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Amos 2-5
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Amos 2-5
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2 Thus says the Lord:
(A)“For three transgressions of (B)Moab,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[a]
because (C)he burned to lime
the bones of the king of Edom.
2 So I will send a fire upon Moab,
and it shall devour the strongholds of (D)Kerioth,
and Moab shall die amid uproar,
amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;
3 (E)I will cut off the ruler from its midst,
and will kill (F)all its princes[b] with him,”
says the Lord.
Judgment on Judah
4 Thus says the Lord:
(G)“For three transgressions of Judah,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because (H)they have rejected the law of the Lord,
and have not kept his statutes,
but (I)their lies have led them astray,
those after which their fathers walked.
5 So (J)I will send a fire upon Judah,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.”
Judgment on Israel
6 Thus says the Lord:
(K)“For three transgressions of Israel,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because (L)they sell the righteous for (M)silver,
and the needy for a pair of sandals—
7 those who trample the head of the poor (N)into the dust of the earth
and (O)turn aside the way of the afflicted;
(P)a man and his father go in to the same girl,
so that my holy name is profaned;
8 they lay themselves down beside every altar
on garments (Q)taken in pledge,
and in the house of their God they drink
the wine of those who have been fined.
9 “Yet (R)it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them,
(S)whose height was like the height of the cedars
and who was as strong as the oaks;
(T)I destroyed his fruit above
and his roots beneath.
10 (U)Also it was I who brought you up out of the land of Egypt
(V)and led you forty years in the wilderness,
(W)to possess the land of the Amorite.
11 And I raised up some of your sons for prophets,
and some of your young men for (X)Nazirites.
Is it not indeed so, O people of Israel?”
declares the Lord.
12 “But you made the Nazirites (Y)drink wine,
and commanded the prophets,
saying, (Z)‘You shall not prophesy.’
13 “Behold, I will press you down in your place,
as a cart full of sheaves presses down.
14 (AA)Flight shall perish from the swift,
(AB)and the strong shall not retain his strength,
(AC)nor shall the mighty save his life;
15 he who handles the bow shall not stand,
and he who is (AD)swift of foot shall not save himself,
(AE)nor shall he who rides the horse save his life;
16 and he who is stout of heart among the mighty
shall flee away naked in that day,”
declares the Lord.
Israel's Guilt and Punishment
3 (AF)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 (AG)“You only have I known
of all the families of the earth;
(AH)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?
6 (AI)Is a trumpet blown in a city,
and the people are not afraid?
(AJ)Does disaster come to a city,
unless the Lord has done it?
7 “For the Lord God does nothing
(AK)without revealing his secret
to his servants the prophets.
8 The lion has roared;
who will not fear?
(AL)The Lord God has spoken;
who can but prophesy?”
9 Proclaim to the strongholds in (AM)Ashdod
and to the strongholds in the land of Egypt,
and say, “Assemble yourselves on (AN)the mountains of Samaria,
and see the great tumults within her,
and (AO)the oppressed in her midst.”
10 “They do not know how to do right,” declares the Lord,
(AP)“those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.”
11 Therefore thus says the Lord God:
(AQ)“An adversary shall surround the land
and bring down[c] your defenses from you,
and (AR)your strongholds shall be plundered.”
12 Thus says the Lord: (AS)“As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, (AT)so shall the people of Israel (AU)who dwell in Samaria be rescued, with the corner of a couch and part[d] of a bed.
13 “Hear, (AV)and testify against the house of Jacob,”
declares the Lord God, (AW)the God of hosts,
14 “that on the day I punish Israel for his transgressions,
(AX)I will punish the altars of Bethel,
and (AY)the horns of the altar shall be cut off
and fall to the ground.
15 (AZ)I will strike (BA)the winter house along with (BB)the summer house,
and (BC)the houses of ivory shall perish,
and the great houses[e] shall come to an end,”
declares the Lord.
4 “Hear this word, (BD)you cows of Bashan,
who are (BE)on the mountain of Samaria,
(BF)who oppress the poor, (BG)who crush the needy,
who say to your husbands, ‘Bring, that we may drink!’
2 (BH)The Lord God has sworn by his holiness
that, behold, the days are coming upon you,
(BI)when they shall take you away with hooks,
(BJ)even the last of you with fishhooks.
3 (BK)And you shall go out through the breaches,
each one straight ahead;
and you shall be cast out into Harmon,”
declares the Lord.
