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I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of
Aven, and him that holdeth the
sceptre from the house of
Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the
LORD.
I will break down the gates of Damascus; I will cut off the ruler of the Valley of
Aven and the one who wields the
scepter in Beth-
eden. The people of
Aram will be exiled to Kir,” says the
LORD.
Thus saith the
LORD; For three transgressions of
Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away
captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to
Edom:
This is what the
LORD says: “For three transgressions of
Gaza, even four, I will not
revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to
Edom.
And I will cut off the inhabitant from
Ashdod, and him that holdeth the
sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against
Ekron: and the
remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the
Lord GOD.
I will cut off the ruler of
Ashdod and the one who wields the
scepter in Ashkelon. I will turn My hand against
Ekron, and the
remnant of the Philistines will perish,” says the
Lord GOD.
Thus saith the
LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to
Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:
This is what the
LORD says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, even four, I will not
revoke My judgment, because they delivered up a whole congregation of exiles to
Edom and broke a covenant of
brotherhood.
Thus saith the
LORD; For three transgressions of
Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all
pity, and his anger did
tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:
This is what the
LORD says: “For three transgressions of
Edom, even four, I will not
revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and
stifled all
compassion; his anger
raged continually, and his
fury flamed
incessantly.
Thus saith the
LORD; For three transgressions of the children of
Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have
ripped up the women with child of
Gilead, that they might
enlarge their border:
And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the LORD.
Their king will go into exile— he and his princes together,” says the LORD.
Thus saith the
LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of
Edom into lime:
This is what the
LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not
revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of
Edom’s king.
And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will
slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the
LORD.
I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,” says the LORD.
Thus saith the
LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have
despised the law of the
LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to
err, after the which their fathers have walked:
This is what the
LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not
revoke My judgment, because they
reject the Law of the
LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led
astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.
Thus saith the
LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of
shoes;
This is what the
LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not
revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the
needy for a pair of
sandals.
And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for
Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the
LORD.
I raised up prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is this not true, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD.
And he that is
courageous among the mighty shall
flee away naked in that day, saith the
LORD.
Even the bravest of mighty men will
flee naked on that day,” declares the
LORD.
Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,
Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
Shall a
trumpet be
blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the
LORD hath not done it?
If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not
tremble? If
calamity comes to a city, has not the
LORD caused it?
Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
Surely the
Lord GOD does nothing without
revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.
The lion hath
roared, who will not fear? the
Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but
prophesy?
The lion has
roared— who will not fear? The
Lord GOD has spoken— who will not
prophesy?
For they know not to do right, saith the
LORD, who store up violence and
robbery in their palaces.
“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”
Therefore thus saith the
Lord GOD; An
adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be
spoiled.
Therefore this is what the
Lord GOD says: “An enemy will
surround the land; he will pull down your strongholds and
plunder your citadels.”
Thus saith the
LORD; As the
shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a
couch.
This is what the
LORD says: “As the
shepherd snatches from the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites dwelling in Samaria will be
rescued having just the corner of a bed or the
cushion of a
couch.
Hear ye, and
testify in the house of Jacob, saith the
Lord GOD, the God of hosts,
Hear and
testify against the house of Jacob, declares the
Lord GOD, the God of Hosts.
And I will
smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the
LORD.
I will
tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory will also perish, and the great houses will come to an end,” declares the
LORD.
The
Lord GOD hath
sworn by his
holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your
posterity with fishhooks.
The
Lord GOD has
sworn by His
holiness: “Behold, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, and your
posterity with fishhooks.
And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the LORD.
You will go out through broken walls, each one straight
ahead of her, and you will be cast out toward Harmon,” declares the
LORD.
Offer
leavened bread as a
thank offering, and loudly
proclaim your
freewill offerings. For that is what you children of Israel love to do,” declares the
Lord GOD.
And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
“I
beset all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the
LORD.
So two or three cities
wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the
LORD.
People
staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the
LORD.
I have
smitten you with blasting and
mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the
palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the
LORD.
“I struck you with
blight and
mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the
locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the
LORD.
I have sent among you the
pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the
stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the
LORD.
“I sent plagues among you like those of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I filled your nostrils with the
stench of your camp, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the
LORD.
I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew
Sodom and
Gomorrah, and ye were as a
firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the
LORD.
For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name.
For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the
dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth— the
LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.”
For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.
This is what the Lord GOD says: “The city that marches out a thousand strong will only see a hundred return, and the one that marches out a hundred strong will have but ten left in the house of Israel.”
For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live!
Seek the
LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and
devour it, and there be none to
quench it in
Bethel.
Seek the
LORD and live, or He will
sweep like fire through the house of Joseph; it will
devour everything, with no one at
Bethel to
extinguish it.
