geneva Amos:5:1-17 SEEK
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Heare ye this worde ,
which I lift vp vpon you ,
euen a lamentation of the house of Israel .
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The (
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He so calls them ,
because they so boasted of themselves ,
or because they were given to lustfulness and daintiness .(:
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virgin of Israel is fallen ;
she shall no more rise :
she is forsaken upon her land ; [
there is ]
none to raise her up .
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For thus saith the Lord GOD ;
The city that went out [
by ]
a thousand shall leave (
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Meaning ,
that the tenth part would hardly be saved .(:
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an hundred ,
and that which went forth [
by ]
an hundred shall leave ten ,
to the house of Israel .
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For thus saith the Lorde vnto the house of Israel ,
Seeke ye me ,
and ye shal liue .
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But seek not Bethel ,
nor enter into (
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In those places they worshipped new idols ,
which before served for the true honour of God :
therefore he says that these will not save them .(:
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Gilgal ,
and pass not to Beersheba :
for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity ,
and Bethel shall come to nought .
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Seeke the Lorde ,
and yee shal liue ,
least he breake out like fire in the house of Ioseph &
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deuoure it , &
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there be none to quench it in Beth-el .
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Ye who turn (
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Instead of judgment and fairness they execute cruelty and oppression .(:
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judgment to wormwood ,
and leave off righteousness in the earth ,
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that (
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He describes the power of God ; (
Job_9
:9 ).(:
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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 :
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He strengtheneth the destroyer against the mightie :
and the destroyer shal come against the fortresse .
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They hate him (
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They hate the Prophets ,
who reprove them in the open assemblies .(:
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that rebuketh in the gate ,
and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly .
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Forasmuch therefore as your treading [
is ]
upon the poor ,
and (
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You take both his money and also his food ,
with which he should live .(:
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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 .
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For I know your manifold transgressions ,
and your mightie sinnes :
they afflict the iust ,
they take rewards , &
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they oppresse the poore in ye gate .
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Therefore (
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God will so plague them that they will not allow the godly to open their mouths once to admonish them of their faults .(:
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the prudent shall keep silence in that time ;
for it [
is ]
an evil time .
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Seeke good and not euil ,
that ye may liue :
and the Lorde God of hostes shalbe with you ,
as you haue spoken .
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Hate the euil ,
and loue the good ,
and establish iudgement in the gate :
it may bee that the Lorde God of hostes will be mercifull vnto the remnant of Ioseph .
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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 (
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So that people of all types will have reason to lament because of the great plagues .(:
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husbandman to mourning ,
and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing .
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And in al the vines shalbe lamentation :
for I wil passe through thee ,
saith the Lord .