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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOL.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> that came to Joel son of Pethuel.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">An Invasion of Locusts</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOL.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Hear this, you elders;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.1.2"><span class="content">listen, all who live in the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.1.2"><span class="content">Has anything like this ever happened in your days</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.1.2"><span class="content">or in the days of your ancestors?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Tell it to your children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.1.3"><span class="content">and let your children tell it to their children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.1.3"><span class="content">and their children to the next generation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">What the locust swarm has left</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.1.4"><span class="content">the great locusts have eaten;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.1.4"><span class="content">what the great locusts have left</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.1.4"><span class="content">the young locusts have eaten;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.1.4"><span class="content">what the young locusts have left</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.1.4"><span class="content">other locusts</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:4 </span><span class="ft">The precise meaning of the four Hebrew words used here for locusts is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> have eaten.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOL.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Wake up, you drunkards, and weep!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOL.1.5"><span class="content">Wail, all you drinkers of wine;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOL.1.5"><span class="content">wail because of the new wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOL.1.5"><span class="content">for it has been snatched from your lips.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOL.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">A nation has invaded my land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.1.6"><span class="content">a mighty army without number;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.1.6"><span class="content">it has the teeth of a lion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.1.6"><span class="content">the fangs of a lioness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">It has laid waste my vines</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.1.7"><span class="content">and ruined my fig trees.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.1.7"><span class="content">It has stripped off their bark</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.1.7"><span class="content">and thrown it away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.1.7"><span class="content">leaving their branches white.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOL.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Mourn like a virgin in sackcloth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOL.1.8"><span class="content">grieving for the betrothed of her youth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOL.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Grain offerings and drink offerings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.1.9"><span class="content">are cut off from the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.1.9"><span class="content">The priests are in mourning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.1.9"><span class="content">those who minister before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The fields are ruined,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.1.10"><span class="content">the ground is dried up;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.1.10"><span class="content">the grain is destroyed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.1.10"><span class="content">the new wine is dried up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.1.10"><span class="content">the olive oil fails.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Despair, you farmers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.1.11"><span class="content">wail, you vine growers;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.1.11"><span class="content">grieve for the wheat and the barley,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.1.11"><span class="content">because the harvest of the field is destroyed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The vine is dried up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="content">and the fig tree is withered;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="content">the pomegranate, the palm and the apple</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:12 </span><span class="ft">Or possibly </span><span class="fqa">apricot</span></span></span><span class="content"> tree&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="content">all the trees of the field&#8212;are dried up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="content">Surely the people&#8217;s joy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="content">is withered away.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Call to Lamentation</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Put on sackcloth, you priests, and mourn;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.1.13"><span class="content">wail, you who minister before the altar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.1.13"><span class="content">Come, spend the night in sackcloth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.1.13"><span class="content">you who minister before my God;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.1.13"><span class="content">for the grain offerings and drink offerings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.1.13"><span class="content">are withheld from the house of your God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Declare a holy fast;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.1.14"><span class="content">call a sacred assembly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.1.14"><span class="content">Summon the elders</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.1.14"><span class="content">and all who live in the land</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.1.14"><span class="content">to the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.1.14"><span class="content">and cry out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Alas for that day!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.1.15"><span class="content">For the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is near;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.1.15"><span class="content">it will come like destruction from the Almighty.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:15 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Shaddai</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Has not the food been cut off</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.1.16"><span class="content">before our very eyes&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.1.16"><span class="content">joy and gladness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.1.16"><span class="content">from the house of our God?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The seeds are shriveled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.1.17"><span class="content">beneath the clods.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:17 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.1.17"><span class="content">The storehouses are in ruins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.1.17"><span class="content">the granaries have been broken down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.1.17"><span class="content">for the grain has dried up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">How the cattle moan!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.1.18"><span class="content">The herds mill about</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.1.18"><span class="content">because they have no pasture;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.1.18"><span class="content">even the flocks of sheep are suffering.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">To you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I call,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.1.19"><span class="content">for fire has devoured the pastures in the wilderness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.1.19"><span class="content">and flames have burned up all the trees of the field.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Even the wild animals pant for you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.1.20"><span class="content">the streams of water have dried up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.1.20"><span class="content">and fire has devoured the pastures in the wilderness.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Nations Judged</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 3:1-21 is numbered 4:1-21.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOL.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;In those days and at that time,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOL.3.1"><span class="content">when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOL.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I will gather all nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.3.2"><span class="content">and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:2 </span><span class="fq">Jehoshaphat </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">the <span class="nd">Lord</span> judges</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 12.