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The book of Amos is a prophetic book in the Old Testament of the Bible. It is named after the prophet Amos who ministered during the reigns of Uzziah of Judah and Jeroboam II of Israel, around the 8th century BC. Amos was a shepherd from Tekoa who was called by God to prophesy against the wealthy and powerful nations of Israel and the surrounding regions.
Amos begins his prophecy by denouncing the various nations for their sins and moral failures. He particularly focuses on the social injustice, oppression of the poor, and idolatry prevalent in Israel. Amos condemns the people for their wealth and complacency, warning them of the impending judgment that will come upon them if they do not repent.
Throughout the book, Amos calls for justice and righteousness, urging the people to turn away from their false gods and return to the Lord. He emphasizes the need for genuine worship and true faith, rather than empty rituals and religious observances. Amos highlights the importance of caring for the poor, seeking justice, and walking humbly with God.
Despite the severity of his messages, Amos also offers hope and the possibility of restoration. He speaks of a future time when God will restore the nation of Israel, when justice will flow like a river, and when the people will worship God with wholehearted devotion.
The book of Amos serves as a reminder to the people of God's expectations for his chosen people. It shows the importance of justice, righteousness, and faithfulness in our relationship with God. It also serves as a warning to those who exploit others and neglect the needy.
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Amos chapter 1 words of Amos one of the
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Shepherds of Tio the Visions he had
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about Israel in the time of Isaiah king
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of Judah and jeroboam Son of king
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of Israel 2 years before the earthquake
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he said Yahweh Roars from Zion and makes
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himself from Jerusalem the Shepherds
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pastures mourn and the crown of Carmel
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dries up Yahweh says this for the three
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crimes the four crimes of Damascus I
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have made my decree and will not relent
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because they have threshed Gilead with
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iron threshing sledges I shall send fire
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down on the house of haziel to Devour
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the Palaces of benh Hadad I shall break
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the gate bar of Damascus I shall destroy
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the inhabitant of baven the holder of
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the scepter in betheden and the people
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of Aaron will be deported to kir Yahweh
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says Yahweh says this for the three
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crimes the four crimes of Gaza I have
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made my decree and will not relent
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because they have deported entire
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nations as slaves to Edom I shall send
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fire down on the walls of Gaza to devour
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its palaces I shall destroy the
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inhabitant of ashdod the holder of the
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scepter in ashalon I shall turn my hand
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against ekan and the remnant of the
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Philistines will perish says the Lord
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Yahweh Yahweh says this for the three
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crimes the four crimes of Ty I have made
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my decree and will not relent because
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they have handed hosts of captives over
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to Edom heedless of a covenant of
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Brotherhood I shall send fire down on
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the walls of Ty to devour its palaces
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Yahweh says this for the three crimes
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the four crimes of Edom I have made my
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decree and will not relent because he
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has pursued his brother with a sword
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because he has stifled any sense of pity
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and perpetually nursed his anger and
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constantly cherished his rage I shall
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send fire down on Taman to Devour the
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Palaces of bazra yah says this for the
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three crimes the four crimes of the
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ammonites I have made my decree and will
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not relent because they have disembowell
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the pregnant women of Gilead in order to
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extend their own Frontiers I shall light
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a fire against the walls of rabba to
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devour its palaces amid war cries on the
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day of battle in a whirlwind on the day
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of storm and their King shall go into
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cap ity he and his chief men with him
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says
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Yahweh Amos chapter 2 Yahweh says this
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for the three crimes the four crimes of
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Moab I have made my decree and will not
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relent because they have burnt the bones
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of the king of Edom to Ash I shall send
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fire down into Moab to Devour the
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Palaces of karoth and Moab will die in
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the tumult amid war cries and the Blair
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of trumpets I shall destroy the ruler
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there and Slaughter all the chief men
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there with him says Yahweh Yahweh says
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this for the three crimes the four
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crimes of Judah I have made my decree
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and will not relent because they have
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despised yahweh's law and not kept his
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Commandments since their falsehoods
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which their ancestors followed have led
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them astray I shall send fire down on
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Judah to Devour the Palaces of Jerusalem
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Yahweh says this for the three crimes
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the four crimes of Israel I have made my
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decree and will not relent because they
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have sold the upright for silver and the
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poor for a pair of sandals because they
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have crushed the heads of the weak into
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the dust and thrust the rights of the
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oppressed to one side father and son
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sleeping with the same girl and thus
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profaning my Holy Name lying down beside
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every altar on clothes acquired as
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pledges and drinking the wine of the
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people they have finded in the house of
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their God yet it was I who destroyed the
