Amos

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The Book of Amos from the Basic Bible Old Testament.
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This librovox recording is in the public domain recording by
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Mark Penfold. Chapter one, the words of Amos, who was
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among the herdsmen of Tekoa, what he saw about Israel
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in the days of Uziah, king of Judah, and in
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the days of Jereboam the son of Joash, king of Israel,
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two years before the earth shock. And he said, the
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Lord will give a lion's cry from Zion. His voice
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will be sounding from Jerusalem, and the fields of the
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keepers of sheep will become dry, and the top of
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Carmel will be wasted away. These are the words of
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the Lord. For three crimes of Damascus, and for four
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I will not let its fate be changed, because they
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have been crushing Gilead with iron grain, crushing instruments. And
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I will send a fire into the House of Hazael,
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burning up the great houses of ben Hadad. And I
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will have the locks of the door of Damascus broken,
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and him who is seated in power cut off from
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the valley of Aven, and him in whose hand is
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the rod from the House of Eden, and the people
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of Aram will go away as prisoners. Into Kir, says
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the Lord. These are the words of the Lord for
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three crimes of Gaza and for four. I will not
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let its fate be changed, because they took all the
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people away prisoners to give them up to Edam. And
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I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza,
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burning up its great houses. Him who is seated in
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power I will have cut off from Ashdod, and him
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in whose hand is the rod from Ashkalan, and my
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hand will be turned against Ekron, and the rest of
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the Philistines will come to destruction, says the Lord God.
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These are the words of the Lord. For three crimes
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of Tire and for Forur. I will not let its
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fate be changed, because they gave up all the people
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prisoners to Edam without giving a thought to the brothers
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agreement between them. And I will send a fire on
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the wall of Tire, burning up its great houses. These
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are the words of the Lord for three crimes of
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Edam and for four. I will not let its fate
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be changed. Because his sword was turned against his brother
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without pity, and his wrath was burning at all times,
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and he was angry forever. And I will send a
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fire on Teman, burning up the great houses of Bozrah.
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These are the words of the Lord for three crimes
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of the children of Ammon, and for four. I will
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not let its fate be changed, because in Gilead they
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had women with child cut open so that they might
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make wider the limits of their land. And I will
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make a fire in the wall of Rabah, burning up
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its great houses with loud cries, in the days of war,
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with a storm, in the day of the great wind,
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and their king will be made prisoner, he and his
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captains together, says the Lord. Chapter two. These are the
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words of the Lord for three crimes of Moab, and
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for four. I will not let its fate be changed,
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because he had the bones of the king of Edam
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burned to dust. And I will send a fire on Moab,
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burning up the great houses of Carryof and death will
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come on Moab with noise and outcries and the sound
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of the horn, and I will have the judge cut
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off from among them, and all their captains I will
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put to death with him, says the Lord. These are
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the words of the Lord for three crimes of Judah,
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and for four. I will not let its fate be changed,
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because they have given up the law of the Lord,
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and have not kept his rules. And their false ways
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in which their fathers went have made them go out
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of the right. And I will send a fire on Judah,
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burning up the great houses of Jerusalem. These are the
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words of the Lord. For three crimes of Israel, and
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for four I will not let its fate be changed.
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Because they have given the upright man for silver, and
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the poor for the price of two shoes, crushing the
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head of the poor and turning the steps of the
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gentle out of the way. And a man and his
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father go into the same young woman, putting shame on
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my holy name. By every altar, they are stretched on
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clothing taken from those who are in their debt, drinking
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in the house of their God, the wine of those
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who have made payment for wrongdoing. Though I sent destruction
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on the Amorite before them, who was tall as the
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cedar and strong as the oak tree, cutting off his
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fruit from on high and his roots from under the earth.
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And I took you up out of the land of Egypt,
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guiding you for forty years in the wasteland, so that
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you might take for your heritage the land of the Emirite.
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And some of your sons I made prophets, and some
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of your young men I made separate for myself. Is
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it not even so, o, children of Israel, says the Lord.
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But to those who were separate, you gave wine for drink,
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and to the prophets you said, be prophets no longer.
