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\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
words
of
Amos,
who
was
among
the
herdsmen
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.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}And
he
said,
Jehovah
will
roar
from
Zion,
and
utter
his
voice
from
Jerusalem;
and
the
pastures
of
the
shepherds
shall
mourn,
and
the
top
of
Carmel
shall
wither.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Thus
saith
Jehovah:
For
three
transgressions
of
Damascus,
yea,
for
four,
I
will
not
turn
away
the
punishment
thereof;
because
they
have
threshed
Gilead
with
threshing
instruments
of
iron.
\VS{4}But
I
will
send
a
fire
into
the
house
of
Hazael,
and
it
shall
devour
the
palaces
of
Ben-hadad.
\VS{5}And
I
will
break
the
bar
of
Damascus,
and
cut
off
the
inhabitant
from
the
valley
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
Jehovah.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Thus
saith
Jehovah:
For
three
transgressions
of
Gaza,
yea,
for
four,
I
will
not
turn
away
the
punishment
thereof;
because
they
carried
away
captive
the
whole
people,
to
deliver
them
up
to
Edom.
\VS{7}But
I
will
send
a
fire
on
the
wall
of
Gaza,
and
it
shall
devour
the
palaces
thereof.
\VS{8}And
I
will
cut
off
the
inhabitant
from
Ashdod,
and
him
that
holdeth
the
sceptre
from
Ashkelon;
and
I
will
turn
my
hand
against
Ekron;
and
the
remnant
of
the
Philistines
shall
perish,
saith
the
Lord
Jehovah.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Thus
saith
Jehovah:
For
three
transgressions
of
Tyre,
yea,
for
four,
I
will
not
turn
away
the
punishment
thereof;
because
they
delivered
up
the
whole
people
to
Edom,
and
remembered
not
the
brotherly
covenant.
\VS{10}But
I
will
send
a
fire
on
the
wall
of
Tyre,
and
it
shall
devour
the
palaces
thereof.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Thus
saith
Jehovah:
For
three
transgressions
of
Edom,
yea,
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.
\VS{12}But
I
will
send
a
fire
upon
Teman,
and
it
shall
devour
the
palaces
of
Bozrah.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Thus
saith
Jehovah:
For
three
transgressions
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
yea,
for
four,
I
will
not
turn
away
the
punishment
thereof;
because
they
have
ripped
up
the
women
with
child
of
Gilead,
that
they
may
enlarge
their
border.
\VS{14}But
I
will
kindle
a
fire
in
the
wall
of
Rabbah,
and
it
shall
devour
the
palaces
thereof,
with
shouting
in
the
day
of
battle,
with
a
tempest
in
the
day
of
the
whirlwind;
\VS{15}and
their
king
shall
go
into
captivity,
he
and
his
princes
together,
saith
Jehovah.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Thus
saith
Jehovah:
For
three
transgressions
of
Moab,
yea,
for
four,
I
will
not
turn
away
the
punishment
thereof;
because
he
burned
the
bones
of
the
king
of
Edom
into
lime.
\VS{2}But
I
will
send
a
fire
upon
Moab,
and
it
shall
devour
the
palaces
of
Kerioth;
and
Moab
shall
die
with
tumult,
with
shouting,
and
with
the
sound
of
the
trumpet;
\VS{3}and
I
will
cut
off
the
judge
from
the
midst
thereof,
and
will
slay
all
the
princes
thereof
with
him,
saith
Jehovah.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Thus
saith
Jehovah:
For
three
transgressions
of
Judah,
yea,
for
four,
I
will
not
turn
away
the
punishment
thereof;
because
they
have
rejected
the
law
of
Jehovah,
and
have
not
kept
his
statutes,
and
their
lies
have
caused
them
to
err,
after
which
their
fathers
did
walk.
