noyes Amos:1-3
noyes@Amos:1:1 @ The words of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa, which he prophesied 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 earth quake. He said:
noyes@Amos:1:2 @ Jehovah will roar from Zion, And utter his voice from Jerusalem; The habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, And the top of Carmel shall wither.
noyes@Amos:1:3 @ Thus saith Jehovah; For three transgressions of Damascus, And for four, will I not turn away its punishment; For they thrashed Gilead with thrashingwains of iron.
noyes@Amos:1:4 @ I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael, Which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.
noyes@Amos:1:5 @ I will also break the bar of Damascus, And I will destroy the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, And him that holdeth the sceptre from BethEden, And the people of Syria shall be led captive to Kir: Jehovah hath said it.
noyes@Amos:1:6 @ Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Gaza, And for four, I will not turn away its punishment; For they led captive all that fell into their hands, And delivered them up to Edom.
noyes@Amos:1:7 @ But I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza, Which shall devour her palaces.
noyes@Amos:1:8 @ And I will destroy the inhabitant from Ashdod, And him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon; And I will turn my hand against Ekron, And the residue of the Philistines shall perish. The Lord, Jehovah, hath said it.
noyes@Amos:1:9 @ Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Tyre, And for four, will I not turn away its punishment; Because they delivered up all their captives to Edom, And remembered not the brotherly covenant.
noyes@Amos:1:10 @ But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, Which shall devour her palaces.
noyes@Amos:1:11 @ Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, And for four, will I not turn away his punishment; For he pursued his brother with the sword, And cast off all pity, And his anger tore perpetually; Yea, he kept his wrath forever.
noyes@Amos:1:12 @ But I will send a fire upon Teman. Which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
noyes@Amos:1:13 @ Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, And for four, will I not turn away their punishment; For they ripped up the women with child of Gilead, That they might enlarge their border.
noyes@Amos:1:14 @ But I will kindle a fire on the wall of Rabbah, Which shall devour her palaces, Amid the warshout in the day of battle, In a whirlwind in the day of the storm.
noyes@Amos:1:15 @ Their king shall go into captivity, He and his princes together, saith Jehovah.
noyes@Amos:2:1 @ Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, And for four, will I not turn away his punishment; For he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime!
noyes@Amos:2:2 @ But I will send a fire on Moab, Which shall devour the palaces of Kirioth; And Moab shall die amid tumults, Amid the warshout, and the sound of the trumpet.
noyes@Amos:2:3 @ I will destroy the judge from the midst of him, And slay all the princes with him, saith Jehovah.
noyes@Amos:2:4 @ Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, And for four, will I not turn away their punishment; For they have despised the law of Jehovah, And have not kept his statutes, And their idols have caused them to err, After which their fathers walked.
noyes@Amos:2:5 @ But I will send a fire upon Judah, Which shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
noyes@Amos:2:6 @ Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, And for four, will I not turn away their punishment. For they sell the righteous for silver, And the needy for a pair of shoes;
noyes@Amos:2:7 @ They pant for the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, And pervert the cause of the afflicted. The son and the father go in to the same damsel, To dishonor my holy name.
noyes@Amos:2:8 @ They lay themselves down upon pledged garments Near every altar; And drink wine, procured by fines, In the house of their gods.
noyes@Amos:2:9 @ Yet I destroyed the Amorites before them, Who were tall as the cedars, And strong as the oaks. I destroyed their fruit above, And their roots beneath.
noyes@Amos:2:10 @ I brought you up from the land of Egypt, And led you in the desert forty years, That ye might possess the land of the Amorite.
noyes@Amos:2:11 @ Of your sons also I raised up prophets, And of your young men Nazarites; Is it not even so, O ye sons of Israel? saith Jehovah.
noyes@Amos:2:12 @ But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink, And commanded the prophets, Saying, Prophesy not!
noyes@Amos:2:13 @ Behold, I will press you down, As a wagon presseth down that is full of sheaves.
noyes@Amos:2:14 @ And flight shall fail the swift, And the strong shall not exert his strength, And the mighty shall not save his life,
noyes@Amos:2:15 @ And he that handleth the bow shall not stand, And the swift of foot shall not save himself, And the horseman shall not escape with his life.
noyes@Amos:2:16 @ He that is strong in heart among the mighty Shall, in that day, flee away naked, saith Jehovah.
noyes@Amos:3:1 @ Hear these words, which Jehovah speaketh against you, ye sons of Israel; Against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt!
noyes@Amos:3:2 @ You only have I known of all the families of the earth; Therefore will I punish you for all your iniquities.
noyes@Amos:3:3 @ Can two walk together, Unless they agree together?
noyes@Amos:3:4 @ Will the lion roar in the forest, When he seeth no prey? Will the young lion cry aloud from his den, If he have seized nothing?
noyes@Amos:3:5 @ Can a bird fall into a snare upon the earth, Where none is set for him? Will a snare spring up from the ground, When it hath caught nothing?
noyes@Amos:3:6 @ Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, And the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil upon a city, And Jehovah not have done it?
noyes@Amos:3:7 @ Surely the Lord Jehovah doeth nothing, But he revealeth his secret To his servants the prophets.
noyes@Amos:3:8 @ When the lion roareth, who will not fear? When the Lord Jehovah speaketh, who will not prophesy?
noyes@Amos:3:9 @ Proclaim ye, in the palaces in Ashdod, And in the palaces in the land of Egypt, And say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria; Behold the great tumults in the midst of her, And the oppressions within her!
noyes@Amos:3:10 @ For they have no care to do right, saith Jehovah; They treasure up rapine and robbery in their palaces.
noyes@Amos:3:11 @ Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An enemy shall encompass the land. And shall bring down thy strength from thee, And thy palaces shall be plundered.
noyes@Amos:3:12 @ Thus saith Jehovah: As the shepherd taketh out of the lions mouth Two legs, or a portion of an ear, So shall the children of Israel be taken out, Who in Samaria sit in the corners of their sofas, And upon their damask couches.
noyes@Amos:3:13 @ Hear ye, and testify to the house of Jacob, Saith the Lord, Jehovah, God of hosts!
noyes@Amos:3:14 @ In the day when I punish the transgressions of Israel, Then will I punish the altars of Bethel; The horns of the altar shall be cut off, And fall to the ground.
noyes@Amos:3:15 @ and I will smite the winterhouse together with the summerhouse, And the houses of ivory shall be destroyed, And the great houses shall be brought to the ground, saith Jehovah.
noyes@Amos:4:1 @ Hear these words, O ye kine of Bashan, That are on the mountain of Samaria; That oppress the poor; that crush the needy; That say to your master, Bring, and let us drink!
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