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See I am crushing you down as one is crushed
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under a cart full of grain. And flight will be
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impossible for the quick footed, and the force of the
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strong will become feeble, And the man of war will
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not get away safely, and the bowmen will not keep
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his place. He who is quick footed will not get
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away safely, and the horseman will not keep his life.
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And he who is without fear among the fighting men
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will go in flight without his clothing. In that day,
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says the Lord. Give ear to this word which the
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Lord has said against you, O children of Israel, against
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all the family which I took up out of the
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land of Egypt, saying you only of all the families
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of the earth have I taken care of. For this reason,
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I will send punishment on you for all your sins.
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Is it possible for two to go walking together? If
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not by agreement? Will a lion, give his loud cry
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in the woodland when no food is there. Will the
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voice of the young lion be sounding from his hole?
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If he has taken nothing? Is it possible for a
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bird to be taken in a net on the earth
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where no net has been put for him? Will the
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net come up from the earth if it has taken
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nothing at all? If the horn is sounded in the town,
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will the people not be full of fear? Will evil
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come on a town if the Lord has not done it?
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Certainly the Lord will do nothing without making clear his
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secret to his service. The prophets the cry of the
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lion is sounding, who will not have fear? The Lord
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God has said the word. Is it possible for the
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prophet to keep quiet? Give out the news in the
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great houses of Assyria and in the land of Egypt,
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and say, come together on the mountains of Samaria, and
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see what great outcries are there, and what cruel acts
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are done in it? For they have no knowledge of
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how to do what is right, says the Lord, who
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are storing up violent acts and destruction in their great houses.
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For this reason, says the Lord, an attacker will come
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shutting in the land on every side, and your strength
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will come down, and your great houses will be made waste.
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These are the words of the Lord. As the keeper
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of sheep takes out of the mouth of the lion
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two legs or part of an ear, So will the
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children of Israel be made safe, who are resting in
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Samaria on seats of honor or on the silk cushions
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of a bed. Give ear now and give witness against
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the family of Jacob, says the Lord God, the God
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of armies. For in the day when I give Israel
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punishment for his sins, I will send punishment on the
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altars of Bethel, and the horns of the altar will
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be cut off and come down to the earth. And
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I will send destruction on the winter house with the
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summer house. The ivory houses will be falling down, and
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the great houses will come to an end, says the Lord.
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Chapter four. Give ear to this word, you cows of Bashan,
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who are in the hill of Samaria, by whom the
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poor are kept down and those in need are crushed,
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who say to their lords, get out the wine and
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give us drink. The Lord God has taken an oath
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by his holy name, that the days are coming when
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they will take you away with hooks, and the rest
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of you with fish hooks, and you will go out
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through the broken places, everyone going straight before her, and
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you will be sent into Harman, says the Lord. Come
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to Bethel, and do evil to Gilgal. Increasing the number
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of your sins. Come with your offerings every morning, and
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your tenths every three days. Let that which is leavined
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be burned as a praise offering. Let the news of
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your free offerings be given out publicly. For this is
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pleasing to you, o children of Israel, says the Lord.
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But in all your towns, I have kept food from
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your teeth, and in all your places there has been
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need of bread, and still you have not come back
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to me, says the Lord. And I have kept back
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the rain from you. When it was still three months
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before the grain cutting. I sent rain on one town
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and kept it back from another. One part was rained on,
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and the part where there was no became a waste.
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So two or three towns went wandering to one town
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looking for water and did not get enough. And still
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you have not come back to me, says the Lord.
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I have sent destruction on your fields by burning and disease,
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the increase of your gardens and your vine gardens, your
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fig trees and your olive trees has been food for worms.
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And still you have not come back to me, says
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the Lord. I have sent disease among you as it
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was in Egypt. I have put your young men to
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the sword, and have taken away your horses. I have
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made the evil smell from your tents come up to
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your noses, and still you have not come back to me,
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says the Lord. And I have sent destruction among you,
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as when God sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah, and
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you were like a burning stick pulled out of the fire.
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And still you have not come back to me, says
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the Lord. So this is what I will do to you,
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oh Israel. And because I will do this to you,
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be ready for a meeting with your God, Oh Israel.