\VS{5}But
I
will
send
a
fire
upon
Judah,
and
it
shall
devour
the
palaces
of
Jerusalem.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Thus
saith
Jehovah:
For
three
transgressions
of
Israel,
yea,
for
four,
I
will
not
turn
away
the
punishment
thereof;
because
they
have
sold
the
righteous
for
silver,
and
the
needy
for
a
pair
of
shoes—
\VS{7}they
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
go
unto
the
{\ADD{
same}}
maiden,
to
profane
my
holy
name:
\VS{8}and
they
lay
themselves
down
beside
every
altar
upon
clothes
taken
in
pledge;
and
in
the
house
of
their
God
they
drink
the
wine
of
such
as
have
been
fined.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}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.
\VS{10}Also
I
brought
you
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
led
you
forty
years
in
the
wilderness,
to
possess
the
land
of
the
Amorite.
\VS{11}And
I
raised
up
of
your
sons
for
prophets,
and
of
your
young
men
for
Nazirites.
Is
it
not
even
thus,
O
ye
children
of
Israel?
saith
Jehovah.
\VS{12}But
ye
gave
the
Nazirites
wine
to
drink,
and
commanded
the
prophets,
saying,
Prophesy
not.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Behold,
I
will
press
{\ADD{
you}}
in
your
place,
as
a
cart presseth
that
is
full
of
sheaves.
\VS{14}And
flight
shall
perish
from
the
swift;
and
the
strong
shall
not
strengthen
his
force;
neither
shall
the
mighty
deliver
himself;
\VS{15}neither
shall
he
stand
that
handleth
the
bow;
and
he
that
is
swift
of
foot
shall
not
deliver
{\ADD{
himself}};
neither
shall
he
that
rideth
the
horse
deliver
himself;
\VS{16}and
he
that
is
courageous
among
the
mighty
shall
flee
away
naked
in
that
day,
saith
Jehovah.
\par }{\BB \par }
\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Hear
this
word
that
Jehovah
hath
spoken
against
you,
O
children
of
Israel,
against
the
whole
family
which
I
brought
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
saying,
\VS{2}You
only
have
I
known
of
all
the
families
of
the
earth:
therefore
I
will
visit
upon
you
all
your
iniquities.
\VS{3}Shall
two
walk
together,
except
they
have
agreed?
\VS{4}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?
\VS{5}Can
a
bird
fall
in
a
snare
upon
the
earth,
where
no
gin
is
{\ADD{
set}}
for
him?
shall
a
snare
spring
up
from
the
ground,
and
have
taken
nothing
at
all?
\VS{6}Shall
the
trumpet
be
blown
in
a
city,
and
the
people
not
be
afraid?
shall
evil
befall
a
city,
and
Jehovah
hath
not
done
it?
\VS{7}Surely
the
Lord
Jehovah
will
do
nothing,
except
he
reveal
his
secret
unto
his
servants
the
prophets.
\VS{8}The
lion
hath
roared;
who
will
not
fear?
The
Lord
Jehovah
hath
spoken;
who
can
but
prophesy?
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Publish
ye
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
what
great
tumults
are
therein,
and
what
oppressions
in
the
midst
thereof.
\VS{10}For
they
know
not
to
do
right,
saith
Jehovah,
who
store
up
violence
and
robbery
in
their
palaces.
\VS{11}Therefore
thus
saith
the
Lord
Jehovah:
An
adversary
{\ADD{
there
shall
be}},
even
round
about
the
land;
and
he
shall
bring
down
thy
strength
from
thee,
and
thy
palaces
shall
be
plundered.
\VS{12}Thus
saith
Jehovah:
As
the
shepherd
rescueth
out
of
the
mouth
of
the
lion
two
legs,
or
a
piece
of
an
ear,
so
shall
the
children
of
Israel
be
rescued
that
sit
in
Samaria
in
the
corner
of
a
couch,
and
on
the silken cushions
of
a
bed.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Hear
ye,
and
testify
against
the
house
of
Jacob,
saith
the
Lord
Jehovah,
the
God
of
hosts.
