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First Vision: Locusts
7 The Lord God showed me this: He was forming a swarm of locusts(A) at the time the spring crop first began to sprout—after the cutting of the king’s hay. 2 When the locusts finished eating the vegetation of the land,(B) I said, “Lord God, please forgive!(C) How will Jacob survive since he is so small?” (D)
3 The Lord relented concerning this.(E) “It will not happen,” he said.
Second Vision: Fire
4 The Lord God showed me this: The Lord God was calling for a judgment by fire.(F) It consumed the great deep and devoured the land. 5 Then I said, “Lord God, please stop!(G) How will Jacob survive since he is so small?”
6 The Lord relented concerning this.(H) “This will not happen either,” said the Lord God.
Third Vision: A Plumb Line
7 He showed me this: The Lord was standing there by a vertical wall with a plumb line in his hand. 8 The Lord asked me, “What do you see, Amos?” (I)
I replied, “A plumb line.”
Then the Lord said, “I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel;(J) I will no longer spare them:(K)
9 Isaac’s high places(L) will be deserted,
and Israel’s sanctuaries will be in ruins;(M)
I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam
with a sword.”
Amaziah’s Opposition
10 Amaziah the priest(N) of Bethel sent word to King Jeroboam of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you(O) right here in the house of Israel. The land cannot endure all his words, 11 for Amos has said this: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will certainly go into exile from its homeland.’”(P)
12 Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer!(Q) Flee to the land of Judah. Earn your living[a] and give your prophecies there, 13 but don’t ever prophesy(R) at Bethel again, for it is the king’s sanctuary(S) and a royal temple.”
14 So Amos answered Amaziah, “I was[b] not a prophet or the son of a prophet;[c](T) rather, I was[d] a herdsman,(U) and I took care of sycamore figs. 15 But the Lord took me from following the flock(V) and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’”(W)
16 Now hear the word of the Lord. You say:
17 Therefore, this is what the Lord says:
Your wife will be a prostitute in the city,(Z)
your sons and daughters will fall by the sword,(AA)
and your land will be divided up
with a measuring line.
You yourself will die on pagan[e] soil,(AB)
and Israel will certainly go into exile(AC)
from its homeland.
Fourth Vision: A Basket of Summer Fruit
8 The Lord God showed me this: a basket of summer fruit. 2 He asked me, “What do you see, Amos?” (AD)
I replied, “A basket of summer fruit.”[f](AE)
The Lord said to me, “The end has come for my people Israel;(AF) I will no longer spare them.(AG) 3 In that day the temple[g] songs(AH) will become wailing”(AI)—this is the Lord God’s declaration. “Many dead bodies, thrown everywhere!(AJ) Silence!” (AK)
4 Hear this, you who trample on the needy(AL)
and do away with the poor of the land,(AM)
5 asking, “When will the New Moon be over
so we may sell grain,(AN)
and the Sabbath,
so we may market wheat?(AO)
We can reduce the measure
while increasing the price[h]
and cheat with dishonest scales.(AP)
6 We can buy the poor with silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals(AQ)
and even sell the chaff!”
7 The Lord has sworn(AR) by the Pride of Jacob:[i](AS)
I will never forget all their deeds.(AT)
8 Because of this, won’t the land quake(AU)
and all who dwell in it mourn?(AV)
All of it will rise like the Nile;(AW)
it will surge and then subside
like the Nile in Egypt.(AX)
9 And in that day—
this is the declaration of the Lord God—
I will make the sun go down at noon;(AY)
I will darken the land in the daytime.(AZ)
10 I will turn your feasts into mourning(BA)
and all your songs into lamentation;(BB)
I will cause everyone[j] to wear sackcloth(BC)
and every head to be shaved.(BD)
I will make that grief
like mourning for an only son(BE)
and its outcome like a bitter day.
11 Look, the days are coming—
this is the declaration of the Lord God—
when I will send a famine through the land:
not a famine of bread or a thirst for water,
but of hearing the words of the Lord.(BF)
12 People will stagger from sea to sea
and roam from north to east
seeking the word of the Lord,(BG)
but they will not find it.
13 In that day the beautiful young women,(BH)
the young men also, will faint from thirst.(BI)
14 Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria(BJ)
and say, “As your god lives, Dan,”(BK)
or, “As the way[k][l] of Beer-sheba lives”(BL)—
they will fall, never to rise again.(BM)
Fifth Vision: The Lord beside the Altar
9 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar,(BN) and he said:
Strike the capitals of the pillars(BO)
so that the thresholds shake;
knock them down on the heads of all the people.
