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Amos 2:6
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Amos 2:6
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Judgment on Israel
6 This is what the Lord says:
Amos 2:6
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Amos 2:6
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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;
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Joel 3:3
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Joel 3:3
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Joel 3:3
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Joel 3:3
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3 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
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Micah 3:2-3
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Micah 3:2-3
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Micah 3:2-3
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Micah 3:2-3
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2 Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
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Amos 5:11-12
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Amos 5:11-12
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Amos 5:11-12
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Amos 5:11-12
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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.
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2 Kings 18:12
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2 Kings 18:12
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12 This happened because they had not obeyed the Lord their God, but had violated his covenant(A)—all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded.(B) They neither listened to the commands(C) nor carried them out.
2 Kings 18:12
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2 Kings 18:12
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12 Because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.
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Micah 6:10-16
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Micah 6:10-16
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10 Am I still to forget your ill-gotten treasures, you wicked house,
and the short ephah,[a] which is accursed?(A)
11 Shall I acquit someone with dishonest scales,(B)
with a bag of false weights?(C)
12 Your rich people are violent;(D)
your inhabitants are liars(E)
and their tongues speak deceitfully.(F)
13 Therefore, I have begun to destroy(G) you,
to ruin[b] you because of your sins.
14 You will eat but not be satisfied;(H)
your stomach will still be empty.[c]
You will store up but save nothing,(I)
because what you save[d] I will give to the sword.
15 You will plant but not harvest;(J)
you will press olives but not use the oil,
you will crush grapes but not drink the wine.(K)
16 You have observed the statutes of Omri(L)
and all the practices of Ahab’s(M) house;
you have followed their traditions.(N)
Therefore I will give you over to ruin(O)
and your people to derision;
you will bear the scorn(P) of the nations.[e]”
Footnotes
- Micah 6:10 An ephah was a dry measure.
- Micah 6:13 Or Therefore, I will make you ill and destroy you; / I will ruin
- Micah 6:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
- Micah 6:14 Or You will press toward birth but not give birth, / and what you bring to birth
- Micah 6:16 Septuagint; Hebrew scorn due my people
Micah 6:10-16
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Micah 6:10-16
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10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
11 Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
13 Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.
14 Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.
15 Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.
16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
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Amos 8:4-6
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Amos 8:4-6
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5 saying,
“When will the New Moon(C) be over
that we may sell grain,
and the Sabbath be ended
that we may market(D) wheat?”(E)—
skimping on the measure,
boosting the price
and cheating(F) with dishonest scales,(G)
6 buying the poor(H) with silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals,
selling even the sweepings with the wheat.(I)
Amos 8:4-6
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Amos 8:4-6
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4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
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Amos 6:3-7
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Amos 6:3-7
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3 You put off the day of disaster
and bring near a reign of terror.(A)
4 You lie on beds adorned with ivory
and lounge on your couches.(B)
You dine on choice lambs
and fattened calves.(C)
5 You strum away on your harps(D) like David
and improvise on musical instruments.(E)
6 You drink wine(F) by the bowlful
and use the finest lotions,
but you do not grieve(G) over the ruin of Joseph.(H)
7 Therefore you will be among the first to go into exile;(I)
your feasting and lounging will end.(J)
Amos 6:3-7
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Amos 6:3-7
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3 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
5 That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
7 Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
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Joel 3:6
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Joel 3:6
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6 You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks,(A) that you might send them far from their homeland.
Joel 3:6
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Joel 3:6
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6 The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.
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Hosea 13:2-3
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Hosea 13:2-3
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2 Now they sin more and more;
they make(A) idols for themselves from their silver,(B)
cleverly fashioned images,
all of them the work of craftsmen.(C)
It is said of these people,
“They offer human sacrifices!
They kiss[a](D) calf-idols!(E)”
3 Therefore they will be like the morning mist,
like the early dew that disappears,(F)
like chaff(G) swirling from a threshing floor,(H)
like smoke(I) escaping through a window.
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- Hosea 13:2 Or “Men who sacrifice / kiss
Hosea 13:2-3
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Hosea 13:2-3
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2 And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
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Hosea 8:4-6
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Hosea 8:4-6
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4 They set up kings without my consent;
they choose princes without my approval.(A)
With their silver and gold
they make idols(B) for themselves
to their own destruction.
5 Samaria, throw out your calf-idol!(C)
My anger burns against them.
How long will they be incapable of purity?(D)
6 They are from Israel!
This calf—a metalworker has made it;
it is not God.(E)
It will be broken in pieces,
that calf(F) of Samaria.(G)
Hosea 8:4-6
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Hosea 8:4-6
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4 They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
5 Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
6 For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
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Hosea 7:7-10
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Hosea 7:7-10
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7 All of them are hot as an oven;
they devour their rulers.
All their kings fall,(A)
and none of them calls(B) on me.
8 “Ephraim mixes(C) with the nations;
Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over.
9 Foreigners sap his strength,(D)
but he does not realize it.
His hair is sprinkled with gray,
but he does not notice.
10 Israel’s arrogance testifies against him,(E)
but despite all this
he does not return(F) to the Lord his God
or search(G) for him.
Hosea 7:7-10
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Hosea 7:7-10
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7 They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.
8 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.
10 And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the Lord their God, nor seek him for all this.
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Hosea 4:11-14
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Hosea 4:11-14
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11 to prostitution;(A)
old wine(B) and new wine
take away their understanding.(C)
12 My people consult a wooden idol,(D)
and a diviner’s rod speaks to them.(E)
A spirit of prostitution(F) leads them astray;(G)
they are unfaithful(H) to their God.
13 They sacrifice on the mountaintops
and burn offerings on the hills,
under oak,(I) poplar and terebinth,
where the shade is pleasant.(J)
Therefore your daughters turn to prostitution(K)
and your daughters-in-law to adultery.(L)
Hosea 4:11-14
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Hosea 4:11-14
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11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
12 My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.
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