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1:1	The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmensheepherders offrom Tekoa, which he sawenvisioned in visions 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.
1:2	And he said, JehovahThe willLord roarroars from Zion, andAnd utter his voice from Jerusalem; andHe theutters pasturesHis ofvoice; And the shepherds shallpasture grounds mourn, andAnd the topsummit of Carmel shalldries witherup.
1:3	Thus saithsays Jehovah:the Lord, For three transgressions of Damascus, yea,and for four, I will not turnrevoke awayits the punishment, thereof;Because because they have threshed Gilead with threshingimplements instruments of sharp iron.
1:4	ButSo I will send a fire intoupon the house of Hazael, andAnd it shallwill devourconsume the palacescitadels of Ben hadad.
1:5	And I will also break the gate bar of Damascus, andAnd cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, andAnd him thatwho holdethholds the sceptrescepter, from theBeth house of Edeneden; andSo the people of SyriaAram shallwill go intoexiled captivityto unto Kir, saithSays Jehovahthe Lord.
1:6	Thus saithsays Jehovah:the Lord, For three transgressions of Gaza, yea,and for four, I will not turnrevoke awayits the punishment, thereof;Because because they carrieddeported awayan captiveentire thepopulation wholeTo people, to deliver themit up to Edom.
1:7	ButSo I will send a fire onupon the wall of Gaza, andAnd it shallwill devourconsume theher palaces thereofcitadels.
1:8	And I will also cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, andAnd him thatwho holdethholds the sceptrescepter, from Ashkelon; and I will turneven myunleash handMy againstpower upon Ekron;, andAnd the remnant of the Philistines shallwill perish, saithSays the Lord JehovahGod.
1:9	Thus saithsays Jehovah:the Lord, For three transgressions of Tyre, yea,and for four, I will not turnrevoke awayits the punishment, thereof;Because because they delivered up thean wholeentire peoplepopulation to Edom, andAnd remembereddid not remember the brotherlycovenant covenantof brotherhood.
1:10	ButSo I will send a fire onupon the wall of Tyre, andAnd it shallwill devourconsume theher palaces thereofcitadels.
1:11	Thus saithsays Jehovah:the Lord, For three transgressions of Edom, yea,and for four, I will not turnrevoke awayits the punishment, thereof;Because because he didpursued pursue his brother with the sword, andWhile didhe caststifled offhis allcompassion; pity,His and his anger didalso teartore perpetuallycontinually, andAnd he keptmaintained his wrathfury for everforever.
1:12	ButSo I will send a fire upon Teman, andAnd it shallwill devourconsume the palacescitadels of Bozrah.
1:13	Thus saithsays Jehovah:the Lord, For three transgressions of the childrensons of Ammon, yea,and for four, I will not turnrevoke awayits the punishment, thereof;Because because they have ripped upopen the pregnant women with child of Gilead, thatIn theyorder mayto enlarge their borderborders.
1:14	ButSo I will kindle a fire inon the wall of Rabbah, andAnd it shallwill devourconsume theher palacescitadels thereof,Amid withwar shoutingcries inon the day of battle, withAnd a tempeststorm inon the day of the whirlwind;tempest.
1:15	andTheir their king shallwill go into captivityexile, heHe and his princes together, saithsays Jehovahthe Lord.
2:1	Thus saithsays Jehovah:the Lord, For three transgressions of Moab, yea,and for four, I will not turnrevoke awayits the punishment, thereof;Because because he burned the bones of the king of Edom intoto lime.
2:2	ButSo I will send a fire upon Moab, andAnd it shallwill devourconsume the palacescitadels of Kerioth; andAnd Moab shallwill die withamid tumult, withWith shouting,war cries and with the sound of thea trumpet;.
2:3	and I will also cut off the judge from theher midst thereof, andAnd will slay all theher princes thereof with him, saithsays Jehovahthe Lord.
2:4	Thus saithsays Jehovah:the Lord, For three transgressions of Judah, yea,and for four, I will not turnrevoke awayits the punishment, thereof;Because because they have rejected the law of Jehovah,the andLord And have not kept hisHis statutes,; andTheir their lies also have causedled them to errastray, Those after which their fathers did walkwalked.
2:5	ButSo I will send a fire upon Judah, andAnd it shallwill devourconsume the palacescitadels of Jerusalem.