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Amorite before them he who was as tall
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as the Cedars as strong as the Oaks I
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who destroyed his fruit above ground and
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his roots below it was I who brought you
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up from Egypt and for 40 years LED you
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through the desert to take possession of
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the amorites country I who raised up
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prophets from your sons and nazarites
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from your young men Israelites is this
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not true declares Yahweh but you have
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made the Nazarite drink wine and given
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orders to the prophets do not prophesy
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very very well like a cart overloaded
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with sheaves I shall Crush you where you
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stand flight will be cut off with the
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Swift the strong will have no chance to
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exert his strength nor the warrior be
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able to save his life the Archer will
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not stand his ground the Swift of foot
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will not Escape nor will the horsemen
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save his life even the bravest of
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Warriors will jettison his arms and run
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away that day declares Yahweh
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Amos chapter 3 listen Israelites to this
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prophecy which Yahweh pronounces against
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you against the whole family which I
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brought up from Egypt you alone have I
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intimately known of all the families of
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earth that is why I shall punish you for
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all your wrongdoings do two people
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travel together unless they have agreed
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to do so does the lion roar in the
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forest if it has no prey does the Young
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Lion growl in his lair if it has caught
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nothing does a bird fall on the ground
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in a net unless a trap has been set for
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it will the net spring up from the
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ground without catching something does
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the trumpet sound in the city without
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the people being alarmed does Misfortune
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come to a city if Yahweh has not caused
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it no indeed Lord Yahweh does nothing
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without revealing his secret to his
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servants the prophets the lion roars who
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is Not Afraid Lord Yahweh has spoken who
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will not prophesy from the palace roofs
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of Assyria and from the palace roofs of
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Egypt Proclaim aloud assemble on the
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hills of Samaria and observe the grave
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disorders inside her and the acts of
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Oppression there little they know of
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right conduct declares Yahweh who cram
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their palaces with violence and
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extortion this is why Lord Yahweh says
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this an enemy will soon besiege the land
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he will bring down your strength and
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your palaces will be looted Yahweh says
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this as the shepherd rescues two legs or
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the tip of an ear from the lion's mouth
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so will the children of Israel be
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salvaged who now LA and Samaria in the
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corners of their beds on their divans of
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Damascus listen and testify against the
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house of Jacob declares the Lord Yahweh
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God Sabo the day when I punish Israel
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for his crimes I shall also punish the
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altars of bethl the horns of the altar
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will be hacked off and will fall to the
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ground I shall blast winter house with
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Summer House ivory houses will be
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destroyed and many mansions cease to be
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declares
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Yahweh Amos chapter 4 Listen to this
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saying you cows of Bashan living on the
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hill of Samaria exploiting the weak and
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Ill treating the poor saying to your
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husbands bring us something to drink the
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Lord God has sworn by his Holiness look
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the days will soon be on you when he
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will use hooks to drag you you away in
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fish hooks for the very last of you
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through the breaches in the wall you
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will leave each one straight ahead and
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be hered away towards Herman declares
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Yahweh go to bethl and sin to gilgal and
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sin even harder bring your sacrifices
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each morning your tithes every third day
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burn your thank offering of Leaven and
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widely publicize your free will
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offerings for this children of Israel is
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what makes you happy declares the Lord
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Yahweh I even gave you clean teeth in
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all your towns and a shortage of food in
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all your Villages and still you would
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not come back to me declares Yahweh I
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even withheld the rain from you full 3
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months before Harvest time I caused rain
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to fall in one town and caused no rain
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to fall in another one field was rained
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on and the next for one of rain dried up
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two towns three towns went tottering to
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one town for water to drink but went
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unsatisfied and still you would not come
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back to me declares Yahweh I struck you
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with blind and mildew I dried up your
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Gardens and Vineyards the Locust
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devoured your fig trees and olive trees
