Woe to the Complacent 1 Woe to you who are complacent in Zion, and to you who feel secure on Mount Samaria, you notable men of the foremost nation, to whom the people of Israel come! 2 Go to Kalneh and look at it; go from there to great Hamath, and then go down to […]
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Amos 8
A Basket of Ripe Fruit 1 This is what the SovereignLordshowed me: a basket of ripe fruit. 2 “What do you see, Amos?” he asked. “A basket of ripe fruit,” I answered. Then theLordsaid to me, “The time is ripe for my people Israel; I will spare them no longer. 3 “In that day,” declares […]
Amos 9
Israel to Be Destroyed 1 I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Bring them down on the heads of all the people; those who are left I will kill with the sword. Not one will get away, none will escape. […]
Joel 1
1 The word of theLordthat came to Joel son of Pethuel. An Invasion of Locusts 2 Hear this, you elders; listen, all who live in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your ancestors? 3 Tell it to your children, and let your children tell it […]
Joel 2
An Army of Locusts 1 Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy hill. Let all who live in the land tremble, for the day of theLordis coming. It is close at hand— 2 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like dawn spreading across the mountains […]
Joel 3
The Nations Judged # 1 “In those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, 2 I will gather all nations # and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will put them on trial for what they did to my inheritance, my people Israel, because […]
Hosea 1
1 The word of theLordthat came to Hosea son of Beeri during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the reign of Jeroboam son of Jehoashking of Israel: Hosea’s Wife and Children 2 When theLordbegan to speak through Hosea, theLordsaid to him, “Go, marry a promiscuous woman and have […]
Hosea 2
# 1 “Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’ Israel Punished and Restored 2 “Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adulterous look from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts. 3 Otherwise […]
Hosea 3
Hosea’s Reconciliation With His Wife 1 TheLordsaid to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress. Love her as theLordloves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.” 2 So I bought her for fifteen shekelsof silver […]
Hosea 4
The Charge Against Israel 1 Hear the word of theLord, you Israelites, because theLordhas a charge to bring against you who live in the land: “There is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment of God in the land. 2 There is only cursing,lying and murder, stealing and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows […]