Lifestyle of Worship - Part 2

Who Owns Your Time?

Faith That Endures

Wait Well: Trusting God's Timing

Competing for Christ

DRAWING FROM the RIGHT WELL

Praying God's Word: 7-Day Guide for the Buddhist World

When to Forgive and Stand Firm

Overcoming Marital Anxiety

Journey Through 1 Thessalonians

The Listener’s Bible®: NIV Edition

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Holy Bible, New International Version™ (Anglicised), South Asian Audio Edition

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   <div class="book bkAMO">
      <div class="chapter ch7" data-usfm="AMO.7">
         <div class="label">7</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Locusts, Fire and a Plumb Line</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.7.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts after the king&#8217;s share had been harvested and just as the late crops were coming up. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.7.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When they had stripped the land clean, I cried out, &#8220;Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, forgive! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.7.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.7.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> relented.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.7.3"><span class="content">&#8220;This will not happen,&#8221; the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.7.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.7.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> showed me: The Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was calling for judgment by fire; it dried up the great deep and devoured the land. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.7.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then I cried out, &#8220;Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.7.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.7.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> relented.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.7.6"><span class="content">&#8220;This will not happen either,&#8221; the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.7.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.7.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:7 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> with a plumb line</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:7 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain; also in verse 8.</span></span></span><span class="content"> in his hand. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.7.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> asked me, &#8220;What do you see, Amos?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.7.8"><span class="content">&#8220;A plumb line,&#8221; I replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.7.8"><span class="content">Then the Lord said, &#8220;Look, I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.7.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.7.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;The high places of Isaac will be destroyed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.7.9"><span class="content">and the sanctuaries of Israel will be ruined;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.7.9"><span class="content">with my sword I will rise against the house of Jeroboam.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Amos and Amaziah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.7.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.7.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent a message to Jeroboam king of Israel: &#8220;Amos is raising a conspiracy against you in the very heart of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For this is what Amos is saying:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.7.11"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Jeroboam will die by the sword,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.7.11"><span class="content">and Israel will surely go into exile,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.7.11"><span class="content">away from their native land.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.7.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then Amaziah said to Amos, &#8220;Get out, you seer! Go back to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there and do your prophesying there. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Don&#8217;t prophesy anymore at Bethel, because this is the king&#8217;s sanctuary and the temple of the kingdom.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.7.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.7.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Amos answered Amaziah, &#8220;I was neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.7.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> took me from tending the flock and said to me, &#8216;Go, prophesy to my people Israel.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="AMO.7.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Now then, hear the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. You say,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="AMO.7.16"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Do not prophesy against Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="AMO.7.16"><span class="content">and stop preaching against the descendants of Isaac.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="AMO.7.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="AMO.7.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore 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 v17" data-usfm="AMO.7.17"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Your wife will become a prostitute in the city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="AMO.7.17"><span class="content">and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="AMO.7.17"><span class="content">Your land will be measured and divided up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="AMO.7.17"><span class="content">and you yourself will die in a pagan</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:17 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">an unclean</span></span></span><span class="content"> country.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="AMO.7.17"><span class="content">And Israel will surely go into exile,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="AMO.7.17"><span class="content">away from their native land.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkAMO">
      <div class="chapter ch8" data-usfm="AMO.8">
         <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Basket of Ripe Fruit</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> showed me: a basket of ripe fruit. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;What do you see, Amos?&#8221; he asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.8.2"><span class="content">&#8220;A basket of ripe fruit,&#8221; I answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.8.2"><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to me, &#8220;The time is ripe for my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.8.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;In that day,&#8221; declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;the songs in the temple will turn to wailing.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">&#8220;the temple singers will wail</span></span></span><span class="content"> Many, many bodies&#8212;flung everywhere! Silence!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.8.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Hear this, you who trample the needy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.8.4"><span class="content">and do away with the poor of the land,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.8.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.8.5"><span class="content">&#8220;When will the New Moon be over</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.8.5"><span class="content">that we may sell grain,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.8.5"><span class="content">and the Sabbath be ended</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.8.5"><span class="content">that we may market wheat?&#8221;&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.8.5"><span class="content">skimping on the measure,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.8.5"><span class="content">boosting the price</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.8.5"><span class="content">and cheating with dishonest scales,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.8.