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and still you would not come back to me
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declares Yahweh I sent plague on you
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like Egypt's Plague i slaughtered your
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young men with the sword and at the same
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time your horses were captured I filled
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your nostrils with the stench of your
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camps and still you would not come back
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to me declares Yahweh I overturned you
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as God overturned Sodom and gomorah you
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were like a brand snatched from The
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Blaze and still you would would not come
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back to me declares Yahweh so this
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Israel is what I plan to do to you
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because I am going to do this to you
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Israel prepare to meet your God for look
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he it is who forges the mountains
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creates the wind who reveals his mind to
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humankind changes the dawn Into Darkness
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and strides on the heights of the world
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Yahweh God Sabo is his name
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Amos chapter 5 listen to this word which
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I utter against you it is a durge house
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of Israel she has fallen down never to
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Rise Again The Virgin Israel there she
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lies on her own soil with no one to lift
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her up for Lord Yahweh says this the
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town which used to put a thousand in the
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field will be left with 100 and the one
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which used to put 100 will be left with
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10 to fight for the house of Israel for
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Yahweh says this to the house of Israel
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seek me out and you will survive but do
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not seek out bethl do not go to gilgal
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do not journey to beer Sheba for gilgal
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is going into captivity and bethl will
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be brought to nothing seek out Yahweh
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and you will survive or else he will
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sweep like fire upon the house of Joseph
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and burn it down with no one at bethl
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able to quench the Flames they turn
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Justice into wormwood and throw
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uprightness to the ground he it is who
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makes the pleades and Orion who turns
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Shadow dark as death into morning and
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day to Darkest Night who summons the
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Waters of the sea and pours them over
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the surface of the land Yahweh is his
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name he brings destruction on the strong
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and ruin comes on the Fortress they hate
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the man who teaches Justice at The City
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Gate and detest anyone who declares the
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truth for trampling on the poor man and
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for extorting levies on his wheat
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although you have built houses of
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dressed Stone you will not live in them
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although you have planted Pleasant
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Vineyards you will not drink wine from
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them for I know how many your crimes are
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and how outrageous your sins you
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oppressors of the upright who hold
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people to Ransom and thrust the poor
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aside at the gates that is why anyone
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prudent keep silent now since the time
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is evil seek good and not evil so that
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you may survive and Yahweh God Sabo be
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with you as you claim he is hate evil
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love good
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let Justice Reign at The City Gate it
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may be that Yahweh God Sabo will take
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pity on the remnant of Joseph therefore
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Yahweh sabath the Lord says this in
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every Public Square there will be
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lamentation in every street they will
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cry out alas alas the farmer will be
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called on to mourn the professional
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mourners to lament and there will be
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wailing in every Vineyard for I mean to
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pass through among you Yahweh says
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disaster for you who long for the day of
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Yahweh what will the day of Yahweh mean
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for you it will mean Darkness not light
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as when someone runs away from a lion
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only to meet a bear he goes into his
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house and puts his hand on the wall only
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for a snake to bite him will not the day
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of Yahweh be Darkness not light totally
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dark without a ray of light I hate I
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scorn your festivals I take no pleasure
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in your s assemblies when you bring me
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burnt offerings your oblations I do not
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accept them and I do not look at your
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communion sacrifices of fat cattle spare
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me the den of your chanting let me hear
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none of your strumming on Liars but let
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Justice flow like water and uprightness
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like a never-failing stream did you
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bring me sacrifices and oblations those
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40 years in the desert House of Israel
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now you must shoulder sack your king and
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the star of your God
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kaiwan those Idols you made for
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yourselves for I am about to drive you
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into captivity Beyond Damascus yeh says
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God Sabo is his
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name Amos chapter 6 disaster for those
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so comfortable in Zion and for those so
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confident on the hill of Samaria the
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notables of this first of Nations those
