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{\MTB The Book of
\par }{\MT Amos

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
words
of
Amos,
who
was amongst
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.
\VS{2}He
said:
\par }{\Q “The
LORD\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:2 }
When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name.}
will
roar
from
Zion,
\par }{\QB and
utter
his
voice
from
Jerusalem;
\par }{\Q and
the
pastures
of
the
shepherds
will
mourn,
\par }{\QB and
the
top
of
Carmel
will
wither.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}The
LORD
says:
\par }{\Q “For
three
transgressions
of
Damascus, yes,
for
four,
\par }{\QB I
will
not
turn
away
its punishment,
\par }{\QB because
they
have
threshed
Gilead
with
threshing instruments
of
iron;
\par }{\Q \VS{4}but
I
will
send
a
fire into
the
house
of
Hazael,
\par }{\QB and
it
will
devour
the
palaces
of Ben Hadad.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}I
will
break
the
bar
of
Damascus,
\par }{\QB and
cut
off
the
inhabitant
from
the
valley
of
Aven,
\par }{\QB and
him
who
holds
the sceptre
from
the
house
of
Eden;
\par }{\QB and
the
people
of
Syria
shall
go
into
captivity
to
Kir,”
\par }{\PP says
the
LORD.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}The
LORD
says:
\par }{\Q “For
three
transgressions
of
Gaza, yes,
for
four,
\par }{\QB I
will
not
turn
away
its punishment,
\par }{\QB because
they
carried
away
captive
the
whole community,
\par }{\QB to
deliver
them
up
to
Edom;
\par }{\Q \VS{7}but
I
will
send
a
fire
on
the
wall
of
Gaza,
\par }{\QB and
it
will
devour
its
palaces.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}I
will
cut
off
the
inhabitant
from
Ashdod,
\par }{\QB and
him
who
holds
the sceptre
from
Ashkelon;
\par }{\Q and
I
will
turn
my
hand
against
Ekron;
\par }{\QB and
the
remnant
of
the
Philistines
will
perish,”
\par }{\PP says
the
Lord\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:8 }
The word translated “Lord” (mixed case) is “Adonai.”}
GOD.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}The
LORD
says:
\par }{\Q “For
three
transgressions
of
Tyre, yes,
for
four,
\par }{\QB I
will
not
turn
away
its punishment;
\par }{\QB because
they
delivered
up
the
whole community
to
Edom,
\par }{\QB and
didn’t
remember
the brotherly
covenant;
\par }{\Q \VS{10}but
I
will
send
a
fire
on
the
wall
of
Tyre,
\par }{\QB and
it
will
devour
its
palaces.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}The
LORD
says:
\par }{\Q “For
three
transgressions
of
Edom, yes,
for
four,
\par }{\QB I
will
not
turn
away
its punishment,
\par }{\QB because
he
pursued
his
brother
with
the
sword
\par }{\QB and cast
off
all pity,
\par }{\QB and
his
anger raged
continually,
\par }{\QB and
he
kept
his
wrath
forever;
\par }{\Q \VS{12}but
I
will
send
a
fire
on
Teman,
\par }{\QB and
it
will
devour
the
palaces
of
Bozrah.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}The
LORD
says:
\par }{\Q “For
three
transgressions
of
the
children
of
Ammon, yes,
for
four,
\par }{\QB I
will
not
turn
away
its punishment,
\par }{\QB because
they
have
ripped
open
the
pregnant
women
of
Gilead,
\par }{\QB that
they
may
enlarge
their
border.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}But
I
will
kindle
a
fire
in
the
wall
of
Rabbah,
\par }{\QB and
it
will
devour
its
palaces,
\par }{\QB with
shouting
in
the
day
of
battle,
\par }{\QB with
a
storm
in
the
day
of
the whirlwind;
\par }{\Q \VS{15}and
their
king
will
go
into captivity,
\par }{\QB he
and
his
princes
together,”
\par }{\PP says
the
LORD.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
LORD
says:
\par }{\Q “For
three
transgressions
of
Moab, yes,
for
four,
\par }{\QB I
will
not
turn
away
its punishment,
\par }{\QB because
he
burnt
the
bones
of
the
king
of
Edom
into
lime;
\par }{\Q \VS{2}but
I
will
send
a
fire
on
