broken in shivers. 7For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind; It hath no stalk, the bud that shall yield no meal; If so be it yield, strangers shall swal- low it up.
8Israel is swallowed up; Now are they become among the nations As a vessel wherein is no value. 9Fpr they are gone up to Assyria, Like a wild ass alone by himself; Ephraim hath hired lovers. 10Yea, though they hire among the nations, Now will I gather them up; And they begin to be minished By reason of the burden of king and princes. "For Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin, Yea, altars have been unto him to sin. "Though I write for him never so many things of My Law, They are accounted as a stranger's. 13 As for the sacrifices that are made by fire unto Me, Let them sacrifice flesh and eat it, For the LORD accepteth them not. Now will He remember their in- iquity, and punish their sins; They shall return to Egypt. % # 14For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, And builded palaces, And Judah hath multiplied fortified cities,; But I will send a fire upon his cities, And it shall devour the castles thereof.
Q Rejoice not, O Israel, unto exulta- tion, like the peoples, For thou hast gone astray from thy God, Thou hast loved a harlot's hire upon every corn-floor.
2The threshing-floor and the wine- press shall not feed them, And the new wine shall fail her.
3They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; But Ephraim shall return to Egypt, And they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.
4They shall not pour out wine- offerings to the LORD, Neither shall they be pleasing unto Him; Their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners, All that eat thereof shall be pol- luted; For their bread shall be for their appetite, It shall not come into the house of the LORD.
5What will ye do in the day of the appointed season, And in the day of the feast of the LORD?
6For, lo, they are gone away from destruction, Yet Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them; Their precious treasures of silver, nettles shall possess them, Thorns shall be in their tents.
7The days of visitation are come, HOSEA The days of recompense are come Israel shall know it.
The prophet is a fool, the man the spirit is mad! For the multitude of thine iniquity the enmity is great. 8Ephraim is a watchman with my God; As for the prophet, a fowler's snare is in all his ways, And enmity in the house of his God ^hey have deeply corrupted them selves, As in^the days of Gibeah; He will remember their iniquity, He will punish their sins.
10I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness, I saw your fathers as the first-ripe in the fig-tree at her first season, But so soon as they came to Baalpeor, They separated themselves unto the shameful thing, And became detestable like that which they loved. 11 As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird; There shall be no birth, and none with child, and no conception. 12Yea, though they bring up their children, Yet will I bereave them, that there be not a man left; Yea, woe also to them when I de- part from them! "Ephraim, like as I have seen Tyre, is planted in a pleasant place; But Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the slayer. "Give them, 0 LORD, whatsoever Thou wilt give; Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
16AU their wickedness is in Gilgal, For there I hated them;, Because of the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of My house; I will love them no more, All their princes are rebellious. "Ephraim is smitten, Their root is dried up, They shall bear no fruit; Yea, though they bring forth, Yet will I slay the beloved fruit of their womb.
"My God will cast them away, Because they did not hearken unto Him; And they shall be wanderers among the nations.
~| A Israel was a luxuriant vine, •*- v Which put forth fruit freely: As his fruit increased, He increased his altars; The more goodly his land was, The more goodly were his pillars. 2Their heart is divided; Now shall they bear their guilt; He will break down their altars, He will spoil their pillars. 3Surely now shall they say: 'We have no king; For we feared not the LOED; And the king, what can he do for us?' 4They speak words, They swear falsely, they make covenants; Thus judgment springeth up as hemlock In the furrows of the field. The inhabitants of Samaria shall be in dread For the calves of Beth-aven; For the people thereof shall mourn over it, And the priests thereof shall trem- ble for it, For its glory, because it is departed from it. 6It also shall be carried unto Assyria, HOSEA For a present to King Contentious; Ephraim shall receive shame, And Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
7As for Samaria, her king is cut off, As foam upon the water.
8The high places also of Aven shall be destroyed, Even the sin of Israel.
The thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; And they shall say to the moun- tains: 'Coyer us', And to the hills: 'Fall on us.'
9From the days of Gibeah thou hast sinned, 0 Israel; There they stood; No battle was to overtake them in Gibeah, Nor the children of arrpgancy. 10When it is My desire, I will chastise them; And the peoples shall be gathered against them, When they are yoked to their two rings.
