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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.
Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.
O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,
For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.
And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.
So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.
For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.
And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD.
Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.
