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\v 1 Yahweh our God showed me in a vision that he was going to send locusts to destroy our crops. It was going to happen right after the king's share of the hay had been harvested and before the rest of the hay was ready to be harvested.
\v 2 In the vision I saw those locusts come, and they ate everything that was green. Then I cried out, "Yahweh our Lord, please forgive us! We Israelite people are very helpless; how will we be able to survive ?"
\v 2 In the vision I saw those locusts come, and they ate everything that was green. Then I cried out, "Yahweh our Lord, please forgive us! We Israelite people are very helpless; how will we be able to survive?"
\p
\v 3 So Yahweh changed his mind and said, "That will not happen."
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\v 4 Then this is what Yahweh our Lord showed me in another vision: He was calling to a fire to come and punish his people. In the vision I saw that the fire had dried up the water under all the land and also had burned everything on the land.
\v 5 Then I cried out again, "Yahweh our Lord, I plead with you, please stop this! We Israelite people are very helpless; how will we be able to survive ?"
\v 4 Then this is what Yahweh our Lord showed me in another vision: he was calling to a fire to come and punish his people. In the vision I saw that the fire had dried up the water under all the land and also had burned everything on the land.
\v 5 Then I cried out again, "Yahweh our Lord, I plead with you, please stop this! We Israelite people are very helpless; how will we be able to survive?"
\p
\v 6 So Yahweh changed his mind again, and said, "That also will not happen."
\v 6 So Yahweh changed his mind again and said, "That also will not happen."
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\v 7 Then Yahweh showed me another vision. I saw him standing beside a wall. It was very straight because it had been built using a plumb line. Yahweh had the plumb line in his hand.
\v 8 Yahweh asked me, "Amos, what do you see?"
\p I replied, "A plumb line."
\p Then Yahweh said, "Look, I am going to use a plumb line among my Israelite people, to show that they are like a wall that is not straight. I will not change my mind again about punishing them.
\p Then Yahweh said, "Look, I am going to use a plumb line among my Israelite people to show that they are like a wall that is not straight. I will not change my mind again about punishing them.
\s5
\q1
\v 9 The hilltop places of idolatry where the descendants of Isaac worship idols will be destroyed.
\q2 And the other important holy places in Israel will also be destroyed.
\v 9 The hilltop places of idolatry where the descendants of Isaac worship idols will be destroyed,
\q2 and the other important holy places in Israel will also be destroyed.
\q1 And I will enable your enemies to attack your people with swords,
\q2 and they will get rid of King Jeroboam and all his descendants."
\q2 and they will get rid of King Jeroboam and all of his descendants."
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\v 10 Then Amaziah the priest at Bethel, sent a message to Jeroboam, the king of Israel. In the message he said, "Amos is plotting against you among the Israelite people. I am worried that the people of this country will not know that he is wrong.
\v 10 Then Amaziah, the priest at Bethel, sent a message to Jeroboam king of Israel. In the message he said, "Amos is plotting against you among the Israelite people. I am worried that the people of this country will not know that he is wrong.
\v 11 This is what he is saying:
\q1 'Jeroboam will soon be killed by someone using a sword,
\q2 and the people of Israel will be exiled.'"
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\q1 'Your wife will become a prostitute in this very city;
\q2 your sons and daughters will die because their enemies will kill them.
\q1 Others will measure your land
\q2 and divide it up among themselves;
\q2 and divide it up among themselves,
\q1 and you yourself will die in a foreign country.
\q1 And the people of Israel will certainly have to leave their country and go into exile.'"
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\q2 and you destroy the poor people.
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\v 5 You habitually say,
\q1 "We wish that the new moon festival would end soon,
\q2 in order that we may be allowed to sell our grain.
\q1 We wish that the Sabbath would end soon,
\q2 in order that we may again be permitted to sell our wheat.—
\q1 When we sell it,
\q2 we can charge a big price for it,
\q1 and we can cheat people by using scales that do not weigh correctly.
\q1 "We wish that the new moon festival would end soon
\q2 so that we may be allowed to sell our grain.