Moab,
\par }{\QB and
it
will
devour
the
palaces
of
Kerioth;
\par }{\QB and
Moab
will
die
with
tumult,
with
shouting,
and
with
the
sound
of
the shofar;
\par }{\Q \VS{3}and
I
will
cut
off
the
judge
from amongst
them,
\par }{\QB and
will
kill
all
its
princes
with
him,”
\par }{\PP says
the
LORD.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}The
LORD
says:
\par }{\Q “For
three
transgressions
of
Judah, yes,
for
four,
\par }{\QB I
will
not
turn
away
its punishment,
\par }{\QB because
they
have
rejected
the
LORD’s
law,
\par }{\QB and
have
not
kept
his
statutes,
\par }{\QB and
their
lies
have
led
them
astray,
\par }{\QB after
which
their
fathers
walked;
\par }{\Q \VS{5}but
I
will
send
a
fire
on
Judah,
\par }{\QB and
it
will
devour
the
palaces
of
Jerusalem.”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}The
LORD
says:
\par }{\Q “For
three
transgressions
of
Israel, yes,
for
four,
\par }{\QB I
will
not
turn
away
its punishment,
\par }{\QB because
they
have
sold
the
righteous
for
silver,
\par }{\QB and
the
needy
for
a pair
of
sandals;
\par }{\QB \VS{7}They trample
the
heads
of
the
poor
into
the
dust
of
the
earth
\par }{\QB and deny justice
to
the oppressed.
\par }{\Q A
man
and
his
father use
the
same maiden,
to
profane
my
holy
name.
\par }{\QB \VS{8}They lay
themselves
down
beside
every
altar
on
clothes taken
in pledge.
\par }{\QB In
the
house
of
their
God\FTNT{*}{{\FR 2:8 }
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).}
they
drink
the
wine
of
those
who
have
been
fined.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Yet
I
destroyed
the
Amorite
before
them,
\par }{\QB whose
height
was
like
the
height
of
the
cedars,
\par }{\QB and
he
was
strong
as
the
oaks;
\par }{\QB yet
I
destroyed
his
fruit
from
above,
\par }{\QB and
his
roots
from
beneath.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Also
I
brought
you
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
\par }{\QB and led
you
forty
years
in
the
wilderness,
\par }{\QB to
possess
the
land
of
the
Amorite.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}I
raised
up some
of
your
sons
for
prophets,
\par }{\QB and some
of
your
young
men
for
Nazirites.
\par }{\Q Isn’t
this
true,
\par }{\QB you
children
of
Israel?”
says
the
LORD.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}“But
you
gave
the
Nazirites
wine
to
drink,
\par }{\QB and
commanded
the
prophets,
saying, ‘Don’t
prophesy!’
\par }{\Q \VS{13}Behold,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 2:13 }
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.}
I
will crush
you
in
your
place,
\par }{\QB as
a
cart crushes
that
is
full
of grain.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}Flight
will
perish
from
the
swift.
\par }{\QB The
strong
won’t
strengthen
his force.
\par }{\QB The
mighty
won’t
deliver
himself.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}He
who handles
the
bow
won’t
stand.
\par }{\QB He
who
is
swift
of
foot
won’t
escape.
\par }{\QB He
who
rides
the
horse
won’t
deliver
himself.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}He
who
is courageous amongst
the
mighty
\par }{\QB will
flee
away
naked
on
that
day,”
\par }{\PP says
the
LORD.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Hear
this
word
that
the
LORD
has
spoken
against
you,
children
of
Israel,
against
the
whole
family
which
I
brought
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
saying:
\par }{\Q \VS{2}“I
have
only
chosen
you
of
all
the
families
of
the
earth.
\par }{\QB Therefore
I
will
punish
you
for
all
of
your
sins.”
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Do
two walk
together,
\par }{\QB unless
they
have
agreed?
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Will
a
lion
roar
in
the thicket,
\par }{\QB when
he
has
no
prey?
\par }{\Q Does
a
young
lion
cry
out
of
his
den,
\par }{\QB if
he
has
caught
nothing?