\VS{14}For
in
the
day
that
I
shall
visit
the
transgressions
of
Israel
upon
him,
I
will
also
visit
the
altars
of
Beth-el;
and
the
horns
of
the
altar
shall
be
cut
off,
and
fall
to
the
ground.
\VS{15}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
Jehovah.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Hear
this
word,
ye
kine
of
Bashan,
that
are
in
the
mountain
of
Samaria,
that
oppress
the
poor,
that
crush
the
needy,
that
say
unto
their
lords,
Bring,
and
let
us
drink.
\VS{2}The
Lord
Jehovah
hath
sworn
by
his
holiness,
that,
lo,
the
days
shall
come
upon
you,
that
they
shall
take
you
away
with
hooks,
and
your
residue
with fish-hooks.
\VS{3}And
ye
shall
go
out
at
the
breaches,
every
one
straight
before
her;
and
ye
shall
cast
{\ADD{
yourselves}}
into
Harmon,
saith
Jehovah.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Come
to
Beth-el,
and
transgress;
to
Gilgal,
{\ADD{
and}}
multiply
transgression;
and
bring
your
sacrifices
every
morning,
{\ADD{
and}}
your
tithes
every
three
days;
\VS{5}and
offer
a
sacrifice
of
thanksgiving
of
that
which
is
leavened,
and
proclaim freewill-offerings
and
publish
them:
for
this
pleaseth
you,
O
ye
children
of
Israel,
saith
the
Lord
Jehovah.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}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
Jehovah.
\VS{7}And
I
also
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.
\VS{8}So
two
or
three
cities
wandered
unto
one
city
to
drink
water,
and
were
not
satisfied:
yet
have
ye
not
returned
unto
me,
saith
Jehovah.
\VS{9}I
have
smitten
you
with
blasting
and
mildew:
the
multitude
of
your
gardens
and
your
vineyards
and
your fig-trees
and
your olive-trees
hath
the palmer-worm
devoured:
yet
have
ye
not
returned
unto
me,
saith
Jehovah.
\VS{10}I
have
sent
among
you
the
pestilence
after
the
manner
of
Egypt:
your
young
men
have
I
slain
with
the
sword,
and
have
carried
away
your
horses;
and
I
have
made
the
stench
of
your
camp
to
come
up
even
into
your
nostrils:
yet
have
ye
not
returned
unto
me,
saith
Jehovah.
\VS{11}I
have
overthrown
{\ADD{
cities}}
among
you,
as
when
God
overthrew
Sodom
and
Gomorrah,
and
ye
were
as
a
brand
plucked
out
of
the
burning:
yet
have
ye
not
returned
unto
me,
saith
Jehovah.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Therefore
thus
will
I
do
unto
thee,
O
Israel;
{\ADD{
and}}
because
I
will
do
this
unto
thee,
prepare
to
meet
thy
God,
O
Israel.
\VS{13}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—Jehovah,
the
God
of
hosts,
is
his
name.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Hear
ye
this
word
which
I
take
up
for
a
lamentation
over
you,
O
house
of
Israel.
\VS{2}The
virgin
of
Israel
is
fallen;
she
shall
no
more
rise:
she
is
cast
down
upon
her
land;
there
is
none
to
raise
her
up.
\VS{3}For
thus
saith
the
Lord
Jehovah:
The
city
that
went
forth
a
thousand
shall
have
a
hundred
left,
and
that
which
went
forth
a
hundred
shall
have
ten
left,
to
the
house
of
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}For
thus
saith
Jehovah
unto
the
house
of
Israel,
Seek
ye
me,
and
ye
shall
live;
\VS{5}but
seek
not
Beth-el,
nor
enter
into
Gilgal,
and
pass
not
to
Beer-sheba:
for
Gilgal
shall
surely
go
into
captivity,
and
Beth-el
shall
come
to
nought.
\VS{6}Seek
Jehovah,
and
ye
shall
live;
lest
he
break
out
like
fire
in
the
house
of
Joseph,
and
it
devour,
and
there
be
none
to
quench
it
in
Beth-el.