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.3.2"><span class="content">There I will put them on trial</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.3.2"><span class="content">for what they did to my inheritance, my people Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.3.2"><span class="content">because they scattered my people among the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.3.2"><span class="content">and divided up my land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They cast lots for my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.3.3"><span class="content">and traded boys for prostitutes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.3.3"><span class="content">they sold girls for wine to drink.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now what have you against me, Tyre and Sidon and all you regions of Philistia? Are you repaying me for something I have done? If you are paying me back, I will swiftly and speedily return on your own heads what you have done. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOL.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For you took my silver and my gold and carried off my finest treasures to your temples.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">palaces</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, that you might send them far from their homeland.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;See, I am going to rouse them out of the places to which you sold them, and I will return on your own heads what you have done. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOL.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, a nation far away.&#8221; The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has spoken.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOL.3.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Proclaim this among the nations:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.3.9"><span class="content">Prepare for war!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.3.9"><span class="content">Rouse the warriors!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.3.9"><span class="content">Let all the fighting men draw near and attack.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Beat your plowshares into swords</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.3.10"><span class="content">and your pruning hooks into spears.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.3.10"><span class="content">Let the weakling say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.3.10"><span class="content">&#8220;I am strong!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Come quickly, all you nations from every side,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.3.11"><span class="content">and assemble there.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.3.11"><span class="content">Bring down your warriors, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Let the nations be roused;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.3.12"><span class="content">let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.3.12"><span class="content">for there I will sit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.3.12"><span class="content">to judge all the nations on every side.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Swing the sickle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.3.13"><span class="content">for the harvest is ripe.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.3.13"><span class="content">Come, trample the grapes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.3.13"><span class="content">for the winepress is full</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.3.13"><span class="content">and the vats overflow&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.3.13"><span class="content">so great is their wickedness!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Multitudes, multitudes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.3.14"><span class="content">in the valley of decision!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.3.14"><span class="content">For the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is near</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.3.14"><span class="content">in the valley of decision.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The sun and moon will be darkened,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.3.15"><span class="content">and the stars no longer shine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will roar from Zion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.3.16"><span class="content">and thunder from Jerusalem;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.3.16"><span class="content">the earth and the heavens will tremble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.3.16"><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be a refuge for his people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.3.16"><span class="content">a stronghold for the people of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Blessings for God&#8217;s People</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then you will know that I, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.3.17"><span class="content">dwell in Zion, my holy hill.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.3.17"><span class="content">Jerusalem will be holy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.3.17"><span class="content">never again will foreigners invade her.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.3.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;In that day the mountains will drip new wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.3.18"><span class="content">and the hills will flow with milk;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.3.18"><span class="content">all the ravines of Judah will run with water.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.3.18"><span class="content">A fountain will flow out of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s house</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.3.18"><span class="content">and will water the valley of acacias.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Valley of Shittim</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But Egypt will be desolate,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.3.19"><span class="content">Edom a desert waste,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.3.19"><span class="content">because of violence done to the people of Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.3.19"><span class="content">in whose land they shed innocent blood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.3.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Judah will be inhabited forever</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.3.20"><span class="content">and Jerusalem through all generations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.3.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOL.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Shall I leave their innocent blood unavenged?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOL.3.21"><span class="content">No, I will not.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="qc"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOL.3.21"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> dwells in Zion!</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkAMO">
      <div class="chapter ch1" data-usfm="AMO.1">
         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The words of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa&#8212;the vision he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Joash, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Jehoash</span></span></span><span class="content"> was king of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.1.2"><span class="content">&#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> roars from Zion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.1.2"><span class="content">and thunders from Jerusalem;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.1.2"><span class="content">the pastures of the shepherds dry up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.1.2"><span class="content">and the top of Carmel withers.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judgment on Israel&#8217;s Neighbors</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.1.3"><span class="content">&#8220;For three sins of Damascus,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.1.3"><span class="content">even for four, I will not relent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.1.3"><span class="content">Because she threshed Gilead</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.1.3"><span class="content">with sledges having iron teeth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I will send fire on the house of Hazael</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.1.4"><span class="content">that will consume the fortresses of Ben-Hadad.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I will break down the gate of Damascus;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.1.5"><span class="content">I will destroy the king who is in</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the inhabitants of</span></span></span><span class="content"> the Valley of Aven</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="fq">Aven </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">wickedness.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.1.5"><span class="content">and the one who holds the scepter in Beth Eden.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.1.5"><span class="content">The people of Aram will go into exile to Kir,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.1.5"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.1.6"><span class="content">&#8220;For three sins of Gaza,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.1.6"><span class="content">even for four, I will not relent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.1.6"><span class="content">Because she took captive whole communities</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.1.6"><span class="content">and sold them to Edom,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I will send fire on the walls of Gaza</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.1.7"><span class="content">that will consume her fortresses.