\par }{\Q \VS{5}Can
a
bird
fall
in
a
trap
on
the
earth,
\par }{\QB where
no
snare
is
set
for
him?
\par }{\Q Does
a
snare
spring
up
from
the
ground,
\par }{\QB when
there
is
nothing
to
catch?
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Does
the shofar alarm
sound
in
a
city,
\par }{\QB without
the
people
being
afraid?
\par }{\Q Does
evil
happen
to
a
city,
\par }{\QB and
the
LORD
hasn’t
done
it?
\par }{\Q \VS{7}Surely
the
Lord
GOD
will
do
nothing,
\par }{\QB unless
he
reveals
his
secret
to
his
servants
the
prophets.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}The
lion
has
roared.
\par }{\QB Who
will
not
fear?
\par }{\Q The
Lord
GOD
has
spoken.
\par }{\QB Who
can
but
prophesy?
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Proclaim
in
the
palaces
at
Ashdod,
\par }{\QB and
in
the
palaces
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
\par }{\Q and
say, “Assemble
yourselves
on
the
mountains
of
Samaria,
\par }{\QB and
see
what unrest
is
in
her,
\par }{\QB and
what
oppression
is amongst
them.”
\par }{\Q \VS{10}“Indeed
they
don’t
know
to
do right,”
says
the
LORD,
\par }{\QB “Who
hoard plunder
and loot
in
their
palaces.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Therefore
the
Lord
GOD
says:
\par }{\Q “An adversary
will overrun
the
land;
\par }{\QB and
he
will
pull
down
your strongholds,
\par }{\QB and
your
fortresses
will
be
plundered.”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}The
LORD
says:
\par }{\Q “As
the
shepherd
rescues
out
of
the
mouth
of
the
lion
two
legs,
\par }{\QB or
a
piece
of
an
ear,
\par }{\QB so
shall
the
children
of
Israel
be
rescued
who
sit
in
Samaria
on
the
corner
of
a
couch,
\par }{\QB and
on
the silken cushions
of
a
bed.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}“Listen,
and testify
against
the
house
of
Jacob,”
says
the
Lord
GOD,
the
God
of
Hosts.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}“For
in
the
day
that
I
visit
the
transgressions
of
Israel
on
him,
\par }{\QB I
will
also
visit
the
altars
of
Bethel;
\par }{\QB and
the
horns
of
the
altar
will
be
cut
off,
\par }{\QB and
fall
to
the
ground.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}I
will
strike
the
winter
house
with
the
summer
house;
\par }{\QB and
the
houses
of
ivory
will
perish,
\par }{\QB and
the
great
houses
will
have
an
end,”
\par }{\PP says
the
LORD.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Listen
to
this
word,
you
cows
of
Bashan,
who
are
on
the
mountain
of
Samaria,
who
oppress
the
poor,
who
crush
the
needy,
who
tell
their
husbands, “Bring
us
drinks!”
\par }{\Q \VS{2}The
Lord
GOD
has
sworn
by
his
holiness,
\par }{\QB “Behold,
the
days
shall
come
on
you
that
they
will
take
you
away
with hooks,
\par }{\QB and
the
last
of
you
with
fish hooks.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}You
will
go
out
at
the
breaks
in
the wall,
\par }{\QB everyone
straight
before
her;
\par }{\QB and you
will
cast
yourselves
into
Harmon,”
says
the
LORD.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}“Go
to
Bethel,
and sin;
\par }{\QB to
Gilgal,
and sin
more.
\par }{\Q Bring
your
sacrifices
every
morning,
\par }{\QB your
tithes
every
three
days,
\par }{\QB \VS{5}offer
a
sacrifice
of
thanksgiving
of
that
which
is
leavened,
\par }{\QB and
proclaim free
will
offerings
and brag
about
them;
\par }{\QB for
this pleases
you,
you
children
of
Israel,”
says
the
Lord
GOD.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}“I
also
have
given
you
cleanness
of
teeth
in
all
your
cities,
\par }{\QB and
lack
of
bread
in
every
town;
\par }{\QB yet
you
haven’t
returned
to
me,”
says
the
LORD.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}“I
also
have
withheld
the
rain
from
you,
\par }{\QB when
there
were
yet
three
months
to
the
harvest;
\par }{\QB and
I
caused
it
to
rain
on
one
city,
\par }{\QB and
caused
it
not
to
rain
on
another
city.