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Foresee he who gave form to the mountains and made
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the wind, giving knowledge of his purpose to man who
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makes the morning dark and is walking on the high
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places of the earth. The Lord, the God of armies,
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is his name. Chapter five. Give ear to this word
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my song of sorrow over you, o children of Israel.
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The Virgin of Israel has been made low, never again
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to be lifted up. She is stretched out by herself
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on her land. There is no one to put her
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on her feet again. For these are the words of
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the Lord God. The town which was able to send
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out a thousand will have only a hundred, and that
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which sent out a hundred will have only ten. In Israel,
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for these are the words of the Lord to the
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children of Israel. Let your hearts be turned to me,
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so that you may have life. Do not be looking
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for help to Bethel, and do not go to Gilgal
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or make your way to Beersheba, for Gilgal will certainly
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be taken prisoner, and Bethel will come to nothing. Go
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to the Lord for help so that you may have life.
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For fear that he may come like fire bursting out
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in the family of Joseph, causing destruction, and there will
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be no one to put it out in Bethel, You
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who make the work of judging a bitter thing, crushing
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down righteousness to the earth. Go for help to him
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who makes Orion and the Pleiades, by whom the deep
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dark is turned into mourning, who makes the day black
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with night, whose voice goes out to the waters of
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the sea, sending them out over the face of the earth.
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The Lord is his name, who sends sudden destruction on
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the strong, so that destruction comes on the walled town.
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They have hate for him who makes protest against evil
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in the public place, and he whose words are upright
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is disgusting to them. So, because the poor man is
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crushed under your feet, and you take taxes from him
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of grain, you have made for yourselves houses of cut stone,
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but you will not take your rest in them. The
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fair vine gardens planted by your hands will not give
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you wine. For I have seen how your evil doing
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is increased, and how strong are your sins, you troublers
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of the upright, who take rewards and do wrong to
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the cause of the poor in the public place. So
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the wise will say nothing in that time, for it
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is an evil time. Go after good and not evil,
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so that life may be yours. And so the Lord,
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the God of armies, will be with you. As you say,
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be haters of evil and lovers of good, and let
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right be done in the public place. It may be
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that the Lord, the God of Armies, will have mercy
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on the rest of Joe. So these are the words
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of the Lord, the God of armies the Lord. There
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will be weeping in all the open spaces, and in
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all the streets they will say sorrow, sorrow, And they
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will get in the farmer to the weeping and the
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makers of sad songs to give cries of grief. In
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all the vine gardens there will be cries of grief.
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For I will go through among you, says the Lord.
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Sorrow to you who are looking for the day of
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the Lord, what is the day of the Lord? To you?
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It is dark and not light, as if a man
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running away from a lion, came face to face with
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a bear, or went into the house and put his
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hand on the wall and got a bite from a snake.
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Will not the day of the Lord be dark and
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not light, even very dark, with no light shining in it.
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Your feasts are disgusting to me. I will have nothing
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to do with them. I will take no delight in
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your holy meetings. Even if you give me your burnt
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offerings and your meal offerings, I will not take pleasure
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in them. I will have nothing to do with the
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peace offerings of your fat beasts. Take away from me
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the noise of your songs. My ears are shut to
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the melody of your instruments. But let the right go
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rolling on like waters and righteousness like an ever flowing stream.
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Did you come to me with offerings of beasts and
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meal offerings in the waste land for forty years? O Israel,
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Truly you will take up Sakuth your king, and Kaiwan
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your images, the star of your God, which you made
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for yourselves, and I will send you away as prisoners
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farther than Damascus, says the Lord whose name is the
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God of Armies. Chapter six. Sorrow to those who are
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resting in comfort in Zion, and to those who have
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no fear of danger in the mountain of Samaria. The
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noted men of the Chief of the Nations, to whom
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the people of Israel come, go on to Kalna and see,
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and from there go to Hamath the Great. Then go
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down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than
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these kingdoms? Or is your land wider than theirs? You
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who put far away the evil day causing the rule
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of the violent to come near, who are resting on
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beds of ivory, stretched out on soft seats, feasting on
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lambs from the flock and young oxen from the cattle house,
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making foolish songs to the sound of chorded instruments, and
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designing for themselves instruments of music, like David, drinking wine
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in basins, rubbing themselves with the best oils. But they
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have no grief for the destruction of Joseph. So now
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they will go away prisoners with the first of those
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who are made prisoners, and the loud cry of those
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who were stretched out will come to an end. The
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Lord God has taken an oath by himself, says the Lord,
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the God of armies. The pride of Jacob is disgusting
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to me, and I have hate for his great houses.
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So I will give up the town with everything in it.
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Then it will come about that if there are still
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ten men in a house, death will overtake them. And
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when a man's relation, even the one who is responsible
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for burning his body lifting him up to take his
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bones out of the house, says to him who was
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in the inmost part of the house, is there still
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anyone with you? And he says no. Then he will
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say keep quiet, For the name of the Lord may
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not be named. For see, at the order of the Lord,
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the great house will be full of cracks, and the
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little house will be broken. Is it possible for horses
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to go running on the rock? May the sea be
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plowed with oxen for the right to be turned by
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you into poison and the fruit of righteousness into a
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bitter plant. You whose joy is in a thing of
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no value? Who say have we not taken for ourselves
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horns by the strength which is ours? For see, I
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will send against you a nation o Israel, says the Lord,
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the God of armies, ruling you cruelly from the way
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into hamaf as far as the stream of the Arabah.
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Chapter seven. This is what the Lord God let me see.
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And I saw that when the growth of the late
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grass was starting, he made locusts. It was the late
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growth after the king's cutting was done. And it came
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about that, after they had taken all the grass of
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the land. I said, Oh, Lord God, have mercy. How
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will Jacob be able to keep his place? For he
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is small? The Lord, changing his purpose about this, said,
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it will not be. This is what the Lord let
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me see. And I saw that the Lord God sent
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for a great fire to be the instrument of his punishment.
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And after burning up the great deep, it was about
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to put an end to the Lord's heritage. Then said I, O,
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Lord God, let there be an end. How will Jacob
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be able to keep his place, for he is small.
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The Lord, changing his purpose about this, said, and this
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will not be. This is what he let me see.
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And I saw the Lord stationed by a wall made
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straight by a waited line, and he had a waited
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line in his hand. And the Lord said to me, Amos,
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what do you see? And I said, a waited line.
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Then the Lord said, see, I will let down a
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weighted line among my people Israel. Never again will my
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eyes be shut to the sin, and the high places
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of Isaac will be unpeopled, and the holy places of
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Israel will be made waste. And I will come up
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against the family of Jereboam with the sword. Then Amaziah,
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the priest of Bethel, sent to Jereboam, King of Israel, saying,
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Amos has made designs against you among the people of Israel.
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The land is troubled by his words, for Amos has
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said Jeroboam will be put to the sword, and Israel
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will certainly be taken away as a prisoner out of
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his land. And Amaziah sent to Amos, oh Sir go
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and flight into the land of Judah, and there get
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your living by working as a prophet. But be a
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prophet no longer at Bethel, for it is the holy
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place of the King and the King's house. Then Amos
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in answer said to Amaziah, I am no prophet or
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one of the sons of the prophets. I am a herdman,
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and one who takes care of sycamore trees. And the
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Lord took me from the flock, and the Lord said
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to me, go be a prophet to my people Israel.
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Now then give ear to the word of the Lord.
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You say, be no prophet to Israel, and say not
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a word against the people of Isaac. So this is
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what the Lord has said. Your wife will be a
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loose woman in the town, and your sons and your
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daughters will be put to the sword, and your land
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will be cut up into parts by a line. And you,
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yourself will come to your end in an unclean land.
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And Israel will certainly be taken away a prisoner out
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of his land. Chapter eight. This is what the Lord God.
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Let me see. And I saw a basket of summer fruit.
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And he said, Amos, what do you say? And I said,
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a basket of summer fruit. Then the Lord said to me,
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the end has come to my people Israel. Never again
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will my eyes be shut to their sin, And the
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songs of the king's house will be cries of pain.
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In that day, says the Lord God, great will be
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the number of the dead bodies, and everywhere they will
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put them out without a word. Give her to this,
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you who are crushing the poor, and whose purpose is
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to put an end to those who are in need
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in the land, saying, when will the new moon be gone?
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So that we may do trade in grain and the sabbath,
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so that we may put out in the market the
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produce of our fields, making the measure small and the
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price great, and trading falsely with scales of deceit, getting
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the poor for silver, and him who is in need
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for the price of two shoes, and taking a price
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for the waste parts of the grain. The Lord has
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taken an oath by the pride of Jacob. Truly I
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will ever keep in mind all their works. Will not
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the land be shaking with fear because of this, and
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everyone in it have sorrow, And all of it will
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be overflowing like the river, and it will be troubled
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and go down again like the river of Egypt. And
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it will come about in that day, says the Lord God,
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that I will make the sun go down in the
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middle of the day, and I will make the earth
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dark in daylight. Your feasts will be turned into sorrow,
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and all your melody into songs of grief. Everyone will
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be clothed with haircloth, and the hair of every head
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will be cut. I will make the weeping like that
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for an only sun, and the end of it like
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a bitter day. See the days are coming, says the
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Lord God, when I will send times of great need
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on the land, not need of food or desire for water,
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but for hearing the words of the Lord. And they
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will go wandering from sea to sea, and from the
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north even to the east, running here and there in
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search of the word of the Lord. And they will
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not get it. In that day. The fair virgins and
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the young men will be feeble from need of water.
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Those who make their oaths by the sin of Samaria,
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and say, by the life of your God, O Dan,
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and by the living way of Beersheba, even they will
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go down, never again to be lifted up. Chapter nine.
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I saw the Lord stationed by the side of the altar,
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giving blows to the tops of the pillars, so that
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the doorsteps were shaking, And he said, I will let
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all of them be broken with earth shocks. I will
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put the lad of them to the sword. If any
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one of them goes in flight, he will not get away.
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Not one of them will be safe. Even if they
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go deep into the underworld. My hand will take them
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up from there. If they go up to heaven, I
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will get them down. Though they take cover on the
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top of Carmel, I will go in search of them
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and get them out. Though they keep themselves from my eyes.
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In the bed of the sea, I will give orders
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to the great snake there, and he will give them
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a bite. And though they are taken away as prisoners
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by their attackers, even there will I give orders to
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the sword to put them to death. My eyes will
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be fixed on them for evil and not for good.
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For the Lord, the God of armies, is he at
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whose touch the land is turned to water, and everyone
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in it will be given up to sorrow. All of
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it will be overflowing like the river, and will go
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down again like the river of Egypt. It is he
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who makes his rooms in the heaven, basing his arch
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on the earth, whose voice goes out to the waters
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of the sea and sends them flowing over the face
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of the earth. The Lord is his name. Are you
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not as the children of the Ethiopians to me, o,
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children of Israel, says the Lord. Have I not taken
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Israel up out of the land of Egypt and the
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Philistines from Kaftar and the Aramians from kir See. The
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eyes of the Lord are on the evil kingdom, and
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I will put an end to it in all the earth.
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But I will not send complete destruction on Jacob, says
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the Lord. For see, I will give orders, and I
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will have Israel moved about among all the nations as
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grain is moved about by the shaking of the tray.
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But not the smallest seed will be dropped on the earth.
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All those sinners among my people will be put to
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the sword, who say evil will will not overtake us
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or come face to face with us. In that day
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I will put up the tent of David which has
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come down, and make good its broken places. And I
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will put up again his damaged walls, building it up
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as in the past, so that the rest of Edam
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may be their heritage, and all the nations who have
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been named by my name, says the Lord who is
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doing this. See the days will come, says the Lord,
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when the plowman will overtake him who is cutting the grain,
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and the crusher of the grapes him who is planting seed.
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And sweet wine will be dropping from the mountains, and
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the hills will be turned into streams of wine. And
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I will let the fate of my people Israel be changed.
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And they will be building up again the waste towns
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and living in them. They will again be planting vine
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gardens and taking the wine for their drink. And they
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will make gardens and get the fruit of them. And
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I will have them planted in their land. And never
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again will they be uprooted from their land which I
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have given them, says the Lord, your God. The end
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of the Book of Amos. Recording by Mark Penfold.