he is so small?”
|
||||
6 The Lord relented concerning this. “This will not happen either,” said the Lord God.
|
||||
7 He showed me this: The Lord was standing there by a vertical wall with a plumb line in his hand.
|
||||
8 The Lord asked me, “What do you see, Amos?”
|
||||
I replied, “A plumb line.”
|
||||
Then the Lord said, “I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; I will no longer spare them:
|
||||
9 Isaac’s high places will be deserted,
|
||||
and Israel’s sanctuaries will be in ruins;
|
||||
I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam
|
||||
with a sword."
|
||||
Amaziah's Opposition
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
10. Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to King Jeroboam of Israel, saying, "Amos has conspired against you right here in the house of Israel. The land cannot endure all his words,
|
||||
11. for Amos has said this: 'Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will certainly go into exile from its homeland.'"
|
||||
|
||||
12. Then Amaziah said to Amos, "Go away, you seer! Flee to the land of Judah. Earn your living and give your prophecies there,
|
||||
13. but don't ever prophesy at Bethel again, for it is the king's sanctuary and a royal temple."
|
||||
|
||||
14. So Amos answered Amaziah, "I was not a prophet or the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman, and I took care of sycamore figs.
|
||||
15. But the Lord took me from following the flock and said to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'"
|
||||
|
||||
16. Now hear the word of the Lord. You say:
|
||||
with a sword.”
|
||||
10 Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to King Jeroboam of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you right here in the house of Israel. The land cannot endure all his words,
|
||||
11 for Amos has said this: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will certainly go into exile from its homeland.’”
|
||||
12 Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer! Flee to the land of Judah. Earn your living and give your prophecies there,
|
||||
13 but don’t ever prophesy at Bethel again, for it is the king’s sanctuary and a royal temple.”
|
||||
14 So Amos answered Amaziah, “I was not a prophet or the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman, and I took care of sycamore figs.
|
||||
15 But the Lord took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’”
|
||||
16 Now hear the word of the Lord. You say:
|
||||
Do not prophesy against Israel;
|
||||
do not preach against the house of Isaac.
|
||||
|
||||
17. Therefore, this is what the Lord says:
|
||||
17 Therefore, this is what the Lord says:
|
||||
Your wife will be a prostitute in the city,
|
||||
your sons and daughters will fall by the sword,
|
||||
and your land will be divided up
|
||||
with a measuring line.
|
||||
You yourself will die on pagan soil,
|
||||
and Israel will certainly go into exile
|
||||
from its homeland.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
from its homeland.
|
||||
@@ -1,72 +1,51 @@
|
||||
Fourth Vision: A Basket of Summer Fruit
|
||||
|
||||
# Chapter 8
|
||||
1.
|
||||
The Lord God showed me this: a basket of summer fruit.
|
||||
2. He asked me, "What do you see, Amos?"
|
||||
I replied, "A basket of summer fruit."
|
||||
The Lord said to me, "The end has come for my people Israel; I will no longer spare them.
|
||||
3. In that day the temple songs will become wailing"--this is the Lord God's declaration. "Many dead bodies, thrown everywhere! Silence!"
|
||||
|
||||
4. Hear this, you who trample on the needy
|
||||
1 The Lord God showed me this: a basket of summer fruit.
|
||||
2 He asked me, “What do you see, Amos?”
|
||||
I replied, “A basket of summer fruit.”
|
||||
The Lord said to me, “The end has come for my people Israel; I will no longer spare them.
|
||||
3 In that day the temple songs will become wailing”—this is the Lord God’s declaration. “Many dead bodies, thrown everywhere! Silence!”
|
||||
4 Hear this, you who trample on the needy
|
||||
and do away with the poor of the land,
|
||||
|
||||
5. asking, "When will the New Moon be over
|
||||
5 asking, “When will the New Moon be over
|
||||
so we may sell grain,
|
||||
and the Sabbath,
|
||||
so we may market wheat?
|
||||
We can reduce the measure
|
||||
while increasing the price
|
||||
and cheat with dishonest scales.
|
||||
|
||||
6. We can buy the poor with silver
|
||||
6 We can buy the poor with silver
|
||||
and the needy for a pair of sandals
|
||||
and even sell the chaff!"
|
||||
|
||||
7.
|
||||
The Lord has sworn by the Pride of Jacob:
|
||||
and even sell the chaff!”
|
||||
7 The Lord has sworn by the Pride of Jacob:
|
||||
I will never forget all their deeds.
|
||||
|
||||
8. Because of this, won't the land quake
|
||||
8 Because of this, won’t the land quake
|
||||
and all who dwell in it mourn?
|
||||
All of it will rise like the Nile;
|
||||
it will surge and then subside
|
||||
like the Nile in Egypt.
|
||||
|
||||
9. And in that day--
|
||||
this is the declaration of the Lord God--
|
||||
9 And in that day—
|
||||
this is the declaration of the Lord God—
|
||||
I will make the sun go down at noon;
|
||||
I will darken the land in the daytime.
|
||||
|
||||
10. I will turn your feasts into mourning
|
||||
10 I will turn your feasts into mourning
|
||||
and all your songs into lamentation;
|
||||
I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth
|
||||
and every head to be shaved.
|
||||
|
||||
I will make that grief
|
||||
like mourning for an only son
|
||||
and its outcome like a bitter day.
|
||||
|
||||
11. Look, the days are coming--
|
||||
this is the declaration of the Lord God--
|
||||
11 Look, the days are coming—
|
||||
this is the declaration of the Lord God—
|
||||
when I will send a famine through the land:
|
||||
not a famine of bread or a thirst for water,
|
||||
but of hearing the words of the Lord.