4 (BL)“Come to Bethel, and transgress;
to (BM)Gilgal, and multiply transgression;
(BN)bring your (BO)sacrifices every morning,
your tithes every three days;
5 offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of (BP)that which is leavened,
and proclaim (BQ)freewill offerings, publish them;
(BR)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 (BS)lack of bread in all your places,
(BT)yet you did not return to me,”
declares the Lord.
7 “I also (BU)withheld the rain from you
when there were yet three months to the harvest;
(BV)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;
8 so two or three cities (BW)would wander to another city
to drink water, and would not be satisfied;
(BX)yet you did not return to me,”
declares the Lord.
9 (BY)“I struck you with blight and mildew;
your many gardens and your vineyards,
your fig trees and your olive trees (BZ)the locust devoured;
(CA)yet you did not return to me,”
declares the Lord.
10 “I sent among you a pestilence (CB)after the manner of Egypt;
I killed your young men with the sword,
and (CC)carried away your horses,[f]
and (CD)I made the stench of your camp go up into your nostrils;
(CE)yet you did not return to me,”
declares the Lord.
11 “I overthrew some of you,
(CF)as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
and you were (CG)as a brand[g] plucked out of the burning;
(CH)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, (CI)he who forms the mountains and creates the wind,
and (CJ)declares to man what is his thought,
(CK)who makes the morning darkness,
and (CL)treads on the heights of the earth—
(CM)the Lord, the God of hosts, is his name!
Seek the Lord and Live
5 Hear this word that I (CN)take up over you in lamentation, O house of Israel:
2 “Fallen, no more to rise,
is (CO)the virgin Israel;
forsaken on her land,
with none to raise her up.”
3 For thus says the Lord God:
“The city that went out a thousand
shall have a hundred left,
and that which went out a hundred
shall have ten left
to the house of Israel.”
4 For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel:
(CP)“Seek me and live;
5 but do not seek (CQ)Bethel,
and do not enter into (CR)Gilgal
or cross over to (CS)Beersheba;
for (CT)Gilgal shall surely go into exile,
and (CU)Bethel shall come to nothing.”
6 (CV)Seek the Lord and live,
(CW)lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
and it devour, with none to quench it for (CX)Bethel,
7 O (CY)you who turn justice to wormwood[h]
and cast down righteousness to the earth!
8 He who made the (CZ)Pleiades and Orion,
and turns deep darkness into the morning
and (DA)darkens the day into night,
who (DB)calls for the waters of the sea
(DC)and pours them out on the surface of the earth,
(DD)the Lord is his name;
9 (DE)who makes destruction flash forth against the strong,
so that destruction comes upon the fortress.
10 (DF)They hate him who reproves (DG)in the gate,
and they (DH)abhor him who speaks the truth.
11 Therefore because you (DI)trample on[i] the poor
and you exact taxes of grain from him,
(DJ)you have built houses of hewn stone,
but you shall not dwell in them;
(DK)you have planted pleasant vineyards,
but you shall not drink their wine.
12 For I know how many are your transgressions
and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who (DL)take a bribe,
and (DM)turn aside the needy (DN)in the gate.
13 Therefore he who is prudent will (DO)keep silent in such a time,
(DP)for it is an evil time.
14 (DQ)Seek good, and not evil,
that you may live;
and so the Lord, (DR)the God of hosts, will be with you,
as you have said.
15 (DS)Hate evil, and love good,
and establish justice (DT)in the gate;
(DU)it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,
will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
16 Therefore thus says the Lord, (DV)the God of hosts, the Lord:
“In all the squares (DW)there shall be wailing,
and in all the streets they shall say, ‘Alas! Alas!’
They shall call the farmers to mourning
and (DX)to wailing those who are skilled in lamentation,
17 and in all vineyards there shall be wailing,
for (DY)I will pass through your midst,”
says the Lord.
Let Justice Roll Down
18 Woe to you who desire (DZ)the day of the Lord!
Why would you have the day of the Lord?
(EA)It is darkness, and not light,
19 (EB)as if a man fled from a lion,
and a bear met him,
or went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall,
and a serpent bit him.
20 (EC)Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light,
and gloom with no brightness in it?
21 (ED)“I hate, I despise your feasts,
and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
22 (EE)Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings,
I will not accept them;
and the peace offerings of your fattened animals,
I will not look upon them.
23 Take away from me the noise of your songs;
to (EF)the melody of your harps I will not listen.