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to whom the house of Israel has recourse
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travel to kala and look go on from there
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to hameth the great then go down to gath
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in philistia are they more powerful than
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these kingdoms is their territory larger
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than yours thinking to defer the evil
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day you are hastening the reign of
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violence lying on Ivory beds and
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sprawling on their divans they dine on
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Lambs from the flock and stall fatten ve
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they ball to the sound of the liar and
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like David they invent musical
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instruments
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they drink wine by the bowlful and lard
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themselves with the finest oils but for
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the ruin of Joseph they care nothing
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that is why they will now go into
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captivity heading the column of captives
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the sprawlers rry is over lord Yahweh
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has sworn by his own self declares
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Yahweh God Sabo I detest the pride of
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Jacob I hate his palaces I shall hand
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over the city and all in it if 10 people
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are left in a single house
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they will die and a few will be left to
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carry the Bones from the house and they
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will say to anyone deep inside the house
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any more there and he will answer no
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then he will say hush yahweh's name must
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not be mentioned for look Yahweh gives
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the command as he strikes the great
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house Falls to pieces and the small
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house is in fragments can horses Gallop
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over rocks can the sea be plowed with
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oxen yet you have changed Justice into
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poison
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and the fruit of uprightness into
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wormwood while rejoicing over low dear
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and saying wasn't it by our own strength
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that we captured carame but look House
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of Israel against you declares Yahweh
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God sabath I am raising a nation to
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oppress you from the pass of hammoth to
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The Gorge of the
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araba Amos chapter 7 this is what Lord
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Yahweh showed me there was a swarm of
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locusts when the second crop was
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sprouting full grown locusts after the
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king's hay had been cut when they had
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eaten all the grass in the land I said
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Lord Yahweh forgive I beg you how can
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Jacob survive being so small then Yahweh
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relented it will not happen said Yahweh
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this is what Lord Yahweh showed me Lord
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Yahweh summoning fire and Punishment it
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had devoured the great abyss and was
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encroaching on the land when I said Lord
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Yahweh stop I beg you how can Jacob
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survive being so small then Yahweh
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relented this will not happen either
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said the Lord Yahweh this is what he
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showed me the Lord standing by a wall
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with a plum line in his hand what do you
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see Amos Yahweh asked me a plum line I
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said then the Lord said look I am going
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going to put a plum line in among my
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people Israel never again will I
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overlook their offenses the high places
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of Isaac will be ruined in the
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sanctuaries of Israel laid waste and
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sword in hand I will attack the house of
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jeroboam amaziah the priest of bethl
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then sent word to jeroboam king of
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Israel as follows Amos is plotting
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against you in the heart of the House of
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Israel the country cannot tolerate his
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speeches for this is what Amos says
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jeroboam is going to Die By The Sword
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and Israel will go into captivity far
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from its native land to Amos himself
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amziah said go away sear take yourself
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off to Judah earn your living there and
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there you can prophesy but never again
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will you prophesy at bethl for this is a
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royal Sanctuary a national Temple I am
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not a prophet Amos replied to amziah nor
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do I belong to a prophetic Brotherhood I
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am merely a herdsman and dresser of
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Sycamore figs but Yahweh took me as I
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followed the flock and Yahweh said to me
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go and prophesy to My People Israel so
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now listen to what Yahweh says you say
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Do not prophesy against Israel do not
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foretell doom on the house of Isaac very
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well this is what Yahweh says your wife
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will become a prostitute in the streets
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your sons and daughters will fall by the
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sword your land will be parcel out by
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measuring line
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and you yourself will die on polluted
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soil and Israel will go into captivity
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far from its own
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land Amos chapter 8 this is what Lord
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Yahweh showed me a basket of ripe fruit
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what do you see Amos he asked a basket
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of ripe fruit I said then Yahweh said
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the time is right for My People Israel I
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will not continue to to overlook their
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offenses that day the palace songs will
