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AMO EN_ULT en_English_ltr Tue Jan 12 2021 12:09:22 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time) tc

1 The words of Amos, who was among the sheepbreeders from Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah, the king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, the king of Israel, two years to the face of the earthquake.

2 And he said,

“Yahweh roars from Zion,

and from Jerusalem he gives his voice,

and the pastures of the shepherds mourn,

and the head of Carmel dries up.”

3 Thus says Yahweh:

“For three transgressions of Damascus,

and for four, I will not turn it back,

because of their threshing the Gilead

with the threshing sledges of iron.

4 And I will send a fire into the house of Hazael,

and it will devour the citadels of Ben Hadad.

5 And I will break the bar of Damascus,

and I will cut off the seated one from the Valley of Aven,

and the one grasping the scepter from Beth Eden,

and the people of Aram will go into exile to Kir,”

says Yahweh.

6 Thus says Yahweh:

“For three transgressions of Gaza,

and for four, I will not turn it back,

because of their taking into exile a complete exile,

to hand them over to Edom.

7 And I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza,

and it will devour her citadels.

8 And I will cut off the seated one from Ashdod,

and the one grasping the scepter from Ashkelon,

and I will turn back my hand against Ekron,

and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,”

says my Lord Yahweh.

9 Thus says Yahweh:

“For three transgressions of Tyre,

and for four, I will not turn it back,

because of their handing over a complete exile to Edom,

and they did not remember the covenant of brothers.

10 And I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre,

and it will devour her citadels.”

11 Thus says Yahweh:

“For three transgressions of Edom,

and for four, I will not turn it back,

because of his pursuing his brother with the sword,

and he destroyed his compassions,

and his nose tore perpetually,

and his fury, he kept it continually.

12 And I will send a fire on Teman,

and it will devour the citadels of Bozrah.”

13 Thus says Yahweh:

“For three transgressions of the sons of Ammon,

and for four, I will not turn it back,

because of their ripping open the pregnant women of the Gilead,

in order to enlarge their border.

14 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah,

and it will devour her citadels,

with a shout in the day of battle,

with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind.

15 And their king will go into the exile,

he and his officials together,”

says Yahweh.

2 Thus says Yahweh:

“For three transgressions of Moab,

and for four, I will not turn it back,

because of his burning the bones of the king of Edom

to lime.

2 And I will send a fire into Moab,

and it will devour the citadels of Kerioth,

and Moab will die in an uproar,

with a war cry, with the sound of the shofar.

3 And I will cut off the judge from her midst,

and all of her officials I will kill with him,”

says Yahweh.

4 Thus says Yahweh:

“For three transgressions of Judah,

and for four, I will not turn it back,

because of their rejecting the law of Yahweh,

and they did not keep his statutes,

and their lies led them astray,

which their fathers walked after them.

5 And I will send a fire into Judah,

and it will devour the citadels of Jerusalem.”

6 Thus says Yahweh:

“For three transgressions of Israel,

and for four, I will not turn it back,

because of their selling the righteous for silver,

and the needy in exchange for a pair of sandals,

7 the ones trampling on the head of the poor to the dust of the earth,

and they turn aside the way of the afflicted,

and a man and his father go to the girl,

in order to profane the name of my holiness.

8 And on garments taken in pledge they stretch out beside every altar,

and the wine of the fined ones they drink in the house of their God.

9 But I, I destroyed the Amorite from before them,

who like the height of cedars was his height,

and he was strong as the oaks,

and I destroyed his fruit from above

and his roots from beneath.

10 And I, I brought you up from the land of Egypt,

and I led you in the wilderness forty years,

to possess the land of the Amorite.

11 And I raised up from your sons as prophets,

and from your young men as Nazirites.

Is it not even so, sons of Israel?—the declaration of Yahweh.

12 But you made the Nazirites drink wine,

and on the prophets you commanded, saying, ‘You shall not prophesy!’

13 Behold, I am pressing down beneath you,

just as the cart presses down, the one that is full of sheaves for it.

14 And refuge will perish from the swift,

and the strong will not strengthen his power,

and the mighty will not save his life,

15 and the one grasping the bow will not stand,

and the swift on his feet will not save himself,

and the one riding the horse will not save his life.

16 And the strong of his heart among the mighty,

naked he will flee in that day,”

the declaration of Yahweh.

3 Hear this word that Yahweh has spoken against you, sons of Israel, against all of the family that I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,

2 Only you have I known

from all of the families of the ground.

Therefore I will punish you

for all of your iniquities.

3 Will two walk together,

unless they have agreed?

4 Will a lion roar in the forest

when there is no prey for him?

Will a young lion give his voice from his den,

unless he has caught something?

5 Will a bird fall into a snare on the ground

when there is no trap for it?

