Israel’s Guilt and Punishment

Listen! The Lord is calling to the city—
    and to fear your name is wisdom—
    “Heed the rod(A) and the One who appointed it.[a]

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  1. Micah 6:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.

19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline.(A) So be earnest and repent.(B)

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She obeys(A) no one,
    she accepts no correction.(B)
She does not trust(C) in the Lord,
    she does not draw near(D) to her God.

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27 See, the Name(A) of the Lord comes from afar,
    with burning anger(B) and dense clouds of smoke;
his lips are full of wrath,(C)
    and his tongue is a consuming fire.(D)

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God’s Judgment on Assyria

“Woe(A) to the Assyrian,(B) the rod(C) of my anger,
    in whose hand is the club(D) of my wrath!(E)
I send him against a godless(F) nation,
    I dispatch(G) him against a people who anger me,(H)
to seize loot and snatch plunder,(I)
    and to trample(J) them down like mud in the streets.

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Now this is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought(A) to your ways. You have planted much, but harvested little.(B) You eat, but never have enough.(C) You drink, but never have your fill.(D) You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages,(E) only to put them in a purse with holes in it.”

This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought(F) to your ways.

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12 Therefore because of you,
    Zion will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,(A)
    the temple(B) hill a mound overgrown with thickets.(C)

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Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, proclaiming,(A) “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.” The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.(B)

When Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust.(C) This is the proclamation he issued in Nineveh:

“By the decree of the king and his nobles:

Do not let people or animals, herds or flocks, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink.(D) But let people and animals be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call(E) urgently on God. Let them give up(F) their evil ways(G) and their violence.(H) Who knows?(I) God may yet relent(J) and with compassion turn(K) from his fierce anger(L) so that we will not perish.”

10 When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented(M) and did not bring on them the destruction(N) he had threatened.(O)

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Woe to the Complacent

Woe to you(A) who are complacent(B) in Zion,
    and to you who feel secure(C) on Mount Samaria,(D)
you notable men of the foremost nation,
    to whom the people of Israel come!(E)

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“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.(A)

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

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

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

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

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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The lion(A) has roared(B)
    who will not fear?
The Sovereign Lord has spoken—
    who can but prophesy?(C)

Proclaim to the fortresses of Ashdod(D)
    and to the fortresses of Egypt:
“Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria;(E)
    see the great unrest within her
    and the oppression among her people.”

10 “They do not know how to do right,(F)” declares the Lord,
    “who store up in their fortresses(G)
    what they have plundered(H) 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.(I)

12 This is what the Lord says:

“As a shepherd rescues from the lion’s(J) 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[a] from a couch.[b](K)

13 “Hear this and testify(L) against the descendants of Jacob,” declares the Lord, the Lord God Almighty.

14 “On the day I punish(M) Israel for her sins,
    I will destroy the altars of Bethel;(N)
the horns(O) of the altar will be cut off
    and fall to the ground.
15 I will tear down the winter house(P)
    along with the summer house;(Q)
the houses adorned with ivory(R) will be destroyed
    and the mansions(S) will be demolished,(T)
declares the Lord.(U)

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  1. Amos 3:12 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
  2. Amos 3:12 Or Israelites be rescued, / those who sit in Samaria / on the edge of their beds / and in Damascus on their couches.

I will send fire(A) on Judah
    that will consume the fortresses(B) of Jerusalem.(C)

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11 The Lord(A) thunders(B)
    at the head of his army;(C)
his forces are beyond number,
    and mighty is the army that obeys his command.
The day of the Lord is great;(D)
    it is dreadful.
    Who can endure it?(E)

Rend Your Heart

12 “Even now,” declares the Lord,
    “return(F) to me with all your heart,(G)
    with fasting and weeping and mourning.”

13 Rend your heart(H)
    and not your garments.(I)
Return(J) to the Lord your God,
    for he is gracious and compassionate,(K)
slow to anger and abounding in love,(L)
    and he relents from sending calamity.(M)
14 Who knows? He may turn(N) and relent(O)
    and leave behind a blessing(P)
grain offerings and drink offerings(Q)
    for the Lord your God.

