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    <book number='30' name='Amos' abbreviation='Am' testament='old'>
        <chapter number='1'>
            <verse number='1'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5986'>Amos</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>who</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>among the <strongs hebrew='5349'>herdsmen</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 8620'>Tekoa</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='2372'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5818'>Uzziah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3101'>Joash</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, two <strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7494'>earthquake</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='7580'>roar</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 6726'>Zion</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>utter</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='4999'>habitations</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7462'>shepherds</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='56'>mourn</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7218'>top</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3760'>Carmel</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3001'>wither</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='5921'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='6588'>transgressions</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1834'>Damascus</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>turn <strongs hebrew='7725'>away</strongs><em>the</em> <em>punishment</em> thereof; <strongs hebrew='5921'>because</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='1758'>threshed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1568'>Gilead</strongs>with threshing <strongs hebrew='2742'>instruments</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1270'>iron</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='4'>But I will <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2371'>Hazael</strongs>, which shall <strongs hebrew='398'>devour</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='759'>palaces</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1130'>Ben</strongs>-hadad. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>I will <strongs hebrew='7665'>break</strongs>also the <strongs hebrew='1280'>bar</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1834'>Damascus</strongs>, and cut <strongs hebrew='3772'>off</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitant</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 1237'>plain</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='206'>Aven</strongs>, and him that <strongs hebrew='8551'>holdeth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7626'>scepter</strongs>from the house of <strongs hebrew='4480 1040'>Eden</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='758'>Syria</strongs>shall go into <strongs hebrew='1540'>captivity</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='7024'>Kir</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='5921'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='6588'>transgressions</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5804'>Gaza</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>turn <strongs hebrew='7725'>away</strongs><em>the</em> <em>punishment</em> thereof; <strongs hebrew='5921'>because</strongs>they carried away <strongs hebrew='1540'>captive</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8003'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='1546'>captivity</strongs>, to deliver <em>them</em> <strongs hebrew='5462'>up</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='123'>Edom</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='7'>But I will <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5804'>Gaza</strongs>, which shall <strongs hebrew='398'>devour</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='759'>palaces</strongs>thereof: </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And I will cut <strongs hebrew='3772'>off</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitant</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 795'>Ashdod</strongs>, and him that <strongs hebrew='8551'>holdeth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7626'>scepter</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 831'>Ashkelon</strongs>, and I will <strongs hebrew='7725'>turn</strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='6138'>Ekron</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='7611'>remnant</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6'>perish</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='5921'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='6588'>transgressions</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6865'>Tyrus</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>turn <strongs hebrew='7725'>away</strongs><em>the</em> <em>punishment</em> thereof; <strongs hebrew='5921'>because</strongs>they delivered <strongs hebrew='5462'>up</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8003'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='1546'>captivity</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='123'>Edom</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2142'>remembered</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='251'>brotherly</strongs><strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='10'>But I will <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6865'>Tyrus</strongs>, which shall <strongs hebrew='398'>devour</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='759'>palaces</strongs>thereof. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='5921'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='6588'>transgressions</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='123'>Edom</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>turn <strongs hebrew='7725'>away</strongs><em>the</em> <em>punishment</em> thereof; <strongs hebrew='5921'>because</strongs>he did <strongs hebrew='7291'>pursue</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, and did cast <strongs hebrew='7843'>off</strongs>all <strongs hebrew='7356'>pity</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='2963'>tear</strongs><strongs hebrew='5703'>perpetually</strongs>, and he <strongs hebrew='8104'>kept</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5678'>wrath</strongs><strongs hebrew='5331'>forever</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='12'>But I will <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>upon <strongs hebrew='8487'>Teman</strongs>, which shall <strongs hebrew='398'>devour</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='759'>palaces</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1224'>Bozrah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='5921'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='6588'>transgressions</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5983'>Ammon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>turn <strongs hebrew='7725'>away</strongs><em>the</em> <em>punishment</em> thereof; <strongs hebrew='5921'>because</strongs>they have ripped <strongs hebrew='1234'>up</strongs>the women with <strongs hebrew='2030'>child</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1568'>Gilead</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4616'>that</strongs>they might <strongs hebrew='7337'>enlarge</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1366'>border</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='14'>But I will <strongs hebrew='3341'>kindle</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7237'>Rabbah</strongs>, and it shall <strongs hebrew='398'>devour</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='759'>palaces</strongs>thereof, with <strongs hebrew='8643'>shouting</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>, with a <strongs hebrew='5591'>tempest</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5492'>whirlwind</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And their <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='1473'>captivity</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs><strongs hebrew='3162'>together</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='2'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='5921'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='6588'>transgressions</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>turn <strongs hebrew='7725'>away</strongs><em>the</em> <em>punishment</em> thereof; <strongs hebrew='5921'>because</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='8313'>burned</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6106'>bones</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='123'>Edom</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='7875'>lime</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='2'>But I will <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>upon <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>, and it shall <strongs hebrew='398'>devour</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='759'>palaces</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7152'>Kerioth</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='7588'>tumult</strongs>, with <strongs hebrew='8643'>shouting</strongs>, <em>and</em> with the <strongs hebrew='6963'>sound</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7782'>trumpet</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And