\VS{7}Ye
who
turn
justice
to
wormwood,
and
cast
down
righteousness
to
the
earth,
\VS{8}{\ADD{
seek
him}}
that
maketh
the
Pleiades
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 (Jehovah
is
his
name);
\VS{9}that
bringeth
sudden
destruction
upon
the
strong,
so
that
destruction
cometh
upon
the
fortress.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}They
hate
him
that
reproveth
in
the
gate,
and
they
abhor
him
that
speaketh
uprightly.
\VS{11}Forasmuch
therefore
as
ye
trample
upon
the
poor,
and
take
exactions
from
him
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
the
wine
thereof.
\VS{12}For
I
know
how
manifold
are
your
transgressions,
and
how
mighty
are
your
sins—ye
that
afflict
the
just,
that
take
a
bribe,
and
that
turn
aside
the
needy
in
the
gate
{\ADD{
from
their
right}}.
\VS{13}Therefore
he
that
is
prudent
shall
keep
silence
in
such
a
time;
for
it
is
an
evil
time.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Seek
good,
and
not
evil,
that
ye
may
live;
and
so
Jehovah,
the
God
of
hosts,
will
be
with
you,
as
ye
say.
\VS{15}Hate
the
evil,
and
love
the
good,
and
establish
justice
in
the
gate:
it
may
be
that
Jehovah,
the
God
of
hosts,
will
be
gracious
unto
the
remnant
of
Joseph.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Therefore
thus
saith
Jehovah,
the
God
of
hosts,
the
Lord:
Wailing
shall
be
in
all
the
broad
ways;
and
they
shall
say
in
all
the
streets,
Alas!
alas!
and
they
shall
call
the
husbandman
to
mourning,
and
such
as
are
skilful
in
lamentation
to
wailing.
\VS{17}And
in
all
vineyards
shall
be
wailing;
for
I
will
pass
through
the
midst
of
thee,
saith
Jehovah.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Woe
unto
you
that
desire
the
day
of
Jehovah!
Wherefore
would
ye
have
the
day
of
Jehovah?
It
is
darkness,
and
not
light.
\VS{19}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.
\VS{20}Shall
not
the
day
of
Jehovah
be
darkness,
and
not
light?
even
very
dark,
and
no
brightness
in
it?
\par }{\PP \VS{21}I
hate,
I
despise
your
feasts,
and
I
will
take
no
delight
in
your
solemn
assemblies.
\VS{22}Yea,
though
ye
offer
me
your burnt-offerings
and meal-offerings,
I
will
not
accept
them;
neither
will
I
regard
the peace-offerings
of
your
fat
beasts.
\VS{23}Take
thou
away
from
me
the
noise
of
thy
songs;
for
I
will
not
hear
the
melody
of
thy
viols.
\VS{24}But
let
justice
roll
down
as
waters,
and
righteousness
as
a
mighty
stream.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}Did
ye
bring
unto
me
sacrifices
and
offerings
in
the
wilderness
forty
years,
O
house
of
Israel?
\VS{26}Yea,
ye
have
borne
the
tabernacle
of
your
king
and
the
shrine
of
your
images,
the
star
of
your
god,
which
ye
made
to
yourselves.
\VS{27}Therefore
will
I
cause
you
to
go
into
captivity
beyond
Damascus,
saith
Jehovah,
whose
name
is
the
God
of
hosts.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Woe
to
them
that
are
at
ease
in
Zion,
and
to
them
that
are
secure
in
the
mountain
of
Samaria,
the
notable
men
of
the
chief
of
the
nations,
to
whom
the
house
of
Israel
come!
\VS{2}Pass
ye
unto
Calneh,
and
see;
and
from
thence
go
ye
to
Hamath
the
great;
then
go
down
to
Gath
of
the
Philistines:
are
they
better
than
these
kingdoms?
or
is
their
border
greater
than
your
border?