24 But let justice roll down like waters,
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
25 (EG)“Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? 26 (EH)You (EI)shall take up Sikkuth your king, and Kiyyun your star-god—your images that you made for yourselves, 27 (EJ)and I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the Lord, whose name is (EK)the God of hosts.
Footnotes
- Amos 2:1 Hebrew I will not turn it back; also verses 4, 6
- Amos 2:3 Or officials
- Amos 3:11 Hebrew An adversary, one who surrounds the land—he shall bring down
- Amos 3:12 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
- Amos 3:15 Or and many houses
- Amos 4:10 Hebrew along with the captivity of your horses
- Amos 4:11 That is, a burning stick
- Amos 5:7 Or to bitter fruit
- Amos 5:11 Or you tax
Amos 2-5
New International Version
Amos 2-5
New International Version
2 This is what the Lord says:
“For three sins of Moab,(A)
even for four, I will not relent.
Because he burned to ashes(B)
the bones of Edom’s king,
2 I will send fire on Moab
that will consume the fortresses of Kerioth.[a](C)
Moab will go down in great tumult
amid war cries(D) and the blast of the trumpet.(E)
3 I will destroy her ruler(F)
and kill all her officials with him,”(G)
says the Lord.(H)
4 This is what the Lord says:
“For three sins of Judah,(I)
even for four, I will not relent.
Because they have rejected the law(J) of the Lord
and have not kept his decrees,(K)
because they have been led astray(L) by false gods,[b](M)
the gods[c] their ancestors followed,(N)
5 I will send fire(O) on Judah
that will consume the fortresses(P) of Jerusalem.(Q)”
Judgment on Israel
6 This is what the Lord says:
“For three sins of Israel,
even for four, I will not relent.(R)
They sell the innocent for silver,
and the needy for a pair of sandals.(S)
7 They trample on the heads of the poor
as on the dust of the ground
and deny justice to the oppressed.
Father and son use the same girl
and so profane my holy name.(T)
8 They lie down beside every altar
on garments taken in pledge.(U)
In the house of their god
they drink wine(V) taken as fines.(W)
9 “Yet I destroyed the Amorites(X) before them,
though they were tall(Y) as the cedars
and strong as the oaks.(Z)
I destroyed their fruit above
and their roots(AA) below.
10 I brought you up out of Egypt(AB)
and led(AC) you forty years in the wilderness(AD)
to give you the land of the Amorites.(AE)
11 “I also raised up prophets(AF) from among your children
and Nazirites(AG) from among your youths.
Is this not true, people of Israel?”
declares the Lord.
12 “But you made the Nazirites drink wine
and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.(AH)
13 “Now then, I will crush you
as a cart crushes when loaded with grain.(AI)
14 The swift will not escape,(AJ)
the strong(AK) will not muster their strength,
and the warrior will not save his life.(AL)
15 The archer(AM) will not stand his ground,
the fleet-footed soldier will not get away,
and the horseman(AN) will not save his life.(AO)
16 Even the bravest warriors(AP)
will flee naked on that day,”
declares the Lord.
Witnesses Summoned Against Israel
3 Hear this word, people of Israel, the word the Lord has spoken against you(AQ)—against the whole family I brought up out of Egypt:(AR)
2 “You only have I chosen(AS)
of all the families of the earth;
therefore I will punish(AT) you
for all your sins.(AU)”
3 Do two walk together
unless they have agreed to do so?
4 Does a lion roar(AV) in the thicket
when it has no prey?(AW)
Does it growl in its den
when it has caught nothing?
5 Does a bird swoop down to a trap on the ground
when no bait(AX) is there?
Does a trap spring up from the ground
if it has not caught anything?
6 When a trumpet(AY) sounds in a city,
do not the people tremble?
When disaster(AZ) comes to a city,
has not the Lord caused it?(BA)
7 Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing
without revealing his plan(BB)
to his servants the prophets.(BC)
8 The lion(BD) has roared(BE)—
who will not fear?
The Sovereign Lord has spoken—
who can but prophesy?(BF)
9 Proclaim to the fortresses of Ashdod(BG)
and to the fortresses of Egypt:
“Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria;(BH)
see the great unrest within her
and the oppression among her people.”
10 “They do not know how to do right,(BI)” declares the Lord,
“who store up in their fortresses(BJ)
what they have plundered(BK) and looted.”
11 Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“An enemy will overrun your land,
pull down your strongholds
and plunder your fortresses.(BL)”
12 This is what the Lord says:
“As a shepherd rescues from the lion’s(BM) mouth
only two leg bones or a piece of an ear,
so will the Israelites living in Samaria be rescued,
with only the head of a bed
and a piece of fabric[d] from a couch.[e](BN)”
13 “Hear this and testify(BO) against the descendants of Jacob,” declares the Lord, the Lord God Almighty.
14 “On the day I punish(BP) Israel for her sins,
I will destroy the altars of Bethel;(BQ)
the horns(BR) of the altar will be cut off
and fall to the ground.
15 I will tear down the winter house(BS)
along with the summer house;(BT)
the houses adorned with ivory(BU) will be destroyed
and the mansions(BV) will be demolished,(BW)”
declares the Lord.(BX)
Israel Has Not Returned to God
4 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan(BY) on Mount Samaria,(BZ)
you women who oppress the poor(CA) and crush the needy(CB)
and say to your husbands,(CC) “Bring us some drinks!(CD)”
2 The Sovereign Lord has sworn by his holiness:
“The time(CE) will surely come
when you will be taken away(CF) with hooks,(CG)
the last of you with fishhooks.[f]
3 You will each go straight out
through breaches in the wall,(CH)
and you will be cast out toward Harmon,[g]”
declares the Lord.
4 “Go to Bethel(CI) and sin;
go to Gilgal(CJ) and sin yet more.
Bring your sacrifices every morning,(CK)
your tithes(CL) every three years.[h](CM)
5 Burn leavened bread(CN) as a thank offering
and brag about your freewill offerings(CO)—
boast about them, you Israelites,
for this is what you love to do,”
declares the Sovereign Lord.
6 “I gave you empty stomachs in every city
and lack of bread in every town,
yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.(CP)
7 “I also withheld(CQ) rain from you
when the harvest was still three months away.
I sent rain on one town,
but withheld it from another.(CR)
One field had rain;
another had none and dried up.
8 People staggered from town to town for water(CS)
but did not get enough(CT) to drink,
yet you have not returned(CU) to me,”
declares the Lord.(CV)
9 “Many times I struck your gardens and vineyards,
destroying them with blight and mildew.(CW)
Locusts(CX) devoured your fig and olive trees,(CY)
yet you have not returned(CZ) to me,”
declares the Lord.
10 “I sent plagues(DA) among you
as I did to Egypt.(DB)
I killed your young men(DC) with the sword,
along with your captured horses.
I filled your nostrils with the stench(DD) of your camps,
yet you have not returned to me,”(DE)
declares the Lord.(DF)
11 “I overthrew some of you
as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.(DG)
You were like a burning stick(DH) snatched from the fire,
yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.(DI)
12 “Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel,
and because I will do this to you, Israel,
prepare to meet your God.”
13 He who forms the mountains,(DJ)
who creates the wind,(DK)
and who reveals his thoughts(DL) to mankind,
who turns dawn to darkness,
and treads on the heights of the earth(DM)—
the Lord God Almighty is his name.(DN)
A Lament and Call to Repentance
5 Hear this word, Israel, this lament(DO) I take up concerning you:
2 “Fallen is Virgin(DP) Israel,
never to rise again,
deserted in her own land,
with no one to lift her up.(DQ)”
3 This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Israel:
“Your city that marches out a thousand strong
will have only a hundred left;
your town that marches out a hundred strong
will have only ten left.(DR)”
4 This is what the Lord says to Israel:
“Seek(DS) me and live;(DT)
5 do not seek Bethel,
do not go to Gilgal,(DU)
do not journey to Beersheba.(DV)
For Gilgal will surely go into exile,
and Bethel will be reduced to nothing.[i](DW)”
6 Seek(DX) the Lord and live,(DY)
or he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire;(DZ)
it will devour them,
and Bethel(EA) will have no one to quench it.(EB)
7 There are those who turn justice into bitterness(EC)
and cast righteousness(ED) to the ground.(EE)
8 He who made the Pleiades and Orion,(EF)
who turns midnight into dawn(EG)
and darkens day into night,(EH)
who calls for the waters of the sea
and pours them out over the face of the land—
the Lord is his name.(EI)
9 With a blinding flash he destroys the stronghold
and brings the fortified city to ruin.(EJ)
10 There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court(EK)
and detest the one who tells the truth.(EL)
11 You levy a straw tax on the poor(EM)
and impose a tax on their grain.