I will cut <strongs hebrew='3772'>off</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8199'>judge</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 7130'>midst</strongs>thereof, and will <strongs hebrew='2026'>slay</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>thereof <strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='5921'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='6588'>transgressions</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>turn <strongs hebrew='7725'>away</strongs><em>the</em> <em>punishment</em> thereof; <strongs hebrew='5921'>because</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='3988'>despised</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8104'>kept</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2706'>commandments</strongs>, and their <strongs hebrew='3577'>lies</strongs>caused them to <strongs hebrew='8582'>err</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='1980'>walked</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='5'>But I will <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>upon <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and it shall <strongs hebrew='398'>devour</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='759'>palaces</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='5921'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='6588'>transgressions</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>turn <strongs hebrew='7725'>away</strongs><em>the</em> <em>punishment</em> thereof; <strongs hebrew='5921'>because</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='4376'>sold</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='34'>poor</strongs><strongs hebrew='5668'>for</strongs>a pair of <strongs hebrew='5275'>shoes</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='7'>That <strongs hebrew='7602'>pant</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>after</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6083'>dust</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1800'>poor</strongs>, and turn <strongs hebrew='5186'>aside</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6035'>meek</strongs>: and a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>will go <strongs hebrew='1980'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <em>same</em> <strongs hebrew='5291'>maid</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4616'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='2490'>profane</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6944'>holy</strongs><strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And they lay <em>themselves</em> <strongs hebrew='5186'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='899'>clothes</strongs>laid to <strongs hebrew='2254'>pledge</strongs><strongs hebrew='681'>by</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>, and they <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6064'>condemned</strongs><em>in</em> the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='430'>god</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>Yet <strongs hebrew='8045'>destroyed</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='567'>Amorite</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>before</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='834'>whose</strongs><strongs hebrew='1363'>height</strongs><em>was</em> like the <strongs hebrew='1363'>height</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='730'>cedars</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='2634'>strong</strongs>as the <strongs hebrew='437'>oaks</strongs>; yet I <strongs hebrew='8045'>destroyed</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6529'>fruit</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 4605'>above</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='8328'>roots</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 8478'>beneath</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>Also <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>brought you <strongs hebrew='5927 *853'>up</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>led</strongs>you <strongs hebrew='705'>forty</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>through the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='3423'>possess</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='567'>Amorite</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And I raised <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>of your <strongs hebrew='4480 1121'>sons</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>, and of your young <strongs hebrew='4480 970'>men</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='5139'>Nazarites</strongs>. <em>Is</em> <em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='637'>even</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>thus</strongs>, O ye <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>But ye gave <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5139'>Nazarites</strongs><strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8248'>drink</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5012'>Prophesy</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>am <strongs hebrew='5781'>pressed</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>you, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5699'>cart</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='5781'>pressed</strongs><em>that</em> <em>is</em> full <strongs hebrew='4392'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='5995'>sheaves</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>Therefore the <strongs hebrew='4498'>flight</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6'>perish</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 7031'>swift</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2389'>strong</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='553'>strengthen</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3581'>force</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>shall the <strongs hebrew='1368'>mighty</strongs><strongs hebrew='4422'>deliver</strongs><strongs hebrew='5315'>himself</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='3808'>Neither</strongs>shall he <strongs hebrew='5975'>stand</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='8610'>handleth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7198'>bow</strongs>; and <em>he</em> <em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7031'>swift</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7272'>foot</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4422'>deliver</strongs><em>himself</em> : <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>shall he that <strongs hebrew='7392'>rideth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5483'>horse</strongs><strongs hebrew='4422'>deliver</strongs><strongs hebrew='5315'>himself</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And <em>he</em> <em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='533 3820'>courageous</strongs>among the <strongs hebrew='1368'>mighty</strongs>shall flee <strongs hebrew='5127'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='6174'>naked</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='3'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>you, O <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='4940'>family</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I brought <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='2'>You <strongs hebrew='7535'>only</strongs>have I <strongs hebrew='3045'>known</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4940'>families</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='127'>earth</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='5921 3651'>therefore</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='6485 5921'>punish</strongs>you <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>for <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquities</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>Can <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs><strongs hebrew='3162'>together</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1115 518'>except</strongs>they be <strongs hebrew='3259'>agreed</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='4'>Will a <strongs hebrew='738'>lion</strongs><strongs hebrew='7580'>roar</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3293'>forest</strongs>, when he hath <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2964'>prey</strongs>? will a young <strongs hebrew='3715'>lion</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414 6963'>cry</strongs>out of his <strongs hebrew='4480 4585'>den</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>he have <strongs hebrew='3920'>taken</strongs><strongs hebrew='1115'>nothing</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Can a <strongs hebrew='6833'>bird</strongs><strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6341'>snare</strongs>upon the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, where <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='4170'>gin</strongs><em>is</em> for him? shall <em>one</em> take <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6341'>snare</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='127'>earth</strongs>, and have taken nothing at <strongs hebrew='3920 3808 3920'>all</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='6'>Shall a <strongs