|
||||
|
||||
12. People will stagger from sea to sea
|
||||
12 People will stagger from sea to sea
|
||||
and roam from north to east
|
||||
seeking the word of the Lord,
|
||||
but they will not find it.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
13. In that day the beautiful young women,
|
||||
13 In that day the beautiful young women,
|
||||
the young men also, will faint from thirst.
|
||||
|
||||
14. Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria
|
||||
and say, "As your god lives, Dan,"
|
||||
or, "As the way of Beer-sheba lives"--
|
||||
they will fall, never to rise again.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
14 Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria
|
||||
and say, “As your god lives, Dan,”
|
||||
or, “As the way of Beer-sheba lives”—
|
||||
they will fall, never to rise again.
|
||||
@@ -1,23 +1,16 @@
|
||||
Fifth Vision:
|
||||
The Lord beside the Altar
|
||||
|
||||
# Chapter 9
|
||||
1. I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said:
|
||||
1 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said:
|
||||
Strike the capitals of the pillars
|
||||
so that the thresholds shake;
|
||||
knock them down on the heads of all the people.
|
||||
Then I will kill the rest of them with the sword.
|
||||
None of those who flee will get away;
|
||||
none of the fugitives will escape.
|
||||
|
||||
2. If they dig down to Sheol,
|
||||
2 If they dig down to Sheol,
|
||||
from there my hand will take them;
|
||||
if they climb up to heaven,
|
||||
from there
|
||||
I will bring them down.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
3. If they hide
|
||||
from there I will bring them down.
|
||||
3 If they hide
|
||||
on the top of Carmel,
|
||||
from there I will track them down
|
||||
and seize them;
|
||||
@@ -25,98 +18,67 @@ if they conceal themselves
|
||||
from my sight on the sea floor,
|
||||
from there I will command
|
||||
the sea serpent to bite them.
|
||||
|
||||
4. And if they are driven
|
||||
4 And if they are driven
|
||||
by their enemies into captivity,
|
||||
from there I will command
|
||||
the sword to kill them.
|
||||
|
||||
I will keep my eye on them
|
||||
for harm and not for good.
|
||||
|
||||
5.
|
||||
|
||||
The Lord, the God of Armies--
|
||||
5 The Lord, the God of Armies—
|
||||
he touches the earth;
|
||||
it melts, and all who dwell in it mourn;
|
||||
all of it rises like the Nile
|
||||
and subsides like the Nile of Egypt.
|
||||
|
||||
6. He builds his upper chambers
|
||||
6 He builds his upper chambers
|
||||
in the heavens
|
||||
and lays the foundation of his vault
|
||||
on the earth.
|
||||
|
||||
He summons the water of the sea
|
||||
and pours it out over the surface of the earth.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
The Lord is his name.
|
||||
|
||||
Announcement of Judgment
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
7. Israelites, are you not like the Cushites to me?
|
||||
This is the Lord's declaration.
|
||||
Didn't I bring Israel from the land of Egypt,
|
||||
7 Israelites, are you not like the Cushites to me?
|
||||
This is the Lord’s declaration.
|
||||
Didn’t I bring Israel from the land of Egypt,
|
||||
the Philistines from Caphtor,
|
||||
and the Arameans from Kir?
|
||||
|
||||
8. Look, the eyes of the Lord God
|
||||
8 Look, the eyes of the Lord God
|
||||
are on the sinful kingdom,
|
||||
and I will obliterate it
|
||||
from the face of the earth.
|
||||
|
||||
However, I will not totally destroy
|
||||
the house of Jacob--
|
||||
this is the Lord's declaration--
|
||||
|
||||
9. for I am about to give the command,
|
||||
the house of Jacob—
|
||||
this is the Lord’s declaration—
|
||||
9 for I am about to give the command,
|
||||
and I will shake the house of Israel
|
||||
among all the nations,
|
||||
as one shakes a sieve,
|
||||
but not a pebble will fall to the ground.
|
||||
|
||||
10. All the sinners among my people
|
||||
who say, "Disaster will never overtake
|
||||
or confront us,"
|
||||
10 All the sinners among my people
|
||||
who say, “Disaster will never overtake
|
||||
or confront us,”
|
||||
will die by the sword.
|
||||
|
||||
Announcement of Restoration
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
11. In that day
|
||||
11 In that day
|
||||
I will restore the fallen shelter of David:
|
||||
I will repair its gaps,
|
||||
restore its ruins,
|
||||
and rebuild it as in the days of old,
|
||||
|
||||
12. so that they may possess
|
||||
12 so that they may possess
|
||||
the remnant of Edom
|
||||
and all the nations
|
||||
that bear my name--
|
||||
that bear my name—
|
||||
this is the declaration of the Lord; he will do this.
|
||||
|
||||
13. Look, the days are coming--
|
||||
this is the Lord's declaration--
|
||||
13 Look, the days are coming—
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this is the Lord’s declaration—
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when the plowman will overtake the reaper
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and the one who treads grapes,
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the sower of seed.
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The mountains will drip with sweet wine,
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and all the hills will flow with it.
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14. I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel.
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14 I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel.
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They will rebuild and occupy ruined cities,
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plant vineyards and drink their wine,
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make gardens and eat their produce.
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15. I will plant them on their land,
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15 I will plant them on their land,
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and they will never again be uprooted
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from the land I have given them.
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The Lord your God has spoken.
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The Lord your God has spoken.
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