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turn to hows declares the Lord Yahweh
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the corpses will be many that are thrown
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down everywhere keep silent listen to
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this you who crush the needy and reduce
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the oppressed to nothing you who say
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when will new moon be over so that we
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can sell our corn and Sabbath so that we
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can Market our wheat then we can make
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the bushel measure smaller and the
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shekele weight bigger by fraudulently
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tampering with the scales we can buy up
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the wheat for silver and the poor for a
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pair of sandals and even get a price for
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the sweepings of the wheat Yahweh has
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sworn by the pride of Jacob never will I
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forget anything they have done will not
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the Earth tremble for this and all who
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live on it lament as it all Rises
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together like the Nile in Egypt it
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swells and then subsides like the
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Egyptian Nile on that Dave declares the
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Lord Yahweh I shall make the sun go down
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at noon and darken the Earth in broad
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daylight light I shall turn your
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festivals into mourning and all your
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singing into
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lamentation I shall make you all we
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sacking round your waists and have all
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your head shaved I shall make it like
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the morning for an only child and it
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will end like the bitterest of days the
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days are coming declares the Lord Yahweh
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when I shall send a famine on the
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country not hunger for food not thirst
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for water but famine for hearing
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yahweh's word people will stagger from
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sea to Sea will Wander from the north to
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the east searching for yahweh's word but
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will not find it that day fine girls and
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stalard youths will faint from thirst
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the people who swear by the sin of
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Samaria who say long live your God Dan
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and hurrah for the pilgrimage to beer
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Sheba will all fall never to rise
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again Amos chapter 9 I saw the Lord
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standing by The Altar and he said strike
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the top of the pillar so that the
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threshold Shake smash their heads in one
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and all and I shall put any survivors to
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the sword whoever runs away will not run
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far whoever escapes will not make good
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his Escape should they burrow into shol
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my hand will haul them out should they
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climb to Heaven I shall bring them down
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should they hide on the top of car AR I
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shall track them down and catch them
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should they hide from me on the seabed I
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shall order the serpent there to bite
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them if their enemies heard them into
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captivity I shall order the sword to
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kill them there and I shall Fix My Eyes
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on them for evil and not for good Lord
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Yahweh sabath he touches the Earth and
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it melts and all living things on it
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lament as all Rises together like the
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Nile in Egypt and then subsides like the
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Egyptian Nile he who builds his mansions
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in the heavens supporting his vault on
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the earth who summons the Waters of the
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sea and pours them over the surface of
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the land Yahweh is his name are not you
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and the cushites all the same to me
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children of Israel declares Yahweh did I
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not bring Israel up from Egypt and the
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Philistines from cter and the arameans
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from K look Lord yahweh's eyes are on
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the sinful Kingdom I shall wipe it off
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the face of the Earth although I shall
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not destroy the house of Jacob
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completely declares Yahweh for look I
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shall give the command and shall shake
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out the house of Israel among all
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nations as a Civ is shaken out without
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one grain falling on the ground all the
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Sinners of my people will perish By The
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Sword who say disaster will never
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approach or overtake us on that day I
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shall rebuild the tottering Hut of David
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make good the gaps in it restore its
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ruins and rebuild it as it was in the
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days of old for them to be master of
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what what is left of Edom and of all the
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nations once called mine Yahweh declares
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and he will perform it the days are
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coming declares Yahweh when the plowman
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will tread on the heels of the Reaper
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and The Treader of grapes on the heels
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of the sewer of seed and the mountains
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will run with new wine and the hills all
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flow with it I shall restore the
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fortunes of My People Israel they will
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rebuild the ruined cities and live in
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them they will plant Vineyards and drink
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their wine they will lay out Gardens and
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eat their produce and I shall plant them
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in their own soil and they will never be
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uprooted again from the country which I
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have given them declares Yahweh your God