hebrew='7782'>trumpet</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='8628'>blown</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='2729'>afraid</strongs>? shall there <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>in a <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><em>it</em> ? </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='3588'>Surely</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808 1697'>nothing</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588 518'>but</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1540'>revealeth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5475'>secret</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>The <strongs hebrew='738'>lion</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='7580'>roared</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3372'>fear</strongs>? the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>can <strongs hebrew='3808'>but</strongs><strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesy</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='8085'>Publish</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='759'>palaces</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='795'>Ashdod</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='759'>palaces</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, Assemble <strongs hebrew='622'>yourselves</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2022'>mountains</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8111'>Samaria</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>behold</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7227'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='4103'>tumults</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8432'>midst</strongs>thereof, and the <strongs hebrew='6217'>oppressed</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7130'>midst</strongs>thereof. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>For they <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='5229'>right</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, who store <strongs hebrew='686'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='2555'>violence</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7701'>robbery</strongs>in their <strongs hebrew='759'>palaces</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>; An <strongs hebrew='6862'>adversary</strongs><em>there</em> <em>shall</em> <em>be</em> even round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>; and he shall bring <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5797'>strength</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>thee, and thy <strongs hebrew='759'>palaces</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='962'>spoiled</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='834'>As</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7462'>shepherd</strongs><strongs hebrew='5337'>taketh</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 6310'>mouth</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='738'>lion</strongs><strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='3767'>legs</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='176'>or</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='915'>piece</strongs>of an <strongs hebrew='241'>ear</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>shall the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>be taken <strongs hebrew='5337'>out</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8111'>Samaria</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6285'>corner</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='4296'>bed</strongs>, and in <strongs hebrew='1833'>Damascus</strongs><em>in</em> a <strongs hebrew='6210'>couch</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs>ye, and <strongs hebrew='5749'>testify</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3290'>Jacob</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='3588'>That</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>that I shall <strongs hebrew='6485'>visit</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6588'>transgressions</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>him I will also <strongs hebrew='6485 5921'>visit</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4196'>altars</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1008'>Bethel</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='7161'>horns</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>shall be cut <strongs hebrew='1438'>off</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='776'>ground</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And I will <strongs hebrew='5221'>smite</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2779'>winter</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7019'>summer</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8127'>ivory</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6'>perish</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7227'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs>shall have an <strongs hebrew='5486'>end</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='4'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>, ye <strongs hebrew='6510'>kine</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1316'>Bashan</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>are</em> in the <strongs hebrew='2022'>mountain</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8111'>Samaria</strongs>, which <strongs hebrew='6231'>oppress</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1800'>poor</strongs>, which <strongs hebrew='7533'>crush</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='34'>needy</strongs>, which <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>to their <strongs hebrew='113'>masters</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='935'>Bring</strongs>, and let us <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>The <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='7650'>sworn</strongs>by his <strongs hebrew='6944'>holiness</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>lo</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>you, that he will take you <strongs hebrew='5375 *853'>away</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='6793'>hooks</strongs>, and your <strongs hebrew='319'>posterity</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='5518 1729'>fishhooks</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And ye shall go <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='6556'>breaches</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='802'>every</strongs><em>cow</em> <em>at</em> <em>that</em> <em>which</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='5048'>before</strongs>her; and ye shall <strongs hebrew='7993'>cast</strongs><em>them</em> into the <strongs hebrew='2038'>palace</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='935'>Come</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1008'>Bethel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6586'>transgress</strongs>; at <strongs hebrew='1537'>Gilgal</strongs><strongs hebrew='7235'>multiply</strongs><strongs hebrew='6586'>transgression</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='2077'>sacrifices</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='1242'>morning</strongs>, <em>and</em> your <strongs hebrew='4643'>tithes</strongs>after <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>years</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And offer a <strongs hebrew='6999'>sacrifice</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8426'>thanksgiving</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='2557'>leaven</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7121'>proclaim</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='8085'>publish</strongs>the free <strongs hebrew='5071'>offerings</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='157'>liketh</strongs>you, O ye <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>you <strongs hebrew='5356'>cleanness</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8127'>teeth</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2640'>want</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='4725'>places</strongs>: yet have ye <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='4513'>withheld</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1653'>rain</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>you, when <em>there</em> <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs><strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='2320'>months</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='7105'>harvest</strongs>: and I caused it to <strongs hebrew='4305'>rain</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and caused it not to <strongs hebrew='4305 3808'>rain</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>another</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='2513'>piece</strongs>was rained <strongs hebrew='4305'>upon</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2513'>piece</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 5921'>whereupon</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='4305'>rained</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3001'>withered</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>So <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><em>or</em> <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs><strongs