2:6	Thus saithsays Jehovah:the Lord, For three transgressions of Israel, yea,and for four, I will not turnrevoke awayits the punishment, thereof;Because because they havesell sold the righteous for silver,money andAnd the needy for a pair of shoes—sandals.
2:7	theyThese thatwho pant after the very dust of the earth on the head of the poor,helpless andAlso turn aside the way of the meek:humble; andAnd a man and his father goresort untoto the same maiden,girl In order to profane myMy holy name:.
2:8	andAnd theyon laygarments themselvestaken downas besidepledges everythey altarstretch uponout clothesbeside takenevery inaltar, pledge;And and in the house of their God they drink the wine of suchthose aswho have been fined.
2:9	Yet destroyedit was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, whoseThough his height was like the height of the cedars, andAnd he was strong as the oaks; yet I even destroyed his fruit from above, and his rootsroot from beneathbelow.
2:10	AlsoAnd it was I who brought you up outfrom of the land of Egypt, andAnd I led you in the wilderness forty years inThat theyou wilderness,might totake possesspossession of the land of the Amorite.
2:11	AndThen I raised up some of your sons forto be prophets, andAnd some of your young men forto be Nazirites. Is itthis not even thusso, O yesons children of Israel? saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord.
2:12	But yeyou gavemade the Nazirites drink wine, toAnd drink,you and commanded the prophets, saying, ProphesyYou shall not. prophesy!
2:13	Behold, I willam pressweighted youdown inbeneath youryou place,As as a cartwagon pressethis thatweighted isdown fullwhen offilled with sheaves.
2:14	AndFlight flightwill shall perish from the swift;, andAnd the strongstalwart shallwill not strengthen his force;power, neitherNor shall the mighty deliverman himself;save his life.
2:15	neitherHe shallwho hegrasps standthe thatbow handlethwill thenot bow;stand andhis heground, thatThe is swift of foot shallwill not deliverescape, himself;Nor neitherwill shall he thatwho ridethrides the horse deliversave himself;his life.
2:16	andEven hethe thatbravest is courageous among the mightywarriors shallwill flee away naked in that day, saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord.
3:1	Hear this word thatwhich Jehovahthe hathLord has spoken against you, Osons children of Israel, against the wholeentire family which IHe brought up outfrom of the land of Egypt, saying,
3:2	You only have I knownchosen ofamong all the families of the earth:; thereforeTherefore, I will visitpunish upon you for all your iniquities.
3:3	ShallDo two men walk together, exceptunless they have agreedmade an appointment?
3:4	WillDoes a lion roar in the forest, when he hathhas no prey? willDoes a young lion crygrowl outfrom of his den, ifunless he havehas takencaptured nothingsomething?
3:5	CanDoes a bird fall ininto a snaretrap uponon the earth,ground wherewhen nothere gin is setno forbait himin it? shallDoes a snaretrap spring up from the ground,earth andwhen haveit takencaptures nothing at all?
3:6	ShallIf thea trumpet beis blown in a city, andwill not the people nottremble? beIf afraid?a shallcalamity eviloccurs befallin a city, andhas Jehovahnot haththe notLord done it?
3:7	Surely the Lord JehovahGod willdoes do nothing, exceptUnless heHe revealreveals hisHis secret untocounsel hisTo His servants the prophets.
3:8	TheA lion hathhas roared;! whoWho will not fear? The Lord JehovahGod hathhas spoken;! whoWho can but prophesy?
3:9	PublishProclaim yeon in the palacescitadels atin Ashdod, and inon the palacescitadels in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves uponon the mountains of Samaria, and beholdsee whatthe great tumults arewithin therein,her and whatthe oppressions in theher midst thereof.
3:10	ForBut they knowdo not know how to do what is right, saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord, these who storehoard up violence and robberydevastation in their palacescitadels.
3:11	Therefore, thus saithsays the Lord Jehovah:God, An adversary there shall beenemy, even roundone aboutsurrounding the land;, andWill hepull shall bring down thyyour strength from thee,you andAnd thyyour palacescitadels shallwill be plunderedlooted.
3:12	Thus saithsays Jehovah:the AsLord, Just as the shepherd rescuethsnatches outfrom of the lions mouth ofa thecouple lionof two legs, or a piece of an ear, soSo shallwill the childrensons of Israel bedwelling rescuedin thatSamaria sitbe insnatched Samariaaway inWith the corner of a couch,bed and on the silkencover cushions of a bed.couch!
