strkjv@Amos:1:1
@ The
words
of
Amos
, who was among the
herdmen
of
Tekoa
, which he
saw
concerning
Israel
in the
days
of
Uzziah
king
of
Judah
, and in the
days
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Joash
king
of
Israel
, two
years
before
the
earthquake
.
strkjv@Amos:1:2
@ And he
said
, The
LORD
will
roar
from
Zion
, and
utter
his
voice
from
Jerusalem
; and the
habitations
of the
shepherds
shall
mourn
, and the
top
of
Carmel
shall
wither
.
strkjv@Amos:1:3
@ Thus
saith
the
LORD
; For
three
transgressions
of
Damascus
, and for
four
, I will not turn
away
the punishment thereof; because they have
threshed
Gilead
with threshing
instruments
of
iron
:
strkjv@Amos:1:4
@ But I will
send
a
fire
into the
house
of
Hazael
, which shall
devour
the
palaces
of
Benhadad
Ben-.
strkjv@Amos:1:5
@ I will
break
also the
bar
of
Damascus
, and cut
off
the
inhabitant
from the
plain
of
Aven
, and him that
holdeth
the
sceptre
from the
house
of
Eden
E
Beyth: and the
people
of
Syria
shall go into
captivity
unto
Kir
,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Amos:1:6
@ Thus
saith
the
LORD
; For
three
transgressions
of
Gaza
, and for
four
, I will not turn
away
the punishment thereof; because they carried away
captive
the
whole
captivity
, to deliver them
up
to
Edom
:
strkjv@Amos:1:7
@ But I will
send
a
fire
on the
wall
of
Gaza
, which shall
devour
the
palaces
thereof:
strkjv@Amos:1:8
@ And I will cut
off
the
inhabitant
from
Ashdod
, and him that
holdeth
the
sceptre
from
Ashkelon
Ashq@, and I will
turn
mine
hand
against
Ekron
: and the
remnant
of the
Philistines
shall
perish
,
saith
the
Lord
GOD
.
strkjv@Amos:1:9
@ Thus
saith
the
LORD
; For
three
transgressions
of
Tyrus
, and for
four
, I will not turn
away
the punishment thereof; because they delivered
up
the
whole
captivity
to
Edom
, and
remembered
not the
brotherly
covenant
:
strkjv@Amos:1:10
@ But I will
send
a
fire
on the
wall
of
Tyrus
, which shall
devour
the
palaces
thereof.
strkjv@Amos:1:11
@ Thus
saith
the
LORD
; For
three
transgressions
of
Edom
, and for
four
, I will not turn
away
the punishment thereof; because he did
pursue
his
brother
with the
sword
, and did cast
off
all
pity
, and his
anger
did
tear
perpetually
, and he
kept
his
wrath
for
ever
:
strkjv@Amos:1:12
@ But I will
send
a
fire
upon
Teman
, which shall
devour
the
palaces
of
Bozrah
.
strkjv@Amos:1:13
@ Thus
saith
the
LORD
; For
three
transgressions
of the
children
of
Ammon
, and for
four
, I will not turn
away
the punishment thereof; because they have ripped
up
the women with
child
of
Gilead
, that they might
enlarge
(8687 their
border
:
strkjv@Amos:1:14
@ But I will
kindle
a
fire
in the
wall
of
Rabbah
, and it shall
devour
the
palaces
thereof, with
shouting
in the
day
of
battle
, with a
tempest
in the
day
of the
whirlwind
:
strkjv@Amos:1:15
@ And their
king
shall
go
into
captivity
, he and his
princes
together
,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Amos:2:1
@ Thus
saith
the
LORD
; For
three
transgressions
of
Moab
, and for
four
, I will not turn
away
the punishment thereof; because he
burned
the
bones
of the
king
of
Edom
into
lime
:
strkjv@Amos:2:2
@ But I will
send
a
fire
upon
Moab
, and it shall
devour
the
palaces
of
Kerioth
: and
Moab
shall
die
with
tumult
, with
shouting
t@, and with the
sound
of the
trumpet
:
strkjv@Amos:2:3
@ And I will cut
off
the
judge
from the
midst
thereof, and will
slay
all the
princes
thereof with him,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Amos:2:4
@ Thus
saith
the
LORD
; For
three
transgressions
of
Judah
, and for
four
, I will not turn
away
the punishment thereof; because they have
despised
the
law
of the
LORD
, and have not
kept
his
commandments
, and their
lies
caused them to
err
,
after
the which their
fathers
have
walked
:
strkjv@Amos:2:5
@ But I will
send
a
fire
upon
Judah
, and it shall
devour
the
palaces
of
Jerusalem
.