Therefore, though you have built stone mansions,(EN)
you will not live in them;(EO)
though you have planted lush vineyards,
you will not drink their wine.(EP)
12 For I know how many are your offenses
and how great your sins.(EQ)
There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes(ER)
and deprive the poor(ES) of justice in the courts.(ET)
13 Therefore the prudent keep quiet(EU) in such times,
for the times are evil.(EV)
14 Seek good, not evil,
that you may live.(EW)
Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you,
just as you say he is.
15 Hate evil,(EX) love good;(EY)
maintain justice in the courts.(EZ)
Perhaps(FA) the Lord God Almighty will have mercy(FB)
on the remnant(FC) of Joseph.
16 Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord God Almighty, says:
“There will be wailing(FD) in all the streets(FE)
and cries of anguish in every public square.
The farmers(FF) will be summoned to weep
and the mourners to wail.
17 There will be wailing(FG) in all the vineyards,
for I will pass through(FH) your midst,”
says the Lord.(FI)
The Day of the Lord
18 Woe to you who long
for the day of the Lord!(FJ)
Why do you long for the day of the Lord?(FK)
That day will be darkness,(FL) not light.(FM)
19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion
only to meet a bear,(FN)
as though he entered his house
and rested his hand on the wall
only to have a snake bite him.(FO)
20 Will not the day of the Lord be darkness,(FP) not light—
pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness?(FQ)
21 “I hate,(FR) I despise your religious festivals;(FS)
your assemblies(FT) are a stench to me.
22 Even though you bring me burnt offerings(FU) and grain offerings,
I will not accept them.(FV)
Though you bring choice fellowship offerings,
I will have no regard for them.(FW)
23 Away with the noise of your songs!
I will not listen to the music of your harps.(FX)
24 But let justice(FY) roll on like a river,
righteousness(FZ) like a never-failing stream!(GA)
25 “Did you bring me sacrifices(GB) and offerings
forty years(GC) in the wilderness, people of Israel?
26 You have lifted up the shrine of your king,
the pedestal of your idols,(GD)
the star of your god[j]—
which you made for yourselves.
27 Therefore I will send you into exile(GE) beyond Damascus,”
says the Lord, whose name is God Almighty.(GF)
Footnotes
- Amos 2:2 Or of her cities
- Amos 2:4 Or by lies
- Amos 2:4 Or lies
- Amos 3:12 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
- Amos 3:12 Or Israelites be rescued, / those who sit in Samaria / on the edge of their beds / and in Damascus on their couches.
- Amos 4:2 Or away in baskets, / the last of you in fish baskets
- Amos 4:3 Masoretic Text; with a different word division of the Hebrew (see Septuagint) out, you mountain of oppression
- Amos 4:4 Or days
- Amos 5:5 Hebrew aven, a reference to Beth Aven (a derogatory name for Bethel); see Hosea 4:15.
- Amos 5:26 Or lifted up Sakkuth your king / and Kaiwan your idols, / your star-gods; Septuagint lifted up the shrine of Molek / and the star of your god Rephan, / their idols
Amos 2-5
King James Version
Amos 2-5
King James Version
2 Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:
3 And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the Lord.
4 Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:
5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
6 Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
7 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
8 And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
10 Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the Lord.
12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
13 Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.
14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.
16 And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the Lord.
3 Hear this word that the Lord hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,
2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?
6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?
7 Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
8 The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
9 Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.
10 For they know not to do right, saith the Lord, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
11 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.
12 Thus saith the Lord; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.
13 Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord God, the God of hosts,
14 That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.
15 And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the Lord.
4 Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
2 The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.
3 And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the Lord.
4 Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years:
5 And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord God.
6 And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.
7 And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
8 So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.
9 I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.
10 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.
11 I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.
12 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
13 For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The Lord, The God of hosts, is his name.
5 Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
3 For thus saith the Lord God; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.
4 For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
5 But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.
6 Seek the Lord, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
7 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name:
9 That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
14 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
16 Therefore the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the Lord.
18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.
19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
20 Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
25 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
26 But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, whose name is The God of hosts.
Revelation 14
English Standard Version
Revelation 14
English Standard Version
The Lamb and the 144,000
14 Then I looked, and behold, on (A)Mount Zion (B)stood the Lamb, and with him (C)144,000 who (D)had his name and his Father's name written (E)on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from heaven (F)like the roar of many waters and (G)like the sound of loud thunder. The voice I heard was like the sound of (H)harpists playing on their harps, 3 and they were singing (I)a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. (J)No one could learn that song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. 4 It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for (K)they are virgins. It is these (L)who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as (M)firstfruits for God and the Lamb, 5 and (N)in their mouth no lie was found, for they are (O)blameless.