\par }{\Q One
field
was
rained
on,
\par }{\QB and
the
field
where
it
didn’t
rain
withered.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}So
two
or
three
cities
staggered
to
one
city
to
drink
water,
\par }{\QB and
were
not
satisfied;
\par }{\QB yet
you
haven’t
returned
to
me,”
says
the
LORD.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}“I
struck
you
with
blight
and
mildew
many times
in
your
gardens
and
your
vineyards,
\par }{\QB and
the swarming
locusts
have
devoured
your
fig
trees
and
your
olive
trees;
\par }{\QB yet
you
haven’t
returned
to
me,”
says
the
LORD.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}“I
sent
plagues amongst
you
like
I
did
Egypt.
\par }{\QB I
have
slain
your
young
men
with
the
sword,
\par }{\QB and
have
carried
away
your
horses.
\par }{\Q I filled
your
nostrils
with
the
stench
of
your
camp,
\par }{\QB yet
you
haven’t
returned
to
me,”
says
the
LORD.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}“I
have
overthrown some
of
you,
\par }{\QB as
when
God
overthrew
Sodom
and
Gomorrah,
\par }{\QB and
you
were
like
a
burning stick
plucked
out
of
the
fire;
\par }{\QB yet
you
haven’t
returned
to
me,”
says
the
LORD.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}“Therefore
I
will
do
this
to
you,
Israel;
\par }{\QB because
I
will
do
this
to
you,
\par }{\QB prepare
to
meet
your
God,
Israel.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}For,
behold,
he
who
forms
the
mountains, creates
the
wind,
declares
to
man
what
is
his thought,
\par }{\QB who
makes
the
morning
darkness,
and
treads
on
the
high
places
of
the
earth:
\par }{\QB The
LORD,
the
God
of
Hosts,
is
his
name.”

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Listen
to
this
word
which
I
take
up
for
a
lamentation
over
you,
O
house
of
Israel:
\par }{\Q \VS{2}“The
virgin
of
Israel
has
fallen;
\par }{\QB She
shall
rise
no
more.
\par }{\Q She
is
cast
down
on
her
land;
\par }{\QB there
is
no
one
to
raise
her
up.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}For
the
Lord
GOD
says:
\par }{\Q “The
city
that
went
out
a
thousand
shall
have
a
hundred
left,
\par }{\QB and
that
which
went
out
one
hundred
shall
have
ten
left
to
the
house
of
Israel.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}For
the
LORD
says
to
the
house
of
Israel:
\par }{\Q “Seek
me,
and
you
will
live;
\par }{\Q \VS{5}but
don’t
seek
Bethel,
\par }{\QB nor
enter
into
Gilgal,
\par }{\QB and
don’t
pass
to
Beersheba;
\par }{\Q for
Gilgal
shall
surely
go
into
captivity,
\par }{\QB and
Bethel
shall
come
to
nothing.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Seek
the
LORD,
and
you
will
live,
\par }{\QB lest
he break
out
like
fire
in
the
house
of
Joseph,
\par }{\QB and
it
devour,
and
there
be
no
one
to
quench
it
in
Bethel.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}You
who
turn
justice
to
wormwood,
\par }{\QB and cast down
righteousness
to
the
earth!
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Seek
him
who
made
the
Pleiades
and
Orion,
\par }{\QB and
turns
the
shadow
of
death
into
the
morning,
\par }{\QB and
makes
the
day
dark
with
night;
\par }{\QB who
calls
for
the
waters
of
the
sea,
\par }{\QB and
pours
them
out
on
the
surface
of
the
earth,
the
LORD
is
his
name,
\par }{\Q \VS{9}who
brings sudden
destruction
on
the
strong,
\par }{\QB so
that
destruction
comes
on
the
fortress.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}They
hate
him
who
reproves
in
the
gate,
\par }{\QB and
they
abhor
him
who
speaks
blamelessly.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Therefore,
because
you trample
on
the
poor
and
take taxes
from
him
of
wheat,
\par }{\QB you
have
built
houses
of
cut
stone,
but
you
will
not
dwell
in
them.