hebrew='5128'>wandered</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs><strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>; but they were <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7646'>satisfied</strongs>: yet have ye <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>I have <strongs hebrew='5221'>smitten</strongs>you with <strongs hebrew='7711'>blasting</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3420'>mildew</strongs>: when your <strongs hebrew='1593'>gardens</strongs>and your <strongs hebrew='3754'>vineyards</strongs>and your fig <strongs hebrew='8384'>trees</strongs>and your olive <strongs hebrew='2132'>trees</strongs><strongs hebrew='7235'>increased</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1501'>palmerworm</strongs><strongs hebrew='398'>devoured</strongs><em>them</em> : yet have ye <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>I have <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>among you the <strongs hebrew='1698'>pestilence</strongs>after the <strongs hebrew='1870'>manner</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>: your young <strongs hebrew='970'>men</strongs>have I <strongs hebrew='2026'>slain</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, and have taken <strongs hebrew='5973 7628'>away</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='5483'>horses</strongs>; and I have made the <strongs hebrew='889'>stink</strongs>of your <strongs hebrew='4264'>camps</strongs>to come <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>unto your <strongs hebrew='639'>nostrils</strongs>: yet have ye <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>I have <strongs hebrew='2015'>overthrown</strongs><em>some</em> of you, as <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='4114'>overthrew</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='5467'>Sodom</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6017'>Gomorrah</strongs>, and ye <strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs>as a <strongs hebrew='181'>firebrand</strongs><strongs hebrew='5337'>plucked</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 8316'>burning</strongs>: yet have ye <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>unto thee, O <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='6118 3588'>because</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs>unto thee, <strongs hebrew='3559'>prepare</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7125'>meet</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>lo</strongs>, he that <strongs hebrew='3335'>formeth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2022'>mountains</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1254'>createth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7307'>wind</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5046'>declareth</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs><em>is</em> his <strongs hebrew='7808'>thought</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='6213'>maketh</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7837'>morning</strongs><strongs hebrew='5890'>darkness</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1869'>treadeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the high <strongs hebrew='1116'>places</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, <em>is</em> his <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='5'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>take <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>you, <em>even</em> a <strongs hebrew='7015'>lamentation</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>The <strongs hebrew='1330'>virgin</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='5307'>fallen</strongs>; she shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3254'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='6965'>rise</strongs>: she is <strongs hebrew='5203'>forsaken</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='127'>land</strongs>; <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>none</strongs>to raise her <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>; The <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>that went <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs><em>by</em> a <strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7604'>leave</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs>, and that which went <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs><em>by</em> a <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7604'>leave</strongs><strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs>, to the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1875'>Seek</strongs>ye me, and ye shall <strongs hebrew='2421'>live</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='5'>But <strongs hebrew='1875'>seek</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1008'>Bethel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>enter</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='1537'>Gilgal</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5674'>pass</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='884'>Beer</strongs>-sheba: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1537'>Gilgal</strongs>shall surely go into <strongs hebrew='1540 1540'>captivity</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1008'>Bethel</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>come</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='205'>naught</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='1875'>Seek</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and ye shall <strongs hebrew='2421'>live</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='6435'>lest</strongs>he break <strongs hebrew='6743'>out</strongs>like <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3130'>Joseph</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='398'>devour</strongs><em>it</em> , and <em>there</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>none</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3518'>quench</strongs><em>it</em> in <strongs hebrew='1008'>Bethel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Ye who <strongs hebrew='2015'>turn</strongs><strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3939'>wormwood</strongs>, and leave <strongs hebrew='5117'>off</strongs><strongs hebrew='6666'>righteousness</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='8'><em>Seek</em> <em>him</em> that <strongs hebrew='6213'>maketh</strongs>the seven <strongs hebrew='3598'>stars</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3685'>Orion</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2015'>turneth</strongs>the shadow of <strongs hebrew='6757'>death</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='1242'>morning</strongs>, and maketh the day <strongs hebrew='2821 3117'>dark</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>: that <strongs hebrew='7121'>calleth</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>, and poureth them <strongs hebrew='8210'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>: The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>is</em> his <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='9'>That <strongs hebrew='1082'>strengtheneth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7701'>spoiled</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5974'>strong</strongs>, so that the <strongs hebrew='7701'>spoiled</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4013'>fortress</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>They <strongs hebrew='8130'>hate</strongs>him that <strongs hebrew='3198'>rebuketh</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>, and they <strongs hebrew='8581'>abhor</strongs>him that <strongs hebrew='1696'>speaketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='8549'>uprightly</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='3282'>Forasmuch</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>therefore</strongs>as your <strongs hebrew='1318'>treading</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1800'>poor</strongs>, and ye <strongs hebrew='3947'>take</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='4864'>burdens</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1250'>wheat</strongs>: ye have <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs>of hewn <strongs hebrew='1496'>stone</strongs>, but ye shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>in them; ye have <strongs hebrew='5193'>planted</strongs><strongs hebrew='2531'>pleasant</strongs><strongs hebrew='3754'>vineyards</strongs>, but ye shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>of them. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='7227'>manifold</strongs><strongs hebrew='6588'>transgressions</strongs>and your <strongs hebrew='6099'>mighty</strongs><strongs hebrew='2403'>sins</strongs>: they <strongs hebrew='6887'>afflict</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6662'>just</strongs>, they <strongs hebrew='3947'>take</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3724'>bribe</strongs>, and they turn <strongs hebrew='5186'>aside</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='34'>poor</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs><em>from</em> <em>their</em> <em>right</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7919'>prudent</strongs>shall keep <strongs hebrew='1826'>silence</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>it</strongs><em>is</em> an <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='1875'>Seek</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4616'>that</strongs>ye may <strongs hebrew='2421'>live</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>you, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>ye have <strongs hebrew='559'>spoken</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='8130'>Hate</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='157'>love</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3322'>establish</strongs><strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>: it may <strongs hebrew='194'>be</strongs>that the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>will be <strongs hebrew='2603'>gracious</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='7611'>remnant</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3130'>Joseph</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='4553'>Wailing</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='7339'>streets</strongs>; and they shall <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2351'>highways</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1930'>Alas</strongs>! <strongs hebrew='1930'>alas</strongs>! and they shall <strongs hebrew='7121'>call</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='406'>husbandman</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='60'>mourning</strongs>, and such as are <strongs hebrew='3045'>skillful</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5092'>lamentation</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='4553'>wailing</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3754'>vineyards</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='4553'>wailing</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='5674'>pass</strongs><strongs hebrew='7130'>through</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='1945'>Woe</strongs>unto you that <strongs hebrew='183'>desire</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>! to what <strongs hebrew='4100'>end</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2088'>it</strongs>for you? the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2822'>darkness</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='216'>light</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>As <strongs hebrew='834'>if</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='5127'>flee</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>from</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='738'>lion</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='1677'>bear</strongs><strongs hebrew='6293'>met</strongs>him; or <strongs hebrew='935'>went</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5564'>leaned</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7023'>wall</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='5175'>serpent</strongs><strongs hebrew='5391'>bit</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><em>Shall</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='2822'>darkness</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='216'>light</strongs>? even very <strongs hebrew='651'>dark</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5051'>brightness</strongs>in it? </verse>
            <verse number='21'>I <strongs hebrew='8130'>hate</strongs>, I <strongs hebrew='3988'>despise</strongs>your feast <strongs hebrew='2282'>days</strongs>, and I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7306'>smell</strongs>in your solemn <strongs hebrew='6116'>assemblies</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='3588 518'>Though</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='5927'>offer</strongs>me burnt <strongs hebrew='5930'>offerings</strongs>and your meat <strongs hebrew='4503'>offerings</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7521'>accept</strongs><em>them</em> : <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='5027'>regard</strongs>the peace <strongs hebrew='8002'>offerings</strongs>of your fat <strongs hebrew='4806'>beasts</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>Take thou <strongs hebrew='5493'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>me the <strongs hebrew='1995'>noise</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='7892'>songs</strongs>; for I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2172'>melody</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='5035'>viols</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>But let <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>run <strongs hebrew='1556'>down</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6666'>righteousness</strongs>as a <strongs hebrew='386'>mighty</strongs><strongs hebrew='5158'>stream</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>Have ye <strongs hebrew='5066'>offered</strongs>unto me <strongs hebrew='2077'>sacrifices</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4503'>offerings</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs><strongs hebrew='705'>forty</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='26'>But ye have <strongs hebrew='5375'>borne</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5522'>tabernacle</strongs>of your <strongs hebrew='4432'>Moloch</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3594'>Chiun</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='6754'>images</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3556'>star</strongs>of your <strongs hebrew='430'>god</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>to yourselves. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>Therefore will I cause you to go into <strongs hebrew='1540'>captivity</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 1973'>beyond</strongs><strongs hebrew='1834'>Damascus</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, whose <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><em>is</em> The <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='6'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='1945'>Woe</strongs>to them <em>that are</em> at <strongs hebrew='7600'>ease</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='982'>trust</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2022'>mountain</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8111'>Samaria</strongs>, <em>which</em> <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='5344'>named</strongs><strongs hebrew='7225'>chief</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>, to whom the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>! </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='5674'>Pass</strongs>ye unto <strongs hebrew='3641'>Calneh</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs>; and from <strongs hebrew='4480 8033'>thence</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>ye to <strongs hebrew='2574'>Hamath</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7227'>great</strongs>: then go <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1661'>Gath</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs>: <em>be</em> <em>they</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>than</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdoms</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='518'>or</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1366'>border</strongs><strongs hebrew='7227'>greater</strongs>than your <strongs hebrew='4480 1366'>border</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='3'>Ye that put far <strongs hebrew='5077'>away</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, and cause the <strongs hebrew='7675'>seat</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2555'>violence</strongs>to come <strongs hebrew='5066'>near</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='4'>That <strongs hebrew='7901'>lie</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='4296'>beds</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8127'>ivory</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5628'>stretch</strongs>themselves <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='6210'>couches</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3733'>lambs</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 6629'>flock</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5695'>calves</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 8432'>midst</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4770'>stall</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='5'>That <strongs hebrew='6527'>chant</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6310'>sound</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5035'>viol</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='2803'>invent</strongs>to themselves <strongs hebrew='3627'>instruments</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7892'>music</strongs>, like <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='6'>That <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs><strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='4219'>bowls</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4886'>anoint</strongs>themselves with the <strongs hebrew='7225'>chief</strongs><strongs hebrew='8081'>ointments</strongs>: but they are <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2470'>grieved</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7667'>affliction</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3130'>Joseph</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>shall they go <strongs hebrew='1540'>captive</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='7218'>first</strongs>that go <strongs hebrew='1540'>captive</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4797'>banquet</strongs>of