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. AMOS III:1-15—B. C. 787 1 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 the city, and the people not in 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; and 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 Israe 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. AMOS IV:1-13-B. C. 787 I 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. 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 gar3 And ye shall go out at the dens and your vineyards and your breaches, every cow at that which fig trees and your olive trees inis before her; and ye shall cast creased, the palmer-worm devoured them into the palace, saith the them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. ORD. 4 Come to Bethel and trans- 10I have sent among you the gress: at Gilgal multiply trans- pestilence after the manner of gression; and bring your sacrifices Egypt: your young men have I every morning, and your tithes slain with the sword, and have after three years: 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. - 5 And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim nd publish the free offerings: for his liketh you, O ye children of srael, saith the Lord GOD. 6 And I also have given you leanness of teeth in all your cities, 11 I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorah, and ye were as a fire Amos. 4:5-"And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with eaven.. How about fermented wine for the sacrament? Amos. 4:6-11-"Yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the ord." Repeated five times. brand 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 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 his thought, that maketh the morn-treading is upon the poor, and ye ing darkness, and treadeth upon take from him burdens of wheat; the high places of the earth, The ye have built houses of hewn stone, LORD, The God of hosts, is his name. AMOS V:4-20-B. C. 787 4 For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: 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 5 But seek not Bethel, nor enter a bribe, and they turn aside the into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-poor in the gate from their right. sheba: 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, 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 8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morn-of hosts, the Lord, saith thus ing, and maketh the day dark with night; that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out 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 Wo 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. a 19 As if a man did flee from 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? AMOS. VI:1-14-B. C. 787 I Wo to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came! 5 That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of music, like David; 6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are grieved for the affliction of Joseph. not 7¶ Therefore, now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed. 8 The Lord God hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein. 9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die. 10 And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the 2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; house, and shall say unto him that and from thence go ye to Hamath is by the sides of the house, Is there the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD. than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border? 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; 11 For behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the little house with clefts. great house with breaches, and the 12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plough there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment *Amos. 5:20-"Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?" 9 And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword. AMOS VIII:4-10-B. C. 787 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 |