\par }{\Q You
have
planted
pleasant
vineyards,
\par }{\QB but
you
shall
not
drink
their
wine.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}For
I
know
how
many
are
your offences,
\par }{\QB and
how
great
are
your
sins—
\par }{\QB you
who afflict
the
just,
\par }{\QB who
take
a
bribe,
\par }{\QB and
who
turn
away
the
needy
in
the
courts.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}Therefore
a prudent person keeps silent
in
such
a
time,
\par }{\QB for
it
is
an
evil
time.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}Seek
good,
and
not
evil,
\par }{\QB that
you
may
live;
\par }{\QB and
so
the
LORD,
the
God
of
Hosts,
will
be
with
you,
\par }{\QB as
you
say.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}Hate
evil,
love
good,
\par }{\QB and
establish
justice
in
the
courts.
\par }{\QB It
may
be
that
the
LORD,
the
God
of
Hosts,
will
be gracious
to
the
remnant
of
Joseph.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Therefore
the
LORD,
the
God
of
Hosts,
the
Lord,
says:
\par }{\Q “Wailing
will
be
in
all
the wide ways.
\par }{\QB They
will
say
in
all
the
streets, ‘Alas!
Alas!’
\par }{\QB They
will
call
the
farmer
to
mourning,
\par }{\QB and
those
who
are skilful
in
lamentation
to
wailing.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}In
all
vineyards
there
will
be
wailing,
\par }{\QB for
I
will
pass
through
the
middle
of
you,”
says
the
LORD.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}“Woe
to
you
who
desire
the
day
of
the
LORD!
\par }{\QB Why
do
you
long
for
the
day
of
the
LORD?
\par }{\Q It
is
darkness,
\par }{\QB and
not
light.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}As
if
a
man
fled
from
a
lion,
\par }{\QB and
a
bear
met
him;
\par }{\Q or
he
went
into
the
house
and
leaned
his
hand
on
the
wall,
\par }{\QB and
a
snake bit
him.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}Won’t
the
day
of
the
LORD
be
darkness,
and
not
light?
\par }{\QB Even very
dark,
and
no
brightness
in
it?
\par }{\Q \VS{21}I
hate,
I
despise
your
feasts,
\par }{\QB and
I
can’t stand
your
solemn
assemblies.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}Yes,
though
you
offer
me
your
burnt
offerings
and
meal
offerings,
\par }{\QB I
will
not
accept
them;
\par }{\QB neither
will
I
regard
the
peace
offerings
of
your fat animals.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}Take
away
from
me
the
noise
of
your
songs!
\par }{\QB I
will
not
listen
to
the
music
of
your
harps.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}But let
justice
roll
on
like rivers,
\par }{\QB and
righteousness
like
a mighty
stream.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}“Did
you
bring
to
me
sacrifices
and
offerings
in
the
wilderness
forty
years,
house
of
Israel?
\VS{26}You
also
carried
the tent
of
your king
and
the shrine
of
your
images,
the
star
of
your
god,
which
you
made
for
yourselves.
\VS{27}Therefore
I
will cause
you
to
go
into
captivity
beyond
Damascus,”
says
the
LORD,
whose
name
is
the
God
of
Hosts.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Woe
to
those
who
are
at
ease
in
Zion,
\par }{\QB and
to
those
who
are
secure
on
the
mountain
of
Samaria,
\par }{\QB the notable
men
of
the chief
of
the
nations,
\par }{\QB to whom
the
house
of
Israel
come!
\par }{\Q \VS{2}Go
to
Calneh,
and
see.
\par }{\QB From
there
go
to Hamath
the
great.
\par }{\QB Then
go
down
to
Gath
of
the
Philistines.
\par }{\Q Are
they
better
than
these
kingdoms?
\par }{\QB Is
their
border
greater
than
your
border?