Then I will kill the rest of them with the sword.(BP)
None of those who flee will get away;(BQ)
none of the fugitives will escape.
2 If they dig down to Sheol,(BR)
from there my hand will take them;
if they climb up to heaven,(BS)
from there I will bring them down.
3 If they hide
on the top of Carmel,
from there I will track them down(BT)
and seize them;
if they conceal themselves
from my sight on the sea floor,(BU)
from there I will command
the sea serpent to bite them.(BV)
4 And if they are driven
by their enemies into captivity,(BW)
from there I will command
the sword to kill them.(BX)
I will keep my eye on them
for harm and not for good.(BY)
5 The Lord, the God of Armies—
he touches the earth;(BZ)
it melts, and all who dwell in it mourn;
all of it rises like the Nile
and subsides like the Nile of Egypt.(CA)
6 He builds his upper chambers
in the heavens(CB)
and lays the foundation of his vault
on the earth.(CC)
He summons the water of the sea
and pours it out over the surface of the earth.(CD)
The Lord is his name.(CE)
Announcement of Judgment
7 Israelites, are you not like the Cushites to me?(CF)
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Didn’t I bring Israel from the land of Egypt,
the Philistines from Caphtor,[m](CG)
and the Arameans from Kir?(CH)
8 Look, the eyes of the Lord God
are on the sinful kingdom,(CI)
and I will obliterate it
from the face of the earth.(CJ)
However, I will not totally destroy
the house of Jacob(CK)—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
9 for I am about to give the command,
and I will shake the house of Israel(CL)
among all the nations,
as one shakes a sieve,
but not a pebble will fall to the ground.
10 All the sinners among my people(CM)
who say, “Disaster will never overtake[n]
or confront us,”(CN)
will die by the sword.
Announcement of Restoration
11 In that day
I will restore the fallen shelter(CO) of David:(CP)
I will repair its gaps,
restore its ruins,(CQ)
and rebuild it as in the days of old,(CR)
12 so that they may possess
the remnant of Edom(CS)
and all the nations
that bear my name[o](CT)—
this is the declaration of the Lord; he will do this.
13 Look, the days are coming—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
when the plowman will overtake the reaper(CU)
and the one who treads grapes,
the sower of seed.
The mountains will drip with sweet wine,
and all the hills will flow with it.(CV)
14 I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel.[p](CW)
They will rebuild and occupy ruined cities,(CX)
plant vineyards and drink their wine,
make gardens and eat their produce.(CY)
15 I will plant them on their land,
and they will never again be uprooted
from the land I have given them.(CZ)
The Lord your God has spoken.
The Letter to Philadelphia
7 “Write to the angel of the church in Philadelphia: Thus says the Holy One, the true one,(A) the one who has the key of David, who opens and no one will close, and who closes and no one opens: (B) 8 I know your works. Look, I have placed before you an open door that no one can close because you have but little power; yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.(C) 9 Note this: I will make those from the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews and are not, but are lying—I will make them come and bow down at your feet,(D) and they will know that I have loved you.(E) 10 Because you have kept my command to endure, I will also keep you from the hour of testing(F) that is going to come on the whole world to test those who live on the earth.(G) 11 I am coming soon.(H) Hold on to what you have,(I) so that no one takes your crown.(J)
12 “The one who conquers I will make a pillar(K) in the temple of my God, and he will never go out again. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God—the new Jerusalem,(L) which comes down out of heaven from my God—and my new name.(M)
13 “Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.
The Letter to Laodicea
14 “Write to the angel of the church in Laodicea: Thus says the Amen, (N) the faithful and true witness, the originator[a](O) of God’s creation: 15 I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were cold or hot. 16 So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am going to vomit[b] you out of my mouth. 17 For you say, ‘I’m rich; I have become wealthy and need nothing,’(P) and you don’t realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked. 18 I advise you to buy from me gold refined in the fire so that you may be rich,(Q) white clothes so that you may be dressed and your shameful nakedness not be exposed,(R) and ointment to spread on your eyes so that you may see. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and discipline.(S) So be zealous and repent. 20 See! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.(T)
21 “To the one who conquers I will give the right to sit with me on my throne,(U) just as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.
22 “Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.”
Psalm 131
A Childlike Spirit
A song of ascents. Of David.
1 Lord, my heart is not proud;
my eyes are not haughty.(A)
I do not get involved with things
too great or too wondrous for me.(B)
2 Instead, I have calmed and quieted my soul
like a weaned child with its mother;
my soul is like a weaned child.(C)
3 Israel, put your hope in the Lord,
both now and forever.(D)
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