3:13	Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, saithDeclares the Lord JehovahGod, the God of hosts.
3:14	For inon the day that I shallpunish visitIsraels the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also visitpunish the altars of Beth elBethel; andThe the horns of the altar shallwill be cut off, andAnd they will fall to the ground.
3:15	And I will also smite the winter house together with the summer house; andThe the houses of ivory shallwill also perish, andAnd the great houses shallwill havecome to an end, saithDeclares Jehovahthe Lord.
4:1	Hear this word, yeyou kinecows of Bashan, thatwho are inon the mountain of Samaria, thatWho oppress the poor, thatwho crush the needy, thatWho say untoto theiryour Lordshusbands, Bring now, andthat letwe usmay drink.!
4:2	The Lord JehovahGod hathhas sworn by hisHis holiness, thatBehold, lo, the days shallare comecoming upon you, thatWhen they shallwill take you away with meat hooks, andAnd yourthe residuelast of you with fish hooks.
4:3	AndYou yewill shall go out atthrough breaches in the breacheswalls, everyEach one straight before her;, andAnd yeyou shallwill be cast yourselvesto into Harmon, saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord.
4:4	ComeEnter toBethel Beth el, and transgress; toIn Gilgal, and multiply transgression;! andBring bring your sacrifices every morning, andYour your tithes every three days;.
4:5	andOffer offer a sacrificethank ofoffering thanksgivingalso offrom that which is leavened, andAnd proclaim freewill offerings, andmake publish them: forknown. thisFor pleasethso you love to do, Oyou yesons children of Israel, saithDeclares the Lord JehovahGod.
4:6	AndBut I alsogave haveyou givenalso you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, andAnd wantlack of bread in all your places;, yetYet you have ye not returned untoto meMe, saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord.
4:7	And furthermore, I alsowithheld have withholden the rain from you, whenWhile there were yetstill three months tountil the harvest;. andThen I causedwould itsend to rain uponon one city, andAnd causedon itanother city I would not tosend rain; uponOne anotherpart city:would onebe piece was rained uponon, andWhile the piecepart whereuponnot it rained noton witheredwould dry up.
4:8	So two or three cities wanderedwould untostagger oneto another city to drink water, andBut werewould not be satisfied:; yetYet you have ye not returned untoto meMe, saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord.
4:9	I havesmote smitten you with blastingscorching wind and mildew:; And the multitudecaterpillar ofwas yourdevouring Your many gardens and your vineyards, and your fig trees and your olive trees; hathYet theyou palmer worm devoured: yet have ye not returned untoto meMe, saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord.
4:10	I have sent a plague among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt:; I slew your young men haveby I slain with the sword, andalong havewith carriedyour awaycaptured your horses;, andAnd I have made the stench of your camp torise come up evenin into your nostrils:; yetYet you have ye not returned untoto meMe, saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord.
4:11	I haveoverthrew overthrown cities among you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, andAnd yeyou were aslike a brandfirebrand pluckedsnatched outfrom ofa theblaze; burning:Yet yetyou have ye not returned untoto meMe, saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord.
4:12	Therefore, thus I will I do untoto theeyou, O Israel; andBecause because I willshall do this untoto theeyou, preparePrepare to meet thyyour God, O Israel.
4:13	For, lobehold, heHe thatwho formethforms the mountains, and createthcreates the wind, andAnd declarethdeclares untoto man what isare hisHis thought;thoughts, thatHe makethwho themakes morningdawn into darkness, andAnd treadethtreads uponon the high places of the earth—Jehovah, theThe Lord God of hosts, is hisHis name.
5:1	Hear ye this word which I take up for ayou lamentationas overa youdirge, O house of Israel.
5:2	TheShe virginhas offallen, Israelshe iswill fallen;not sherise shallagain noThe morevirgin rise:Israel. sheShe islies castneglected downon upon her land; thereThere is none to raise her up.
5:3	For thus saithsays the Lord Jehovah:God, The city thatwhich wentgoes forth a thousand shallstrong Will have a hundred left, andAnd thatthe one which wentgoes forth a hundred shallstrong Will have ten left, to the house of Israel.
5:4	For thus saithsays Jehovahthe untoLord to the house of Israel, Seek yeMe me,that andyou yemay shall live;.