11 And Ephraim is a heifer well broken, That loveth to thresh, And I have passed over upon her fair neck; I will make Ephraim to ride, Judah shall plow, Jacob shall break his clods. 12Sow to yourselves according to right- .eousness, Reap according to mercy, Break up your fallow ground; For it is tune to seek the LORD, Till He come and cause righteous- ness to rain upon you. 13Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity, Ye have eaten the fruit of lies; For thou didst trust in thy way, In the multitude of thy mighty men.
14Therefore shall a among thy hosts, tumult arise And all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, As Shalrnan spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of battle; The mother was dashed in pieces with her children. 15So hath Beth-el done unto you Because of your great wickedness; At daybreak is the king of Israel utterly cut off.
~i ~l When Israel was a child, then LL I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My son. 2The more they called them, the more they went from them; They sacrificed unto the Baalim, And offered to graven images. 3And I, I taught Ephraim to walk, Taking them by their arms; But they knew not that I healed them.
4I drew them with cords of a man, With bands of love; And I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, And I fed them gently. 6He shall not return into the land of Egypt, But the Assyrian shall be his king, Because they refused to return. 6 And the sword shall fall upon his cities, And shall consume his bars, and devour them, Because of their own counsels.
7And My people are in suspense about returning to Me; And though they call them upwards, None at all will lift himself up. 8Ho,w shall I give thee up, Ephraim? How shall I surrender thee, Israel? How shall I make thee as Admah? How shall I set thee as Zeboim?
HOSEA My heart is turned within. Me, My compassions are kindled to- gether.
9I will not execute the fierceness of Mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim, For I am God, and not man, The Holy One in the midst of thee, And I will not come in fury.
°They shall walk after the LORD, Who shall roar like a lion; For He shall roar, And the children shall come trem- bling from the west. llThey shall come trembling as a bird out of Egypt, And as a dove out of the land of Assyria; And I will make them to dwell in their houses, Saith the LORD.
O Ephraim compasseth Me about - with lies, And the house of Israel with de- ceit; And Judah is yet wayward towards God, And towards the Holy One who is faithful. 2Ephraim striveth after wind, and followeth after the east wind; All the day he multiplieth lies and desolation; And they make a covenant with Assyria, Arid oil is carried into Egypt. 3The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, And will punish Jacob according to his ways, According to his doings will He recompense him. 4In the womb he took his brother by the heel, And by his strength he strove with a godlike being; 6So he strove with an angel, and pre- vailed; He wept, and made supplication unto him; At Beth-el he would find him, And there he would speak with us.
6But the LORD, the God of hosts, The LORD is His name.
therefore turn thou to thy God; Keep mercy and justice,'" And wait for thy God continually.
8As for the trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand, He loveth to oppress.
9And Ephraim said: 'Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth; In all my labours they shall find in me No iniquity that were sin/ 10But I am the LORD thy God From the land of Egypt; I will yet again make thee to dwell in tents, As in the days of the appointed season.
UI have also spoken unto the proph- ets, And I have multiplied visions; And by the ministry of the prophets have I used similitudes. 12If Gilead be given to iniquity Becoming altogether vanity, In Gilgal they sacrifice unto bul- locks; Yea, their altars shall be as heaps In the furrows of the field.
13And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, And Israel served for a wife, And for a wife he kept sheep. 14And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel up out of Egypt, And by a prophet was he kept. 15Ephraim hath provoked most bit- terly; HOSEA Therefore shall his blood be cast upon him, And his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
1 Q When Ephraim spoke, there was tremb)4"" He exalted himself in Israel; But when he became guilty through Baal, he died.
2And now they sm more and more, And have made them molten images - of their silver, According to their own understand- ing, even idols, All of them the work of the crafts- men; Of them they say: ' They that sacrifice men kiss calves.7 therefore they shall be as the morn- ing cloud, And as the dew that early passeth away, As the chaff that is driven with the wind out of the threshing-floor, And as the smoke out of the window.
