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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.
And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.
He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.
Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.
And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.
A several tenth deal unto one lamb, throughout the seven lambs;
These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.
The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots.
And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.
Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary.
And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.
And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river.