strkjv@Amos:2:6
@ Thus
saith
the
LORD
; For
three
transgressions
of
Israel
, and for
four
, I will not turn
away
the punishment thereof; because they
sold
the
righteous
for
silver
, and the
poor
for a pair of
shoes
;
strkjv@Amos:2:7
@ That
pant
after the
dust
of the
earth
on the
head
of the
poor
, and turn
aside
the
way
of the
meek
: and a
man
and his
father
will
go
in unto the same
maid
, to
profane
my
holy
name
:
strkjv@Amos:2:8
@ And they lay themselves
down
upon
clothes
laid to
pledge
by
every
altar
, and they
drink
the
wine
of the
condemned
in the
house
of their
god
.
strkjv@Amos:2:9
@ Yet
destroyed
I the
Amorite
before
them, whose
height
was like the
height
of the
cedars
, and he was
strong
as the
oaks
; yet I
destroyed
his
fruit
from
above
, and his
roots
from beneath.
strkjv@Amos:2:10
@ Also I brought you
up
from the
land
of
Egypt
, and
led
you
forty
years
through the
wilderness
, to
possess
the
land
of the
Amorite
.
strkjv@Amos:2:11
@ And I raised
up
of your
sons
for
prophets
, and of your young
men
for
Nazarites
. Is it not even thus, O ye
children
of
Israel
?
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Amos:2:12
@ But ye gave the
Nazarites
wine
to
drink
; and
commanded
the
prophets
,
saying
,
Prophesy
not.
strkjv@Amos:2:13
@ Behold, I am
pressed
under you, as a
cart
is
pressed
that is
full
of
sheaves
.
strkjv@Amos:2:14
@ Therefore the
flight
shall
perish
from the
swift
, and the
strong
shall not
strengthen
his
force
, neither shall the
mighty
deliver
himself
:
strkjv@Amos:2:15
@ Neither shall he
stand
that
handleth
the
bow
; and he that is
swift
of
foot
shall not
deliver
himself: neither shall he that
rideth
the
horse
deliver
himself
.
strkjv@Amos:2:16
@ And he that is
courageous
H3820among the
mighty
shall flee
away
naked
in that
day
,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Amos:3:1
@
Hear
this
word
that the
LORD
hath
spoken
against you, O
children
of
Israel
, against the whole
family
which I brought
up
from the
land
of
Egypt
,
saying
,
strkjv@Amos:3:2
@ You only have I
known
of all the
families
of the
earth
: therefore I will
punish
you for all your
iniquities
.
strkjv@Amos:3:3
@ Can
two
walk
together
,
except
they be
agreed
?
strkjv@Amos:3:4
@ Will a
lion
roar
in the
forest
, when he hath no
prey
? will a young
lion
cry
out
of his
den
m@, if he have
taken
nothing
?
strkjv@Amos:3:5
@ Can a
bird
fall
in a
snare
upon the
earth
, where no
gin
is for him? shall one take
up
a
snare
from the
earth
, and have
taken
nothing at
all
?
strkjv@Amos:3:6
@ Shall a
trumpet
be
blown
in the
city
, and the
people
not be
afraid
? shall there be
evil
in a
city
, and the
LORD
hath not
done
it?
strkjv@Amos:3:7
@ Surely the
Lord
GOD
will
do
nothing
, but he
revealeth
his
secret
unto his
servants
the
prophets
.
strkjv@Amos:3:8
@ The
lion
hath
roared
, who will
not
fear
? the
Lord
GOD
hath
spoken
, who can but
prophesy
?
strkjv@Amos:3:9
@
Publish
in the
palaces
at
Ashdod
, and in the
palaces
in the
land
of
Egypt
, and
say
,
Assemble
yourselves upon the
mountains
of
Samaria
, and
behold
the
great
tumults
in the
midst
thereof, and the
oppressed
in the
midst
thereof.
strkjv@Amos:3:10
@ For they
know
not to
do
right
,
saith
the
LORD
, who
store
up
violence
and
robbery
in their
palaces
.
strkjv@Amos:3:11
@ Therefore thus
saith
the
Lord
GOD
; An
adversary
there shall be even round
about
the
land
; and he shall bring
down
thy
strength
from thee, and thy
palaces
shall be
spoiled
.
strkjv@Amos:3:12
@ Thus
saith
the
LORD
; As the
shepherd
taketh
out
of the
mouth
of the
lion
two
legs
, or a
piece
of an
ear
; so shall the
children
of
Israel
be taken
out
that
dwell
in
Samaria
in the
corner
of a
bed
, and in
Damascus
in a
couch
.