them that <strongs hebrew='5628'>stretched</strongs>themselves shall be <strongs hebrew='5493'>removed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>The <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='7650'>sworn</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='5315'>himself</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='8374'>abhor</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1347'>excellency</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3290'>Jacob</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8130'>hate</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='759'>palaces</strongs>: therefore will I deliver <strongs hebrew='5462'>up</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>with all that is <strongs hebrew='4393'>therein</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And it shall come to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>there <strongs hebrew='3498'>remain</strongs><strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, that they shall <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And a man's <strongs hebrew='1730'>uncle</strongs>shall take him <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs>, and he that <strongs hebrew='5635'>burneth</strongs>him, to bring <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6106'>bones</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>unto him <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>is</em> by the <strongs hebrew='3411'>sides</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, <em>Is</em> <em>there</em> <strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs><em>any</em> <strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>thee? and he shall <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='657'>No</strongs>. Then shall he <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, Hold thy <strongs hebrew='2013'>tongue</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>we may <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>make <strongs hebrew='2142'>mention</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='6680'>commandeth</strongs>, and he will <strongs hebrew='5221'>smite</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='7447'>breaches</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6996'>little</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='1233'>clefts</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Shall <strongs hebrew='5483'>horses</strongs><strongs hebrew='7323'>run</strongs>upon the <strongs hebrew='5553'>rock</strongs>? will <em>one</em> <strongs hebrew='2790'>plow</strongs><em>there</em> with <strongs hebrew='1241'>oxen</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>ye have <strongs hebrew='2015'>turned</strongs><strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='7219'>gall</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6529'>fruit</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6666'>righteousness</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='3939'>hemlock</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Ye which <strongs hebrew='8055'>rejoice</strongs>in a thing of <strongs hebrew='1697 3808'>naught</strongs>, which <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, Have we <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>taken</strongs>to us <strongs hebrew='7161'>horns</strongs>by our own <strongs hebrew='2392'>strength</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='3588'>But</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, I will raise <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>you a <strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>; and they shall <strongs hebrew='3905'>afflict</strongs>you from the entering <strongs hebrew='4480 935'>in</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2574'>Hemath</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5158'>river</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6160'>wilderness</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='7'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs>hath the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>showed</strongs>unto me; and, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='3335'>formed</strongs><strongs hebrew='1462'>grasshoppers</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8462'>beginning</strongs>of the shooting <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>of the latter <strongs hebrew='3954'>growth</strongs>; and, <strongs hebrew='2009'>lo</strongs>, <em>it</em> <em>was</em> the latter <strongs hebrew='3954'>growth</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1488'>mowings</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='518'>when</strongs>they had made an <strongs hebrew='3615'>end</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='398'>eating</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6212'>grass</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, then I <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5545'>forgive</strongs>, I beseech <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>: by <strongs hebrew='4310'>whom</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3290'>Jacob</strongs><strongs hebrew='6965'>arise</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='6996'>small</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='5162'>repented</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs>: It shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs>hath the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>showed</strongs>unto me: and, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs><strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7378'>contend</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>, and it <strongs hebrew='398'>devoured</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7227'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='8415'>deep</strongs>, and did eat <strongs hebrew='398'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2506'>part</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>I, O <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2308'>cease</strongs>, I beseech <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>: by <strongs hebrew='4310'>whom</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3290'>Jacob</strongs><strongs hebrew='6965'>arise</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='6996'>small</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='5162'>repented</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1931'>This</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='7200'>showed</strongs>me: and, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='5324'>stood</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs><em>made</em> by a plumb <strongs hebrew='594'>line</strongs>, with a plumb <strongs hebrew='594'>line</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='5986'>Amos</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>seest</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>? And I <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, A plumb <strongs hebrew='594'>line</strongs>. Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='7760'>set</strongs>a plumb <strongs hebrew='594'>line</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7130'>midst</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3254'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='5674'>pass</strongs>by them any <strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And the high <strongs hebrew='1116'>places</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3446'>Isaac</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='8074'>desolate</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4720'>sanctuaries</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>shall be laid <strongs hebrew='2717'>waste</strongs>; and I will <strongs hebrew='6965'>rise</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>Then <strongs hebrew='558'>Amaziah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1008'>Bethel</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5986'>Amos</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='7194'>conspired</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>thee in the <strongs hebrew='7130'>midst</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>is not <strongs hebrew='3201 3808'>able</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3557'>bear</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='5986'>Amos</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>shall surely be led away <strongs hebrew='1540 1540'>captive</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>of</strongs>their own <strongs hebrew='127'>land</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Also <strongs hebrew='558'>Amaziah</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='5986'>Amos</strongs>, O thou <strongs hebrew='2374'>seer</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>, flee thee <strongs hebrew='1272'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs><strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesy</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='13'>But <strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesy</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3254'>again</strongs>any <strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='1008'>Bethel</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>it</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='4720'>chapel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1931'>it</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='4467'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>court</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>Then <strongs hebrew='6030'>answered</strongs><strongs hebrew='5986'>Amos</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='558'>Amaziah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><em>was</em> a <strongs hebrew='951'>herdsman</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='1103'>gatherer</strongs>of sycamore <strongs hebrew='8256'>fruit</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs>me as I <strongs hebrew='4480 310'>followed</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6629'>flock</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3068'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesy</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='6258'>Now</strongs>therefore <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>thou the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='859'>Thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>sayest</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5012'>Prophesy</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5197'>drop</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><em>thy</em> <em>word</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3446'>Isaac</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; Thy <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>shall be a <strongs hebrew='2181'>harlot</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>and thy <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='127'>land</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='2505'>divided</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='2256'>line</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>shalt <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2931'>polluted</strongs><strongs hebrew='127'>land</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>shall surely go into <strongs hebrew='1540 1540'>captivity</strongs>forth <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>of</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='127'>land</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='8'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs>hath the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>showed</strongs>unto me: and <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3619'>basket</strongs>of summer <strongs hebrew='7019'>fruit</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5986'>Amos</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>seest</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>? And I <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, A <strongs hebrew='3619'>basket</strongs>of summer <strongs hebrew='7019'>fruit</strongs>. Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, The <strongs hebrew='7093'>end</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3254'>again</strongs>pass <strongs hebrew='5674'>by</strongs>them any <strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And the <strongs hebrew='7892'>songs</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1964'>temple</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='3213'>howlings</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>: <em>there</em> <em>shall</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs>dead <strongs hebrew='6297'>bodies</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>; they shall cast <em>them</em> <strongs hebrew='7993'>forth</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='2013'>silence</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs>, O ye that swallow <strongs hebrew='7602'>up</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='34'>needy</strongs>, even to make the <strongs hebrew='6041'>poor</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7673'>fail</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='559'>Saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4970'>When</strongs>will the new <strongs hebrew='2320'>moon</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='5674'>gone</strongs>, that we may <strongs hebrew='7666'>sell</strongs><strongs hebrew='7668'>corn</strongs>? and the <strongs hebrew='7676'>sabbath</strongs>, that we may set <strongs hebrew='6605'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='1250'>wheat</strongs>, making the ephah <strongs hebrew='6994 374'>small</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='8255'>shekel</strongs><strongs hebrew='1431'>great</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5791'>falsifying</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3976'>balances</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='4820'>deceit</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='6'>That we may <strongs hebrew='7069'>buy</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1800'>poor</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='34'>needy</strongs><strongs hebrew='5668'>for</strongs>a pair of <strongs hebrew='5275'>shoes</strongs>; <em>yea</em> , and <strongs hebrew='7666'>sell</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4651'>refuse</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1250'>wheat</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='7'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='7650'>sworn</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='1347'>excellency</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3290'>Jacob</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>Surely</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='5331'>never</strongs><strongs hebrew='7911'>forget</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>any</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='4639'>works</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>Shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='7264'>tremble</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs>, and every <strongs hebrew='3605'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='56'>mourn</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelleth</strongs>therein? and it shall rise <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>wholly</strongs>as a <strongs hebrew='2975'>flood</strongs>; and it shall be cast <strongs hebrew='1644'>out</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8257'>drowned</strongs>, as <em>by</em> the <strongs hebrew='2975'>flood</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And it shall come to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>, that I will cause the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>to go <strongs hebrew='935'>down</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='6672'>noon</strongs>, and I will <strongs hebrew='2821'>darken</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='216'>clear</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And I will <strongs hebrew='2015'>turn</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='2282'>feasts</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='60'>mourning</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='7892'>songs</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='7015'>lamentation</strongs>; and I will bring <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='8242'>sackcloth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='4975'>loins</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7144'>baldness</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>; and I will <strongs hebrew='7760'>make</strongs>it as the <strongs hebrew='60'>mourning</strongs>of an <strongs hebrew='3173'>only</strongs><em>son</em> , and the <strongs hebrew='319'>end</strongs>thereof as a <strongs hebrew='4751'>bitter</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>, that I will <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6772'>thirst</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588 518'>but</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8085'>hearing</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And they shall <strongs hebrew='5128'>wander</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 3220'>sea</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>, and from the <strongs hebrew='4480 6828'>north</strongs>even <strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4217'>east</strongs>, they shall run to and <strongs hebrew='7751'>fro</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs><em>it</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='13'>In <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>shall the <strongs hebrew='3303'>fair</strongs><strongs hebrew='1330'>virgins</strongs>and young <strongs hebrew='970'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='5968'>faint</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='6772'>thirst</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>They that <strongs hebrew='7650'>swear</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='819'>sin</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8111'>Samaria</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, Thy <strongs hebrew='430'>god</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='1835'>Dan</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2416'>liveth</strongs>; and, The <strongs hebrew='1870'>manner</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='884'>Beer</strongs>-sheba <strongs hebrew='2416'>liveth</strongs>; even they shall <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3808'>never</strongs>rise <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>again</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='9'>