\VS{3}—ye
that
put
far
away
the
evil
day,
and
cause
the
seat
of
violence
to
come
near;
\VS{4}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;
\VS{5}that
sing
idle
songs
to
the
sound
of
the
viol;
that
invent
for
themselves
instruments
of
music,
like
David;
\VS{6}that
drink
wine
in
bowls,
and
anoint
themselves
with
the
chief
oils;
but
they
are
not
grieved
for
the
affliction
of
Joseph.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Therefore
shall
they
now
go
captive
with
the
first
that
go
captive;
and
the revelry
of
them
that
stretched
themselves
shall
pass
away.
\VS{8}The
Lord
Jehovah
hath
sworn
by
himself,
saith
Jehovah,
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.
\VS{9}And
it
shall
come
to
pass,
if
there
remain
ten
men
in
one
house,
that
they
shall
die.
\VS{10}And
when
a
man’s
uncle
shall
take
him
up,
even
he
that
burneth
him,
to
bring
out
the
bones
out
of
the
house,
and
shall
say
unto
him
that
is
in
the
innermost
parts
of
the
house,
Is
there
yet
any
with
thee?
and
he
shall
say,
No;
then
shall
he
say,
Hold
thy
peace;
for
we
may
not
make
mention
of
the
name
of
Jehovah.
\VS{11}For,
behold,
Jehovah
commandeth,
and
the
great
house
shall
be
smitten
with
breaches,
and
the
little
house
with
clefts.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Shall
horses
run
upon
the
rock?
will
one
plow
{\ADD{
there}}
with
oxen?
that
ye
have
turned
justice
into
gall,
and
the
fruit
of
righteousness
into
wormwood;
\VS{13}ye
that
rejoice
in
a
thing
of
nought,
that
say,
Have
we
not
taken
to
us
horns
by
our
own
strength?
\VS{14}For,
behold,
I
will
raise
up
against
you
a
nation,
O
house
of
Israel,
saith
Jehovah,
the
God
of
hosts;
and
they
shall
afflict
you
from
the
entrance
of
Hamath
unto
the
brook
of
the
Arabah.
\par }{\BB \par }
\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Thus
the
Lord
Jehovah
showed
me:
and,
behold,
he
formed
locusts
in
the
beginning
of
the
shooting
up
of
the
latter
growth;
and,
lo,
it
was
the
latter
growth
after
the
king’s
mowings.
\VS{2}And
it
came
to
pass
that,
when
they
made
an
end
of
eating
the
grass
of
the
land,
then
I
said,
O
Lord
Jehovah,
forgive,
I
beseech
thee:
how
shall
Jacob
stand?
for
he
is
small.
\VS{3}Jehovah
repented
concerning
this:
It
shall
not
be,
saith
Jehovah.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Thus
the
Lord
Jehovah
showed
me:
and,
behold,
the
Lord
Jehovah
called
to
contend
by
fire;
and
it
devoured
the
great
deep,
and
would
have
eaten
up
the
land.
\VS{5}Then
said
I,
O
Lord
Jehovah,
cease,
I
beseech
thee:
how
shall
Jacob
stand?
for
he
is
small.
\VS{6}Jehovah
repented
concerning
this:
This
also
shall
not
be,
saith
the
Lord
Jehovah.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Thus
he
showed
me:
and,
behold,
the
Lord
stood
beside
a
wall
made
by
a plumb-line,
with
a plumb-line
in
his
hand.
\VS{8}And
Jehovah
said
unto
me,
Amos,
what
seest
thou?
And
I
said,
A plumb-line.
Then
said
the
Lord,
Behold,
I
will
set
a plumb-line
in
the
midst
of
my
people
Israel;
I
will
not
again
pass
by
them
any
more;
\VS{9}and
the
high
places
of
Isaac
shall
be
desolate,
and
the
sanctuaries
of
Israel
shall
be
laid
waste;
and
I
will
rise
against
the
house
of
Jeroboam
with
the
sword.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Then
Amaziah
the
priest
of
Beth-el
sent
to
Jeroboam
king
of
Israel,
saying,
Amos
hath
conspired
against
thee
in
the
midst
of
the
house
of
Israel:
the
land
is
not
able
to
bear
all
his
words.
