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Amos 5:17 (NIV)

There will be wailing in all the vineyards,
for I will pass through your midst,’
says the Lord.
 

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Amos 5:18 (NIV)

Woe to you who long
for the day of the Lord!
Why do you long for the day of the Lord?
That day will be darkness, not light.
 

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Amos 5:19 (NIV)

It will be as though a man fled from a lion
only to meet a bear,
as though he entered his house
and rested his hand on the wall
only to have a snake bite him.
 

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Amos 5:20 (NIV)

Will not the day of the Lord be darkness, not light –
pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness?
 

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Amos 5:21 (NIV)

‘I hate, I despise your religious festivals;
your assemblies are a stench to me.
 

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Amos 5:22 (NIV)

Even though you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings,
I will not accept them.
Though you bring choice fellowship offerings,
I will have no regard for them.
 

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Amos 5:23 (NIV)

Away with the noise of your songs!
I will not listen to the music of your harps.
 

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Amos 5:24 (NIV)

But let justice roll on like a river,
righteousness like a never-failing stream!
 

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Amos 5:25 (NIV)

‘Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings
for forty years in the wilderness, people of Israel?
 

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Amos 5:26 (NIV)

You have lifted up the shrine of your king,
the pedestal of your idols,
the star of your god –
which you made for yourselves.
 

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Amos 5:27 (NIV)

Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,’
says the Lord, whose name is God Almighty.
 

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Amos 6:1 (WEB)

Woe to those who are at ease in Zion,

and to those who are secure on the mountain of Samaria,
the notable men of the chief of the nations,
to whom the house of Israel come!
 

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Amos 6:2 (WEB)

Go to Calneh, and see;
and from there go to Hamath the great;
then go down to Gath of the Philistines.
are they better than these kingdoms?
or is their border greater than your border?
 

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Amos 6:3 (WEB)

Those who put far away the evil day,
and cause the seat of violence to come near;
 

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Amos 6:4 (WEB)

Who lie on beds of ivory,
and stretch themselves on their couches,
and eat the lambs out of the flock,
and the calves out of the middle of the stall;
 

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Amos 6:5 (WEB)

who strum on the strings of a harp;
who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;
 

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Amos 6:6 (WEB)

who drink wine in bowls,
and anoint themselves with the best oils;
but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
 

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Amos 6:7 (WEB)

Therefore they will now go captive with the first who go captive;
and the feasting and lounging will end.
 

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Amos 6:8 (WEB)

“The Lord Yahweh has sworn by himself,” says Yahweh, the God of Armies:
“I abhor the pride of Jacob,
and detest his fortresses.
Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.
 

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Amos 6:9 (WEB)

It will happen, if there remain ten men in one house,
that they shall die.