5:5	butBut seekdo not Bethresort elto Bethel, norAnd enterdo intonot come to Gilgal, andNor passcross notover to BeerBeersheba; sheba:For for Gilgal shallwill surelycertainly go into captivity, andAnd BethBethel elwill shall come to noughttrouble.
5:6	Seek Jehovah,the andLord yethat shallyou may live;, lestLest heHe break outforth like a fire, inO the house of Joseph, andAnd it devour,consume andwith there be none to quench it infor Beth el.Bethel,
5:7	YeFor those who turn justice tointo wormwood, andAnd cast righteousness down righteousness to the earth,.
5:8	seekHe himwho thatmade maketh the Pleiades and Orion, andAnd turnethchanges thedeep shadowdarkness of death into the morning, andWho makethalso thedarkens day darkinto with night;, thatWho callethcalls for the waters of the sea, andAnd pourethpours them out uponon the facesurface of the earth, JehovahThe Lord is hisHis name;.
5:9	thatIt bringethis suddenHe who flashes forth with destruction upon the strong, soSo that destruction comethcomes upon the fortress.
5:10	They hate him thatwho reprovethreproves in the gate, andAnd they abhor him thatwho speakethspeaks uprightlywith integrity.
5:11	ForasmuchTherefore, thereforebecause asyou yeimpose trampleheavy uponrent on the poor, andAnd takeexact exactionsa tribute of grain from himthem, ofThough wheat:you ye have built houses of well hewn stone, butYet yeyou shallwill not dwelllive in them; yeYou have planted pleasant vineyards, butyet yeyou shallwill not drink thetheir wine thereof.
5:12	For I know howyour manifoldtransgressions are yourmany transgressions, and howyour mightysins are yourgreat, sins—yeYou thatwho afflictdistress the just,righteous thatand takeaccept a bribebribes, andAnd that turn aside the needypoor in the gate from their right.
5:13	Therefore, heat thatsuch isa prudenttime shallthe keepprudent silenceperson inkeeps suchsilent, a time; for it is an evil time.
5:14	Seek good, and not evil, that yeyou may live; andAnd sothus Jehovah,may the Lord God of hosts, will be with you, Just as yeyou say.have said!
5:15	Hate the evil, and love the good, andAnd establish justice in the gate:! itPerhaps maythe beLord that Jehovah, the God of hosts, willMay be gracious untoto the remnant of Joseph.
5:16	Therefore, thus saithsays Jehovah, the Lord God of hosts, the Lord:, WailingThere shallis bewailing in all the broadplazas, ways;And and they shall say in all the streets they say, Alas! alasAlas! andThey theyalso shall call the husbandmanfarmer to mourning, andAnd suchprofessional asmourners areto skilful in lamentation to wailing.
5:17	And in all the vineyards shallthere beis wailing;, forBecause I willshall pass through the midst of theeyou, saithsays Jehovahthe Lord.
5:18	WoeAlas, unto you thatwho desireare longing for the day of Jehovah!the WhereforeLord, wouldFor yewhat havepurpose will the day of Jehovahthe Lord be to you? It iswill be darkness, and not light.;
5:19	As ifwhen a man didflees flee from a lion, andAnd a bear metmeets him;, orOr wentgoes intohome, theleans house and leaned his hand onagainst the wall, andAnd a serpentsnake bitbites him.
5:20	ShallWill not the day of Jehovahthe Lord be darkness, andinstead notof light?, evenEven verygloom dark,with and no brightness in it?
5:21	I hate, I despisereject your feastsfestivals, andNor do I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
5:22	Yea,Even though yeyou offer meup yourto Me burnt offerings and mealyour grain offerings, I will not accept them; neitherAnd I will Inot regardeven look at the peace offerings of your fat beastsfatlings.
5:23	Take thou away from meMe the noise of thyyour songs; for I will not heareven listen to the melodysound of thyyour violsharps.
5:24	But let justice roll down aslike waters, andAnd righteousness aslike aan mightyever flowing stream.
5:25	Did yeyou bringpresent untoMe mewith sacrifices and grain offerings in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Israel?
5:26	Yea,You yealso havecarried bornealong theSikkuth tabernacle of your king and theKiyyun, shrine of your images, the star of your god,gods which yeyou made tofor yourselves.
5:27	Therefore, I will Imake cause you to go into captivityexile beyond Damascus, saithsays Jehovahthe Lord, whose name is the God of hosts.