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">buying the poor with silver</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.8.6"><span class="content">and the needy for a pair of sandals,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.8.6"><span class="content">selling even the sweepings with the wheat.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.8.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has sworn by himself, the Pride of Jacob: &#8220;I will never forget anything they have done.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.8.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Will not the land tremble for this,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.8.8"><span class="content">and all who live in it mourn?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.8.8"><span class="content">The whole land will rise like the Nile;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.8.8"><span class="content">it will be stirred up and then sink</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.8.8"><span class="content">like the river of Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.8.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;In that day,&#8221; declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.8.9"><span class="content">&#8220;I will make the sun go down at noon</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.8.9"><span class="content">and darken the earth in broad daylight.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.8.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I will turn your religious festivals into mourning</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.8.10"><span class="content">and all your singing into weeping.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.8.10"><span class="content">I will make all of you wear sackcloth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.8.10"><span class="content">and shave your heads.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.8.10"><span class="content">I will make that time like mourning for an only son</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.8.10"><span class="content">and the end of it like a bitter day.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.8.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;The days are coming,&#8221; declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.8.11"><span class="content">&#8220;when I will send a famine through the land&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.8.11"><span class="content">not a famine of food or a thirst for water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.8.11"><span class="content">but a famine of hearing the words of 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.8.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">People will stagger from sea to sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.8.12"><span class="content">and wander from north to east,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.8.12"><span class="content">searching for the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.8.12"><span class="content">but they will not find it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.8.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;In that day</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.8.13"><span class="content">&#8220;the lovely young women and strong young men</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.8.13"><span class="content">will faint because of thirst.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.8.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Those who swear by the sin of Samaria&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.8.14"><span class="content">who say, &#8216;As surely as your god lives, Dan,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.8.14"><span class="content">or, &#8216;As surely as the god</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:14 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">the way</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Beersheba lives&#8217;&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.8.14"><span class="content">they will fall, never to rise again.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkAMO">
      <div class="chapter ch9" data-usfm="AMO.9">
         <div class="label">9</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel to Be Destroyed</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.9.1"><span class="content">&#8220;Strike the tops of the pillars</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.9.1"><span class="content">so that the thresholds shake.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.9.1"><span class="content">Bring them down on the heads of all the people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.9.1"><span class="content">those who are left I will kill with the sword.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.9.1"><span class="content">Not one will get away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.9.1"><span class="content">none will escape.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.9.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Though they dig down to the depths below,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.9.2"><span class="content">from there my hand will take them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.9.2"><span class="content">Though they climb up to the heavens above,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.9.2"><span class="content">from there I will bring them down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.9.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.9.3"><span class="content">there I will hunt them down and seize them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.9.3"><span class="content">Though they hide from my eyes at the bottom of the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.9.3"><span class="content">there I will command the serpent to bite them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.9.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Though they are driven into exile by their enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.9.4"><span class="content">there I will command the sword to slay them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.9.4"><span class="content">&#8220;I will keep my eye on them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.9.4"><span class="content">for harm and not for good.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.9.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The Lord, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.9.5"><span class="content">he touches the earth and it melts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.9.5"><span class="content">and all who live in it mourn;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.9.5"><span class="content">the whole land rises like the Nile,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.9.5"><span class="content">then sinks like the river of Egypt;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.9.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">he builds his lofty palace</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:6 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> in the heavens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.9.6"><span class="content">and sets its foundation</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:6 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> on the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.9.6"><span class="content">he calls for the waters of the sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.9.6"><span class="content">and pours them out over the face of the land&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.9.6"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is his name.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Are not you Israelites</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.9.7"><span class="content">the same to me as the Cushites</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:7 </span><span class="ft">That is, people from the upper Nile region</span></span></span><span class="content">?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.9.7"><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 v7" data-usfm="AMO.9.7"><span class="content">&#8220;Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.9.7"><span class="content">the Philistines from Caphtor</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:7 </span><span class="ft">That is, Crete</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.9.7"><span class="content">and the Arameans from Kir?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.9.