4Yet I am the LORD thy God From the land of Egypt; And thou knowest no God but Me, And beside Me there is no saviour. 5I did know thee in the wilderness, In the land of great drought. 6When they were fed, they became full, They were filled, and their heart was exalted; Therefore have they forgotten Me. therefore am I become unto them as a lion; As a leopard will I watch by the way; 8I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, And will rend the enclosure of their heart; And there will I devour them like a lioness, The wild beast shall tear them.
9It is thy destruction, 0 Israel, That thou art against Me, against thy help.
10Ho, now, thy king, That he may save thee in all thy cities! And thy judges, of whom thou saidst: 'Give me a king and princes!7 UI give thee a king in Mine anger, And take him away in My wrath.
12The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; His sin is laid up in store. 13The throes of a travailing woman shall come upon him; He is an unwise son; For it is time he should not tarry In the place of the breaking forth of children. 14Shall I ransom them from the power of the nether-world? Shall I redeem them from death? Ho, thy plagues, O death! Ho, thy destruction, 0 nether-world! Repentance be hid from Mine eyes!- 15For though he be fruitful among the reed-plants, An east wind shall come, the wind of the LOKD coming up from the wilderness. And his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up, He shall spoil the treasure of all precious vessels.
"| A Samaria shall bear her guilt, x For she hath rebelled against her God; They shall fall by the sword; Their infants snail be dashed in pieces, HOSEA And their women with, child shall be ripped up. 2Return, 0 Israel, unto the LORD thy God; For thou hast stumbled in thine iniquity.
3Take with you words, And return unto the LORD; Say unto Hun: ' Forgive all iniquity, And accept that which is good; So will we render for bullocks the offering of our lips. 4Asshur shall not save us; We will not ride upon horses; Neither will we call any more the work of our hands our gods; For in Thee the fatherless findeth mercy.'
6I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; For Mine anger is turned away from him.
6I will be as the dew unto Israel; He shall blossom as the lily, And cast forth his roots as Lebanon. 7His branches shall spread, And his beauty shall be as the olive- tree.
And his fragrance as Lebanon.
8They that dwell under his shadow shall again Make corn to grow, And shall blossom as the vine; The scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
9Ephraim [shall say]: 'What have I to do any more with idols?'
As for Me, I respond and look on him; I am like a leafy cypress-tree; From Me is thy fruit found.
10 Whoso is wise, let him understand these things, Whoso is prudent, let him know them.
For the ways of the LOED are right, And the just do walk in them; But transgressors do stumble there- in.
JOEL 1 THE word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
2Hear this, ye old men, And give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land.
Hath this been in your days, Or in the days of your fathers?
3Tell ye your children of it, And let your children tell their children, And their children another genera- tion.
4That which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten; And that which the locust hath left hath the canker-worm eaten; And that which the canker-worm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten.
6Awake, ye drunkards, and weep, And wail, all ye drinkers of wine, Because of the sweet wine, For it is cut off from your mouth. 6For a people is come up upon my land, JOEL 2.2 Mighty, and without number; His teeth are the teeth of a lion, And he hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.
7He hath laid my vine waste, And blasted my fig-tree; He hath made it clean bare, and cast it down, The branches thereof are made white.
8Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth For the husband of her youth.
9The meal-offering and the drink- offering is cut off From the house of the LORD; The priests mourn, Even the LORD'S ministers 10The field is wasted, The land mourneth; For the corn is wasted, The new wine is dried up, The oil languisheth. "Be ashamed, 0 ye husbandmen, Wail, 0 ye vinedressers, For the wheat and for the barley; Because the harvest of the field is perished. 12The vine is withered, And the fig-tree languisheth; The pomegranate-tree, the palm- tree also, and the apple-tree, Even all the trees of the field are withered; For joy is withered away from the sons of men.
13Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests, Wail, ye ministers of the altar; Come, lie all night in sackcloth, Ye ministers of my God, For the meal-offering and the drink- offering is withholden From the house of your God. 14Sanctify ye a fast, Call a solemn assembly, Gather the elders And all the inhabitants of the land Unto the house of the LORD your God, And cry unto the LORD.
15Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is at hand, And as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
16Is not the food cut off Before our eyes, Yea, joy and gladness From the house of our God?