Seek him that maketh the seven stars and
Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The
LORD is his name:
He who made the
Pleiades and
Orion, who turns darkness into
dawn and darkens day into night, who
summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth— the
LORD is His name—
Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.
Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the
LORD God of hosts will be
gracious unto the
remnant of Joseph.
Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the
LORD, the God of Hosts, will be
gracious to the
remnant of Joseph.”
Therefore this is what the
LORD, the God of Hosts, the
Lord, says: “There will be
wailing in all the public squares and
cries of ‘
Alas!
Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to
mourn, and the mourners to
wail.
And in all vineyards shall be
wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the
LORD.
There will be
wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst,” says the
LORD.
Woe unto you that desire the day of the
LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the
LORD is darkness, and not light.
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.
Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
Will not the Day of the
LORD be darkness and not light, even
gloom with no brightness in it?
Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.
Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the LORD, whose name is the God of Hosts.
The
Lord GOD hath
sworn by himself, saith the
LORD the God of hosts, I
abhor the
excellency of Jacob, and
hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
The
Lord GOD has
sworn by Himself—the
LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I
abhor Jacob’s pride and
detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”
And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.
And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is
anyone else with you?” “None,” that person will answer. “Silence,” the relative will
retort, “for the name of the
LORD must not be
invoked.”
For, behold, the
LORD commandeth, and he will
smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
For the
LORD gives a command: “The great house will be
smashed to pieces, and the small house to
rubble.”
But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the
LORD the God of hosts; and they shall
afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.
For behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the
LORD, the God of Hosts, “and they will
oppress you from Lebo-
hamath to the
Brook of the Arabah.”
Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings.
This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts just after the king’s harvest, as the late spring crop was coming up.
And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O
Lord GOD,
forgive, I
beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
And when the locusts had eaten every green plant in the land, I said, “
Lord GOD, please
forgive! How will Jacob
survive, since he is so small?”
The
LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the
LORD.
So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.
Thus hath the
Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the
Lord GOD called to
contend by fire, and it
devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.
This is what the
Lord GOD showed me: The
Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and
devoured the land.
Then said I, O
Lord GOD, cease, I
beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
Then I said, “
Lord GOD, please stop! How will Jacob
survive, since he is so small?”
The
LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the
Lord GOD.
So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.
Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
This is what He showed me: Behold, the
Lord was standing by a wall true to
plumb, with a
plumb line in His hand.
And the
LORD said unto me,
Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the
Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:
“
Amos, what do you see?” asked the
LORD. “A
plumb line,” I replied. “Behold,” said the
Lord, “I am setting a
plumb line among My people Israel; I will no longer
spare them:
And the
LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the
LORD said unto me, Go,
prophesy unto my people Israel.
But the
LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go,
prophesy to My people Israel.’
Now therefore hear thou the word of the
LORD: Thou sayest,
Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.
Now, therefore, hear the word of the
LORD. You say: ‘Do not
prophesy against Israel; do not
preach against the house of Isaac.’
Therefore thus saith the
LORD; Thy wife shall be an
harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a
polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.
Therefore this is what the
LORD says: ‘Your wife will become a
prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be divided by a measuring line, and you
yourself will die on pagan soil. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”
Thus hath the
Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a
basket of summer fruit.
This is what the
Lord GOD showed me: I saw a
basket of summer fruit.
And he said,
Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A
basket of summer fruit. Then said the
LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
“
Amos, what do you see?” He asked. “A
basket of summer fruit,” I replied. So the
LORD said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel; I will no longer
spare them.”
And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
“In that day,” declares the
Lord GOD, “the songs of the temple will turn to
wailing. Many will be the corpses,
strewn in silence everywhere!”
The
LORD has
sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never
forget any of their deeds.
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the
Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at
noon, and I will
darken the earth in the clear day:
And in that day, declares the
Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at
noon, and I will
darken the earth in the
daytime.
Behold, the days come, saith the
Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a
thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the
LORD:
Behold, the days are coming, declares the
Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land— not a famine of bread or a
thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the
LORD.
And they shall
wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and
fro to seek the word of the
LORD, and shall not find it.
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.
I saw the
LORD standing upon the altar: and he said,
Smite the
lintel of the door, that the posts may
shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will
slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not
flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
I saw the
Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds
shake.
Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who
flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.
And the
Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall
melt, and all that dwell therein shall
mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be
drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
The
Lord GOD of Hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, and all its dwellers
mourn— all the land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt—
It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his
troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The
LORD is his name.
He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His
vault upon the earth. He
summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The
LORD is His name.
Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
“Are you not like the Cushites to Me, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. “Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Arameans from Kir?
Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.
Surely the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares the LORD.
That they may possess the
remnant of
Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the
LORD that doeth this.
that they may possess the
remnant of
Edom and all the nations that bear My name,” declares the
LORD, who will do this.
