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Amos - Revised Standard Version |
The Latter PROPHETS |
| Thus says the LORD:
"For three transgressions of Israel,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;
because they sell the righteous for silver,
and the needy for a pair of shoes -
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| they that trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth,
and turn aside the way of the afflicted;
a man and his father go in to the same maiden,
so that my holy name is profaned;
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| they lay themselves down beside every altar
upon garments taken in pledge;
and in the house of their God they drink
the wine of those who have been fined.
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| "Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them,
whose height was like the height of the cedars,
and who was as strong as the oaks;
I destroyed his fruit above,
and his roots beneath.
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| Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt,
and led you forty years in the wilderness,
to possess the land of the Amorite.
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| And I raised up some of your sons for prophets,
and some of your young men for Nazirites.
Is it not indeed so, O people of Israel?"
says the LORD.
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| "But you made the Nazirites drink wine,
and commanded the prophets,
saying, 'You shall not prophesy.'
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| "Behold, I will press you down in your place,
as a cart full of sheaves presses down.
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| Flight shall perish from the swift,
and the strong shall not retain his strength,
nor shall the mighty save his life;
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| he who handles the bow shall not stand,
and he who is swift of foot shall not save himself,
nor shall he who rides the horse save his life;
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| and he who is stout of heart among the mighty
shall flee away naked in that day,"
says the Lord. |
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| Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt: |
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| "You only have I known
of all the families of the earth;
therefore I will punish you
for all your iniquities.
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