6:1	Woe to themthose thatwho are at ease in Zion, andAnd to themthose thatwho arefeel secure in the mountain of Samaria, theThe notabledistinguished men of the chiefforemost of the nations, toTo whom the house of Israel come!comes.
6:2	PassGo yeover untoto Calneh, and see;look, andAnd go from thencethere go ye to Hamath the great;, thenThen go down to Gath of the Philistines:. areAre they better than these kingdoms?, orOr is their borderterritory greater than your borderyours?
6:3	—yeDo thatyou put faroff away the evilday dayof calamity, andAnd causewould you bring near the seat of violence to come near;?
6:4	thatThose liewho uponrecline on beds of ivory, andAnd stretchsprawl themselveson upon their couches, andAnd eat the lambs outfrom of the flock, andAnd the calves outfrom of the midst of the stall;,
6:5	thatWho singimprovise idle songs to the sound of the viol;harp, thatAnd inventlike forDavid themselveshave instrumentscomposed ofsongs musicfor themselves, like David;
6:6	thatWho drink wine infrom sacrificial bowls, andWhile they anoint themselves with the chieffinest of oils;, butYet they arehave not grieved forover the afflictionruin of Joseph.
6:7	Therefore, shall they will now go captiveinto withexile at the firsthead thatof gothe captive;exiles, andAnd the revelrysprawlers ofbanqueting themwill that stretched themselves shall pass away.
6:8	The Lord JehovahGod hathhas sworn by himselfHimself, saiththe Jehovah,Lord the God of hosts has declared: I abhorloathe the excellencyarrogance of Jacob, andAnd hateI detest his palacescitadels; thereforeTherefore, I will I deliver up the city withand all thatit is thereincontains.
6:9	And it shallwill come to passbe, if there remain ten men are left in one house, that they shallwill die.
6:10	AndThen whenones a mans uncle, shallor takehis him upundertaker, evenwill helift thathim burnethup him, to bringcarry out thehis bones outfrom of the house, and shallhe will say untoto himthe thatone who is in the innermost partspart of the house, Is thereanyone yetelse any with theeyou? andAnd hethat shallone will say, No; thenone. shallThen he saywill answer, HoldKeep thyquiet. peace;For forthe wename mayof notthe makeLord mentionis ofnot theto namebe of Jehovahmentioned.
6:11	For, behold, Jehovahthe commandeth,Lord andis going to command that the great house shall be smittensmashed withto breaches,pieces and the littlesmall house withto cleftsfragments.
6:12	ShallDo horses run uponon the rockrocks? willOr does one plow therethem with oxen? thatYet yeyou have turned justice into gallpoison, andAnd the fruit of righteousness into wormwood;,
6:13	yeYou thatwho rejoice in a thing of noughtLodebar, thatAnd say, Have we not takenby toour usown hornsstrength bytaken ourKarnaim ownfor strengthourselves?
6:14	For, behold, I willam going to raise up a nation against you a nation, O house of Israel, saithdeclares Jehovah, the Lord God of hosts;, andAnd they shallwill afflict you from the entrance of Hamath untoTo the brook of the Arabah.
7:1	Thus the Lord JehovahGod showed me:, and, behold, heHe formedwas locustsforming ina thelocust beginningswarm ofwhen the shootingspring upcrop ofbegan theto lattersprout. growth;And andbehold, lo,the itspring crop was the latter growth after the kings mowingsmowing.
7:2	And it came to pass thatabout, when theyit madehad anfinished end of eating the grassvegetation of the land, thenthat I said, O Lord JehovahGod, forgive,please Ipardon! beseechHow thee:can how shall Jacob stand?, forFor he is small.?
7:3	JehovahThe repentedLord concerningchanged His mind about this:. It shall not be, saithsaid Jehovahthe Lord.
7:4	Thus the Lord JehovahGod showed me:, and, behold, the Lord JehovahGod calledwas calling to contend with them by fire;, and it devouredconsumed the great deep, and wouldbegan haveto eatenconsume up the farm land.
7:5	Then I said I, O Lord JehovahGod, cease,please Istop! beseechHow thee:can how shall Jacob stand?, for he is small.?
7:6	JehovahThe repentedLord concerningchanged His mind about this:. This alsotoo shall not be, saithsaid the Lord JehovahGod.
7:7	Thus heHe showed me:, and, behold, the Lord stoodwas besidestanding a wall made by a plumbvertical linewall, with a plumb line in hisHis hand.
7:8	And Jehovahthe Lord said untoto me, Amos,What whatdo seestyou thousee, Amos? And I said, A plumb line. Then said the Lord said, Behold, I willam setabout to put a plumb line inIn the midst of myMy people Israel;. I will notspare again pass by them anyno more;longer.
7:9	andThe the high places of Isaac shallwill be desolate,desolated andAnd the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste;. andThen shall I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
7:10	Then Amaziah, the priest of BethBethel, el sent word to Jeroboam, king of Israel, saying, Amos hathhas conspired against theeyou in the midst of the house of Israel:; the land is notunable able to bearendure all his words.
7:11	For thus Amos saithsays, Jeroboam shallwill die by the sword, and Israel shallwill surelycertainly bego ledfrom awayits captiveland outinto of his landexile.
7:12	AlsoThen Amaziah said untoto Amos, OGo, thouyou seer, go, flee thou away intoto the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesythere there:do your prophesying!
7:13	butBut prophesyno notlonger againprophesy any more at BethBethel, el; for it is thea kings sanctuary, andof itthe isking and a royal houseresidence.
7:14	Then Amos answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I wasam nonot a prophet, neithernor wasam I the son of a prophets sonprophet; butfor I wasam a herdsman, and a dressergrower of sycomoresycamore trees:figs.
7:15	andBut Jehovahthe Lord took me from following the flock, and Jehovahthe Lord said untoto me, Go, prophesy untoto myMy people Israel.
7:16	NowAnd thereforenow hear thou the word of Jehovahthe Lord: Thouyou sayestare saying, ProphesyYou shall not prophesy against Israel, andnor dropshall notyou thyspeak word against the house of Isaac;.
7:17	thereforeTherefore, thus saithsays Jehovah:the ThyLord, Your wife shallwill bebecome a harlot in the city, andyour thy sons and thyyour daughters shallwill fall by the sword, andyour thy land shallwill be dividedparceled up by a measuring line;, and thouyou thyselfyourself shaltwill die inupon aunclean landsoil. that is uncleanMoreover, and Israel shallwill surelycertainly bego ledfrom awayits captiveland outinto of his landexile.
8:1	Thus the Lord JehovahGod showed me:, and, behold, there was a basket of summer fruit.
8:2	And heHe said, Amos,What whatdo seestyou thousee, Amos? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then the Lord said Jehovahto unto me, The end ishas come uponfor myMy people Israel;. I will notspare again pass by them anyno morelonger.
8:3	AndThe the songs of the templepalace shallwill beturn wailingsto wailing in that day, saithdeclares the Lord Jehovah:God. theMany deadwill bodiesbe shallthe be manycorpses; in every place shall they will cast them forth within silence.
8:4	Hear this, Oyou yewho thattrample would swallow up the needy, andto causedo away with the poorhumble of the land to fail,
8:5	saying, When will the new moon be goneover, So that we may sell grain?, andAnd the sabbath, that we may setopen forththe wheat market, makingTo make the ephahbushel small,smaller and the shekel greatbigger, andAnd dealingto falselycheat with balancesdishonest of deceit;scales,
8:6	thatSo weas mayto buy the poorhelpless for silver,money andAnd the needy for a pair of shoessandals, andAnd that we may sell the refuse of the wheat?
8:7	JehovahThe hathLord has sworn by the excellencypride of Jacob, SurelyIndeed, I will never forget any of their worksdeeds.
8:8	ShallBecause of this will not the land tremblequake forAnd this,everyone andwho everydwells onein it mourn? thatIndeed, dwellethall therein?of yea, it shallwill rise up wholly like the River;Nile, andAnd it shallwill be troubledtossed andabout, sinkAnd again,subside like the RiverNile of Egypt.
8:9	And it shallwill come toabout pass in that day, saithdeclares the Lord JehovahGod, thatThat I willshall causemake the sun to go down at noon, andAnd Imake will darken the earth dark in thebroad clear daydaylight.
8:10	AndThen I willshall turn your feastsfestivals into mourning, andAnd all your songs into lamentation; andAnd I will bring sackcloth uponon alleveryones loins, andAnd baldness uponon every head;. andAnd I will make it aslike thea time of mourning for an only son, andAnd the end thereofof asit will be like a bitter day.
