Hello and welcome
to His words are life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and today
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we are going to begin reading
in the Book of Amos together.
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But first let's pray.
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Dear Heavenly Father,
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we come again to sit
and to feast on Your word.
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Please nourish us and
feed us the bread of life.
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Send the Holy Spirit to help us
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to understand what we hear.
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We love You so much and
thank You for loving us, amen.
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We're beginning today
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in the Book of
Amos, Chapter 1 verse 1
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and this is the
King James Version.
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"The words of Amos
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who was among
the herd men of Tekoa
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which he saw concerning Israel
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in the days of
Uzziah king of Judah,
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and in the days of
jeroboam the son of Joash,
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king of Israel two
years before the earth quake
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And he said, The
Lord will roar from Zion,
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and utter his
voice from Jerusalem,
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and the habitations of
the shepherds shall mourn,
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and the top of
Carmell shall wither.
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Thus saith the Lord,
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For three transgressions
of Damascus, and for four,
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I will not turn away
the punishment thereof,
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because they
have threshed Giliead
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with the threshing
instruments of iron.
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But I will send the fire
in to the house of Hazael
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which shall devour
the palaces of Benhadad.
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I will break also
the bar of Damascus,
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and cut off the inhabitant
from the plain of Aven,
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and him that holds the
sceptre from the house of Eden
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and the people of
Syria shall go into captivity
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unto Kir, saith the Lord.
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Thus saith the Lord,
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For three transgressions
of Gaza, and for four,
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I will not turn away
the punishment thereof,
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because they carried away
captive the whole captivity,
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to deliver them up to Edom.
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But I will send a
fire on the wall of Gaza,
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which shall devour
the palaces thereof.
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And I will cut off the
inhabitant from Ashdod,
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and him that holdeth
the sceptre from Ashkelon,
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and I will turn
mine hand against Ekron,
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and the remnant of the
Philistines shall perish,
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saith the Lord God.
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Thus saith the Lord,
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For three transgressions
of Tyrus, and for four,
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I will not turn away
the punishment thereof,
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because they delivered up
the whole captivity to Edom,
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and remembered not
the brotherly covenant.
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But I will send a
fire on the wall of Tyrus,
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which shall devour
the palaces thereof.
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Thus saith the Lord,
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For three transgressions
of Edom, and for four,
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I will not turn away
the punishment thereof,
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because he did pursue
his brother with the sword,
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and did cast off all pity,
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and his anger
did tear perpetually,
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and he kept his wrath for ever.
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But I will send
a fire upon Teman,
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which shall devour
the palaces of Bozrah.
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Thus saith the Lord,
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For three transgressions
of the children of Ammon,
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and for four,
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I will not turn away
the punishment thereof,
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because they have ripped up
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the women with child of Gilead,
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that they might
enlarge their border.
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But I will kindle a
fire in the wall of Rabbah,
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and it shall devour
the palaces thereof,
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with shouting in
the day of battle,
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with a tempest in
the day of the whirlwind,
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And their king
shall go into captivity,
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he and his princes
together, saith the Lord.
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Continuing in the
Book of the Amos Chapter 2
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and this is the
King James Version.
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"Thus saith the Lord,
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For three transgressions
of Moab, and for four,
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I will not turn away
the punishment thereof,
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because he burned the bones
of the king of Edom into lime,
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But I will send
a fire upon Moab,
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and it shall devour
the palaces of Kirioth,
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and Moab shall die
with tumult, with shouting,
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and with the
sound of the trumpet.
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And I will cut off the
judge from the midst thereof,
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and will slay all the princes
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thereof with
him, saith the Lord.
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Thus saith the Lord,
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For three transgressions
of Judah, and for four,
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I will not turn away
the punishment thereof,
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because they have
despised the law of the Lord
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and have not
kept his commandments,
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and their lies
caused them to err,
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after the which
their fathers have walked.
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But I will send
a fire upon Judah,
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and it shall devour
the palaces of Jerusalem.
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Thus saith the Lord,
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For three transgressions
of Israel, and for four,
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I will not turn away
the punishment thereof,
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because they sold
the righteous for silver,
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and the poor
for a pair of shoes,
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That pant after
the dust of the earth
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on the head of the poor,
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and turn aside
the way of the meek,
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and a man and his father
will go in unto the same maid,
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to profane my holy name,
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And they lay
themselves down upon clothes
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laid to pledge by every altar,
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and they drink the
wine of the condemned
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in the house of their god.
