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The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw 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 earthquake.
How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.
He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?
That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.
As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;
Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure gold.
There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,
Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress.
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.
Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
To them which were in Beth-el, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,
The sower soweth the word.
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.
Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