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Alas
for
you who
put far
away
the
evil
day,
\par }{\QB and cause
the
seat
of
violence
to
come
near,
\par }{\QB \VS{4}who
lie
on
beds
of
ivory,
\par }{\QB and stretch
themselves
on
their
couches,
\par }{\QB and
eat
the
lambs
out
of
the
flock,
\par }{\QB and
the
calves
out
of
the
middle
of
the
stall,
\par }{\QB \VS{5}who strum
on
the strings
of
a harp,
\par }{\QB who invent
for
themselves
instruments
of
music,
like
David;
\par }{\QB \VS{6}who
drink
wine
in
bowls,
\par }{\QB and
anoint
themselves
with
the best
oils,
\par }{\QB but
they
are
not grieved
for
the affliction
of
Joseph.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}Therefore
they will
now
go
captive
with
the
first
who
go
captive.
\par }{\QB The feasting
and lounging will end.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}“The
Lord
GOD
has
sworn
by
himself,”
says
the
LORD,
the
God
of
Hosts:
\par }{\QB “I abhor
the
pride
of
Jacob,
\par }{\QB and
detest
his
fortresses.
\par }{\QB Therefore
I
will
deliver
up
the
city
with
all
that
is
in
it.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}It
will
happen
that
if
ten
men
remain
in
one
house,
\par }{\QB they
will
die.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}“When
a man’s relative
carries
him,
even
he
who
burns
him,
to
bring bodies
out
of
the
house,
and
asks
him
who
is
in
the
innermost
parts
of
the
house, ‘Is
there
yet
any
with
you?’
And
he
says, ‘No;’
then
he
will
say, ‘Hush!
Indeed
we
must
not
mention
the
LORD’s
name.’
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{11}“For,
behold,
the
LORD
commands,
and
the
great
house
will
be
smashed
to pieces,
\par }{\QB and
the
little
house into bits.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}Do
horses
run
on
the
rocky
crags?
\par }{\QB Does
one plough there
with
oxen?
\par }{\Q But
you
have
turned
justice
into
poison,
\par }{\QB and
the
fruit
of
righteousness
into
bitterness,
\par }{\Q \VS{13}you
who
rejoice
in
a
thing
of
nothing,
who
say,
\par }{\QB ‘Haven’t
we
taken
for ourselves
horns
by
our own
strength?’
\par }{\Q \VS{14}For,
behold,
I
will
raise
up
against
you
a
nation,
house
of
Israel,”
\par }{\QB says
the
LORD,
the
God
of
Hosts;
\par }{\QB “and
they
will
afflict
you
from
the
entrance
of
Hamath
to
the
brook
of
the
Arabah.”

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Thus
the
Lord
GOD
showed
me:
behold,
he
formed
locusts
in
the
beginning
of
the shooting
up
of
the latter growth;
and
behold,
it
was
the latter growth
after
the
king’s
harvest.
\VS{2}When
they
finished
eating
the
grass
of
the
land,
then
I
said, “Lord
GOD,
forgive,
I
beg
you!
How
could
Jacob
stand?
For
he
is
small.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}The
LORD
relented
concerning
this. “It
shall
not
be,”
says
the
LORD.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Thus
the
Lord
GOD
showed
me:
behold,
the
Lord
GOD
called
for judgement
by
fire;
and
it dried
up
the
great
deep,
and would
have
devoured
the
land.
\VS{5}Then
I
said, “Lord
GOD,
stop,
I
beg
you!
How
could
Jacob
stand?
For
he
is
small.”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}The
LORD
relented
concerning
this. “This
also
shall
not
be,”
says
the
Lord
GOD.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Thus
he
showed
me:
behold,
the
Lord
stood
beside
a
wall made
by
a
plumb
line,
with
a
plumb
line
in
his
hand.
\VS{8}The
LORD
said
to
me, “Amos,
what
do
you
see?”
\par }{\PP I
said, “A
plumb
line.”
\par }{\PP Then
the
Lord
said, “Behold,
I
will
set
a
plumb
line
in
the
middle
of
my
people
Israel.
I
will
not
again
pass
by
them
any
more.
\VS{9}The
high
places
of
Isaac
will
be
desolate,
the
sanctuaries
of
Israel
will
be
laid
waste;
and
I
will
rise
against
the
house
of
Jeroboam
with
the
sword.”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Then
Amaziah
the
priest
of
Bethel
sent
to
Jeroboam
king
of
Israel,
saying, “Amos
has
conspired
against
you
in
the
middle
of
the
house
of
Israel.
The
land
is
not
able
to bear
all
his
words.
\VS{11}For
Amos
says, ‘Jeroboam
will
die
by
the
sword,
and
Israel
shall
surely
be
led
away
captive
out
of
his
land.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Amaziah
also
said
to
Amos, “You
seer, go,
flee
away
into
the
land
of
Judah,
and
there
eat
bread,
and
prophesy
there,
\VS{13}but
don’t
prophesy
again
any
more
at
Bethel;
for
it
is
the
king’s
sanctuary,
and
it
is
a
royal
house!”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Then
Amos
answered
Amaziah, “I
was
no
prophet,
neither
was
I
a prophet’s
son,
but
I
was
a
herdsman,
and
a farmer
of
sycamore
figs;
\VS{15}and
the
LORD
took
me
from
following
the
flock,
and
the
LORD
said
to
me, ‘Go,
prophesy
to
my
people
Israel.’
\VS{16}Now
therefore
listen
to
the
LORD’s
word: ‘You
say,
Don’t
prophesy
against
Israel,
and
don’t
proclaim
against
the
house
of
Isaac.’
\VS{17}Therefore
the
LORD
says: ‘Your
wife
shall
be
a
prostitute
in
the
city,
and
your
sons
and
your
daughters
shall
fall
by
the
sword,
and
your
land
shall
be
divided
by
line;
and
you
yourself
shall
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
GOD
showed
me:
behold,
a
basket
of
summer fruit.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}He
said, “Amos,
what
do
you
see?”
\par }{\PP I
said, “A
basket
of
summer fruit.”
\par }{\PP Then
the
LORD
said
to
me,
\par }{\Q “The
end
has
come
on
my
people
Israel.
\par }{\QB I
will
not
again
pass
by
them
any
more.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}The
songs
of
the
temple
will
be
wailing
in
that
day,”
says
the
Lord
GOD.
\par }{\QB “The
dead
bodies
will
be
many.
In
every
place
they
will
throw
them
out
with
silence.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Hear
this,
you
who desire
to swallow up
the
needy,
\par }{\QB and cause
the
poor
of
the
land
to fail,
\par }{\QB \VS{5}saying, ‘When
will
the
new
moon be gone,
that we
may
sell
grain?
\par }{\QB And
the
Sabbath,
that we
may market
wheat,
\par }{\QB making
the efah\FTNT{*}{{\FR 8:5 }
1 efah is about 22 litres or about 2/3 of a bushel
}
small,
and
the
shekel\FTNT{†}{{\FR 8:5 }
a normal shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.} large,
\par }{\QB and dealing falsely
with
balances
of
deceit;
\par }{\Q \VS{6}that we
may
buy
the
poor
for
silver,
\par }{\QB and
the
needy
for
a pair
of
sandals,
\par }{\QB and
sell
the sweepings
with
the
wheat?’ ”
\par }{\Q \VS{7}The
LORD
has
sworn
by
the
pride
of
Jacob,
\par }{\QB “Surely
I
will
never
forget
any
of
their
works.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Won’t
the
land
tremble
for
this,
\par }{\QB and
everyone
mourn
who
dwells
in
it?
\par }{\Q Yes,
it
will
rise
up
wholly
like
the
River;
\par }{\QB and
it
will
be
stirred
up
and sink again,
like
the
River
of
Egypt.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}It
will
happen
in
that
day,”
says
the
Lord
GOD,
\par }{\QB “that
I
will
cause
the
sun
to
go down
at
noon,
\par }{\QB and
I
will darken
the
earth
in
the clear
day.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}I
will
turn
your
feasts
into
mourning,
\par }{\QB and
all
your
songs
into
lamentation;
\par }{\Q and
I
will
make
you
wear
sackcloth
on
all
your bodies,
\par }{\QB and
baldness
on
every
head.