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I will destroy the king</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">inhabitants</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Ashdod</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.1.8"><span class="content">and the one who holds the scepter in Ashkelon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.1.8"><span class="content">I will turn my hand against Ekron,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.1.8"><span class="content">till the last of the Philistines are dead,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.1.8"><span class="content">says the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.1.9"><span class="content">&#8220;For three sins of Tyre,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.1.9"><span class="content">even for four, I will not relent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.1.9"><span class="content">Because she sold whole communities of captives to Edom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.1.9"><span class="content">disregarding a treaty of brotherhood,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I will send fire on the walls of Tyre</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.1.10"><span class="content">that will consume her fortresses.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.1.11"><span class="content">&#8220;For three sins of Edom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.1.11"><span class="content">even for four, I will not relent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.1.11"><span class="content">Because he pursued his brother with a sword</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.1.11"><span class="content">and slaughtered the women of the land,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.1.11"><span class="content">because his anger raged continually</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.1.11"><span class="content">and his fury flamed unchecked,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I will send fire on Teman</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.1.12"><span class="content">that will consume the fortresses of Bozrah.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.1.13"><span class="content">&#8220;For three sins of Ammon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.1.13"><span class="content">even for four, I will not relent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.1.13"><span class="content">Because he ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.1.13"><span class="content">in order to extend his borders,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I will set fire to the walls of Rabbah</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.1.14"><span class="content">that will consume her fortresses</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.1.14"><span class="content">amid war cries on the day of battle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.1.14"><span class="content">amid violent winds on a stormy day.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Her king</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">/ Molek</span></span></span><span class="content"> will go into exile,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.1.15"><span class="content">he and his officials together,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.1.15"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkAMO">
      <div class="chapter ch2" data-usfm="AMO.2">
         <div class="label">2</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.2.1"><span class="content">&#8220;For three sins of Moab,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.2.1"><span class="content">even for four, I will not relent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.2.1"><span class="content">Because he burned to ashes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.2.1"><span class="content">the bones of Edom&#8217;s king,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I will send fire on Moab</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.2.2"><span class="content">that will consume the fortresses of Kerioth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">of her cities</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.2.2"><span class="content">Moab will go down in great tumult</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.2.2"><span class="content">amid war cries and the blast of the trumpet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I will destroy her ruler</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.2.3"><span class="content">and kill all her officials with him,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.2.3"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.2.4"><span class="content">&#8220;For three sins of Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.2.4"><span class="content">even for four, I will not relent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.2.4"><span class="content">Because they have rejected the law of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.2.4"><span class="content">and have not kept his decrees,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.2.4"><span class="content">because they have been led astray by false gods,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">by lies</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.2.4"><span class="content">the gods</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">lies</span></span></span><span class="content"> their ancestors followed,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I will send fire on Judah</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.2.5"><span class="content">that will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judgment on Israel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.2.6"><span class="content">&#8220;For three sins of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.2.6"><span class="content">even for four, I will not relent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.2.6"><span class="content">They sell the innocent for silver,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.2.6"><span class="content">and the needy for a pair of sandals.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They trample on the heads of the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.2.7"><span class="content">as on the dust of the ground</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.2.7"><span class="content">and deny justice to the oppressed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.2.7"><span class="content">Father and son use the same girl</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.2.7"><span class="content">and so profane my holy name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They lie down beside every altar</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.2.8"><span class="content">on garments taken in pledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.2.8"><span class="content">In the house of their god</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.2.8"><span class="content">they drink wine taken as fines.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Yet I destroyed the Amorites before them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.2.9"><span class="content">though they were tall as the cedars</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.2.9"><span class="content">and strong as the oaks.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.2.9"><span class="content">I destroyed their fruit above</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.2.9"><span class="content">and their roots below.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I brought you up out of Egypt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.2.10"><span class="content">and led you forty years in the wilderness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.2.10"><span class="content">to give you the land of the Amorites.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;I also raised up prophets from among your children</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.2.11"><span class="content">and Nazirites from among your youths.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.2.11"><span class="content">Is this not true, people of Israel?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.2.11"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;But you made the Nazirites drink wine</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.2.12"><span class="content">and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now then, I will crush you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.2.13"><span class="content">as a cart crushes when loaded with grain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The swift will not escape,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.2.14"><span class="content">the strong will not muster their strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.2.14"><span class="content">and the warrior will not save his life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The archer will not stand his ground,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.2.15"><span class="content">the fleet-footed soldier will not get away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.2.15"><span class="content">and the horseman will not save his life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="AMO.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Even the bravest warriors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="AMO.2.16"><span class="content">will flee naked on that day,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="AMO.2.16"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Witnesses Summoned Against Israel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Hear this word, people of Israel, the word the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has spoken against you&#8212;against the whole family I brought up out of Egypt:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;You only have I chosen</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.3.2"><span class="content">of all the families of the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.3.2"><span class="content">therefore I will punish you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.3.2"><span class="content">for all your sins.