23 Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he did not take even this to heart.

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23 Instead, he turned and went into his palace, and did not take even this to heart.

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(A)If you will not listen, if you will not take it to heart to give honor to my name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send (B)the curse upon you and I will curse (C)your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart.

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If you do not listen,(A) and if you do not resolve to honor(B) my name,” says the Lord Almighty, “I will send a curse(C) on you, and I will curse your blessings.(D) Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not resolved to honor me.

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The Lord's Answer

(A)“Look among the nations, and see;
    wonder and be astounded.
(B)For I am doing a work in your days
    that you would not believe if told.

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The Lord’s Answer

“Look at the nations and watch—
    and be utterly amazed.(A)
For I am going to do something in your days
    that you would not believe,
    even if you were told.(B)

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“I also (A)withheld the rain from you
    when there were yet three months to the harvest;
(B)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;
so two or three cities (C)would wander to another city
    to drink water, and would not be satisfied;
(D)yet you did not return to me,”
declares the Lord.

(E)“I struck you with blight and mildew;
    your many gardens and your vineyards,
    your fig trees and your olive trees (F)the locust devoured;
(G)yet you did not return to me,”
declares the Lord.

10 “I sent among you a pestilence (H)after the manner of Egypt;
    I killed your young men with the sword,
and (I)carried away your horses,[a]
    and (J)I made the stench of your camp go up into your nostrils;
(K)yet you did not return to me,”
declares the Lord.

11 “I overthrew some of you,
    (L)as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
    and you were (M)as a brand[b] plucked out of the burning;
(N)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!”

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 4:10 Hebrew along with the captivity of your horses
  2. Amos 4:11 That is, a burning stick

“I also withheld(A) rain from you
    when the harvest was still three months away.
I sent rain on one town,
    but withheld it from another.(B)
One field had rain;
    another had none and dried up.
People staggered from town to town for water(C)
    but did not get enough(D) to drink,
    yet you have not returned(E) to me,”
declares the Lord.(F)

“Many times I struck your gardens and vineyards,
    destroying them with blight and mildew.(G)
Locusts(H) devoured your fig and olive trees,(I)
    yet you have not returned(J) to me,”
declares the Lord.

10 “I sent plagues(K) among you
    as I did to Egypt.(L)
I killed your young men(M) with the sword,
    along with your captured horses.
I filled your nostrils with the stench(N) of your camps,
    yet you have not returned to me,”(O)
declares the Lord.(P)

11 “I overthrew some of you
    as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.(Q)
You were like a burning stick(R) snatched from the fire,
    yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.(S)

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.”

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And the man said to me, (A)“Son of man, (B)look with your eyes, and (C)hear with your ears, and set your heart upon all that I shall show you, for you were brought here in order that I might show it to you. (D)Declare all that you see to the house of Israel.”

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The man said to me, “Son of man, look carefully and listen closely and pay attention to everything I am going to show you,(A) for that is why you have been brought here. Tell(B) the people of Israel everything you see.(C)

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24 Yet (A)neither the king nor any of his servants who heard all these words was afraid, (B)nor did they tear their garments.

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24 The king and all his attendants who heard all these words showed no fear,(A) nor did they tear their clothes.(B)

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O Lord, do not your eyes look for truth?
(A)You have struck them down,
    but they felt no anguish;
you have consumed them,
    but they refused to take correction.
(B)They have made their faces harder than rock;
    they have refused to repent.

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Lord, do not your eyes(A) look for truth?
    You struck(B) them, but they felt no pain;
    you crushed them, but they refused correction.(C)
They made their faces harder than stone(D)
    and refused to repent.(E)

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11 O Lord, (A)your hand is lifted up,
    but (B)they do not see it.
Let them see your zeal for your people, and be ashamed.
    Let (C)the fire for your adversaries consume them.

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11 Lord, your hand is lifted high,(A)
    but they do not see(B) it.
Let them see your zeal(C) for your people and be put to shame;(D)
    let the fire(E) reserved for your enemies consume them.

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29 (A)He who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck,
    will suddenly be (B)broken (C)beyond healing.

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29 Whoever remains stiff-necked(A) after many rebukes
    will suddenly be destroyed(B)—without remedy.(C)

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32 Then I saw and (A)considered it;
    I looked and received instruction.

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32 I applied my heart to what I observed
    and learned a lesson from what I saw:

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Words of the Wise

17 (A)Incline your ear, and hear (B)the words of the wise,
    (C)and apply your heart to my knowledge,

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Thirty Sayings of the Wise

Saying 1

17 Pay attention(A) and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise;(B)
    apply your heart to what I teach,(C)

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10 Put no trust in extortion;
    (A)set no vain hopes on robbery;
    (B)if riches increase, set not your heart on them.

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10 Do not trust in extortion(A)
    or put vain hope in stolen goods;(B)
though your riches increase,
    do not set your heart on them.(C)

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17 (A)What is man, that you make so much of him,
    and that you set your heart on him,

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17 “What is mankind that you make so much of them,
    that you give them so much attention,(A)

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