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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The words of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa&#8212;the vision he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Joash, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Jehoash</span></span></span><span class="content"> was king of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.1.2"><span class="content">&#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> roars from Zion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.1.2"><span class="content">and thunders from Jerusalem;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.1.2"><span class="content">the pastures of the shepherds dry up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.1.2"><span class="content">and the top of Carmel withers.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judgment on Israel&#8217;s Neighbors</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.1.3"><span class="content">&#8220;For three sins of Damascus,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.1.3"><span class="content">even for four, I will not relent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.1.3"><span class="content">Because she threshed Gilead</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.1.3"><span class="content">with sledges having iron teeth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I will send fire on the house of Hazael</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.1.4"><span class="content">that will consume the fortresses of Ben-Hadad.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I will break down the gate of Damascus;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.1.5"><span class="content">I will destroy the king who is in</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the inhabitants of</span></span></span><span class="content"> the Valley of Aven</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="fq">Aven </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">wickedness.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.1.5"><span class="content">and the one who holds the scepter in Beth Eden.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.1.5"><span class="content">The people of Aram will go into exile to Kir,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.1.5"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.1.6"><span class="content">&#8220;For three sins of Gaza,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.1.6"><span class="content">even for four, I will not relent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.1.6"><span class="content">Because she took captive whole communities</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.1.6"><span class="content">and sold them to Edom,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I will send fire on the walls of Gaza</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.1.7"><span class="content">that will consume her fortresses.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I will destroy the king</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">inhabitants</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Ashdod</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.1.8"><span class="content">and the one who holds the scepter in Ashkelon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.1.8"><span class="content">I will turn my hand against Ekron,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.1.8"><span class="content">till the last of the Philistines are dead,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.1.8"><span class="content">says the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.1.9"><span class="content">&#8220;For three sins of Tyre,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.1.9"><span class="content">even for four, I will not relent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.1.9"><span class="content">Because she sold whole communities of captives to Edom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.1.9"><span class="content">disregarding a treaty of brotherhood,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I will send fire on the walls of Tyre</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.1.10"><span class="content">that will consume her fortresses.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.1.11"><span class="content">&#8220;For three sins of Edom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.1.11"><span class="content">even for four, I will not relent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.1.11"><span class="content">Because he pursued his brother with a sword</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.1.11"><span class="content">and slaughtered the women of the land,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.1.11"><span class="content">because his anger raged continually</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.1.11"><span class="content">and his fury flamed unchecked,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I will send fire on Teman</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.1.12"><span class="content">that will consume the fortresses of Bozrah.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.1.13"><span class="content">&#8220;For three sins of Ammon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.1.13"><span class="content">even for four, I will not relent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.1.13"><span class="content">Because he ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.1.13"><span class="content">in order to extend his borders,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I will set fire to the walls of Rabbah</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.1.14"><span class="content">that will consume her fortresses</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.1.14"><span class="content">amid war cries on the day of battle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.1.14"><span class="content">amid violent winds on a stormy day.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Her king</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">/ Molek</span></span></span><span class="content"> will go into exile,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.1.15"><span class="content">he and his officials together,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.1.15"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.2.1"><span class="content">&#8220;For three sins of Moab,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.2.1"><span class="content">even for four, I will not relent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.2.1"><span class="content">Because he burned to ashes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.2.1"><span class="content">the bones of Edom&#8217;s king,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I will send fire on Moab</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.2.2"><span class="content">that will consume the fortresses of Kerioth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">of her cities</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.2.2"><span class="content">Moab will go down in great tumult</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.2.2"><span class="content">amid war cries and the blast of the trumpet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I will destroy her ruler</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.2.3"><span class="content">and kill all her officials with him,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.2.3"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.2.4"><span class="content">&#8220;For three sins of Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.2.4"><span class="content">even for four, I will not relent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.2.4"><span class="content">Because they have rejected the law of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.2.4"><span class="content">and have not kept his decrees,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.2.4"><span class="content">because they have been led astray by false gods,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">by lies</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.2.4"><span class="content">the gods</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">lies</span></span></span><span class="content"> their ancestors followed,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I will send fire on Judah</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.2.5"><span class="content">that will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judgment on Israel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.2.6"><span class="content">&#8220;For three sins of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.2.6"><span class="content">even for four, I will not relent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.2.6"><span class="content">They sell the innocent for silver,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.2.6"><span class="content">and the needy for a pair of sandals.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They trample on the heads of the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.2.7"><span class="content">as on the dust of the ground</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.2.7"><span class="content">and deny justice to the oppressed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.2.7"><span class="content">Father and son use the same girl</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.2.7"><span class="content">and so profane my holy name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They lie down beside every altar</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.2.8"><span class="content">on garments taken in pledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.2.8"><span class="content">In the house of their god</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.2.8"><span class="content">they drink wine taken as fines.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Yet I destroyed the Amorites before them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.2.9"><span class="content">though they were tall as the cedars</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.2.9"><span class="content">and strong as the oaks.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.2.9"><span class="content">I destroyed their fruit above</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.2.9"><span class="content">and their roots below.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I brought you up out of Egypt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.2.10"><span class="content">and led you forty years in the wilderness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.2.10"><span class="content">to give you the land of the Amorites.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;I also raised up prophets from among your children</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.2.11"><span class="content">and Nazirites from among your youths.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.2.11"><span class="content">Is this not true, people of Israel?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.2.11"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;But you made the Nazirites drink wine</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.2.12"><span class="content">and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now then, I will crush you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.2.13"><span class="content">as a cart crushes when loaded with grain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The swift will not escape,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.2.14"><span class="content">the strong will not muster their strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.2.14"><span class="content">and the warrior will not save his life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The archer will not stand his ground,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.2.15"><span class="content">the fleet-footed soldier will not get away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.2.15"><span class="content">and the horseman will not save his life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="AMO.