Behold, the days come, saith the
LORD, that the
plowman shall overtake the
reaper, and the
treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall
melt.
“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the
LORD, “when the
plowman will overtake the
reaper and the
treader of grapes, the
sower of seed. The mountains will
drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow.
And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.
I will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God.
The vision of
Obadiah. Thus saith the
Lord GOD concerning
Edom; We have heard a rumour from the
LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
This is the vision of
Obadiah: This is what the
Lord GOD says about
Edom— We have heard a message from the
LORD; an
envoy has been sent among the nations to say, “Rise up, and let us go to battle against her!”—
Though thou
exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the
LORD.
Though you
soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the
LORD.
Shall I not in that day, saith the
LORD, even destroy the wise men out of
Edom, and understanding out of the mount of
Esau?
In that day, declares the
LORD, will I not destroy the wise men of
Edom and the men of understanding in the mountains of
Esau?
For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
For the Day of the
LORD is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your
recompense will return upon your own head.
And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of
Esau for
stubble, and they shall
kindle in them, and
devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of
Esau; for the
LORD hath spoken it.
Then the house of Jacob will be a
blazing fire, and the house of Joseph a burning flame; but the house of
Esau will be
stubble— Jacob will set it
ablaze and
consume it. Therefore no
survivor will remain from the house of
Esau.” For the
LORD has spoken.
And saviours shall come up on mount
Zion to judge the mount of
Esau; and the kingdom shall be the
LORD’S.
The deliverers will
ascend Mount
Zion to rule over the mountains of
Esau. And the kingdom will belong to the
LORD.
Now the word of the
LORD came unto
Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
Now the word of the
LORD came to
Jonah son of Amittai, saying,
But
Jonah rose up to
flee unto
Tarshish from the presence of the
LORD, and went down to
Joppa; and he found a ship going to
Tarshish: so he paid the
fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto
Tarshish from the presence of the
LORD.
But the
LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty
tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
Then the
LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship was in danger of breaking apart.
And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.
“I am a Hebrew,” replied
Jonah. “I worship the
LORD, the God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.”
Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.
Then the men were even more afraid and said to him, “What have you done?” The men knew that he was
fleeing from the presence of the
LORD, because he had told them.
Wherefore they
cried unto the
LORD, and said, We
beseech thee, O
LORD, we
beseech thee, let us not perish for this man’s life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O
LORD, hast done as it pleased thee.
So they
cried out to the
LORD: “Please, O
LORD, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life! Do not charge us with innocent blood! For You, O
LORD, have done as You pleased.”
Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.
Then the men feared the LORD greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows to Him.
Now the
LORD had prepared a great fish to
swallow up
Jonah. And
Jonah was in the
belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Now the
LORD had appointed a great fish to
swallow Jonah, and
Jonah spent three days and three nights in the
belly of the fish.
Then
Jonah prayed unto the
LORD his God out of the fish’s
belly,
From inside the fish,
Jonah prayed to the
LORD his God,
saying: “In my distress I called to the
LORD, and He answered me. From the
belly of
Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me
barred me in
forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O
LORD my God!
When my soul
fainted within me I remembered the
LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
As my life was
fading away, I remembered the
LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.
But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of
thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have
vowed. Salvation is of the
LORD.
But I, with the voice of
thanksgiving, will sacrifice to You. I will
fulfill what I have
vowed. Salvation is from the
LORD!”
And the
LORD spake unto the fish, and it
vomited out
Jonah upon the dry land.
And the word of the
LORD came unto
Jonah the second time, saying,
Then the word of the
LORD came to
Jonah a second time:
So
Jonah arose, and went unto
Nineveh, according to the word of the
LORD. Now
Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days’ journey.
This time
Jonah got up and went to
Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the
LORD. Now
Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey.
And he prayed unto the
LORD, and said, I pray thee, O
LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto
Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a
gracious God, and
merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
So he prayed to the
LORD, saying, “O
LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to
flee toward
Tarshish. I knew that You are a
gracious and
compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending
disaster.
Therefore now, O
LORD, take, I
beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
Then said the
LORD, Doest thou well to be
angry?
But the
LORD replied, “Have you any right to be
angry?”
And the
LORD God prepared a
gourd, and made it to come up over
Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So
Jonah was exceeding
glad of the
gourd.
So the
LORD God appointed a vine, and it grew up to provide shade over
Jonah’s head to ease his discomfort, and
Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant.
Then said the
LORD, Thou hast had
pity on the
gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:
But the
LORD said, “You cared about the plant, which you neither tended nor made grow. It
sprang up in a night and perished in a night.
The word of the
LORD that came to
Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham,
Ahaz, and
Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
This is the word of the
LORD that came to
Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham,
Ahaz, and
Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:
