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AMOS 3

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Israel’s Guilt and Punishment
  3:1 Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
2
“You only have I known
of all the families of the earth;
therefore I will punish you
for all your iniquities.

3
“Do two walk together,
unless they have agreed to meet?
4
Does a lion roar in the forest,
when he has no prey?
Does a young lion cry out from his den,
if he has taken nothing?
5
Does a bird fall in a snare on the earth,
when there is no trap for it?
Does a snare spring up from the ground,
when it has taken nothing?
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Is a trumpet blown in a city,
and the people are not afraid?
Does disaster come to a city,
unless the Lord has done it?

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“For the Lord God does nothing
without revealing his secret
to his servants the prophets.
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The lion has roared;
who will not fear?
The Lord God has spoken;
who can but prophesy?”

9
Proclaim to the strongholds in Ashdod
and to the strongholds in the land of Egypt,
and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria,
and see the great tumults within her,
and the oppressed in her midst.”
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“They do not know how to do right,” declares the Lord,
“those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.”
11 Therefore thus says the Lord God:
“An adversary shall surround the land
and bring down your defenses from you,
and your strongholds shall be plundered.”

    
12 Thus says the Lord: “As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the people of Israel who dwell in Samaria be rescued, with the corner of a couch and part of a bed.
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“Hear, and testify against the house of Jacob,”
declares the Lord God, the God of hosts,
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“that on the day I punish Israel for his transgressions,
I will punish the altars of Bethel,
and the horns of the altar shall be cut off
and fall to the ground.
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I will strike the winter house along with the summer house,
and the houses of ivory shall perish,
and the great houses shall come to an end,”declares the Lord.



AMOS 4

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4:1
“Hear this word, you cows of Bashan,
who are on the mountain of Samaria,
who oppress the poor, who crush the needy,
who say to your husbands, ‘Bring, that we may drink!’
2
The Lord God has sworn by his holiness
that, behold, the days are coming upon you,
when they shall take you away with hooks,
even the last of you with fishhooks.
3
And you shall go out through the breaches,
each one straight ahead;
and you shall be cast out into Harmon,”declares the Lord.

4
“Come to Bethel, and transgress;
to Gilgal, and multiply transgression;
bring your sacrifices every morning,
your tithes every three days;
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offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened,
and proclaim freewill offerings, publish them;
for so you love to do, O people of Israel!”declares the Lord God.
Israel Has Not Returned to the Lord
6
“I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities,
and lack of bread in all your places,
yet you did not return to me,”declares the Lord.

7
“I also withheld the rain from you
when there were yet three months to the harvest;
I would send rain on one city,
and send no rain on another city;
one field would have rain,
and the field on which it did not rain would wither;
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so two or three cities would wander to another city
to drink water, and would not be satisfied;
yet you did not return to me,”declares the Lord.

9
“I struck you with blight and mildew;
your many gardens and your vineyards,
your fig trees and your olive trees the locust devoured;
yet you did not return to me,”declares the Lord.

10
“I sent among you a pestilence after the manner of Egypt;
I killed your young men with the sword,
and carried away your horses,
and I made the stench of your camp go up into your nostrils;
yet you did not return to me,”declares the Lord.

11
“I overthrew some of you,
as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
and you were as a brand plucked out of the burning;
yet you did not return to me,”declares the Lord.

12
“Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel;
because I will do this to you,
prepare to meet your God, O Israel!”

13
For behold, he who forms the mountains and creates the wind,
and declares to man what is his thought,
who makes the morning darkness,
and treads on the heights of the earth—
the Lord, the God of hosts, is his name!



PROVERBS 6

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Practical Warnings
6:1
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor,
have given your pledge for a stranger,
2
if you are snared in the words of your mouth,
caught in the words of your mouth,
3
then do this, my son, and save yourself,
for you have come into the hand of your neighbor:
go, hasten, and plead urgently with your neighbor.
4
Give your eyes no sleep
and your eyelids no slumber;
5
save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

6
Go to the ant, O sluggard;
consider her ways, and be wise.
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Without having any chief,
officer, or ruler,
8
she prepares her bread in summer
and gathers her food in harvest.
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How long will you lie there, O sluggard?
When will you arise from your sleep?
10
A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest,
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and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
and want like an armed man.

12
A worthless person, a wicked man,
goes about with crooked speech,
13
winks with his eyes, signals with his feet,
points with his finger,
14
with perverted heart devises evil,
continually sowing discord;
15
therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly;
in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.

16
There are six things that the Lord hates,
seven that are an abomination to him:
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haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
and hands that shed innocent blood,
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a heart that devises wicked plans,
feet that make haste to run to evil,
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a false witness who breathes out lies,
and one who sows discord among brothers.
Warnings Against Adultery
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My son, keep your father’s commandment,
and forsake not your mother’s teaching.
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Bind them on your heart always;
tie them around your neck.
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When you walk, they will lead you;
when you lie down, they will watch over you;
and when you awake, they will talk with you.
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For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light,
and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,
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to preserve you from the evil woman,
from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
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Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes;
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for the price of a prostitute is only a loaf of bread,
but a married woman hunts down a precious life.
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Can a man carry fire next to his chest
and his clothes not be burned?
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Or can one walk on hot coals
and his feet not be scorched?
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So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife;
none who touches her will go unpunished.
30
People do not despise a thief if he steals
to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry,
31
but if he is caught, he will pay sevenfold;
he will give all the goods of his house.
32
He who commits adultery lacks sense;
he who does it destroys himself.
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He will get wounds and dishonor,
and his disgrace will not be wiped away.
34
For jealousy makes a man furious,
and he will not spare when he takes revenge.
35
He will accept no compensation;
he will refuse though you multiply gifts.



REVELATION 8

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The Seventh Seal and the Golden Censer
  8:1 When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. 2 Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. 3 And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne, 4 and the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel. 5 Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth, and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake. The Seven Trumpets
6 Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.
    
7 The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the earth. And a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.
    
8 The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood. 9 A third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
    
10 The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. 11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the water, because it had been made bitter.
    
12 The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light might be darkened, and a third of the day might be kept from shining, and likewise a third of the night.
    
13 Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice as it flew directly overhead, “Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, at the blasts of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!”

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