17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thy heritage to reproach, that the heathen should 5 rule over them: why should they say among the people, Where is their God? 18 T Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people. 19 And the LORD will answer and say to his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied with it; and I will no more make you a reproach among the heath en: 20 But I will remove far from you the northen army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face towards the east sea, and his hinder part towards the utmost sea, and his odious scent shall come up, and his ill savor shall come up, because he hath done great things. 21 Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice for the LORD will do great things. 22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness doi spring, for the tree beareth its fruit, the fig-tree and the vine do yield their strength. 23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you 7 the former rain 8 moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. 24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil. 25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm, my great army which I sent among you. Before CHRIST, 800. 5 or, use a by-word against them. P. 42. 10. & 79. 10. & 115. 2. 6 Heb. he hath mag. 7 nified to do. or, a teacher of right eousness. 8 Heb according to righteous ness. A Lev. 26, 4. Deut. 11.14. Isai. 44. 3. k c. 3. 15. ¿ Rom. 10.13. 1 Heb. desirable. 2 Heb. the Grecians. sons of the 3 Heb. sanctify. a Isai. 2. 4. Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call. CHAP. III. 1 God's judgments against the enemies of his people. 9 God will be known in his judg. ment. 18 His blessing upon the church. FOR behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, 2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and divided my land. 3 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink. 4 Yes, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompense and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily I will return your recompense upon your own head; 5 Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things. 6 The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold to 2 the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border. 7 Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own head: 8 And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it. 9 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; 3 Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: c 26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the 10 Beat your plow-shares into swords, LORD your God, that hath dealt wonand your 4 pruning-hooks into spears: drously with you and my people shall or, sythes. let the weak say, I am strong. never be ashamed. 27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD 5 or, the LORD 11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together around: thither s cause thy migh your God, and none else: and my people shall bring ty ones to come down, O LORD. shall never be ashamed. 28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit down. 12 Let the heathen be awakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heath upon all flesh; and your sons and your Rev. 14.15. en on every side. 29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. 30 And I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD shall 13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, go down; for the press is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great. 14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of 6 decision; for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. 15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. 16 The LORD also will roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusa lem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake; but the LORD will be the 7 hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. CHAP. I. 2 Amos showeth God's judgments upon Syria, 6 upon the Philistines, 9 upon Tyre, 11 upon Edom, 13 upon Ammon. THE 1 HE words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uz-a ziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the a earthquake. 2 And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither. 2 3 Before CHRIST, 787. Zech. 14. 5. or, you, for fear. aven. 3 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, 1 and for four, 1 will not 2 turn away its pun-2 Chr. 28. ishment; because they have threshed 18. Gilead with threshing instruments of 5 or, carried tivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant: 10 But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, which shall devour its palaces: 11 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment: because he pursued his brother with the sword, and 7 cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever: 12 But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Boz rah. 13 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away their punishment: because they have 8 ripped up the women with child of Gilthem away ead, that they might enlarge their borwith an en- der: 4 But I will send a fire into the house tire captivof Hazael, which shall devour the pal-ity. aces of Ben-hadad. iron: 5 I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from 3 the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the scepter from the house of Eden: and 6 Heb. the the people of Syria shall go into captivity covenant to Kir, saith the LORD. of brethren. 6 Thus saith the LORD; for three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment: because they 5 carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom: 7 But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour its palaces: 8 And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the scepter from Ashkelon, and I will turn my hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD. 7 Heb. cor. compus. or, divided the moun a 2 Kings 3. 9 Thus saith the LORD; For three 27. transgressions of Tyre, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment: because they delivered up the whole cap 14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour its palaces, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind: 15 And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the LORD. CHAP II. 1 God's wrath against Moab, 4 upon Judah, 6 and upon Israel. 9 God complaineth of their unihankfulness. TH THUS saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away his punishment: because he a burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime: 2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet: 3 And I will cut off the judge from the midst of it, and will slay all its princes with him, saith the LORD. 4 T Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away their punishment: because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after which their fathers have walked: 5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem. 6 Thus saith the LORD; For three trangressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away their punishment: because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; 7 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in to the same 1 maid, to profane my holy name: 8 And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of 2 the condemned in the house of their god. 9 Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose hight was like the hight of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. 10 Also a I brought you from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through 5 Heb.strong the wilderness, to possess the land of the of his heart. Amorite. 11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD. 12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not. Heb. visit upon. 2 forth his Heb. give voice? 13 Behold, 3 I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves. 14 Therefore the flight shall perish 3 or, not run from the swift, and the strong shall not together. strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver 4 himself: 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 5 courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD. CHAP. III. 1 The necessity of God's judgment against Is rael: 9 The publication of it, with the causes. HEAR this word that the Loar haur 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 1 punish you for all your iniquities. 