\q1 We wish that the Sabbath would end soon
\q2 so that we may again be permitted to sell our wheat;
\q1 when we sell it,
\q2 we will charge a bigger price for it
\q1 and we will cheat people by using scales that do not weigh correctly.
\q1
\v 6 We will sell wheat that is no good.
\q2 Those who are needy and poor and who do not have money to buy things,
\q2 Those who are needy and poor and who do not have money to buy things
\q1 we will make them our slaves
\q2 by buying them with the little amount of silver with which we could buy a pair of sandals!"
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\p
\v 7 Yahweh has declared, "As I live, I, whom you should worship: I solemnly declare that I will not forget the evil things that you have done.
\v 7 Yahweh has declared, "As I live, I, whom you should worship: I solemnly declare that I will not forget the evil things you have done.
\q1
\v 8 Because of those evil things, your country will certainly soon tremble,
\q2 and all of you will mourn.
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\q1 But it will not be a time when there is no food or water;
\q2 it will instead be a time when there will be no messages from me for anyone to hear.
\q1
\v 12 People will stagger from the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean Sea,
\v 12 People will stagger from the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean Sea
\q2 and wander from the north to the east,
\q1 searching for a message from me,
\q2 but there will not be any.
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\q2 because they will be very thirsty.
\q1
\v 14 Those who make oaths using the name of their shameful god of Samaria,
\q2 and those who solemnly promise to do something using the name of the god of Dan,
\q2 those who solemnly promise to do something using the name of the god of Dan,
\q2 and those who swear using the name of the god of Beersheba—
\q1 they will all die;
\q2 they will never get up again."
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\c 9
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\v 1 Yahweh showed me another vision. In the vision, I saw him standing next to the altar. He said,
\q1 "Strike the tops of the pillars of the temple,
\q2 until they become loose and fall down,
\q1 "Strike the tops of the pillars of the temple
\q2 until they become loose and fall down
\q2 so that the foundation will shake.
\q1 Then cause the pieces of the temple to fall down on the people who are inside.
\q1 I will kill with a sword anyone who tries to flee;
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\v 5 When Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, touches the earth, it melts,
\q2 and all over the earth many people die, and the others mourn for them.
\q1 It is as though Yahweh causes the earth repeatedly to rise and fall
\q2 like water in the Nile River rises and falls.
\q2 as water in the Nile River rises and falls.
\q1
\v 6 He builds his beautiful palace in heaven
\q2 and sets the sky to be like a dome over the earth.
\q1 He scoops up the water from the ocean and puts it into clouds,
\q1 He scoops up the water from the ocean and puts it into clouds
\q2 and then empties the clouds onto the earth.
\q2 His name is Yahweh.
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\s5
\q1
\v 9 When I command it, it will be as though I will shake you Israelite people who are living in various nations,
\q2 as farmer shakes a sieve to separate the stone pebbles from the grain
\q2 in order that they do not fall on the ground with the grain.
\v 9 When I command it, it will be as though I will shake you Israelite people who are living in various nations
\q2 as a farmer shakes a sieve to separate the stone pebbles from the grain
\q2 so that they do not fall on the ground with the grain.
\q1
\v 10 From among my people,
\q2 all you sinful people who say, 'We will not experience disasters; nothing evil will happen to us,'
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\v 11 "The kingdom over which King David ruled has been destroyed, like a house that collapsed and then became ruins.
\q2 But on that day I will cause it to become a kingdom again.
\q1 I will cause it to prosper again
\q2 just like it did previously.
\q2 just as it did previously.
\q1
\v 12 When that happens, your armies will seize the remaining part of the region of Edom,
\q2 and they will also seize the other nations that previously belonged to me.
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\q1
\v 14 I will cause you, my Israelite people, to prosper again.
\q2 You will rebuild your towns and live in them.
\q1 You will plant vineyards and drink the wine made from the grapes that grows in them.
\q1 You will plant vineyards and drink the wine made from the grapes that grow in them.
\q1
\v 15 I will enable you to live in your land again,
\q2 the land that I gave to your ancestors;