\VS{11}For
thus
Amos
saith,
Jeroboam
shall
die
by
the
sword,
and
Israel
shall
surely
be
led
away
captive
out
of
his
land.
\VS{12}Also
Amaziah
said
unto
Amos,
O
thou
seer,
go,
flee
thou
away
into
the
land
of
Judah,
and
there
eat
bread,
and
prophesy
there:
\VS{13}but
prophesy
not
again
any
more
at
Beth-el;
for
it
is
the
king’s
sanctuary,
and
it
is
a
royal
house.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Then
answered
Amos,
and
said
to
Amaziah,
I
was
no
prophet,
neither
was
I
a
prophet’s
son;
but
I
was
a
herdsman,
and
a dresser
of sycomore-trees:
\VS{15}and
Jehovah
took
me
from
following
the
flock,
and
Jehovah
said
unto
me,
Go,
prophesy
unto
my
people
Israel.
\VS{16}Now
therefore
hear
thou
the
word
of
Jehovah:
Thou
sayest,
Prophesy
not
against
Israel,
and
drop
not
{\ADD{
thy
word}}
against
the
house
of
Isaac;
\VS{17}therefore
thus
saith
Jehovah:
Thy
wife
shall
be
a
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
thyself shalt
die
in
a
land
that
is
unclean,
and
Israel
shall
surely
be
led
away
captive
out
of
his
land.

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Thus
the
Lord
Jehovah
showed
me:
and,
behold,
a
basket
of
summer
fruit.
\VS{2}And
he
said,
Amos,
what
seest
thou?
And
I
said,
A
basket
of
summer
fruit.
Then
said
Jehovah
unto
me,
The
end
is
come
upon
my
people
Israel;
I
will
not
again
pass
by
them
any
more.
\VS{3}And
the
songs
of
the
temple
shall
be wailings
in
that
day,
saith
the
Lord
Jehovah:
the
dead
bodies
shall
be
many;
in
every
place
shall
they
cast
them
forth
with
silence.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Hear
this,
O
ye
that
would
swallow
up
the
needy,
and
cause
the
poor
of
the
land
to
fail,
\VS{5}saying,
When
will
the
new
moon
be
gone,
that
we
may
sell
grain?
and
the
sabbath,
that
we
may
set
forth
wheat,
making
the
ephah
small,
and
the
shekel
great,
and dealing
falsely
with
balances
of
deceit;
\VS{6}that
we
may
buy
the
poor
for
silver,
and
the
needy
for
a
pair
of
shoes,
and
sell
the
refuse
of
the
wheat?
\VS{7}Jehovah
hath
sworn
by
the
excellency
of
Jacob,
Surely
I
will
never
forget
any
of
their
works.
\VS{8}Shall
not
the
land
tremble
for
this,
and
every
one
mourn
that
dwelleth
therein?
yea,
it
shall
rise
up
wholly
like
the
River;
and
it
shall
be
troubled
and
sink
again,
like
the
River
of
Egypt.
\VS{9}And
it
shall
come
to
pass
in
that
day,
saith
the
Lord
Jehovah,
that
I
will
cause
the
sun
to
go
down
at
noon,
and
I
will
darken
the
earth
in
the
clear
day.
\VS{10}And
I
will
turn
your
feasts
into
mourning,
and
all
your
songs
into
lamentation;
and
I
will
bring
sackcloth
upon
all
loins,
and
baldness
upon
every
head;
and
I
will
make
it
as
the
mourning
for
an
only
son,
and
the
end
thereof
as
a
bitter
day.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Behold,
the
days
come,
saith
the
Lord
Jehovah,
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
Jehovah.
\VS{12}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
Jehovah,
and
shall
not
find
it.
\VS{13}In
that
day
shall
the
fair
virgins
and
the
young
men
faint
for
thirst.