15 Blow the trumpet(R) in Zion,(S)
    declare a holy fast,(T)
    call a sacred assembly.(U)
16 Gather the people,
    consecrate(V) the assembly;
bring together the elders,(W)
    gather the children,
    those nursing at the breast.
Let the bridegroom(X) leave his room
    and the bride her chamber.
17 Let the priests, who minister(Y) before the Lord,
    weep(Z) between the portico and the altar.(AA)
Let them say, “Spare your people, Lord.
    Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn,(AB)
    a byword(AC) among the nations.
Why should they say among the peoples,
    ‘Where is their God?(AD)’”

The Lord’s Answer

18 Then the Lord was jealous(AE) for his land
    and took pity(AF) on his people.

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Who is wise?(A) Let them realize these things.
    Who is discerning? Let them understand.(B)
The ways of the Lord are right;(C)
    the righteous walk(D) in them,
    but the rebellious stumble in them.

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16 The people of Samaria(A) must bear their guilt,(B)
    because they have rebelled(C) against their God.
They will fall by the sword;(D)
    their little ones will be dashed(E) to the ground,
    their pregnant women(F) ripped open.”[a]

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  1. Hosea 13:16 In Hebrew texts this verse (13:16) is numbered 14:1.

39 Why should the living complain
    when punished for their sins?(A)

40 Let us examine our ways and test them,(B)
    and let us return to the Lord.(C)
41 Let us lift up our hearts and our hands
    to God in heaven,(D) and say:
42 “We have sinned and rebelled(E)
    and you have not forgiven.(F)

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Then the Babylonians will return and attack this city; they will capture(A) it and burn(B) it down.’

“This is what the Lord says: Do not deceive(C) yourselves, thinking, ‘The Babylonians will surely leave us.’ They will not! 10 Even if you were to defeat the entire Babylonian[a] army that is attacking you and only wounded men were left in their tents, they would come out and burn(D) this city down.”

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  1. Jeremiah 37:10 Or Chaldean; also in verse 11

18 “Micah(A) of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. He told all the people of Judah, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“‘Zion(B) will be plowed like a field,
    Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,(C)
    the temple hill(D) a mound overgrown with thickets.’[a](E)

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  1. Jeremiah 26:18 Micah 3:12

then I will make this house like Shiloh(A) and this city a curse[a](B) among all the nations of the earth.’”

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  1. Jeremiah 26:6 That is, its name will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that it is cursed.

11 and say to them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: I will smash(A) this nation and this city just as this potter’s jar is smashed and cannot be repaired. They will bury(B) the dead in Topheth until there is no more room. 12 This is what I will do to this place and to those who live here, declares the Lord. I will make this city like Topheth. 13 The houses(C) in Jerusalem and those of the kings of Judah will be defiled(D) like this place, Topheth—all the houses where they burned incense on the roofs(E) to all the starry hosts(F) and poured out drink offerings(G) to other gods.’”

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18 If I go into the country,
    I see those slain by the sword;
if I go into the city,
    I see the ravages of famine.(A)
Both prophet and priest
    have gone to a land they know not.(B)’”

19 Have you rejected Judah completely?(C)
    Do you despise Zion?
Why have you afflicted us
    so that we cannot be healed?(D)
We hoped for peace
    but no good has come,
for a time of healing
    but there is only terror.(E)
20 We acknowledge(F) our wickedness, Lord,
    and the guilt of our ancestors;(G)
    we have indeed sinned(H) against you.
21 For the sake of your name(I) do not despise us;
    do not dishonor your glorious throne.(J)
Remember your covenant(K) with us
    and do not break it.
22 Do any of the worthless idols(L) of the nations bring rain?(M)
    Do the skies themselves send down showers?
No, it is you, Lord our God.
    Therefore our hope is in you,
    for you are the one who does all this.(N)

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Hear that uproar from the city,
    hear that noise from the temple!
It is the sound(A) of the Lord
    repaying(B) his enemies all they deserve.

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A voice says, “Cry out.”
    And I said, “What shall I cry?”

“All people are like grass,(A)
    and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field.
The grass withers(B) and the flowers fall,
    because the breath(C) of the Lord blows(D) on them.
    Surely the people are grass.
The grass withers and the flowers(E) fall,
    but the word(F) of our God endures(G) forever.(H)

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13 and for the land of my people,
    a land overgrown with thorns and briers(A)
yes, mourn(B) for all houses of merriment
    and for this city of revelry.(C)
14 The fortress(D) will be abandoned,
    the noisy city deserted;(E)
citadel and watchtower(F) will become a wasteland forever,
    the delight of donkeys,(G) a pasture for flocks,(H)

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10 The fortified city stands desolate,(A)
    an abandoned settlement, forsaken(B) like the wilderness;
there the calves graze,(C)
    there they lie down;(D)
    they strip its branches bare.

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