For the day of Jehovah is near in the valley of judgment. 15 The sun and the moon are darkened,

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And the stars withdraw their shining.

Jehovah also will roar from Zion,
And utter his voice from Jerusalem;
The heavens and the earth shall shake.
But Jehovah will be a refuge to his people;

A strong-hold to the sons of Israel.

17 Then shall ye know that I am Jehovah your God, Dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain;

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And Jerusalem shall be holy;

Strangers shall pass through her no more.

In that day shall the mountains drop down new wine, And the hills shall flow with milk,

And all the streams of Judah shall flow with water.

A fountain shall come forth from the house of Jehovah, That shall water the valley of Shittim.

Egypt shall be a waste,

And Edom a desolate wilderness,

For their violence against the sons of Judah;
For they shed innocent blood in their land.

20 But Judah shall be inhabited for ever,

And Jerusalem from generation to generation.

21 And I will avenge their blood, which I have not avenged, And Jehovah will dwell upon Zion.

AMOS.

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INSCRIPTION.

The words of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa, which he prophesied 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 earth quake. He said:

Threats of punishment against several foreign states, and against Judah and Israel. CH. I., II.

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JEHOVAH will roar from Zion,

And utter his voice from Jerusalem;

The habitations of the shepherds shall mourn,

And the top of Carmel shall wither.

Thus saith Jehovah ;

For three transgressions of Damascus,

And for four, will I not turn away its punishment;

For they thrashed Gilead with thrashing-wains of iron.

4 I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael,

Which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.

5 I will also break the bar of Damascus,

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And I will destroy the inhabitant from the valley of
Aven,

And him that holdeth the sceptre from Beth-Eden,
And the people of Syria shall be led captive to Kir:
Jehovah hath said it.

Thus saith Jehovah :

For three transgressions of Gaza,

And for four, I will not turn away its punishment;

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For they led captive all that fell into their hands,
And delivered them up to Edom.

7 But I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza,
Which shall devour her palaces.

8 And I will destroy the inhabitant from Ashdod,
And him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon ;
And I will turn my hand against Ekron,

And the residue of the Philistines shall perish.
The Lord, Jehovah, hath said it.

Thus saith Jehovah :

For three transgressions of Tyre,

And for four, will I not turn away its punishment;
Because they delivered up all their captives to Edom,

And remembered not the brotherly covenant.

10 But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, Which shall devour her palaces.

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Thus saith Jehovah :

For three transgressions of Edom,

And for four, will I not turn away his punishment;
For he pursued his brother with the sword,

And cast off all pity,

And his anger tore perpetually;

Yea, he kept his wrath forever.

12 But I will send a fire upon Teman,

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Which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.

Thus saith Jehovah:

For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, And for four, will I not turn away their punishment; For they ripped up the women with child of Gilead, That they might enlarge their border.

14 But I will kindle a fire on the wall of Rabbah, Which shall devour her palaces,

Amid the war-shout in the day of battle,

In a whirlwind in the day of the storm.

15 Their king shall go into captivity,

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He and his princes together, saith Jehovah.

Thus saith Jehovah :

For three transgressions of Moab,

And for four, will I not turn away his punishment;

For he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime; 2 But I will send a fire on Moab,

Which shall devour the palaces of Kirioth;

And Moab shall die amid tumults,

Amid the war-shout, and the sound of the trumpet. 3 I will destroy the judge from the midst of him, And slay all the princes with him, saith Jehovah.

4 Thus saith Jehovah:

For three transgressions of Judah,

And for four, will I not turn away their punishment;
For they have despised the law of Jehovah,

And have not kept his statutes,

And their idols have caused them to err,

After which their fathers walked.

5 But I will send a fire upon Judah,

Which shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

6 Thus saith Jehovah:

For three transgressions of Israel,

And for four, will I not turn away their punishment.
For they sell the righteous for silver,

And the needy for a pair of shoes;

7 They pant for the dust of the earth on the head of the

poor,

And pervert the cause of the afflicted.

The son and the father go in to the same damsel,

To dishonor my holy name.

8 They lay themselves down upon pledged garments

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Near every altar;

And drink wine, procured by fines,

In the house of their gods.

Yet I destroyed the Amorites before them,

Who were tall as the cedars,

And strong as the oaks.

I destroyed their fruit above,

And their roots beneath.

10 I brought you up from the land of Egypt,

And led you in the desert forty years,

That ye might possess the land of the Amorite.

11 Of your sons also I raised up prophets, And of your young men Nazarites ;

Is it not even so, Ŏ ye sons of Israel? saith Jehovah. 12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink,

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And commanded the prophets,

Saying, Prophesy not!

Behold, I will press you down,

As a wagon presseth down that is full of sheaves. 14 And flight shall fail the swift,

And the strong shall not exert his strength,
And the mighty shall not save his life,

15 And he that handleth the bow shall not stand,
And the swift of foot shall not save himself,
And the horseman shall not escape with his life.
16 He that is strong in heart among the mighty
Shall, in that day, flee away naked, saith Jehovah.

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Punishment threatened against the whole race of the Hebrews on account of injustice, luxury, and idolatry.— CH. III.

1 HEAR these words, which Jehovah speaketh against you, ye sons of Israel;

Against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt!

2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth; Therefore will I punish you for all your iniquities.

3 Can two walk together,

Unless they agree together?

4 Will the lion roar in the forest,

When he seeth no prey?

Will the young lion cry aloud from his den,
If he have seized nothing?

5 Can a bird fall into a snare upon the earth,
Where none is set for him?

Will a snare spring up from the ground,
When it hath caught nothing?