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Do two walk together</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.3.3"><span class="content">unless they have agreed to do so?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Does a lion roar in the thicket</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.3.4"><span class="content">when it has no prey?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.3.4"><span class="content">Does it growl in its den</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.3.4"><span class="content">when it has caught nothing?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Does a bird swoop down to a trap on the ground</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.3.5"><span class="content">when no bait is there?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.3.5"><span class="content">Does a trap spring up from the ground</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.3.5"><span class="content">if it has not caught anything?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When a trumpet sounds in a city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.3.6"><span class="content">do not the people tremble?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.3.6"><span class="content">When disaster comes to a city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.3.6"><span class="content">has not the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> caused it?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Surely the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> does nothing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.3.7"><span class="content">without revealing his plan</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.3.7"><span class="content">to his servants the prophets.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The lion has roared&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.3.8"><span class="content">who will not fear?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.3.8"><span class="content">The Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has spoken&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.3.8"><span class="content">who can but prophesy?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.3.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Proclaim to the fortresses of Ashdod</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.3.9"><span class="content">and to the fortresses of Egypt:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.3.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.3.9"><span class="content">see the great unrest within her</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.3.9"><span class="content">and the oppression among her people.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;They do not know how to do right,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.3.10"><span class="content">&#8220;who store up in their fortresses</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.3.10"><span class="content">what they have plundered and looted.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Therefore this is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.3.11"><span class="content">&#8220;An enemy will overrun your land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.3.11"><span class="content">pull down your strongholds</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.3.11"><span class="content">and plunder your fortresses.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.3.12"><span class="content">&#8220;As a shepherd rescues from the lion&#8217;s mouth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.3.12"><span class="content">only two leg bones or a piece of an ear,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.3.12"><span class="content">so will the Israelites living in Samaria be rescued,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.3.12"><span class="content">with only the head of a bed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.3.12"><span class="content">and a piece of fabric</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:12 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> from a couch.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Israelites be rescued, / those who sit in Samaria / on the edge of their beds / and in Damascus on their couches.</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Hear this and testify against the descendants of Jacob,&#8221; declares the Lord, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;On the day I punish Israel for her sins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.3.14"><span class="content">I will destroy the altars of Bethel;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.3.14"><span class="content">the horns of the altar will be cut off</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.3.14"><span class="content">and fall to the ground.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I will tear down the winter house</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.3.15"><span class="content">along with the summer house;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.3.15"><span class="content">the houses adorned with ivory will be destroyed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.3.15"><span class="content">and the mansions will be demolished,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.3.15"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel Has Not Returned to God</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.4.1"><span class="content">you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.4.1"><span class="content">and say to your husbands, &#8220;Bring us some drinks!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.4.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has sworn by his holiness:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.4.2"><span class="content">&#8220;The time will surely come</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.4.2"><span class="content">when you will be taken away with hooks,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.4.2"><span class="content">the last of you with fishhooks.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">away in baskets, / the last of you in fish baskets</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.4.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You will each go straight out</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.4.3"><span class="content">through breaches in the wall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.4.3"><span class="content">and you will be cast out toward Harmon,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:3 </span><span class="ft">Masoretic Text; with a different word division of the Hebrew (see Septuagint) </span><span class="fqa">out, you mountain of oppression</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.4.3"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.4.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Go to Bethel and sin;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.4.4"><span class="content">go to Gilgal and sin yet more.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.4.4"><span class="content">Bring your sacrifices every morning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.4.4"><span class="content">your tithes every three years.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">days</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.4.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Burn leavened bread as a thank offering</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.4.5"><span class="content">and brag about your freewill offerings&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.4.5"><span class="content">boast about them, you Israelites,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.4.5"><span class="content">for this is what you love to do,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.4.5"><span class="content">declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;I gave you empty stomachs in every city</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.4.6"><span class="content">and lack of bread in every town,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.4.6"><span class="content">yet you have not returned to me,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.4.6"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.4.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;I also withheld rain from you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.4.7"><span class="content">when the harvest was still three months away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.4.7"><span class="content">I sent rain on one town,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.4.7"><span class="content">but withheld it from another.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.4.7"><span class="content">One field had rain;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.4.7"><span class="content">another had none and dried up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">People staggered from town to town for water</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.4.8"><span class="content">but did not get enough to drink,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.4.8"><span class="content">yet you have not returned to me,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.4.8"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.4.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Many times I struck your gardens and vineyards,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.4.9"><span class="content">destroying them with blight and mildew.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.4.9"><span class="content">Locusts devoured your fig and olive trees,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.4.9"><span class="content">yet you have not returned to me,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.4.9"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.4.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;I sent plagues among you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.4.10"><span class="content">as I did to Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.4.10"><span class="content">I killed your young men with the sword,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.4.10"><span class="content">along with your captured horses.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.4.10"><span class="content">I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camps,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.4.10"><span class="content">yet you have not returned to me,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.4.10"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.4.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;I overthrew some of you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.4.11"><span class="content">as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.4.11"><span class="content">You were like a burning stick snatched from the fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.4.11"><span class="content">yet you have not returned to me,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.4.11"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.4.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.4.12"><span class="content">and because I will do this to you, Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.4.12"><span class="content">prepare to meet your God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.4.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He who forms the mountains,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.4.13"><span class="content">who creates the wind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.4.13"><span class="content">and who reveals his thoughts to mankind,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.4.13"><span class="content">who turns dawn to darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.4.13"><span class="content">and treads on the heights of the earth&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.4.13"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty is his name.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Lament and Call to Repentance</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Hear this word, Israel, this lament I take up concerning you:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.5.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Fallen is Virgin Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.5.2"><span class="content">never to rise again,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.5.2"><span class="content">deserted in her own land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.5.2"><span class="content">with no one to lift her up.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says to Israel:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.5.3"><span class="content">&#8220;Your city that marches out a thousand strong</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.5.3"><span class="content">will have only a hundred left;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.5.3"><span class="content">your town that marches out a hundred strong</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.5.3"><span class="content">will have only ten left.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.5.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says to Israel:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.5.4"><span class="content">&#8220;Seek me and live;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.5.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">do not seek Bethel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.5.5"><span class="content">do not go to Gilgal,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.5.5"><span class="content">do not journey to Beersheba.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.5.5"><span class="content">For Gilgal will surely go into exile,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.5.5"><span class="content">and Bethel will be reduced to nothing.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:5 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">aven, </span><span class="ft">a reference to Beth Aven (a derogatory name for Bethel); see Hosea 4:15.</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and live,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.5.6"><span class="content">or he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.5.6"><span class="content">it will devour them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.5.6"><span class="content">and Bethel will have no one to quench it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.5.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">There are those who turn justice into bitterness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.5.7"><span class="content">and cast righteousness to the ground.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.5.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He who made the Pleiades and Orion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.5.8"><span class="content">who turns midnight into dawn</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.5.8"><span class="content">and darkens day into night,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.5.8"><span class="content">who calls for the waters of the sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.5.8"><span class="content">and pours them out over the face of the land&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.5.8"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is his name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">With a blinding flash he destroys the stronghold</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.5.9"><span class="content">and brings the fortified city to ruin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.5.10"><span class="content">and detest the one who tells the truth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.5.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You levy a straw tax on the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.5.11"><span class="content">and impose a tax on their grain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.5.11"><span class="content">Therefore, though you have built stone mansions,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.5.11"><span class="content">you will not live in them;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.5.11"><span class="content">though you have planted lush vineyards,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.5.11"><span class="content">you will not drink their wine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For I know how many are your offenses</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.5.12"><span class="content">and how great your sins.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.5.12"><span class="content">There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.5.12"><span class="content">and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Therefore the prudent keep quiet in such times,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.5.13"><span class="content">for the times are evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.5.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Seek good, not evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.5.14"><span class="content">that you may live.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.5.14"><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty will be with you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.5.14"><span class="content">just as you say he is.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.5.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Hate evil, love good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.5.15"><span class="content">maintain justice in the courts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.5.15"><span class="content">Perhaps the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty will have mercy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.5.15"><span class="content">on the remnant of Joseph.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.5.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="AMO.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Therefore this is what the Lord, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty, says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="AMO.5.16"><span class="content">&#8220;There will be wailing in all the streets</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="AMO.5.16"><span class="content">and cries of anguish in every public square.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="AMO.5.16"><span class="content">The farmers will be summoned to weep</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="AMO.5.16"><span class="content">and the mourners to wail.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="AMO.5.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="AMO.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">There will be wailing in all the vineyards,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="AMO.5.17"><span class="content">for I will pass through your midst,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="AMO.5.17"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="AMO.5.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="AMO.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Woe to you who long</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="AMO.5.18"><span class="content">for the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="AMO.5.18"><span class="content">Why do you long for the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="AMO.5.18"><span class="content">That day will be darkness, not light.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="AMO.5.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="AMO.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">It will be as though a man fled from a lion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="AMO.5.19"><span class="content">only to meet a bear,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="AMO.5.19"><span class="content">as though he entered his house</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="AMO.5.19"><span class="content">and rested his hand on the wall</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="AMO.5.19"><span class="content">only to have a snake bite him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="AMO.5.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="AMO.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Will not the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> be darkness, not light&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="AMO.5.20"><span class="content">pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="AMO.5.