The Messages of the Three Angels
6 Then I saw another angel (P)flying directly overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to (Q)those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people. 7 And he said with a loud voice, (R)“Fear God and (S)give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and (T)worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the (U)springs of water.”
8 Another angel, a second, followed, saying, (V)“Fallen, fallen is (W)Babylon the great, (X)she who made all nations drink (Y)the wine of the passion[a] of her sexual immorality.”
9 And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone (Z)worships the beast and its image and receives (AA)a mark on his forehead or on his hand, 10 he also will drink (AB)the wine of God's wrath, (AC)poured full strength into the cup of his anger, and (AD)he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. 11 And (AE)the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and (AF)they have no rest, day or night, these (AG)worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.”
12 (AH)Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who (AI)keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.[b]
13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: (AJ)Blessed are the dead (AK)who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, (AL)“that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!”
The Harvest of the Earth
14 Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one (AM)like a son of man, (AN)with a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand. 15 And another angel (AO)came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, (AP)“Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for (AQ)the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.” 16 So he who sat on the cloud swung his sickle across the earth, and the earth was reaped.
17 Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. 18 And another angel came out from the altar, (AR)the angel who has authority over the fire, and he called with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, “Put in your sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, (AS)for its grapes are ripe.” 19 So the angel swung his sickle across the earth and gathered the grape harvest of the earth and threw it into the great (AT)winepress of the wrath of God. 20 And (AU)the winepress was trodden (AV)outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as high as (AW)a horse's bridle, for 1,600 stadia.[c]
Footnotes
- Revelation 14:8 Or wrath
- Revelation 14:12 Greek and the faith of Jesus
- Revelation 14:20 About 184 miles; a stadion was about 607 feet or 185 meters
Revelation 14
New International Version
Revelation 14
New International Version
The Lamb and the 144,000
14 Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb,(A) standing on Mount Zion,(B) and with him 144,000(C) who had his name and his Father’s name(D) written on their foreheads.(E) 2 And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters(F) and like a loud peal of thunder.(G) The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps.(H) 3 And they sang a new song(I) before the throne and before the four living creatures(J) and the elders.(K) No one could learn the song except the 144,000(L) who had been redeemed from the earth. 4 These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins.(M) They follow the Lamb wherever he goes.(N) They were purchased from among mankind(O) and offered as firstfruits(P) to God and the Lamb. 5 No lie was found in their mouths;(Q) they are blameless.(R)
The Three Angels
6 Then I saw another angel flying in midair,(S) and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth(T)—to every nation, tribe, language and people.(U) 7 He said in a loud voice, “Fear God(V) and give him glory,(W) because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made(X) the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.”(Y)
8 A second angel followed and said, “‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,’[a](Z) which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries.”(AA)
9 A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast(AB) and its image(AC) and receives its mark on their forehead(AD) or on their hand, 10 they, too, will drink the wine of God’s fury,(AE) which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath.(AF) They will be tormented with burning sulfur(AG) in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. 11 And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever.(AH) There will be no rest day or night(AI) for those who worship the beast and its image,(AJ) or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”(AK) 12 This calls for patient endurance(AL) on the part of the people of God(AM) who keep his commands(AN) and remain faithful to Jesus.
13 Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord(AO) from now on.”
“Yes,” says the Spirit,(AP) “they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.”
Harvesting the Earth and Trampling the Winepress
14 I looked, and there before me was a white cloud,(AQ) and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man[b](AR) with a crown(AS) of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. 15 Then another angel came out of the temple(AT) and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, “Take your sickle(AU) and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest(AV) of the earth is ripe.” 16 So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.
17 Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.(AW) 18 Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar(AX) and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, “Take your sharp sickle(AY) and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth’s vine, because its grapes are ripe.” 19 The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath.(AZ) 20 They were trampled in the winepress(BA) outside the city,(BB) and blood(BC) flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses’ bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia.[c]
Footnotes
- Revelation 14:8 Isaiah 21:9
- Revelation 14:14 See Daniel 7:13.
- Revelation 14:20 That is, about 180 miles or about 300 kilometers
Revelation 14
King James Version
Revelation 14
King James Version
14 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.
2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
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