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Surely the eyes of the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.9.8"><span class="content">are on the sinful kingdom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.9.8"><span class="content">I will destroy it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.9.8"><span class="content">from the face of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.9.8"><span class="content">Yet I will not totally destroy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.9.8"><span class="content">the descendants of Jacob,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.9.8"><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 v8" data-usfm="AMO.9.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;For I will give the command,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.9.9"><span class="content">and I will shake the people of Israel</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.9.9"><span class="content">among all the nations</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.9.9"><span class="content">as grain is shaken in a sieve,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.9.9"><span class="content">and not a pebble will reach the ground.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.9.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">All the sinners among my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.9.10"><span class="content">will die by the sword,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.9.10"><span class="content">all those who say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.9.10"><span class="content">&#8216;Disaster will not overtake or meet us.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel&#8217;s Restoration</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.9.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;In that day</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.9.11"><span class="content">&#8220;I will restore David&#8217;s fallen shelter&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.9.11"><span class="content">I will repair its broken walls</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.9.11"><span class="content">and restore its ruins&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.9.11"><span class="content">and will rebuild it as it used to be,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">so that they may possess the remnant of Edom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.9.12"><span class="content">and all the nations that bear my name,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:12 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">so that the remnant of people / and all the nations that bear my name may seek me</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.9.12"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who will do these things.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.9.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;The days are coming,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.9.13"><span class="content">&#8220;when the reaper will be overtaken by the plowman</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.9.13"><span class="content">and the planter by the one treading grapes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.9.13"><span class="content">New wine will drip from the mountains</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.9.13"><span class="content">and flow from all the hills,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.9.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">and I will bring my people Israel back from exile.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will restore the fortunes of my people Israel</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.9.14"><span class="content">&#8220;They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.9.14"><span class="content">They will plant vineyards and drink their wine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.9.14"><span class="content">they will make gardens and eat their fruit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.9.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I will plant Israel in their own land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.9.15"><span class="content">never again to be uprooted</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.9.15"><span class="content">from the land I have given them,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.9.15"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">6</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Prophet Without Honor</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MRK.6.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Jesus left there and went to his hometown, accompanied by his disciples. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.6.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.6.2"><span class="content">&#8220;Where did this man get these things?&#8221; they asked. &#8220;What&#8217;s this wisdom that has been given him? What are these remarkable miracles he is performing? </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.6.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Isn&#8217;t this the carpenter? Isn&#8217;t this Mary&#8217;s son and the brother of James, Joseph,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:3 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Joses</span><span class="ft">, a variant of </span><span class="fq">Joseph</span></span></span><span class="content"> Judas and Simon? Aren&#8217;t his sisters here with us?&#8221; And they took offense at him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.6.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MRK.6.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Jesus said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MRK.6.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MRK.6.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He was amazed at their lack of faith.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Sends Out the Twelve</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MRK.6.6"><span class="content">Then Jesus went around teaching from village to village. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MRK.6.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Calling the Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over impure spirits.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MRK.6.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MRK.6.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">These were his instructions: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Take nothing for the journey except a staff&#8212;no bread, no bag, no money in your belts.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.6.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Wear sandals but not an extra shirt.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MRK.6.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that town.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MRK.6.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And if any place will not welcome you or listen to you, leave that place and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MRK.6.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.6.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">They went out and preached that people should repent. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.6.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">John the Baptist Beheaded</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.6.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MRK.6.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">King Herod heard about this, for Jesus&#8217; name had become well known. Some were saying,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:14 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">He was saying</span></span></span><span class="content"> &#8220;John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MRK.6.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.6.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Others said, &#8220;He is Elijah.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.6.15"><span class="content">And still others claimed, &#8220;He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of long ago.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.6.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MRK.6.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But when Herod heard this, he said, &#8220;John, whom I beheaded, has been raised from the dead!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MRK.6.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MRK.6.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For Herod himself had given orders to have John arrested, and he had him bound and put in prison. He did this because of Herodias, his brother Philip&#8217;s wife, whom he had married. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MRK.6.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For John had been saying to Herod, &#8220;It is not lawful for you to have your brother&#8217;s wife.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.6.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">So Herodias nursed a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she was not able to, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.6.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard John, he was greatly puzzled</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:20 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">he did many things</span></span></span><span class="content">; yet he liked to listen to him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.6.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MRK.6.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Finally the opportune time came. On his birthday Herod gave a banquet for his high officials and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MRK.6.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">When the daughter of</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:22 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">When his daughter</span></span></span><span class="content"> Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MRK.6.22"><span class="content">The king said to the girl, &#8220;Ask me for anything you want, and I&#8217;ll give it to you.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MRK.6.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">And he promised her with an oath, &#8220;Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MRK.6.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.6.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">She went out and said to her mother, &#8220;What shall I ask for?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.6.24"><span class="content">&#8220;The head of John the Baptist,&#8221; she answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.6.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MRK.6.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">At once the girl hurried in to the king with the request: &#8220;I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MRK.6.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MRK.6.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The king was greatly distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he did not want to refuse her. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MRK.6.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">So he immediately sent an executioner with orders to bring John&#8217;s head. The man went, beheaded John in the prison, </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MRK.6.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">and brought back his head on a platter. He presented it to the girl, and she gave it to her mother. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MRK.6.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">On hearing of this, John&#8217;s disciples came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MRK.6.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MRK.6.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MRK.6.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MRK.6.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MRK.6.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MRK.6.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">But many who saw them leaving recognized them and ran on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MRK.6.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MRK.6.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MRK.6.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">By this time it was late in the day, so his disciples came to him. &#8220;This is a remote place,&#8221; they said, &#8220;and it&#8217;s already very late. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MRK.6.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Send the people away so that they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MRK.6.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MRK.6.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">But he answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You give them something to eat.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MRK.6.37"><span class="content">They said to him, &#8220;That would take more than half a year&#8217;s wages</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:37 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">take two hundred denarii</span></span></span><span class="content">! Are we to go and spend that much on bread and give it to them to eat?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MRK.6.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MRK.6.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;How many loaves do you have?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he asked. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Go and see.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MRK.6.38"><span class="content">When they found out, they said, &#8220;Five&#8212;and two fish.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MRK.6.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MRK.6.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Then Jesus directed them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MRK.6.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="MRK.6.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people. He also divided the two fish among them all. </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MRK.6.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">They all ate and were satisfied, </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="MRK.6.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish. </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MRK.6.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">The number of the men who had eaten was five thousand.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Walks on the Water</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MRK.6.44"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="MRK.6.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd. </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="MRK.6.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="MRK.6.46"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="MRK.6.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">Later that night, the boat was in the middle of the lake, and he was alone on land. </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="MRK.6.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">He saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. Shortly before dawn he went out to them, walking on the lake. He was about to pass by them, </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="MRK.6.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">but when they saw him walking on the lake, they thought he was a ghost. They cried out, </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="MRK.6.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">because they all saw him and were terrified.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="MRK.6.50"><span class="content">Immediately he spoke to them and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Take courage! It is I. Don&#8217;t be afraid.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="MRK.6.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">Then he climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. They were completely amazed, </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="MRK.6.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">for they had not understood about the loaves; their hearts were hardened.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="MRK.6.52"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="MRK.6.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret and anchored there. </span></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="MRK.6.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">As soon as they got out of the boat, people recognized Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="MRK.6.55"><span class="label">55</span><span class="content">They ran throughout that whole region and carried the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. </span></span><span class="verse v56" data-usfm="MRK.6.56"><span class="label">56</span><span class="content">And wherever he went&#8212;into villages, towns or countryside&#8212;they placed the sick in the marketplaces. They begged him to let them touch even the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.</span></span></div>
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