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="AMO.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;I hate, I despise your religious festivals;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="AMO.5.21"><span class="content">your assemblies are a stench to me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="AMO.5.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="AMO.5.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Even though you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="AMO.5.22"><span class="content">I will not accept them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="AMO.5.22"><span class="content">Though you bring choice fellowship offerings,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="AMO.5.22"><span class="content">I will have no regard for them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="AMO.5.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="AMO.5.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Away with the noise of your songs!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="AMO.5.23"><span class="content">I will not listen to the music of your harps.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="AMO.5.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="AMO.5.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">But let justice roll on like a river,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="AMO.5.24"><span class="content">righteousness like a never-failing stream!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="AMO.5.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="AMO.5.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="AMO.5.25"><span class="content">forty years in the wilderness, people of Israel?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="AMO.5.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="AMO.5.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">You have lifted up the shrine of your king,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="AMO.5.26"><span class="content">the pedestal of your idols,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="AMO.5.26"><span class="content">the star of your god</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">lifted up Sakkuth your king / and Kaiwan your idols, / your star-gods</span><span class="ft">; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">lifted up the shrine of Molek / and the star of your god Rephan, / their idols</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="AMO.5.26"><span class="content">which you made for yourselves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="AMO.5.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="AMO.5.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="AMO.5.27"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, whose name is God Almighty.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">6</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Woe to the Complacent</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.6.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Woe to you who are complacent in Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.6.1"><span class="content">and to you who feel secure on Mount Samaria,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.6.1"><span class="content">you notable men of the foremost nation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.6.1"><span class="content">to whom the people of Israel come!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.6.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.6.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Go to Kalneh and look at it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.6.2"><span class="content">go from there to great Hamath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.6.2"><span class="content">and then go down to Gath in Philistia.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.6.2"><span class="content">Are they better off than your two kingdoms?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.6.2"><span class="content">Is their land larger than yours?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.6.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.6.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You put off the day of disaster</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.6.3"><span class="content">and bring near a reign of terror.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.6.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.6.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You lie on beds adorned with ivory</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.6.4"><span class="content">and lounge on your couches.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.6.4"><span class="content">You dine on choice lambs</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.6.4"><span class="content">and fattened calves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.6.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.6.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You strum away on your harps like David</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.6.5"><span class="content">and improvise on musical instruments.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.6.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.6.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You drink wine by the bowlful</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.6.6"><span class="content">and use the finest lotions,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.6.6"><span class="content">but you do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.6.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.6.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Therefore you will be among the first to go into exile;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.6.7"><span class="content">your feasting and lounging will end.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading"> Abhors the Pride of Israel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.6.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.6.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has sworn by himself&#8212;the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty declares:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.6.8"><span class="content">&#8220;I abhor the pride of Jacob</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.6.8"><span class="content">and detest his fortresses;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.6.8"><span class="content">I will deliver up the city</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.6.8"><span class="content">and everything in it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.6.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.6.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">If ten people are left in one house, they too will die. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.6.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And if the relative who comes to carry the bodies out of the house to burn them</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">to make a funeral fire in honor of the dead</span></span></span><span class="content"> asks anyone who might be hiding there, &#8220;Is anyone else with you?&#8221; and he says, &#8220;No,&#8221; then he will go on to say, &#8220;Hush! We must not mention the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.6.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.6.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has given the command,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.6.11"><span class="content">and he will smash the great house into pieces</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.6.11"><span class="content">and the small house into bits.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.6.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.6.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Do horses run on the rocky crags?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.6.12"><span class="content">Does one plow the sea</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:12 </span><span class="ft">With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">plow there</span></span></span><span class="content"> with oxen?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.6.12"><span class="content">But you have turned justice into poison</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.6.12"><span class="content">and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.6.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.6.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">you who rejoice in the conquest of Lo Debar</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:13 </span><span class="fq">Lo Debar </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">nothing.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.6.13"><span class="content">and say, &#8220;Did we not take Karnaim</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:13 </span><span class="fq">Karnaim </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">horns</span><span class="ft">; </span><span class="fqa">horn </span><span class="ft">here symbolizes strength.</span></span></span><span class="content"> by our own strength?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.6.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.6.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty declares,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.6.14"><span class="content">&#8220;I will stir up a nation against you, Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.6.14"><span class="content">that will oppress you all the way</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.6.14"><span class="content">from Lebo Hamath to the valley of the Arabah.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">7</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Locusts, Fire and a Plumb Line</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.7.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts after the king&#8217;s share had been harvested and just as the late crops were coming up. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.7.