17The grains shrivel under their hoes; The garners are laid desolate, The barns are broken down; For the corn is withered.
18How do the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are perplexed, Because they have no pasture; Yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
19Unto Thee, 0 LORD, do I cry, For the fire hath devoured The pastures of the wilderness, And the flame hath set ablaze All the trees of the field.
20Yea, the beasts of the field pant unto Thee; For the water brooks are dried up, And the fire ihath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
O Blow ye the horn in Zion, And sound an alarm in My holy mountain; Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; For the day of the LORD cometh, For it is at hand; 2A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of clouds and thick darkness, As blackness spread upon the moun- tains; A great people and a mighty, JOEL There hath not been ever the like, Neither shall be any more after them, Even to the years of many genera- tions.
3A fire deyoureth before them, And behind them a flame blazeth; The land is as the garden of Eden before them, And behind them a desolate wilder- ness; Yea, and nothing escapeth them.
4The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses, And as horsemen, so dp they run. 5Like the noise of chariots, On the tops of the mountains do they leap, Like the noise of a flame of fire That devoureth the stubble, As a mighty people set in battle array. 6At their presence the peoples are in anguish; All faces have gathered blackness. 7They run like mighty men, They climb the wall like men of war; And they move on every one in his ways, And they entangle not their paths. 8Neither doth one thrust another, They march every one in his high- way; And they break through the weapons, And suffer no harm 9They leap upon the city, They run upon the wall, They climb up into the houses; They enter in at the windows like a thief.
"Before them the earth quaketh, The heavens tremble; The sun and the moon are become black, And the stars withdraw their shininj 11 And the LORD uttereth His voi< before His army; For His camp is very great, For he is mighty that executeth H] word; For great is the day of the LORD an very terrible; And who can abide it?
12 Yet even now, saith the LORD, Turn ye unto Me with all you heart, And with fasting, and with weeping and with lamentation; 13And rend your heart, and not you garments, And turn unto the LORD your God For He is gracious and compas sionate, Long-suffering, and abundant ii mercy, And repenteth Him of the evil. 14Who knoweth whether He will no turn and repent, And leave a blessing behind Him, Even a meal-offering and a drink offering Unto the LORD your God?
15Blow the horn in Zion, Sanctify a fast, call a solemn as sembly, "Gather the people, Sanctify the congregation, Assemble the elders, Gather the children, And those that suck the breasts; Let the bridegroom go forth from hi chamber.
And the bride out of her pavilion. 17Let the priests, the ministers of th< LORD, Weep between the porch and th< altar, And let them say: 'Spare Thj people, 0 LORD, JOEL And give not Thy heritage to re- proach, That the nations should make them a byword.
Wherefore should they say among the peoples.
Where is their God?7 18Then was the LORD jealous for His land, And had pity on His people 19And the LORD answered and said unto His people: 'Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, And ye shall be satisfied therewith; And I will no more make you a re- proach among the nations; 20But I will remove far off from you the northern one, And will drive him into a land barren and desolate, With his face toward the eastern sea, And his hinder part toward the western sea; That his foulness may come up, and his ill savour may come up, Because he hath done great things/ 21Fear not, 0 land, be glad and re- joice; For the LORD hath done great things.
^Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field; For the pastures of the wilderness do spring, For the tree beareth its fruit, The fig-tree and the vine do yield their strength. ^Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice In the LORD your God; For He giveth j'ou the former rain in just measure, And He causeth to come down for you the rain, The former rain and the latter rain, at the first.
24And the floors shall be full of corn, And the vats shall overflow with wine and oil. 25 And I will restore to youthe years that the locust hath eaten, The canker-worm, and the cater- pillar, and the palmer-worm, My great army which I sent among you. 26And ye shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, And shall praise the name of the LORD your God, That hath dealt wondrously with you; And My people shall never be ashamed. 27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, And that I am the LORD your God, and there is none else; And My people shall never be ashamed.
3 And it shall come to pass after- ward, That I will pour out My spirit upon all flesh; And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions; 2And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids In those- days will I pour out My spirit.
3And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, Blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. 4The sun shall be turned into dark- ness, And the moon into blood, Before the great and terrible day of the LOKD come.
6And it shall come to pass, that who- soever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered; JOEL For in mount Zion and in Jeru- salem there shall be those thar escape, As the LORD hath said, And among the remnant those whom the LORD shall call A For, behold, in those days, and in that time, When I shall bring back the cap- tivity of Judah and Jerusalem, 2I will gather all nations, And mil bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat; And I will enter into judgment with them there For My people and for My heritage Israel, Whom they have scattered among the nations, And divided My land. 3And they have cast lots for My people; And have given a boy for a harlot, And sold a girl for wine, and have drunk.
4And also what are ye to Me, 0 Tyre, and Zidon, and all the regions of Philistia? will ye render retribu- tion on My behalf? and if ye ren- der retribution on My behalf, swiftly, speedily will I return your retribu- tion upon your own head. ^For- asmuch as ye have taken My silver and My gold, and have carried into your temples My goodly treasures; *the children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the sons of the Jevanim, that ye might remove them far from their border; 'behold, I will stir them up out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your retribution upon your own head; 8and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and; they shall sell them to the men of Sheba, to a nation far off; for the LORD hath spoken.
9Pro claim ye this among the na- tions, Prepare war; Stir up the mighty men; Let all the men of war draw near, Let them come up. 10Beat your plowshares into swords, And your pruning-hooks into spears; Let the weak say: 'I am strong ' "Haste ye, and come, all ye nations round about, And gather yourselves together; Thither cause Thy mighty ones to come down, 0 LORD' 12Let the nations be stirred up, and come up To the valley of a Jehoshaphat; For there will I sit to judge All the nations round about. 13Put ye in the sickle, For the harvest is ripe; Come, tread ye, For the winepress is full, the vats overflow; For their wickedness is great.
"Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!
For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. 15The sun and the moon are become black, And the stars withdraw their shin- ing. 1BAnd the LORD shall roar from Zion, And utter His voice from Jerusa- lem, And the heavens and the earth shall shake; But the LORD will be a refuge unto His people, And a stronghold to the children of Israel.
• That is, The Lord judgeth.
AMOS 17So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God, Dwelling in Zion My holy moun- tain j Then shall Jerusalem be holy, And there shall no strangers pass through her any more.
18And it shall come to pass in that day, That the mountains shall drop down sweet wine, And the hills shall flow with milk, And all the brooks of Judah shall flow with waters; And a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, And shall water the valley of Shittim. 19Egypt shall be a desolation, And Edom shall be a desolate wilder- ness, 1 For the violence against the chil- dren of Judah, Because they have shed innocent blood in their land. 20But Judah shall be inhabited for ever, And Jerusalem from generation to generation.
21 And I will hold as innocent their blood that I have not held as innocent; And the LORD dweUeth in Zion.
AMOS THE words of Amos, who was L among the herdmen of Tekoa, rhich he saw concerning Israel in the [ays of Uzziah king of Judah, and a the days of Jeroboam the son of oash king of Israel, two years before he earthquake.
2And he said: The LORD roareth from Zion, And uttereth His voice from Jeru- salem; And the pastures of the shepherds shall mourn, And the top of Carxnel shall wither, 'Thus saith the LORD: For three transgressions of Damas- cus, Yea, for four, I will not reverse it: Because they have threshed Gilead with sledges of iron.
*So will I send a fire into the house of Hazael, And it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad; 5And I will break the bar of Damas- cus, And cut off the inhabitant from Bikath-aven, And him that holdeth the sceptre from Beth-eden; And the people of Aram shall go into captivity unto Kir, Saith the LORD.
6Thus saith the LORD: For three transgressions of Gaza, Yea, for four, I will not reverse it: Because they carried away captive a whole captivity, To deliver them up to Edom. 7So will I send a fire on the wall of Gaza, AMOS And it shall devour the palace thereof; 8And I will cut off the inhabitan from Ashdod, And him that holdeth the sceptr from Ashkelon; And I will turn My hand agains Ekron, And the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, Saith the Lord GOD.
^Thus saith the LORD: For three transgressions of Tyre, Yea, for four, I will not reverse it • Because they delivered up a who!
captivity to Edom, And remembered not the brotherly covenant. - 10So will I send a fire on the wall of Tyre, And it shall devour the palaces thereof.
"Thus saith the LORD: For three transgressions of Edom, Yea, for four, I will not reverse it: Because he did pursue his brother with the sword, And did cast off all pity, And his anger did tear perpetu- ally, And he kept his wrath for ever. 12So will I send a fire upon Teman, And it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
13Thus saith the LORD: For three transgressions of the chil- dren of Ammon, Yea, for four, I will not reverse it • Because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, That they might enlarge their border.
14So will I kindle a fire in the wall of Kabbah, And it shall devour the palaces thereof, With shouting in the day of battle, With a tempest in the day of the whirlwind; 15And their king shall go into captivity, He and his princes together, Saith the LORD.
O Thus saith the LORD: For three transgressions of Moab, Yea, for four, I will not reverse it: Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime. 2So will I 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 horn; 3And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, And will slay all the princes thereof with him, Saith the LORD.
4Thus saith the LORD: For three transgressions of Judah, Yea, for four, I will not reverse it. Because they have rejected the law of the LORD, And have not kept His statutes, And their lies have caused them to err, After which their fathers did walk. 5So will I send a fire upon Judah, And it shall devour the palaces of - Jerusalem.
saith the LORD: For three transgressions, of Israel, Yea, for four, I will not reverse it: Because they sell the righteous for silver, And the needy for a pair of shoes; 7That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, AMOS And turn aside the way of the hum- ble; And a man and his father go unto the same maid, To profane My holy name; 8 And they lay themselves down be- side every altar Upon clothes taken in pledge, And in the house of their God they drink The wine of them that have been fined. 9Yet 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. 10 Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, And led you forty years in the wilderness, To possess the land of the Amorite. 11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, And of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel?
Saith the LORD. 12But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink; And commanded the prophets, say- ing: ' Prophesy not.' 13Behold, I will make it creak under you, As a cart creaketh that is full of sheaves.
14And flight shall fail the swift, And the strong shall not exert his strength, Neither shall the mighty deliver himself; 15Neither 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; 16And he that is courageous among the mighty Shall flee away naked in that day, Saith the LORD.
0 Hear this word that the LOED hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which 1 brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying 2You only have I known of all the families of the earth; Therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities.
3Will two walk together, Except they have agreed? 4Will a lion roar in the forest, When he hath no prey?
Will a young lion give forth his voice out of his den, If he have taken nothing? 5Will a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, Where there is no lure for it?
Will a snare spring up from the ground, And have taken nothing at all? 6Shall the horn be blown in a city, And the people not tremble?
Shall evil befall a city, And the LORD hath not done it? 7For the Lord GOD will do noth- ing, But He revealeth His counsel unto His servants the prophets ^he lion hath roared, Who will not fear?
The Lord GOD hath spoken, Who can but prophesy?
Proclaim it upon the palaces at Ashdod, And upon the palaces in the land of Egypt, AMOS And say: 'Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, And behold the great confusions therein, And the oppressions in the midst thereof/ 10For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, Who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
nTheref ore thus saith the Lord GOD An adversary, even round about the land! And he shall bring down thy strength from thee, And thy palaces shall be spoiled. l2Thus saith the LORD: As the shepherd rescueth out of the mouth of the lion Two legs, or a piece of an ear, So shall the children of Israel that dwell in Samaria Escape with the corner of a couch, and the leg of a bed.
l3Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, Saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts 14For in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also punish the altars of Beth-el, And the horns of the altar shall be cut off, And fall to the ground. 18And 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.
A Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, That are in the mountain of Sama- ria, That oppress the poor, that crush the needy, I That say unto their lords. 'Bring, that we may feast/ 2The Lord GOD hath sworn by His holiness: Lo, surely the days shall come upon you, That ye shall be taken away with hooks, And your residue with fish-hooks. 3And ye shall go out at the breaches, every one straight before her; And ye shall be cast into Harmon, Saith the LORD.
4Come to Beth-el, and transgress, To Gilgal, and multiply transgres- sion; And bring your sacrifices in the morning, And your tithes after three days; 5And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, And proclaim freewill-offerings and publish them; For so ye love to do, 0 ye children of Israel,