\par }{\Q I
will
make
it
like
the
mourning
for
an
only
son,
\par }{\QB and
its
end
like
a
bitter
day.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Behold,
the
days
come,”
says
the
Lord
GOD,
\par }{\QB “that
I
will
send
a
famine
in
the
land,
\par }{\QB not
a
famine
of
bread,
\par }{\QB nor
a
thirst
for
water,
\par }{\QB but
of
hearing
the
LORD’s
words.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}They
will
wander
from
sea
to
sea,
\par }{\QB and
from
the
north
even
to
the
east;
\par }{\QB they
will run back
and forth
to
seek
the
LORD’s
word,
\par }{\QB and
will
not
find
it.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}In
that
day
the
beautiful
virgins
\par }{\QB and
the
young
men
will
faint
for
thirst.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}Those
who
swear
by
the sin
of
Samaria,
\par }{\QB and
say, ‘As
your
god,
Dan,
lives,’
\par }{\QB and, ‘As
the
way
of
Beersheba
lives,’
\par }{\QB they
will
fall,
and
never
rise
up
again.”

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}I
saw
the
Lord
standing
beside
the
altar,
and
he
said, “Strike
the
tops
of
the
pillars,
that
the
thresholds
may
shake.
Break
them
in pieces
on
the
head
of
all
of
them.
I
will
kill
the
last
of
them
with
the
sword.
Not
one
of
them
will
flee
away.
Not
one
of
them
will
escape.
\VS{2}Though
they
dig
into
Sheol,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 9:2 }
Sheol is the place of the dead.}
there
my
hand
will
take
them;
and
though
they
climb
up
to
heaven,
there
I
will
bring
them
down.
\VS{3}Though
they
hide
themselves
in
the
top
of
Carmel,
I
will
search
and
take
them
out
from
there;
and
though
they
be
hidden
from
my
sight
in
the bottom
of
the
sea,
there
I
will
command
the
serpent,
and
it
will bite
them.
\VS{4}Though
they go
into
captivity
before
their
enemies,
there
I
will
command
the
sword,
and
it
will
kill
them.
I
will
set
my
eyes
on
them
for
evil,
and
not
for
good.
\VS{5}For
the
Lord,
the
LORD
of
Hosts,
is
he
who
touches
the
land
and
it
melts,
and
all
who
dwell
in
it
will
mourn;
and
it
will
rise
up
wholly
like
the
River,
and
will
sink again,
like
the
River
of
Egypt.
\VS{6}It
is
he
who
builds
his rooms
in
the
heavens,
and
has
founded
his vault
on
the
earth;
he
who
calls
for
the
waters
of
the
sea,
and
pours
them
out
on
the
surface
of
the
earth—the
LORD
is
his
name.
\VS{7}Are
you
not
like
the
children
of
the
Ethiopians
to
me,
children
of
Israel?”
says
the
LORD. “Haven’t
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
GOD
are
on
the
sinful
kingdom,
and
I
will
destroy
it
from
off
the
surface
of
the
earth,
except
that
I
will
not
utterly
destroy
the
house
of
Jacob,”
says
the
LORD.
\VS{9}“For
behold,
I
will
command,
and
I
will sift
the
house
of
Israel amongst
all
the
nations
as
grain
is sifted
in
a
sieve,
yet
not
the least kernel
will
fall
on
the
earth.
\VS{10}All
the
sinners
of
my
people
will
die
by
the
sword,
who
say, ‘Evil
won’t
overtake
nor
meet
us.’
\VS{11}In
that
day
I
will
raise
up
the tent
of
David
who
is
fallen
and close
up
its
breaches,
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
who
are
called
by
my
name,”
says
the
LORD
who
does
this.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}“Behold,
the
days
come,”
says
the
LORD,
\par }{\QB “that
the ploughman
shall
overtake
the reaper,
\par }{\QB and
the
one
treading
grapes
him
who
sows
seed;
\par }{\QB and
sweet
wine
will
drip
from
the
mountains,
\par }{\QB and
flow
from
the
hills.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}I
will
bring
my
people
Israel
back
from
captivity,
\par }{\QB and
they
will
rebuild
the
ruined
cities,
and
inhabit
them;
\par }{\QB and
they
will
plant
vineyards,
and
drink
wine
from
them.
\par }{\Q They
shall
also
make
gardens,
\par }{\QB and
eat
their
fruit.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}I
will
plant
them
on
their
land,
\par }{\QB and
they
will
no
more
be
plucked
up
out
of
their
land
which
I
have
given
them,”
\par }{\QB says
the
LORD
your
God.
\par }