Will a snare spring up from the ground,

and capturing, will it not capture?

6 If a horn is blown in a city,

will the people not tremble?

If disaster happens in a city,

has Yahweh not done it?

7 For the Lord Yahweh will not do a thing

unless he has revealed his secret counsel to his servants the prophets.

8 The lion has roared;

who will not fear?

The Lord Yahweh has spoken;

who will not prophesy?

9 Proclaim over the citadels in Ashdod,

and over the citadels in the land of Egypt,

and say, ‘Gather yourselves on the mountains of Samaria,

and see the great confusions in her midst,

and the oppressed ones within her.’

10 And they do not know to do what is right— the declaration of Yahweh—

those storing up violence and destruction in their citadels.

11 Therefore, thus says the Lord Yahweh: “An adversary— and one surrounding the land!

And he will bring down from you your strength,

and your citadels will be plundered.”

12 Thus says Yahweh:

“As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion

two legs or a piece of an ear,

so will the sons of Israel be rescued, the ones dwelling in Samaria

in the corner of a bed and on the damask of a couch.”

13 “Hear, and testify against the house of Jacob— the declaration of the Lord Yahweh, the God of Armies—

14 for in the day of my punishing the transgressions of Israel upon him,

I will also punish the altars of Bethel,

and the horns of the altar will be cut off,

and they will fall to the ground.

15 And I will strike the winter house with the summer house,

and the houses of ivory will perish,

and many houses will come to an end— the declaration of Yahweh.

4 Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan,

who are in the mountain of Samaria,

the ones oppressing the poor,

the ones crushing the needy,

the ones saying to their masters,

“Bring, and let us drink.”

2 The Lord Yahweh has sworn by his holiness

that, behold, the days are coming upon you

when he will lift you up with hooks,

and the last of you with fishhooks.

3 And you will go out through the breaches, a woman straight ahead of her,

and you will throw yourselves out toward Harmon— the declaration of Yahweh.

4 Go to Bethel and transgress,

to Gilgal and multiply to transgress,

and bring your sacrifices in the morning,

your tithes every three days.

5 And make a thank offering smoke from what is leavened,

and proclaim freewill offerings, announce them,

for thus you have loved, sons of Israel— the declaration of the Lord Yahweh.

6 And also I, I gave to you cleanness of teeth in all your cities,

and lack of bread in all your places,

yet you did not return as far as me— the declaration of Yahweh.

7 And also I, I withheld from you the rain

while there were still three months to the harvest.

And I made it rain on one city,

and on another city I did not make it rain;

one portion was rained on,

and a portion on which I did not make it rain dried up.

8 And two or three cities staggered to one city to drink water,

but they were not satisfied,

yet you did not return as far as me— the declaration of Yahweh.

9 I struck you with blight and with mildew;

the multitude of your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees,

the locust devoured them,

yet you did not return as far as me— the declaration of Yahweh.

10 I sent among you a plague in the way of Egypt;

I killed your young men with the sword, along with the captivity of your horses,

and I made the stench of your camp come up, and into your nostrils,

yet you did not return as far as me— the declaration of Yahweh.

11 I overthrew among you as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,

and you were like a firebrand snatched from a burning,

yet you did not return as far as me— the declaration of Yahweh.

12 Therefore thus I will do to you, Israel;

because I will do this to you,

prepare to meet your God, Israel.

13 For behold, the one forming the mountains and creating the wind,

and declaring to man what is his thought,

making dawn into darkness,

and treading on the high places of the earth—

Yahweh, God of Armies, is his name.

5 Hear this word that I take up as a lament over you, house of Israel.

2 The virgin Israel has fallen;

she will rise no more;

she is forsaken on her land;

there is no one to raise her up.

3 For this is what the Lord Yahweh says:

“The city that went out with a thousand will have a hundred left,

and the one that went out with a hundred will have ten left

belonging to the house of Israel.”

4 For this is what Yahweh says to the house of Israel:

“Seek me and live!

5 Do not seek Bethel;

nor enter Gilgal;

do not journey to Beersheba.

For Gilgal will surely go into captivity,

and Bethel will become nothing.

6 Seek Yahweh and live,

or he will break out like fire

in the house of Joseph.

It will devour,

and there will be no one to quench it in Bethel.

7 Those people turn justice into a bitter thing

and throw righteousness down to the ground!”

8 God made the Pleiades and Orion;

he turns darkness into the morning;

he makes the day dark with night

and calls for the waters of the sea;

he pours them out on the surface of the earth.

Yahweh is his name!

9 He causes destruction to fall on the strong,

and destruction comes down on the fortresses.

10 They hate anyone who corrects them in the city gate,

and they abhor anyone who speaks the truth.

11 Therefore, because you trample down the poor

and take portions of wheat from him—

although you have built houses of worked stone,

you will not live in them.