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Even the bravest warriors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="AMO.2.16"><span class="content">will flee naked on that day,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="AMO.2.16"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Witnesses Summoned Against Israel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Hear this word, people of Israel, the word the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has spoken against you&#8212;against the whole family I brought up out of Egypt:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;You only have I chosen</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.3.2"><span class="content">of all the families of the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.3.2"><span class="content">therefore I will punish you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.3.2"><span class="content">for all your sins.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Do two walk together</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.3.3"><span class="content">unless they have agreed to do so?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Does a lion roar in the thicket</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.3.4"><span class="content">when it has no prey?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.3.4"><span class="content">Does it growl in its den</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.3.4"><span class="content">when it has caught nothing?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Does a bird swoop down to a trap on the ground</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.3.5"><span class="content">when no bait is there?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.3.5"><span class="content">Does a trap spring up from the ground</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.3.5"><span class="content">if it has not caught anything?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When a trumpet sounds in a city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.3.6"><span class="content">do not the people tremble?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.3.6"><span class="content">When disaster comes to a city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.3.6"><span class="content">has not the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> caused it?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Surely the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> does nothing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.3.7"><span class="content">without revealing his plan</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.3.7"><span class="content">to his servants the prophets.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The lion has roared&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.3.8"><span class="content">who will not fear?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.3.8"><span class="content">The Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has spoken&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.3.8"><span class="content">who can but prophesy?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.3.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Proclaim to the fortresses of Ashdod</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.3.9"><span class="content">and to the fortresses of Egypt:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.3.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.3.9"><span class="content">see the great unrest within her</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.3.9"><span class="content">and the oppression among her people.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;They do not know how to do right,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.3.10"><span class="content">&#8220;who store up in their fortresses</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.3.10"><span class="content">what they have plundered and looted.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Therefore this is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.3.11"><span class="content">&#8220;An enemy will overrun your land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.3.11"><span class="content">pull down your strongholds</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.3.11"><span class="content">and plunder your fortresses.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.3.12"><span class="content">&#8220;As a shepherd rescues from the lion&#8217;s mouth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.3.12"><span class="content">only two leg bones or a piece of an ear,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.3.12"><span class="content">so will the Israelites living in Samaria be rescued,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.3.12"><span class="content">with only the head of a bed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.3.12"><span class="content">and a piece of fabric</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:12 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> from a couch.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Israelites be rescued, / those who sit in Samaria / on the edge of their beds / and in Damascus on their couches.</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Hear this and testify against the descendants of Jacob,&#8221; declares the Lord, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;On the day I punish Israel for her sins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.3.14"><span class="content">I will destroy the altars of Bethel;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.3.14"><span class="content">the horns of the altar will be cut off</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.3.14"><span class="content">and fall to the ground.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I will tear down the winter house</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.3.15"><span class="content">along with the summer house;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.3.15"><span class="content">the houses adorned with ivory will be destroyed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.3.15"><span class="content">and the mansions will be demolished,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.3.15"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Sower</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MRK.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water&#8217;s edge. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said: </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MRK.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MRK.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MRK.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MRK.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MRK.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MRK.4.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.4.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MRK.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MRK.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He told them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">so that,</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.4.12"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;they may be ever seeing but never perceiving,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.4.12"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and ever hearing but never understanding;</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.4.12"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">4:12 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">  
          <span class="ref" data-usfm="ISA.6.9">Isaiah 6:9</span>,<span class="ref" data-usfm="ISA.6.10">10</span>  </span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.4.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then Jesus said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MRK.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The farmer sows the word.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MRK.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MRK.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MRK.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.4.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop&#8212;some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Lamp on a Stand</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.4.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MRK.4.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do you bring in a lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead, don&#8217;t you put it on its stand?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MRK.4.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MRK.4.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MRK.4.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.4.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Consider carefully what you hear,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he continued. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;With the measure you use, it will be measured to you&#8212;and even more.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MRK.4.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Growing Seed</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MRK.4.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MRK.4.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">He also said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MRK.4.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MRK.4.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">All by itself the soil produces grain&#8212;first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MRK.4.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Mustard Seed</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MRK.4.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MRK.4.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Again he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MRK.4.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MRK.4.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MRK.4.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MRK.4.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MRK.4.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Calms the Storm</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MRK.4.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MRK.4.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Let us go over to the other side.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MRK.4.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MRK.4.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MRK.4.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, &#8220;Teacher, don&#8217;t you care if we drown?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MRK.4.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MRK.4.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Quiet! Be still!&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MRK.4.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MRK.4.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">He said to his disciples, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MRK.4.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="MRK.4.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">They were terrified and asked each other, &#8220;Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!&#8221;</span></span></div>
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