Amos:1-2
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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 .
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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 .
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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 :
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But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael ,
which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad .
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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 :
and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir ,
saith the LORD .
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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 :
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But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza ,
which shall devour the palaces thereof :
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And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod ,
and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon ,
and I will turn mine hand against Ekron :
and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish ,
saith the Lord GOD .
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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 :
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But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus ,
which shall devour the palaces thereof .
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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 :
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But I will send a fire upon Teman ,
which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah .
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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 their border :
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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 :
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And their king shall go into captivity ,
he and his princes together ,
saith the LORD .
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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 :
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But I will send a fire upon Moab ,
and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth :
and Moab shall die with tumult ,
with shouting ,
and with the sound of the trumpet :
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And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof ,
and will slay all the princes thereof with him ,
saith the LORD .
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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 :
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But I will send a fire upon Judah ,
and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem .
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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 ;
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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 :
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink ;
and commanded the prophets ,
saying ,
Prophesy not .
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Behold ,
I am pressed under you ,
as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves .
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Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift ,
and the strong shall not strengthen his force ,
neither shall the mighty deliver himself :
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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 .
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And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day ,
saith the LORD .
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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 ,
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