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And it shall come to pass in that day, that
the mountains shall drop down new wine, and
the hills shall flow with milk, and all
the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of
the house of
the LORD, and shall water
the valley of
Shittim.
And in that day
the mountains will
drip with sweet wine, and
the hills will flow with milk. All
the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from
the house of
the LORD to water
the Valley of
Acacias.
Egypt shall be a
desolation, and
Edom shall be a
desolate wilderness, for
the violence against
the children of Judah, because
they have shed innocent blood in
their land.
Egypt will become
desolate, and
Edom a desert wasteland, because of
the violence done to
the people of Judah, in whose land
they shed innocent blood.
For I will
avenge their blood, which I have not yet
avenged.” For
the LORD dwells in
Zion.
The words of
Amos, who was among
the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in
the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in
the days of
Jeroboam the son of
Joash king of Israel, two years before
the earthquake.
These are
the words of
Amos, who was among
the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before
the earthquake, in
the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and
Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.
And he said,
The LORD will
roar from
Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and
the habitations of
the shepherds shall
mourn, and
the top of
Carmel shall wither.
Thus saith
the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away
the punishment
thereof; because
they have
threshed Gilead with
threshing instruments of iron:
This is what
the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Damascus, even four, I will not
revoke My judgment, because
they threshed Gilead with sledges of iron.
But I will send a fire into
the house of
Hazael, which shall
devour the palaces of Ben-
hadad.
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.
But I will send a fire on
the wall of
Gaza, which shall
devour the palaces
thereof:
So I will send fire upon
the walls of
Gaza, to
consume its citadels.
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.
But I will send a fire on
the wall of Tyrus, which shall
devour the palaces
thereof.
So I will send fire upon
the walls of Tyre to
consume its citadels.”
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.
But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall
devour the palaces of
Bozrah.
So I will send fire upon Teman to
consume the citadels of
Bozrah.”
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:
So I will
kindle a fire in
the walls of Rabbah to
consume its citadels amid war
cries on
the day of battle and a violent wind on
the day of
tempest.
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.
But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall
devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with
tumult, with
shouting, and with
the sound of
the trumpet:
So I will send fire against Moab to
consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in
tumult, amid war
cries and
the sound of
the ram’s horn.
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.
But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall
devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
So I will send fire upon Judah to
consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”
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.
That
pant after
the dust of
the earth on
the head of
the poor, and turn aside
the way of
the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto
the same
maid, to
profane my holy name:
They trample on
the heads of
the poor as on
the dust of
the earth;
they push the needy out of
their way. A man and his father have relations with
the same
girl and so
profane My holy name.
And
they lay
themselves down upon clothes laid to
pledge by every altar, and
they drink
the wine of
the condemned in
the house of
their god.
They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in
pledge. And in
the house of
their God,
they drink wine obtained through fines.
Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.
Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
And I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, that you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.
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.
But ye gave
the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded
the prophets, saying,
Prophesy not.
“But you made
the Nazirites drink wine and commanded
the prophets not to
prophesy.
Therefore the flight shall perish from
the swift, and
the strong shall not
strengthen his force, neither shall
the mighty deliver himself:
Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.
Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.
The archer will not stand his ground,
the fleet of foot will not escape, and
the horseman will not save his life.
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:
You only have I known of all
the families of
the earth:
therefore I will
punish you for all your
iniquities.
“Only you have I known from all
the families of
the earth;
therefore I will
punish you for all your
iniquities.”
Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
Can two walk together without agreeing where to go?
Will a lion
roar in
the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
Does a lion
roar in
the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion
growl in his den if he has caught nothing?
Can a bird fall in a
snare upon
the earth, where no
gin is for him? shall one take up a
snare from
the earth, and have taken nothing at all?
Does a bird land in a
snare where no
bait has been set? Does a
trap spring from
the ground when it has nothing to catch?
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?
Publish in
the palaces at
Ashdod, and in
the palaces in
the land of Egypt, and say,
Assemble yourselves upon
the mountains of Samaria, and behold
the great tumults in
the midst
thereof, and
the oppressed in
the midst
thereof.
