Amos:6-9

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* 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 ! * Pass ye unto Calneh , and see ; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great : then go down to Gath of the Philistines : be they better than these kingdoms ? or their border greater than your border ? * Ye that put far away the evil day , and cause the seat of violence to come near ; * That lie upon beds of ivory , and stretch themselves upon their couches , and eat the lambs out of the flock , and the calves out of the midst of the stall ; * That chant to the sound of the viol , and invent to themselves instruments of musick , like David ; * That drink wine in bowls , and anoint themselves with the chief ointments : but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph . * Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive , and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed . * The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself , saith the LORD the God of hosts , I abhor the excellency of Jacob , and hate his palaces : therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein . * And it shall come to pass , if there remain ten men in one house , that they shall die . * And a man 's uncle shall take him up , and he that burneth him , to bring out the bones out of the house , and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house , Is there yet any with thee ? and he shall say , No . Then shall he say , Hold thy tongue : for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD . * For , behold , the LORD commandeth , and he will smite the great house with breaches , and the little house with clefts . * Shall horses run upon the rock ? will one plow there with oxen ? for ye have turned judgment into gall , and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock : * Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought , which say , Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength ? * But , behold , I will raise up against you a nation , O house of Israel , saith the LORD the God of hosts ; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness . * Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me ; and , behold , he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth ; and , lo , it was the latter growth after the king 's mowings . * And it came to pass , that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land , then I said , O Lord GOD , forgive , I beseech thee : by whom shall Jacob arise ? for he is small . * The LORD repented for this : It shall not be , saith the LORD . * Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me : and , behold , the Lord GOD called to contend by fire , and it devoured the great deep , and did eat up a part . * Then said I , O Lord GOD , cease , I beseech thee : by whom shall Jacob arise ? for he is small . * The LORD repented for this : This also shall not be , saith the Lord GOD . * Thus he shewed me : and , behold , the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline , with a plumbline in his hand . * And the LORD said unto me , Amos , what seest thou ? And I said , A plumbline . Then said the Lord , Behold , I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel : I will not again pass by them any more : * And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate , and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste ; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword . * Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel , saying , Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel : the land is not able to bear all his words . * For thus Amos saith , Jeroboam shall die by the sword , and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land . * Also Amaziah said unto Amos , O thou seer , go , flee thee away into the land of Judah , and there eat bread , and prophesy there : * But prophesy not again any more at Bethel : for it is the king 's chapel , and it is the king 's court . * Then answered Amos , and said to Amaziah , I was no prophet , neither was I a prophet 's son ; but I was an herdman , and a gatherer of sycomore fruit : * And the LORD took me as I followed the flock , and the LORD said unto me , Go , prophesy unto my people Israel . * Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD : Thou sayest , Prophesy not against Israel , and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac . * Therefore thus saith the LORD ; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city , and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword , and thy land shall be divided by line ; and thou shalt die in a polluted land : and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land . * Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me : and behold a basket of summer fruit . * And he said , Amos , what seest thou ? And I said , A basket of summer fruit . Then said the LORD unto me , The end is come upon my people of Israel ; I will not again pass by them any more . * And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day , saith the Lord GOD : there shall be many dead bodies in every place ; they shall cast them forth with silence . * Hear this , O ye that swallow up the needy , even to make the poor of the land to fail , * Saying , When will the new moon be gone , that we may sell corn ? and the sabbath , that we may set forth wheat , making the ephah small , and the shekel great , and falsifying the balances by deceit ? * That we may buy the poor for silver , and the needy for a pair of shoes ; yea , and sell the refuse of the wheat ? * The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob , Surely I will never forget any of their works . * Shall not the land tremble for this , and every one mourn that dwelleth therein ? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood ; and it shall be cast out and drowned , as by the flood of Egypt . * And it shall come to pass in that day , saith the Lord GOD , that I will cause the sun to go down at noon , and I will darken the earth in the clear day : * And I will turn your feasts into mourning , and all your songs into lamentation ; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins , and baldness upon every head ; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son , and the end thereof as a bitter day . * Behold , the days come , saith the Lord GOD , that I will send a famine in the land , not a famine of bread , nor a thirst for water , but of hearing the words of the LORD : * And they shall wander from sea to sea , and from the north even to the east , they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD , and shall not find it . * In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst . * They that swear by the sin of Samaria , and say , Thy god , O Dan , liveth ; and , The manner of Beersheba liveth ; even they shall fall , and never rise up again . * I saw the Lord standing upon the altar : and he said , Smite the lintel of the door , that the posts may shake : and cut them in the head , all of them ; and I will slay the last of them with the sword : he that fleeth of them shall not flee away , and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered . * Though they dig into hell , thence shall mine hand take them ; though they climb up to heaven , thence will I bring them down : * And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel , I will search and take them out thence ; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea , thence will I command the serpent , and he shall bite them : * And though they go into captivity before their enemies , thence will I command the sword , and it shall slay them : and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil , and not for good . * And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land , and it shall melt , and all that dwell therein shall mourn : and it shall rise up wholly like a flood ; and shall be drowned , as by the flood of Egypt . * It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven , and hath founded his troop in the earth ; he that calleth for the waters of the sea , and poureth them out upon the face of the earth : The LORD is his name . * Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me , O children of Israel ? saith the LORD . Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt ? and the Philistines from Caphtor , and the Syrians from Kir ? * Behold , the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom , and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth ; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob , saith the LORD . * For , lo , I will command , and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations , like as corn is sifted in a sieve , yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth . * All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword , which say , The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us . * In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen , and close up the breaches thereof ; and I will raise up his ruins , and I will build it as in the days of old : * That they may possess the remnant of Edom , and of all the heathen , which are called by my name , saith the LORD that doeth this . * Behold , the days come , saith the LORD , that the plowman shall overtake the reaper , and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed ; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine , and all the hills shall melt . * And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel , and they shall build the waste cities , and inhabit them ; and they shall plant vineyards , and drink the wine thereof ; they shall also make gardens , and eat the fruit of them . * And I will plant them upon their land , and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them , saith the LORD thy God . * Which was the son of Mattathias , which was the son of Amos , which was the son of Naum , which was the son of Esli , which was the son of Nagge ,

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