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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.
Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.
If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;
And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.
Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.
And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.
And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.
Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.
But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.
And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, Saul's sons.
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.
If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