Proclaim to
the citadels of
Ashdod and to
the citadels of Egypt: “
Assemble on
the mountains of Samaria; see
the great unrest in
the city and
the acts of oppression in her midst.”
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.
That in
the day that I shall visit
the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit
the altars of
Bethel: and
the horns of
the altar shall be cut off, and fall to
the ground.
On
the day I
punish Israel for
their transgressions, I will visit destruction on
the altars of
Bethel;
the horns of
the altar will be cut off, and
they will fall to
the ground.
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.
Hear this word, ye
kine of
Bashan, that are in
the mountain of Samaria, which
oppress the poor, which
crush the needy, which say to
their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
Hear this word, you cows of
Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who
oppress the poor and
crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”
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.
And also I have
withholden the rain from you, when
there were yet three months to
the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and
the piece
whereupon it rained not
withered.
“I also
withheld the rain from you when
the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but
withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain
withered.
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.
Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
“Therefore, that is what I will do to you, O Israel, and since I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel!
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.”
The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is
forsaken upon her land;
there is none to raise her up.
“Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again. She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.”
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.
Ye who turn judgment to
wormwood, and leave off righteousness in
the earth,
There are those who turn justice into
wormwood and cast righteousness to
the ground.
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—
That strengtheneth
the spoiled against
the strong, so that
the spoiled shall come against
the fortress.
They hate him that rebuketh in
the gate, and
they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
There are those who
hate the one who reproves in
the gate and
despise him who speaks with
integrity.
Forasmuch therefore as your
treading is upon
the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of
hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in
them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of
them.
Therefore, because you
trample on
the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in
the stone houses you have built; you will never drink
the wine from
the lush vineyards you have planted.
For I know your
manifold transgressions and your mighty sins:
they afflict the just,
they take a
bribe, and
they turn aside
the poor in
the gate from
their right.
For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You
oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive
the poor of justice in
the gate.
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
Therefore,
the prudent keep silent in such times, for
the days are evil.
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.
As if a man did
flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into
the house, and
leaned his hand on
the wall, and a serpent
bit him.
It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to
encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against
the wall, only to be
bitten by a
snake.
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?
Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept
them; for your peace offerings of
fattened cattle I will have no regard.
Take thou away from me
the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear
the melody of thy viols.
Take away from Me
the noise of your songs! I will not
listen to
the music of your harps.
Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
But ye have borne
the tabernacle of your
Moloch and Chiun your images,
the star of your god, which ye made to
yourselves.
You have taken along Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god,
the idols you made for
yourselves.
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.
Woe to
them that are at ease in
Zion, and trust in
the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of
the nations, to whom
the house of Israel came!
Woe to those at ease in
Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria,
the distinguished ones of
the foremost nation, to whom
the house of Israel comes.
Pass ye unto
Calneh, and see; and from
thence go ye to
Hamath the great:
then go down to
Gath of
the Philistines: be
they better than
these kingdoms? or
their border greater than your border?
Cross over to
Calneh and see; go from
there to
the great
Hamath;
then go down to
Gath of
the Philistines. Are you better than
these kingdoms? Is
their territory larger than yours?
Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
You dismiss
the day of
calamity and bring near a reign of violence.
That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch
themselves upon
their couches, and eat
the lambs out of
the flock, and
the calves out of
the midst of
the stall;
You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and
lounge upon your couches. You
dine on lambs from
the flock and
calves from
the stall.
That
chant to
the sound of
the viol, and
invent to
themselves instruments of musick, like David;
You drink wine by
the bowlful and
anoint yourselves with
the finest oils, but you fail to
grieve over
the ruin of Joseph.
Therefore now shall
they go
captive with
the first that go
captive, and
the banquet of
them that stretched
themselves shall be removed.
Therefore, you will now go into exile as
the first of
the captives, and your feasting and
lounging will come to an end.
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 it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
And if there are ten men left in one house, they too will die.
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.”
Shall horses run upon
the rock? will one
plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and
the fruit of righteousness into
hemlock:
“Do horses
gallop on
the cliffs? Does one
plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and
the fruit of righteousness into
wormwood—
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.