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Yet destroyed I the
Amorite before them,
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whose height was like
the height of the cedars,
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and he was strong as the oaks,
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yet I destroyed
his fruit from above,
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and his roots from beneath.
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Also I brought you up
from the land of Egypt,
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and led you forty
years through the wilderness,
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to possess the
land of the Amorite.
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And I raised up of
your sons for prophets,
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and of your young
men for Nazarites.
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Is it not even thus, O
all of you children of Israel?
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Saith the Lord.
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But ye gave the
Nazarites wine to drink,
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and commanded the
prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
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Behold, I am pressed under you,
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as a cart is pressed
that is full of sheaves.
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Therefore the flight
shall perish from the swift,
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and the strong shall
not strengthen his force,
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neither shall the
mighty deliver himself,
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neither shall he
stand that handleth the bow,
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and he that is swift of
foot shall not deliver himself,
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neither shall he that rideth
the horse deliver himself.
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And he that is
courageous among the mighty
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shall flee away naked
in that day,saith the Lord.
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Continuing in the
Book of Amos, Chapter 3,
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and this is the
King James Version.
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Hear this word that the
Lord hath spoken against you,
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O children of Israel,
against the whole family
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which I brought up from
the land of Egypt, saying,
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You only have I known of
all the families of the earth,
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therefore I will punish
you for all your iniquities.
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Can two walk
together, except they be agreed?
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Will a lion roar in the
forest, when he hath no prey?
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Will a young lion
cry out of his den,
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if he have taken nothing?
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Can a bird fall in a
snare upon the earth,
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where no gin is for him?
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Shall one take up a
snare from the earth,
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and have taken nothing at all?
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Shall a trumpet
be blown in the city,
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and the people not be afraid?
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Shall there be evil in a city,
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and the Lord hath not done it?
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Surely the Lord
God will do nothing,
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but he revealeth his secret
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unto his servants the prophets.
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The lion hath
roared, who will not fear?
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The Lord God hath
spoken, who can but prophesy?
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Publish in the
palaces at Ashdod,
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and in the palaces in
the land of Egypt, and say,
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Assemble yourselves upon
the mountains of Samaria,
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and behold the great
tumults in the midst thereof,
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and the oppressed
in the midst thereof.
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For they know not to
do right, saith the Lord,
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who store up violence
and robbery in their palaces.
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Therefore thus
saith the Lord God,
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An adversary there shall
be even round about the land,
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and he shall bring
down thy strength from thee,
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and thy palaces
shall be spoiled.
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Thus saith the Lord,
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As the shepherd
taketh out of the mouth
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of the lion two
legs, or a piece of an ear,
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so shall the children
of Israel be taken out
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that dwell in Samaria
in the corner of a bed,
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and in Damascus in a couch.
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Hear ye, and testify
in the house of Jacob,
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saith the Lord
God, the God of hosts,
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That in the day
that I shall visit
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the transgressions
of Israel upon him
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I will also visit
the altars of Bethel,
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and the horns of the
altar shall be cut off,
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and fall to the ground.
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And I will smite the winter
house with the summer house,
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and the houses of
ivory shall perish,
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and the great houses shall
have an end, saith the Lord.
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Continuing in the
Book of Amos Chapter 4,
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and this is the
King James Version.
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Hear this word,
ye kine of Bashan,
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that are in the
mountain of Samaria,
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which oppress the
poor, which crush the needy,
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which say to their masters,
bring, and let us drink.
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The Lord God hath
sworn by his holiness,
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that, lo, the days
shall come upon you,
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that he will take
you away with hooks,
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and your
posterity with fishhooks.
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And ye shall go
out at the breaches,
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every cow at that
which is before her,
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and ye shall cast them
into the palace, saith the Lord.
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Come to Bethel, and transgress,
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at Gilgal
multiply transgression,
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and bring your
sacrifices every morning,
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and your tithes
after three years,
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And offer a sacrifice of
thanksgiving with leaven,
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and proclaim and
publish the free offerings,
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for this liketh you,
O ye children of Israel,
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saith the Lord God.