\VS{14}They
that
swear
by
the
sin
of
Samaria,
and
say,
As
thy
god,
O
Dan,
liveth;
and,
As
the
way
of
Beer-sheba
liveth;
they
shall
fall,
and
never
rise
up
again.

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}I
saw
the
Lord
standing
beside
the
altar:
and
he
said,
Smite
the
capitals,
that
the
thresholds
may
shake;
and
break
them
in
pieces
on
the
head
of
all
of
them;
and
I
will
slay
the
last
of
them
with
the
sword:
there
shall
not
one
of
them
flee
away,
and
there
shall
not
one
of
them
escape.
\VS{2}Though
they
dig
into
Sheol,
thence
shall
my
hand
take
them;
and
though
they
climb
up
to
heaven,
thence
will
I
bring
them
down.
\VS{3}And
though
they
hide
themselves
in
the
top
of
Carmel,
I
will
search
and
take
them
out
thence;
and
though
they
be
hid
from
my
sight
in
the
bottom
of
the
sea,
thence
will
I
command
the
serpent,
and
it
shall
bite
them.
\VS{4}And
though
they
go
into
captivity
before
their
enemies,
thence
will
I
command
the
sword,
and
it
shall
slay
them:
and
I
will
set
mine
eyes
upon
them
for
evil,
and
not
for
good.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}For
the
Lord,
Jehovah
of
hosts,
{\ADD{
is}}
he
that
toucheth
the
land
and
it
melteth,
and
all
that
dwell
therein
shall
mourn;
and
it
shall
rise
up
wholly
like
the
River,
and
shall
sink
again,
like
the
River
of
Egypt;
\VS{6}{\ADD{
it
is}}
he
that
buildeth
his
chambers
in
the
heavens,
and
hath
founded
his
vault
upon
the
earth;
he
that
calleth
for
the
waters
of
the
sea,
and
poureth
them
out
upon
the
face
of
the
earth;
Jehovah
is
his
name.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Are
ye
not
as
the
children
of
the
Ethiopians
unto
me,
O
children
of
Israel?
saith
Jehovah.
Have
not
I
brought
up
Israel
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
the
Philistines
from
Caphtor,
and
the
Syrians
from
Kir?
\VS{8}Behold,
the
eyes
of
the
Lord
Jehovah
are
upon
the
sinful
kingdom,
and
I
will
destroy
it
from
off
the
face
of
the
earth;
save
that
I
will
not
utterly
destroy
the
house
of
Jacob,
saith
Jehovah.
\VS{9}For,
lo,
I
will
command,
and
I
will
sift
the
house
of
Israel
among
all
the
nations,
like
as
{\ADD{
grain}}
is
sifted
in
a
sieve,
yet
shall
not
the
least
kernel
fall
upon
the
earth.
\VS{10}All
the
sinners
of
my
people
shall
die
by
the
sword,
who
say,
The
evil
shall
not
overtake
nor
meet
us.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}In
that
day
will
I
raise
up
the
tabernacle
of
David
that
is
fallen,
and
close
up
the
breaches
thereof;
and
I
will
raise
up
its
ruins,
and
I
will
build
it
as
in
the
days
of
old;
\VS{12}that
they
may
possess
the
remnant
of
Edom,
and
all
the
nations
that
are
called
by
my
name,
saith
Jehovah
that
doeth
this.
\VS{13}Behold,
the
days
come,
saith
Jehovah,
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.
\VS{14}And
I
will
bring
back
the
captivity
of
my
people
Israel,
and
they
shall
build
the
waste
cities,
and
inhabit
them;
and
they
shall
plant
vineyards,
and
drink
the
wine
thereof;
they
shall
also
make
gardens,
and
eat
the
fruit
of
them.
\VS{15}And
I
will
plant
them
upon
their
land,
and
they
shall
no
more
be
plucked
up
out
of
their
land
which
I
have
given
them,
saith
Jehovah
thy
God.
\par }