3 Can two walk together, except they are agreed? 4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion 2 cry out of his den, if he hath 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? 4 or, and shall not the LORD do some what? 6 Shalt a trumpet be blown in the city and the people 3 not be afraid? shal there be evil in a city, and the LORI hath not done it ? 7 Surely the Lord God will do noth ing, but he revealeth his secret to 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 of it, and the oppressed in the midst of it. 5 10 For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and 6 robbery in their palaces. 11 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be even around the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be 7 plundered. 12 Thus saith the LORD: As the shepherd 8 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 9 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 10 visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also visit the altars of Beth-el: 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. CHAP. IV. 1 He reproveth Israel for oppression, 4 for idolatry, 6 and for their incorrigibleness. HEA TEAR this word, ye heifers of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their mas5 or, oppres-ters, Bring, and let us drink. sions. 6 or, spoil. 7 or, laid waste. 8 Heb. delivereth. or on the bed's feet. 10 or, punish Israel for. or, ye shall cast away the things of the palace. 2 Heb. three 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 fish-hooks, 3 And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her ; and i ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the LORD. 4 ¶ Come to Beth-el and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after 2 three years: 5 And 3 offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free-offerings: for 4 this pleaseth you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord God. years of days. 3 Heb. offer 6 ¶ And I also have given you cleanby burningness of teeth in all your cities, and want Heb. so ye of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned to me, saith the LORD. love. 7 And also I have withheld the rain from you, when there were yet three 9 I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: 5 when your gardens and your 6 or, in the vineyards and your fig-trees and your olive-trees increased, the palmer-worm devoured them: yet have ye not return-7 ed to me, saith the LORD. 10 I have sent among you the pestilences after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, Heb. with the captivi ty of your horses. 12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take 4 a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right. 13 Therefore the prudent shall keep 7 and have taken away your horses; and Gen. 19.24, silence in that time; for it is an evil I have made the ill savor of your camps to come up to your nostrils: yet have ye not returned to me, saith the LORD. 11 I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew a Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a fire-brand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned to me, saith the LORD. 12 Therefore thus will I do to thee, O Israel: and because I will do this to thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. 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 to the remnant of Joseph. 16 Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say 13 For lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the 8 wind, and de-1 Heb. spoil. in all the highways, Alas! alas! and clareth to man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, 2 or, wasted, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name. or, plun CHAP. V. 1 A lamentation for Israel. 4 An exhortation to repentance. 21 God rejecteth their hypocritical service. HE dered. d Zeph. 1.13. EAR ye this word which I take up 3 Heb. vine against you, even a lamentation, Oyards of house of Israel. desire. they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skillful in lamentation to wailing. 17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD. 18 Woe to 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. 19 As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, shall no more rise! she is forsaken upon 4 or, a ran- and leaned his hand on the wall, and a 2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she her land; there is none to raise her up. 3 For thus saith the Lord GOD; The som. serpent bit him. 20 Shall not the day of the LORD be city that went out by a thousand shall Ps. 34. 14. darkness, and not light? even very dark, leave a hundred, and that which went forth by a hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel. 4 For thus saith the LORD to the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: 5 But seek not a Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el shall come to naught. 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 Beth-el. Ye who, turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness on the earth, 8 Seek him that maketh the stars and Orion, and turneth the shades Acts 7. 42. of your Moloch and Chiun your images, of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth 8 or, Siccuth the mout upon the face of the earth: JE- your king HOVAH is his name: 9 That strengtheneth the 1 spoiled 27 Therefore I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts. Before 787. Luke 6. 24 1 or, are secure. 3 tion. 4 or, abound super with fluities. 4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and 5 or, quaver. 4 stretch themselves upon their couches, 6 or,in bowls and eat lambs from the flock, and calves of wine. from the midst of the stall; 5 That 5 chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of music, like David; 6 That drink 6 wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the 7 affliction of Joseph. 9 7 Heb. breach. 2 And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord God, forgive, I beseech thee: 2by whom shall Ja cob arise? for he is small. 3 The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD. 4 Thus hath the Lord GoD shown to me: and behold, the Lord God called to deep, and did eat up a part. contend by fire, and it devoured the great beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob 5 Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I arise? for he is small. 6 The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD. 7¶ Thus he showed me: and behold, the LORD stood upon a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand. 8 And the LORD said to me, Amos, what seest thou? and I said, A plumbJer. 51. 14. line. Then said the LORD, Behold, I will set a plumb-line in the midst of my peoor, they ple Israel: I will not again pass by them will not, or, any more: have not. ƒ c. 5. 13. or, drop pings. 7¶ Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the 10 or, valley. banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed. 1 or, green or, who of cob shall 9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, they shall die. 10 And a man's uncle shall take him 2 up, and he that burneth him, to bring the bones out of the house, and shall say to him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, ƒ Hold thy tongue: for 8 we may not make mention 3 or, sanctu- at Beth-el: for it is the king's schapel, of the name of the LORD. 11 For behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts. 12 ¶ Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock: 13 Ye who rejoice in a thing of naught, who say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength? 14 But behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the io river of the wilderness. 12 Also Amaziah said to Amos, O thou seer, go flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: 13 But prophesy not again any more and it is the 4 king's court. 14 ¶ Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdman, and a gatherer of 5 sycamore fruit: 15 And the LORD took me 6 as I followed the flock, and the LORD said to me, Go, prophesy to my people Israel. 16¶ Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac. |