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When they had stripped the land clean, I cried out, &#8220;Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, forgive! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.7.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.7.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> relented.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.7.3"><span class="content">&#8220;This will not happen,&#8221; the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.7.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.7.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> showed me: The Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was calling for judgment by fire; it dried up the great deep and devoured the land. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.7.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then I cried out, &#8220;Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.7.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.7.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> relented.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.7.6"><span class="content">&#8220;This will not happen either,&#8221; the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.7.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.7.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:7 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> with a plumb line</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:7 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain; also in verse 8.</span></span></span><span class="content"> in his hand. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.7.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> asked me, &#8220;What do you see, Amos?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.7.8"><span class="content">&#8220;A plumb line,&#8221; I replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.7.8"><span class="content">Then the Lord said, &#8220;Look, I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.7.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.7.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;The high places of Isaac will be destroyed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.7.9"><span class="content">and the sanctuaries of Israel will be ruined;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.7.9"><span class="content">with my sword I will rise against the house of Jeroboam.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Amos and Amaziah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.7.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.7.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent a message to Jeroboam king of Israel: &#8220;Amos is raising a conspiracy against you in the very heart of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For this is what Amos is saying:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.7.11"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Jeroboam will die by the sword,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.7.11"><span class="content">and Israel will surely go into exile,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.7.11"><span class="content">away from their native land.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.7.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then Amaziah said to Amos, &#8220;Get out, you seer! Go back to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there and do your prophesying there. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Don&#8217;t prophesy anymore at Bethel, because this is the king&#8217;s sanctuary and the temple of the kingdom.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.7.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.7.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Amos answered Amaziah, &#8220;I was neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.7.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> took me from tending the flock and said to me, &#8216;Go, prophesy to my people Israel.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="AMO.7.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Now then, hear the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. You say,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="AMO.7.16"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Do not prophesy against Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="AMO.7.16"><span class="content">and stop preaching against the descendants of Isaac.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="AMO.7.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="AMO.7.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="AMO.7.17"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Your wife will become a prostitute in the city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="AMO.7.17"><span class="content">and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="AMO.7.17"><span class="content">Your land will be measured and divided up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="AMO.7.17"><span class="content">and you yourself will die in a pagan</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:17 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">an unclean</span></span></span><span class="content"> country.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="AMO.7.17"><span class="content">And Israel will surely go into exile,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="AMO.7.17"><span class="content">away from their native land.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Basket of Ripe Fruit</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> showed me: a basket of ripe fruit. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;What do you see, Amos?&#8221; he asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.8.2"><span class="content">&#8220;A basket of ripe fruit,&#8221; I answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.8.2"><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to me, &#8220;The time is ripe for my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.8.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;In that day,&#8221; declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;the songs in the temple will turn to wailing.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">&#8220;the temple singers will wail</span></span></span><span class="content"> Many, many bodies&#8212;flung everywhere! Silence!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.8.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Hear this, you who trample the needy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.8.4"><span class="content">and do away with the poor of the land,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.8.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.8.5"><span class="content">&#8220;When will the New Moon be over</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.8.5"><span class="content">that we may sell grain,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.8.5"><span class="content">and the Sabbath be ended</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.8.5"><span class="content">that we may market wheat?&#8221;&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.8.5"><span class="content">skimping on the measure,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.8.5"><span class="content">boosting the price</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.8.5"><span class="content">and cheating with dishonest scales,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.8.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">buying the poor with silver</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.8.6"><span class="content">and the needy for a pair of sandals,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.8.6"><span class="content">selling even the sweepings with the wheat.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.8.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has sworn by himself, the Pride of Jacob: &#8220;I will never forget anything they have done.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.8.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Will not the land tremble for this,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.8.8"><span class="content">and all who live in it mourn?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.8.8"><span class="content">The whole land will rise like the Nile;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.8.8"><span class="content">it will be stirred up and then sink</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.8.8"><span class="content">like the river of Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.8.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;In that day,&#8221; declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.8.9"><span class="content">&#8220;I will make the sun go down at noon</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.8.9"><span class="content">and darken the earth in broad daylight.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.8.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I will turn your religious festivals into mourning</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.8.10"><span class="content">and all your singing into weeping.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.8.10"><span class="content">I will make all of you wear sackcloth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.8.10"><span class="content">and shave your heads.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.8.10"><span class="content">I will make that time like mourning for an only son</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.8.10"><span class="content">and the end of it like a bitter day.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.8.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;The days are coming,&#8221; declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.8.11"><span class="content">&#8220;when I will send a famine through the land&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.8.11"><span class="content">not a famine of food or a thirst for water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.8.11"><span class="content">but a famine of hearing the words of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.8.