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Amos 9:7-15 “Are not you Israelites    the same to me as the Cushites[a]?”declares the Lord.“Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt,    the Philistines from Caphtor[b]    and the Arameans from Kir? 8 “Surely the eyes of the Sovereign Lord    are on the sinful kingdom.I will destroy it    from the face of the earth.Yet I will not totally destroy    the descendants of Jacob,”declaresContinue reading “Prayers from Amos”

Amos 9:1-6 I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said: “Strike the tops of the pillars    so that the thresholds shake.Bring them down on the heads of all the people;    those who are left I will kill with the sword.Not one will get away,    none will escape.2 Though they dig down to the depths below,    from thereContinue reading “Prayers from Amos”

Amos 8:7-14. The Lord has sworn by himself, the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget anything they have done. 8 “Will not the land tremble for this,    and all who live in it mourn?The whole land will rise like the Nile;    it will be stirred up and then sink    like the river of Egypt. 9 “In that day,” declaresContinue reading “Prayers from Amos”

Amos 8:1-6 This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: a basket of ripe fruit. 2 “What do you see, Amos?” he asked. “A basket 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. 3 “In that day,” declares the SovereignContinue reading “Prayers for Amos”

Amos 7:10-17  Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent a message to Jeroboam king of Israel: “Amos is raising a conspiracy against you in the very heart of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words. 11 For this is what Amos is saying: “‘Jeroboam will die by the sword,    and Israel will surely go into exile,    awayContinue reading “Prayers from Amos”

Amos 7:1-9  This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts after the king’s share had been harvested and just as the late crops were coming up. 2 When they had stripped the land clean, I cried out, “Sovereign Lord, forgive! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!” 3 So theContinue reading “Prayers from Amos”

Amos: 6:8-14. The Sovereign Lord has sworn by himself—the Lord God Almighty declares: “I abhor the pride of Jacob    and detest his fortresses;I will deliver up the city    and everything in it.” 9 If ten people are left in one house, they too will die. 10 And if the relative who comes to carry the bodies out of theContinue reading “Prayers from Amos”

Amos 6:1-7. Woe to you who are complacent in Zion,    and to you who feel secure on Mount Samaria,you notable men of the foremost nation,    to whom the people of Israel come!2 Go to Kalneh and look at it;    go from there to great Hamath,    and then go down to Gath in Philistia.Are they better off than your two kingdoms?    IsContinue reading “Prayers from Amos”

Amos 5:18-27. 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.19 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 aContinue reading “Prayers from Amos”