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And I also have
given you cleanness
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of teeth in all your cities,
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and want of bread
in all your places,
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yet have ye not returned
unto me, saith the Lord.
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And also I have
withholden the rain from you,
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when there were yet
three months to the harvest,
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and I caused it to
rain upon one city,
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and caused it not to
rain upon another city,
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one piece was rained upon,
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and the piece whereupon
it rained not withered.
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So two or three cities
wandered unto one city,
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to drink water, but
they were not satisfied,
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yet have ye not returned
unto me, saith the Lord.
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I have smitten you
with blasting and mildew,
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when your gardens
and your vineyards
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and your fig trees and
your olive trees increased,
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the palmerworm devoured them,
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yet have ye not returned
unto me, saith the Lord.
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I have sent among
you the pestilence
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after the manner of Egypt,
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your young men have
I slain with the sword,
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and have taken away your horses,
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and I have made
the stink of your camps
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to come up unto your nostrils,
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yet have ye not returned
unto me, saith the Lord.
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I have overthrown some of you,
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as God overthrew
Sodom and Gomorrah,
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and ye were as a firebrand
plucked out of the burning,
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yet have ye not returned
unto me, saith the Lord.
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Therefore thus
will I do unto thee,
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O Israel, and because
I will do this unto thee,
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prepare to meet
thy God, O Israel.
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For, lo, he that
formeth the mountains,
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and createth the wind,
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and declareth unto
man what is his thought,
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that maketh the
morning darkness,
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and treadeth upon the
high places of the earth,
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The Lord, The God
of hosts, is his name."
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Continuing with Amos Chapter 5,
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and this is the
King James Version.
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Hear ye this word
which I take up against you,
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even a
lamentation, O house of Israel.
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The virgin of Israel is fallen,
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she shall no more rise,
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she is forsaken upon her land,
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there is none to raise her up.
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For thus saith the Lord God,
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The city that
went out by a thousand
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shall leave an hundred,
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and that which
went forth by an hundred
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shall leave ten, to
the house of Israel.
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For thus saith the Lord
unto the house of Israel,
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Seek ye me, and ye shall live,
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But seek not Bethel,
nor enter into Gilgal,
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and pass not to Beersheba,
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for Gilgal shall
surely go into captivity,
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and Bethel shall come to nought.
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Seek the Lord,
and ye shall live,
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lest he break out like
fire in the house of Joseph,
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and devour it, and there be
none to quench it in Bethel.
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Ye who turn
judgment to wormwood,
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and leave off
righteousness in the earth,
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Seek him that maketh
the seven stars and Orion,
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and turneth the shadow
of death into the morning,
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and maketh the
day dark with night,
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that calleth for
the waters of the sea,
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and poureth them out
upon the face of the earth,
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The Lord is his name,
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That strengtheneth the
spoiled against the strong,
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so that the spoiled shall
come against the fortress.
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They hate him that
rebuketh in the gate,
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and they abhor him
that speaketh uprightly.
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Forasmuch therefore as
your treading is upon the poor,
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and ye take from
him burdens of wheat,
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ye have built
houses of hewn stone,
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but ye shall not dwell in them,
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ye have planted
pleasant vineyards,
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but ye shall not
drink wine of them.
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For I know your
manifold transgressions
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and your mighty sins,
they afflict the just,
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they take a bribe,
and they turn aside
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the poor in the
gate from their right.
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Therefore the
prudent shall keep silence
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in that time, for
it is an evil time.
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Seek good, and not evil,
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that ye may live,
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and so the Lord,
the God of hosts,
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shall be with
you, as ye have spoken.
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Hate the evil,
and love the good,
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and establish
judgment in the gate,
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and it may be that
the Lord God of hosts
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will be gracious unto
the remnant of Joseph.
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Therefore the
Lord, the God of hosts,
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the Lord, saith thus,
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Wailing shall be in all streets,
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and they shall say
in all the highways,
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Alas! alas! and they shall call
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the husbandman to mourning,
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and such as are skilful
of lamentation to wailing.
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And in all
vineyards shall be wailing.
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For I will pass
through thee, saith the Lord.
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