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11 The word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” And I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”(A)

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11 The word of the Lord came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?”(A)

“I see the branch of an almond tree,” I replied.

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And the Lord said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said,

“See, I am setting a plumb line
    in the midst of my people Israel;
    I will spare them no longer;(A)

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And the Lord asked me, “What do you see,(A) Amos?(B)

“A plumb line,(C)” I replied.

Then the Lord said, “Look, I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.(D)

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He said, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me,

“The end[a] has come upon my people Israel;
    I will spare them no longer.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 8.2 In Heb the word for end is related to the word for summer fruit

“What do you see,(A) Amos?(B)” he asked.

“A basket(C) of ripe fruit,” I answered.

Then the Lord said to me, “The time is ripe for my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.(D)

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And he said to me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a flying scroll; its length is twenty cubits and its width ten cubits.”

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He asked me, “What do you see?”(A)

I answered, “I see a flying scroll, twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.[a]

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  1. Zechariah 5:2 That is, about 30 feet long and 15 feet wide or about 9 meters long and 4.5 meters wide

He said to me, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it; there are seven lamps on it, with seven lips on each of the lamps that are on the top of it.(A)

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He asked me, “What do you see?”(A)

I answered, “I see a solid gold lampstand(B) with a bowl at the top and seven lamps(C) on it, with seven channels to the lamps.

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And the Lord said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” I said, “Figs—the good figs very good and the bad figs very bad, so bad that they cannot be eaten.”(A)

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Then the Lord asked me, “What do you see,(A) Jeremiah?”

“Figs,” I answered. “The good ones are very good, but the bad ones are so bad they cannot be eaten.”

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When Moses went into the tent of the covenant on the next day, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted. It put forth buds, produced blossoms, and bore ripe almonds.

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The next day Moses entered the tent(A) and saw that Aaron’s staff,(B) which represented the tribe of Levi, had not only sprouted but had budded, blossomed and produced almonds.(C)

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10 See, the day! See, it comes!
    Your doom[a] has gone out.
The rod has blossomed; pride has budded.

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Footnotes

  1. 7.10 Meaning of Heb uncertain

10 “‘See, the day!
    See, it comes!
Doom has burst forth,
    the rod(A) has budded,
    arrogance has blossomed!

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