strkjv@Amos:3:13
@
Hear
ye, and
testify
in the
house
of
Jacob
,
saith
the
Lord
GOD
, the
God
of
hosts
,
strkjv@Amos:3:14
@ That in the
day
that I shall
visit
the
transgressions
of
Israel
upon him I will also
visit
the
altars
of
Bethel
Beyth-: and the
horns
of the
altar
shall be cut
off
, and
fall
to the
ground
.
strkjv@Amos:3:15
@ And I will
smite
the
winter
house
with the
summer
house
; and the
houses
of
ivory
shall
perish
, and the
great
houses
shall have an
end
,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Amos:4:1
@
Hear
this
word
, ye
kine
of
Bashan
, that are in the
mountain
of
Samaria
, which
oppress
the
poor
, which
crush
the
needy
, which
say
to their
masters
,
Bring
, and let us
drink
.
strkjv@Amos:4:2
@ The
Lord
GOD
hath
sworn
by his
holiness
, that, lo, the
days
shall
come
upon you, that he will take you
away
with
hooks
, and your
posterity
with
fishhooks
.
strkjv@Amos:4:3
@ And ye shall go
out
at the
breaches
,
every
cow at that which is before her; and ye shall
cast
them into the
palace
,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Amos:4:4
@
Come
to
Bethel
Beyth-, and
transgress
; at
Gilgal
multiply
transgression
; and
bring
your
sacrifices
every
morning
, and your
tithes
after
three
years
:
strkjv@Amos:4:5
@ And
offer
a sacrifice of
thanksgiving
with
leaven
, and
proclaim
and
publish
the free
offerings
: for
this
liketh
you, O ye
children
of
Israel
,
saith
the
Lord
GOD
.
strkjv@Amos:4:6
@ And I also have
given
you
cleanness
of
teeth
in all your
cities
, and
want
of
bread
in all your
places
: yet have ye not
returned
unto me,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Amos:4:7
@ And also I have
withholden
the
rain
from you, when there were yet
three
months
to the
harvest
: and I caused it to
rain
upon
one
city
, and caused it not to
rain
upon
another
city
:
one
piece
was
rained
upon, and the
piece
whereupon it
rained
not
withered
.
strkjv@Amos:4:8
@ So
two
or
three
cities
wandered
unto
one
city
, to
drink
water
; but they were not
satisfied
: yet have ye not
returned
unto me,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Amos:4:9
@ I have
smitten
you with
blasting
and
mildew
: when your
gardens
and your
vineyards
and your fig
trees
and your olive
trees
increased
, the
palmerworm
devoured
them: yet have ye not
returned
unto me,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Amos:4:10
@ I have
sent
among you the
pestilence
after the
manner
of
Egypt
: your young
men
have I
slain
with the
sword
, and have taken
away
your
horses
; and I have made the
stink
of your
camps
to come
up
unto your
nostrils
: yet have ye not
returned
unto me,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Amos:4:11
@ I have
overthrown
some of you, as
God
overthrew
Sodom
and
Gomorrah
, and ye were as a
firebrand
plucked
out
of the
burning
: yet have ye not
returned
unto me,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Amos:4:12
@ Therefore thus will I
do
unto thee, O
Israel
: and
because
I will
do
this unto thee,
prepare
to
meet
thy
God
, O
Israel
.
strkjv@Amos:4:13
@ For, lo, he that
formeth
the
mountains
, and
createth
the
wind
, and
declareth
unto
man
what is his
thought
, that
maketh
the
morning
darkness
, and
treadeth
upon the high
places
of the
earth
, The
LORD
, The
God
of
hosts
, is his
name
.
strkjv@Amos:5:1
@
Hear
ye this
word
which I take
up
against you, even a
lamentation
, O
house
of
Israel
.
strkjv@Amos:5:2
@ The
virgin
of
Israel
is
fallen
; she shall no
more
rise
: she is
forsaken
upon her
land
; there is none to raise her
up
.
strkjv@Amos:5:3
@ For thus
saith
the
Lord
GOD
; The
city
that went
out
by a
thousand
shall
leave
an
hundred
, and that which went
forth
by an
hundred
shall
leave
ten
, to the
house
of
Israel
.
strkjv@Amos:5:4
@ For thus
saith
the
LORD
unto the
house
of
Israel
,
Seek
ye me, and ye shall
live
:
strkjv@Amos:5:5
@ But
seek
not
Bethel
Beyth-, nor
enter
into
Gilgal
, and
pass
not to
Beersheba
B@er: for
Gilgal
shall
surely
go into
captivity
, and
Bethel
Beyth- shall come to
nought
.
strkjv@Amos:5:6
@
Seek
the
LORD
, and ye shall
live
; lest he break
out
like
fire
in the
house
of
Joseph
, and
devour
it, and there be none to
quench
it in
Bethel
Beyth-.
strkjv@Amos:5:7
@ Ye who
turn
judgment
to
wormwood
, and leave
off
righteousness
in the
earth
,
strkjv@Amos:5:8
@ Seek him that
maketh
the seven
stars
and
Orion
, and
turneth
the shadow of
death
into the
morning
, and maketh the
day
dark
with
night
: that
calleth
for the
waters
of the
sea
, and poureth them
out
upon the
face
of the
earth
: The
LORD
is his
name
:
strkjv@Amos:5:9
@ That
strengtheneth
the
spoiled
against the
strong
, so that the
spoiled
shall
come
against the
fortress
.
strkjv@Amos:5:10
@ They
hate
him that
rebuketh
in the
gate
, and they
abhor
him that
speaketh
uprightly
.
strkjv@Amos:5:11
@
Forasmuch
therefore as your
treading
is upon the
poor
, and ye
take
from him
burdens
of
wheat
: ye have
built
houses
of hewn
stone
, but ye shall not
dwell
in them; ye have
planted
pleasant
vineyards
, but ye shall not
drink
wine
of them.
strkjv@Amos:5:12
@ For I
know
your
manifold
transgressions
and your
mighty
sins
: they
afflict
the
just
, they
take
a
bribe
, and they turn
aside
the
poor
in the
gate
from their right.
strkjv@Amos:5:13
@ Therefore the
prudent
shall keep
silence
in that
time
; for it is an
evil
time
.
strkjv@Amos:5:14
@
Seek
good
, and not
evil
, that ye may
live
: and so the
LORD
, the
God
of
hosts
, shall be with you, as ye have
spoken
.
strkjv@Amos:5:15
@
Hate
the
evil
, and
love
the
good
, and
establish
judgment
in the
gate
: it may be that the
LORD
God
of
hosts
will be
gracious
unto the
remnant
of
Joseph
.
strkjv@Amos:5:16
@ Therefore the
LORD
, the
God
of
hosts
, the
Lord
,
saith
thus;
Wailing
shall be in all
streets
; and they shall
say
in all the
highways
,
Alas
!
alas
! and they shall
call
the
husbandman
to
mourning
, and such as are
skilful
of
lamentation
to
wailing
.
strkjv@Amos:5:17
@ And in all
vineyards
shall be
wailing
: for I will
pass
through
thee,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Amos:5:18
@
Woe
unto you that
desire
the
day
of the
LORD
! to what
end
is it for you? the
day
of the
LORD
is
darkness
, and not
light
.
strkjv@Amos:5:19
@ As if a
man
did
flee
from
a
lion
, and a
bear
met
him; or
went
into the
house
, and
leaned
his
hand
on the
wall
, and a
serpent
bit
him.
strkjv@Amos:5:20
@ Shall not the
day
of the
LORD
be
darkness
, and not
light
? even very
dark
, and no
brightness
in it?
strkjv@Amos:5:21
@ I
hate
, I
despise
your feast
days
, and I will not
smell
in your solemn
assemblies
.
strkjv@Amos:5:22
@ Though ye
offer
me burnt
offerings
and your meat
offerings
, I will not
accept
them: neither will I
regard
the peace
offerings
of your fat
beasts
.
strkjv@Amos:5:23
@ Take thou
away
from me the
noise
of thy
songs
; for I will not
hear
the
melody
of thy
viols
.
strkjv@Amos:5:24
@ But let
judgment
run
down
as
waters
, and
righteousness
as a
mighty
stream
.
strkjv@Amos:5:25
@ Have ye
offered
unto me
sacrifices
and
offerings
in the
wilderness
forty
years
, O
house
of
Israel
?
strkjv@Amos:5:26
@ But ye have
borne
the
tabernacle
of your
Moloch
and
Chiun
your
images
, the
star
of your
god
, which ye
made
to yourselves.
strkjv@Amos:5:27
@ Therefore will I cause you to go into
captivity
beyond
Damascus
,
saith
the
LORD
, whose
name
is The
God
of
hosts
.
strkjv@Amos:6:1
@
Woe
to them that are at
ease
in
Zion
, and
trust
in the
mountain
of
Samaria
, which are
named
chief
of the
nations
, to whom the
house
of
Israel
came
!
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