You have delightful vineyards,

but you will not drink their wine.

12 For I know how many are your offenses

and how great are your sins—

you who afflict the just,

take bribes,

and turn aside the needy in the city gate.

13 Therefore any prudent person is silent at such a time,

for it is an evil time.

14 Seek good and not evil,

so that you may live.

So Yahweh, the God of hosts, will really be with you,

as you say he is.

15 Hate evil, love good,

establish justice in the city gate.

Perhaps Yahweh, the God of hosts, will be gracious

to the remnant of Joseph.

16 Therefore, this is what Yahweh says,

the God of hosts, the Lord,

“Wailing will be in all the squares,

and they will say in all the streets,

‘Woe! Woe!’

They will call the farmers to mourning

and the mourners to wail.

17 In all vineyards there will be wailing,

for I will pass through your midst,”

says Yahweh.

18 Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh!

Why do you long for the day of Yahweh?

It will be darkness and not light,

19 as when a man flees from a lion

and a bear meets him,

or he goes in a house and puts his hand on the wall

and a snake bites him.

20 Will not the day of Yahweh be darkness and not light?

Gloom and no brightness?

21 “I hate, I despise your festivals,

I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.

22 Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings,

I will not accept them,

neither will I look at the fellowship offerings of your fattened animals.

23 Remove from me the noise of your songs;

I will not listen to the sound of your harps.

24 Instead, let justice flow like water,

and righteousness like a constantly flowing stream.

25 Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings

in the wilderness for forty years, house of Israel?

26 You have lifted up the images of Sikkuth, your king,

and Kaiwan, your star god,

which you made for yourselves.

27 Therefore I will exile you beyond Damascus,”

says Yahweh,

whose name is the God of hosts.

6 Woe to those who are at ease in Zion,

and to those who are secure in the hill country of Samaria,

the notable men of the best of the nations,

to whom the house of Israel comes for help!

2 “Go to Kalneh and look;

from there go to Hamath, the great city;

then go down to Gath of the Philistines.

Are they better than your two kingdoms?

Is their border larger than your border?”

3 Woe to those who put off the day of disaster

and make the throne of violence come near.

4 They lie on beds of ivory

and lounge on their couches.

They eat lambs from the flock

and calves from the stall.

5 They sing foolish songs to the music of the harp;

they improvise on musical instruments as David did.

6 They drink wine from bowls

and anoint themselves with the finest oils,

but they do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.

7 Therefore, now they will go into exile with the first exiles,

and the feasts of those who lounge about will pass away.

8 “I, the Lord Yahweh, have sworn by myself—

this is the declaration of Yahweh, the God of hosts,

I detest the pride of Jacob;

I hate his fortresses.

Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.” 9 It will come about that if there are ten men left in one house, they will all die. 10 When a man’s relative comes to take their bodies up—the one who is to cremate them after bringing the corpses out of the house—if he says to the person in the house, “Is there anyone with you?” What if that person says, “No.” Then he will say, “Be quiet, for we must not mention Yahweh’s name.”

11 For, behold, Yahweh will give a command,

and the big house will be smashed to pieces,

and the little house to bits.

12 Do horses run on the rocky cliffs?

Does one plow there with oxen?

Yet you have turned justice into poison

and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness.

13 You who rejoice over Lo Debar,

who say, “Have we not taken Karnaim by our own strength?”

14 “Therefore, behold, I will raise up against you a nation,

house of Israel”—this is the declaration of Yahweh, the God of hosts—“They will afflict you

from Lebo Hamath to the brook of the Arabah.”

7 This is what the Lord Yahweh showed me. Behold, he formed a locust swarm when the spring crop began to come up, and, behold, it was the late crop after the king’s harvest. 2 When they finished eating the vegetation of the land, then I said, “Lord Yahweh, please forgive; how will Jacob survive? For he is so small.” 3 Yahweh relented concerning this. “It will not happen,” he said.

4 This is what the Lord Yahweh showed me: Behold, the Lord Yahweh called on fire to judge. It dried the vast, deep water under the earth and would have devoured the land, also. 5 But I said, “Lord Yahweh, please stop; how will Jacob survive? For he is so small.” 6 Yahweh relented concerning this, “This also will not happen,” said the Lord Yahweh.

7 This is what he showed me: Behold, the Lord stood beside a wall with a plumb line, and the plumb line was in his hand. 8 Yahweh said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said, “Behold, I will put a plumb line among my people Israel. Never again will I spare them.

9 The high places of Isaac will be destroyed,

the sanctuaries of Israel will be ruined,

and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”

10 Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent a message to Jeroboam, king of Israel, saying: “Amos has conspired against you in the middle of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words. 11 For this is what Amos said,

‘Jeroboam will die by the sword,

and Israel will surely go into exile away from his land.’ ” 12 Amaziah said to Amos, “Seer, go, run yourself back to the land of Judah, and there eat bread and prophesy. 13 But you must never again prophesy here at Bethel, for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a royal house.”