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">People will stagger from sea to sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.8.12"><span class="content">and wander from north to east,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.8.12"><span class="content">searching for the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.8.12"><span class="content">but they will not find it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.8.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;In that day</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.8.13"><span class="content">&#8220;the lovely young women and strong young men</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.8.13"><span class="content">will faint because of thirst.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.8.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Those who swear by the sin of Samaria&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.8.14"><span class="content">who say, &#8216;As surely as your god lives, Dan,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.8.14"><span class="content">or, &#8216;As surely as the god</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:14 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">the way</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Beersheba lives&#8217;&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.8.14"><span class="content">they will fall, never to rise again.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">9</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel to Be Destroyed</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.9.1"><span class="content">&#8220;Strike the tops of the pillars</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.9.1"><span class="content">so that the thresholds shake.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.9.1"><span class="content">Bring them down on the heads of all the people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.9.1"><span class="content">those who are left I will kill with the sword.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.9.1"><span class="content">Not one will get away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.9.1"><span class="content">none will escape.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.9.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Though they dig down to the depths below,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.9.2"><span class="content">from there my hand will take them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.9.2"><span class="content">Though they climb up to the heavens above,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.9.2"><span class="content">from there I will bring them down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.9.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.9.3"><span class="content">there I will hunt them down and seize them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.9.3"><span class="content">Though they hide from my eyes at the bottom of the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.9.3"><span class="content">there I will command the serpent to bite them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.9.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Though they are driven into exile by their enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.9.4"><span class="content">there I will command the sword to slay them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.9.4"><span class="content">&#8220;I will keep my eye on them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.9.4"><span class="content">for harm and not for good.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.9.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The Lord, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.9.5"><span class="content">he touches the earth and it melts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.9.5"><span class="content">and all who live in it mourn;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.9.5"><span class="content">the whole land rises like the Nile,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.9.5"><span class="content">then sinks like the river of Egypt;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.9.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">he builds his lofty palace</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:6 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> in the heavens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.9.6"><span class="content">and sets its foundation</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:6 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> on the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.9.6"><span class="content">he calls for the waters of the sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.9.6"><span class="content">and pours them out over the face of the land&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.9.6"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is his name.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Are not you Israelites</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.9.7"><span class="content">the same to me as the Cushites</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:7 </span><span class="ft">That is, people from the upper Nile region</span></span></span><span class="content">?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.9.7"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.9.7"><span class="content">&#8220;Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.9.7"><span class="content">the Philistines from Caphtor</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:7 </span><span class="ft">That is, Crete</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.9.7"><span class="content">and the Arameans from Kir?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.9.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Surely the eyes of the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.9.8"><span class="content">are on the sinful kingdom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.9.8"><span class="content">I will destroy it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.9.8"><span class="content">from the face of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.9.8"><span class="content">Yet I will not totally destroy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.9.8"><span class="content">the descendants of Jacob,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.9.8"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.9.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;For I will give the command,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.9.9"><span class="content">and I will shake the people of Israel</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.9.9"><span class="content">among all the nations</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.9.9"><span class="content">as grain is shaken in a sieve,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.9.9"><span class="content">and not a pebble will reach the ground.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.9.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">All the sinners among my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.9.10"><span class="content">will die by the sword,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.9.10"><span class="content">all those who say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.9.10"><span class="content">&#8216;Disaster will not overtake or meet us.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel&#8217;s Restoration</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.9.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;In that day</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.9.11"><span class="content">&#8220;I will restore David&#8217;s fallen shelter&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.9.11"><span class="content">I will repair its broken walls</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.9.11"><span class="content">and restore its ruins&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.9.11"><span class="content">and will rebuild it as it used to be,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">so that they may possess the remnant of Edom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.9.12"><span class="content">and all the nations that bear my name,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:12 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">so that the remnant of people / and all the nations that bear my name may seek me</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.9.12"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who will do these things.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.9.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;The days are coming,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.9.13"><span class="content">&#8220;when the reaper will be overtaken by the plowman</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.9.13"><span class="content">and the planter by the one treading grapes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.9.13"><span class="content">New wine will drip from the mountains</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.9.13"><span class="content">and flow from all the hills,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.9.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">and I will bring my people Israel back from exile.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will restore the fortunes of my people Israel</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.9.14"><span class="content">&#8220;They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.9.14"><span class="content">They will plant vineyards and drink their wine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.9.14"><span class="content">they will make gardens and eat their fruit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.9.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I will plant Israel in their own land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.9.15"><span class="content">never again to be uprooted</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.9.15"><span class="content">from the land I have given them,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.9.15"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God.</span></span></div>
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