            <verse number='1'>I <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='5324'>standing</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>: and he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5221'>Smite</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3730'>lintel</strongs>of the door, that the <strongs hebrew='5592'>posts</strongs>may <strongs hebrew='7493'>shake</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='1214'>cut</strongs>them in the <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>of them; and I will <strongs hebrew='2026'>slay</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='319'>last</strongs>of them with the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>: he that <strongs hebrew='5127'>fleeth</strongs>of them shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>flee <strongs hebrew='5127'>away</strongs>, and he that <strongs hebrew='6412'>escapeth</strongs>of them shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='4422'>delivered</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='518'>Though</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='2864'>dig</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='7585'>hell</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480 8033'>thence</strongs>shall mine <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>take</strongs>them; <strongs hebrew='518'>though</strongs>they climb <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480 8033'>thence</strongs>will I bring them <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And <strongs hebrew='518'>though</strongs>they hide <strongs hebrew='2244'>themselves</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7218'>top</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3760'>Carmel</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='2664'>search</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3947'>take</strongs>them out <strongs hebrew='4480 8033'>thence</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='518'>though</strongs>they be <strongs hebrew='5641'>hid</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5048'>from</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7172'>bottom</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480 8033'>thence</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='6680'>command</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5175'>serpent</strongs>, and he shall <strongs hebrew='5391'>bite</strongs>them: </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And <strongs hebrew='518'>though</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='7628'>captivity</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480 8033'>thence</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='6680'>command</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, and it shall <strongs hebrew='2026'>slay</strongs>them: and I will <strongs hebrew='7760'>set</strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>them for <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs><em>is</em> he that <strongs hebrew='5060'>toucheth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, and it shall <strongs hebrew='4127'>melt</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>therein shall <strongs hebrew='56'>mourn</strongs>: and it shall rise <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>wholly</strongs>like a <strongs hebrew='2975'>flood</strongs>; and shall be <strongs hebrew='8257'>drowned</strongs>, as <em>by</em> the <strongs hebrew='2975'>flood</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><em>It</em> <em>is</em> he that <strongs hebrew='1129'>buildeth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4609'>stories</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>, and hath <strongs hebrew='3245'>founded</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='92'>troop</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>; he that <strongs hebrew='7121'>calleth</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>, and poureth them <strongs hebrew='8210'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>: The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>is</em> his <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><em>Are</em> <strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3569'>Ethiopians</strongs>unto me, O <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. Have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>I brought <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>? and the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 3731'>Caphtor</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='758'>Syrians</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 7024'>Kir</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs><em>are</em> upon the <strongs hebrew='2400'>sinful</strongs><strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdom</strongs>, and I will <strongs hebrew='8045'>destroy</strongs>it from <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>off</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='127'>earth</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='657'>saving</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>utterly <strongs hebrew='8045 8045'>destroy</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3290'>Jacob</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>lo</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='6680'>command</strongs>, and I will <strongs hebrew='5128'>sift</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>among <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>, like <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs><em>corn</em> is <strongs hebrew='5128'>sifted</strongs>in a <strongs hebrew='3531'>sieve</strongs>, yet shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>the least <strongs hebrew='6872'>grain</strongs><strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>upon the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='3605'>All</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2400'>sinners</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, which <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5066'>overtake</strongs>nor <strongs hebrew='6923 1157'>prevent</strongs>us. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>In <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>will I raise <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5521'>tabernacle</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>that is <strongs hebrew='5307'>fallen</strongs>, and close <strongs hebrew='1443'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6556'>breaches</strongs>thereof; and I will raise <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2034'>ruins</strongs>, and I will <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>it as in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5769'>old</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='4616'>That</strongs>they may <strongs hebrew='3423'>possess</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7611'>remnant</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='123'>Edom</strongs>, and of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1471'>heathen</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>are called <strongs hebrew='7121 5921'>by</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='6213'>doeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, that the <strongs hebrew='2790'>plowman</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5066'>overtake</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7114'>reaper</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1869'>treader</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6025'>grapes</strongs>him that <strongs hebrew='4900'>soweth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2233'>seed</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='2022'>mountains</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5197'>drop</strongs>sweet <strongs hebrew='6071'>wine</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1389'>hills</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='4127'>melt</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And I will bring <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7622'>captivity</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and they shall <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8074'>waste</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabit</strongs><em>them</em> ; and they shall <strongs hebrew='5193'>plant</strongs><strongs hebrew='3754'>vineyards</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>thereof; they shall also <strongs hebrew='6213'>make</strongs><strongs hebrew='1593'>gardens</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6529'>fruit</strongs>of them. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And I will <strongs hebrew='5193'>plant</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='127'>land</strongs>, and they shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>be pulled <strongs hebrew='5428'>up</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>of</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='127'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
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