14 Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, “I am not a prophet nor am I a prophet’s son, for I am a herdsman, and I take care of sycamore fig trees. 15 But Yahweh took me from tending the flock, and Yahweh said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’ 16 Now hear the word of Yahweh. You say, ‘Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not speak against the house of Isaac.’ 17 Therefore this is what Yahweh says,

‘Your wife will be a prostitute in the city;

your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword;

your land will be measured and divided up;

you will die in an unclean land,

and Israel will surely go into exile from his land.’ ”

8 This is what the Lord Yahweh showed me. Behold, a basket of summer fruit! 2 He said, “What do you see, Amos?” I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then Yahweh said to me,

“The end has come for my people Israel;

I will spare them no longer.

3 The songs of the temple will become wailings in that day—

this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh—

many dead bodies, they are thrown everywhere!

Silence!”

4 Listen to this, you who trample the needy

and remove the poor of the land. 5 They say,

“When will the new moon be over,

so we can sell grain again?

When will the Sabbath day be over,

so that we can sell wheat?

We will make the measure small

and increase the price,

as we cheat with false scales.

6 This is so we can sell bad wheat, buy the poor with silver,

and the needy for a pair of sandals.”

7 Yahweh has sworn by the pride of Jacob, “Surely I will never forget any of their actions.”

8 Will not the land quake for this,

and every one who lives in it mourn?

All of it will rise up like the Nile River,

and it will be tossed about and settle again,

like the river of Egypt.

9 “It will come in that day—

this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh—

that I will make the sun set at noon,

and I will darken the earth at daylight.

10 I will turn your festivals into mourning

and all your songs into lamentation.

I will make all of you wear sackcloth

and have baldness on every head.

I will make it like mourning for an only son,

and a bitter day to its end.

11 Behold, the days are coming—

this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh—

when I will send a famine in the land,

not a famine for bread,

nor of thirst for water,

but for hearing the words of Yahweh.

12 They will stagger from sea to sea;

they will run from the north to the east

to seek the word of Yahweh,

but they will not find it.

13 In that day the beautiful virgins

and the young men will faint from thirst.

14 Those who swear by the sin of Samaria[fn]

and say, ‘As your god lives, Dan,’

and, ‘As the way to Beersheba exists’—[fn]

they will fall and never rise again.”

9 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said, “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the foundations will shake.

Break them in pieces on all of their heads,

and I will kill the last of them with the sword.

Not one of them will get away,

not one of them will escape.

2 Though they dig into Sheol,

there my hand will take them.

Though they climb up to heaven,

there I will bring them down.

3 Though they hide on the top of Carmel,

there I will search and take them.

Though they are hidden from my sight in the bottom of the sea,

there will I give orders to the serpent, and it will bite them.

4 Though they go into captivity, driven by their enemies before them,

there will I give orders to the sword, and it will kill them.

I will keep my eyes on them for harm and not for good.”

5 The Lord Yahweh of hosts

touches the land and it melts;

all who live in it mourn;

all of it will rise up like the River,

and sink again like the river of Egypt.

6 It is he who builds his steps in the heavens,

and has established his vault over the earth.

He calls for the waters of the sea,

and pours them out on the surface of the earth,

Yahweh is his name.

7 “Are you not like the sons of Cush to me,

sons of Israel—

this is Yahweh’s declaration—

did I not bring up Israel out of the land of Egypt,

the Philistines from Crete,

and the Arameans from Kir?

8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord Yahweh are on the sinful kingdom,

and I will destroy it from the face of the earth,

except that I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob—

this is Yahweh’s declaration.

9 For, behold, I will give a command,

and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations,

as one shakes grain in a sieve,

so that not the smallest stone will fall to the ground.

10 All the sinners of my people will die by the sword,

those who say, ‘Disaster will not overtake or meet us.’

11 In that day I will raise up the tent of David that has fallen,

and close up its breaches.

I will raise up its ruins,

and rebuild it as in the days of old,

12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom,

and all the nations that are called by my name after them—

this is Yahweh’s declaration—he does this.

13 Behold, the days will come—this is Yahweh’s declaration—

when the plowman will overtake the reaper,

and the treader of grapes will overtake him who plants seed.

The mountains will drip sweet wine,

and all the hills will flow with it.

14 I will bring back from captivity my people Israel.

They will build the ruined cities and inhabit them,

they will plant vineyards and drink their wine,

and they will make gardens and eat their fruit.

15 I will plant them upon their land,

and they will never again be uprooted from the land

that I have given them,”

says Yahweh your God.