8:11	Behold, the days comeare coming, saithdeclares the Lord JehovahGod, thatWhen I will send a famine inon the land, notNot a famine offor bread, noror a thirst for water, butBut ofrather for hearing the words of Jehovahthe Lord.
8:12	And theypeople shallwill wanderstagger from sea to sea, andAnd from the north even to the east; theyThey shallwill rungo to and fro to seek the word of Jehovahthe Lord, andBut shallthey will not find it.
8:13	In that day shall the fairbeautiful virgins andAnd the young men will faint forfrom thirst.
8:14	TheyAs thatfor those who swear by the singuilt of Samaria, andWho say, As thyyour god lives, O Dan, liveth; andAnd, As the way of BeerBeersheba shebalives, liveth;They theywill shall fall, and nevernot rise up again.
9:1	I saw the Lord standing beside the altar:, and heHe said, Smite the capitals, so that the thresholds maywill shake;, andAnd break them in pieces on the headheads of them all! ofThen them; and I will slay the lastrest of them with the sword:; thereThey shallwill not onehave ofa themfugitive who will flee away, andOr therea shallrefugee notwho onewill of them escape.
9:2	Though they dig into Sheol, thenceFrom there shall myMy hand take them; andAnd though they climbascend up to heaven, thenceFrom there will I bring them down.
9:3	And though they hide themselveson in the topsummit of Carmel, I will search them out and take them outfrom thencethere; andAnd though they beconceal hidthemselves from myMy sight inon the bottomfloor of the sea, thenceFrom willthere I will command the serpent, and it shallwill bite them.
9:4	And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thenceFrom willthere I will command the sword, andthat it shall slay them:, andAnd I will set mineMy eyes uponagainst them for evil, and not for good.
9:5	ForAnd the Lord, JehovahGod of hosts, isThe heOne thatwho touchethtouches the land andso that it meltethmelts, andAnd all thatthose who dwell thereinin shallit mourn;, andAnd all of it shallrises rise up wholly like the River,Nile andAnd shallsubsides sink again, like the RiverNile of Egypt;
9:6	itThe isOne hewho thatbuilds buildethHis hisupper chambers in the heavens, andAnd hathhas founded hisHis vaultvaulted upondome over the earth;, heHe thatwho callethcalls for the waters of the sea, andAnd pourethpours them out uponon the face of the earth;, JehovahThe Lord is hisHis name.
9:7	Are yeyou not as the childrensons of theEthiopia Ethiopiansto unto meMe, O childrensons of Israel? saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord. Have I not I brought up Israel outfrom of the land of Egypt, andAnd the Philistines from Caphtor, and the SyriansArameans from Kir?
9:8	Behold, the eyes of the Lord JehovahGod are uponon the sinful kingdom, andAnd I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saveNevertheless, that I will not utterlytotally destroy the house of Jacob, saithDeclares Jehovahthe Lord.
9:9	For, lobehold, I willam commandcommanding, andAnd I will siftshake the house of Israel among all the nations, likeAs as grain is siftedshaken in a sieve, yetBut shall not thea least kernel will fall uponto the earthground.
9:10	All the sinners of myMy people shallwill die by the sword, Those who say, The evilcalamity shallwill not overtake noror meetconfront us.
9:11	In that day I will I raise up the tabernaclefallen booth of David that is fallen, andAnd closewall up theits breaches thereof; and I will also raise up its ruins, andAnd Irebuild will build it as in the days of old;
9:12	thatThat they may possess the remnant of Edom, andAnd all the nations thatwho are called by myMy name, saithDeclares Jehovahthe thatLord doethwho does this.
9:13	Behold, the days comeare coming, saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord, thatWhen the plowman shallwill overtake the reaper, andAnd the treader of grapes him thatwho sowethsows seed; andWhen the mountains shallwill dropdrip sweet wine, andAnd all the hills shallwill meltbe dissolved.
9:14	AndAlso I will bringrestore back the captivity of myMy people Israel, andAnd they shallwill buildrebuild the wasteruined cities, and inhabitlive in them;, andThey theywill shallalso plant vineyards, and drink thetheir wine, thereof;And they shall also make gardens, and eat thetheir fruit of them.
9:15	And I will also plant them uponon their land, andAnd they shallwill nonot moreagain be pluckedrooted up out offrom their land whichWhich I have given them, saithSays Jehovahthe thyLord your God.