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\toc1 Amos 
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\mt2 This book is the account of Amos foretelling about God punishing Israel and Judah and other nations, and restoring Israel and Judah. We call this book  
\mt1 Amos  
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\v 1 \w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \add Yahweh\add* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \add me\add*, \w Amos|strong="H5986"\w*. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ◄shepherd/\w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* takes \w care|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w sheep|strong="H5349"\w*►. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \add near\add* \w Tekoa|strong="H8620"\w* \add town south of Jerusalem\add*. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w received|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* vision two \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \add big\add* \w earthquake|strong="H7494"\w*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \add King\add* Jehoash, \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
\p
\v 2 \w This|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said:  
\q1 “\w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w roar|strong="H7580"\w* \add like a lion\add* [MET];  
\q2 \w when|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* speak \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* \add Hill in\add* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* [DOU], \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add resemble the sound of\add* \w thunder|strong="H6963"\w*.  
\q1 \add When that happens\add*, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w pastures|strong="H4999"\w* where \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w* \add take care of\add* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* sheep \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w dry|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H3001"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add the grass\add* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w top|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w* \add Mountain\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w wither|strong="H3001"\w*/\w become|strong="H3001"\w* brown►  
\q2 \add because I will cause that no rain will fall\add*.”   
\s1 Yahweh will punish Syria  
\p
\v 3 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \add also\add* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \add to me\add*:  
\q1 “\add I will punish the people of\add* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, \add the capital of Syria,\add* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w sins|strong="H6588"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w committed|strong="H5921"\w*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add change my mind about punishing them\add* [MTY],  
\q1 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \add the cruel things that they did to the people of the\add* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \add region\add*  
\q2 \add were like\add* [MET] \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w threshing|strong="H1758"\w* grain using sledges \add that have ◄iron teeth/sharp iron nails► in them\add*.   
\q1
\v 4 \w I|strong="H7971"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* cause \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w to|strong="H7971"\w* burn \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \add that King\add* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \add built and lived in\add*,  
\q2 \w the|strong="H7971"\w* fortress \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \add his son King\add* \w Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \add also\add* lived.   
\q1
\v 5 \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* gates \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w broken|strong="H7665"\w* \add down\add*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* king \w who|strong="H5971"\w* rules \w in|strong="H3427"\w* Aven \w Valley|strong="H1237"\w*  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H1004"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* rules \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Beth|strong="H1004"\w* \w Eden|strong="H5730"\w*.  
\q2 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Syria \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* captured \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w taken|strong="H3427"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Kir|strong="H7024"\w* \add region where they originally lived\add*.”   
\s1 Yahweh will punish Philistia  
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\v 6 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add also\add* said \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \add to me\add*:  
\q1 “\add I will punish the people of the cities in Philistia\add*:  
\q2 \add I will punish the people of\add* \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w* \add city\add* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w sins|strong="H6588"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w committed|strong="H5921"\w*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w change|strong="H7725"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w mind|strong="H3808"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w punishing|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* captured large groups \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* Edom  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* sold \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w become|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* slaves \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \add the people of\add* Edom.   
\q1
\v 7 \w I|strong="H7971"\w* \w will|strong="H2346"\w* cause \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w to|strong="H7971"\w* completely burn \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H2346"\w* \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \add also\add* destroy \w its|strong="H7971"\w* fortresses.   
\q1
\v 8 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w get|strong="H3027"\w* rid \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* Ashdod \add city\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* rules [MTY] \w in|strong="H3427"\w* Ashkelon \add city\add*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \add also\add* \w strike|strong="H3027"\w*/punish \add the people of\add* \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w* \add city\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \add all\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* Philistia \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w still|strong="H3427"\w* alive \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* killed.”   
\s1 Yahweh will punish Tyre  
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\v 9 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add also\add* said \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \add to me\add*:  
\q1 “\add I will punish the people of\add* \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w* \add city\add* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w sins|strong="H6588"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w committed|strong="H5921"\w*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w change|strong="H7725"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w mind|strong="H2142"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w punishing|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \add also\add* captured large groups \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* Edom,  
\q2 disregarding \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w treaty|strong="H1285"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* friendship \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H7725"\w* \add with your rulers\add*.   
\q1
\v 10 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w I|strong="H7971"\w* \w will|strong="H2346"\w* cause \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w to|strong="H7971"\w* completely burn \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H2346"\w* \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \add also\add* destroy \w its|strong="H7971"\w* fortresses.”   
\s1 Yahweh will punish Edom  
\p
\v 11 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add also\add* said \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \add to me\add*:  
\q1 “\w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* punish \add the people of\add* Edom \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w sins|strong="H6588"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w committed|strong="H5921"\w*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w change|strong="H7725"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w mind|strong="H3808"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w punishing|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \add of Israel\add*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* descended \w from|strong="H7725"\w* Esau’s \add brother Jacob, and killed them\add* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w act|strong="H7843"\w* mercifully \w toward|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H7843"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H7969"\w* extremely \w angry|strong="H5678"\w* \add with the people of Israel\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* continued \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w angry|strong="H5678"\w* \add with them\add*.   
\q1
\v 12 \w I|strong="H7971"\w* \w will|strong="H7971"\w* cause \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w to|strong="H7971"\w* burn \w Teman|strong="H8487"\w* \add district in Edom\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7971"\w* completely burn \w the|strong="H7971"\w* fortresses of \w Bozrah|strong="H1224"\w*, \add the biggest city in Edom\add*.”   
\s1 Yahweh will punish Ammon  
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\v 13 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add also\add* said \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \add to me\add*:  
\q1 “\w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* punish \add the people of\add* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w sins|strong="H6588"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \add they\add* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w committed|strong="H5921"\w*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w change|strong="H7725"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w mind|strong="H3808"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w punishing|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \add their soldiers even\add* \w ripped|strong="H1234"\w* \w open|strong="H1234"\w* \add the bellies of\add* \w pregnant|strong="H2030"\w* \w women|strong="H2030"\w*  
\q2 \add when their army attacked\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \add region\add* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* gain \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w territory|strong="H1366"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* cause \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fire|strong="H3341"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \add completely\add* \w burn|strong="H3341"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* around \w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\w* \add city\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* completely \w burn|strong="H3341"\w* its fortresses.  
\q1 \w During|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, \add their enemies\add* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w shout|strong="H8643"\w* loudly  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w fighting|strong="H4421"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \add like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fierce/raging wind/\w storm|strong="H5591"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15  \add After the battle\add*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \add of Ammon\add* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* ◄exiled/forced \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* another country►.”   
\c 2  
\s1 Yahweh will punish Moab  
\p
\v 1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add also\add* said \w this|strong="H3541"\w*:  
\q1 “\add I will punish the people of\add* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w sins|strong="H6588"\w* \add that they have committed\add*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w change|strong="H7725"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w mind|strong="H3808"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w punishing|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \add dug up\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Edom \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w completely|strong="H8313"\w*,  
\q2 \w with|strong="H8313"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* result \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \add the ashes became as white\add* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w lime|strong="H7875"\w*.   
\q1
\v 2 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w I|strong="H7971"\w* \w will|strong="H4124"\w* cause \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w to|strong="H4191"\w* completely burn \w the|strong="H7971"\w* fortresses \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w Kerioth|strong="H7152"\w* \add city in Moab\add*.  
\q2 \add People will hear soldiers\add* \w shouting|strong="H8643"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w blowing|strong="H8643"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w* \add loudly\add*  
\q2 while \w I|strong="H7971"\w* am causing \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* destroyed   
\q1
\v 3  \add and while\add* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* getting rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* king \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w*.  
\q2 \add That will surely happen because I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* said \w it|strong="H7130"\w*!”   
\b  
\s1 Yahweh will punish Judah  
\p
\v 4 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add also\add* said \w this|strong="H3541"\w*:  
\q1 “\add I will also punish the people of\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w sins|strong="H6588"\w* \add that they have committed\add*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w change|strong="H7725"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w mind|strong="H3808"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w punishing|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* taught \w them|strong="H5921"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8104"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* commands.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w deceived|strong="H8582"\w* \add and persuaded to worship false gods\add*,  
\q2 \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w same|strong="H3541"\w* \add gods\add* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \add worshiped\add*.   
\q1
\v 5 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w I|strong="H7971"\w* \w will|strong="H3063"\w* cause \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w to|strong="H7971"\w* completely burn \add everything in\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, including \w the|strong="H7971"\w* fortresses \w in|strong="H3063"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.”   
\s1 Yahweh will punish Israel  
\p
\v 6 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add also\add* said \w this|strong="H3541"\w*:  
\q1 “\add I will punish the people of\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w sins|strong="H6588"\w* \add that they have committed\add*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w change|strong="H7725"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w mind|strong="H3808"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w punishing|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w sell|strong="H4376"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people\add* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w get|strong="H7725"\w* \add a small amount of\add* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w sell|strong="H4376"\w* poor \add people, causing them to become slaves\add*,  
\q2 getting \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \add each of\add* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \add only the amount of money with which they could buy\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* pair \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w sandals|strong="H5275"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7  \add It is as though\add* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w trample|strong="H7602"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* \w people|strong="H2490"\w* \w into|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w dirt|strong="H6083"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H1870"\w* allow \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H5291"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* \w helpless|strong="H1800"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w be|strong="H8034"\w* treated fairly.  
\q2 \w Men|strong="H7218"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* fathers dishonor \w me|strong="H5921"\w* [MTY] \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w both|strong="H5921"\w* having sex [EUP] \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w same|strong="H8034"\w* \add slave\add* \w girl|strong="H5291"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8  \add When poor people borrow money\add*,  
\q2 \add the lenders force those people to give to them a piece of clothing\add* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* keep \w until|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w can|strong="H1004"\w* \w pay|strong="H5186"\w* \w back|strong="H5186"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* money.  
\q1 \add But at the end of each day, instead of returning that garment as Yahweh had commanded them to\add*,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H5921"\w* lie \w down|strong="H5186"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* garment \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w places|strong="H1004"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* worship \add their gods\add*!  
\q1 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w fine|strong="H6064"\w* people,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* money \add they buy\add* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temples|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* gods!   
\b  
\q1
\v 9  \add Long ago,\add* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* assist \w your|strong="H6440"\w* ancestors, \w I|strong="H8478"\w* got rid \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Amor people-group.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H1931"\w* \add seemed to be\add* \w as|strong="H6440"\w* \w tall|strong="H1363"\w* \w as|strong="H6440"\w* cedar \add trees\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w as|strong="H6440"\w* \w strong|strong="H2634"\w* \w as|strong="H6440"\w* oak \add trees\add*,  
\q1 \w but|strong="H1931"\w* \w I|strong="H8478"\w* got rid \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w completely|strong="H8045"\w*,  
\q2 \add as easily as someone cuts off\add* [MET] \w the|strong="H6440"\w* branches \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* tree \w and|strong="H6440"\w* then digs \w out|strong="H6440"\w* \w all|strong="H6440"\w* \w its|strong="H8478"\w* \w roots|strong="H8328"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 10 \w I|strong="H4714"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w your|strong="H5927"\w* \add ancestors\add* \w out|strong="H3423"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \add then\add* \w I|strong="H4714"\w* \w led|strong="H3212"\w* \w them|strong="H3423"\w* \w through|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3423"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w for|strong="H4714"\w* 40 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\q2 \w And|strong="H3212"\w* \w then|strong="H5927"\w* \w I|strong="H4714"\w* enabled \w them|strong="H3423"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w conquer|strong="H3423"\w*/\w possess|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H3423"\w* Amor area.   
\q1
\v 11 \w I|strong="H3478"\w* chose some \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H6965"\w* Israelis \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H3478"\w* chose others \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* Nazir-men \add who were completely dedicated to me\add*.  
\q1 \w You|strong="H6965"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w certainly|strong="H6965"\w* [RHQ] know \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2063"\w* \w I|strong="H3478"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w true|strong="H3068"\w*!   
\b  
\q1
\v 12 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* speak \w the|strong="H5921"\w* messages \w that|strong="H5030"\w* \add I gave to\add* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3196"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* persuaded \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Nazir-men \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w drink|strong="H8248"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*,  
\q2 \add which I told them never to do\add*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 13 So \w I|strong="H2009"\w* will crush \w you|strong="H8478"\w*  
\q2 \w like|strong="H8478"\w* [SIM] \add the wheels of\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wagon|strong="H5699"\w* \w that|strong="H2009"\w* \w is|strong="H2009"\w* loaded \w with|strong="H8478"\w* grain crushes \add whatever it rolls over\add*.   
\q1
\v 14  \add Even\add* if \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w run|strong="H4498"\w* \w fast|strong="H7031"\w*,  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w escape|strong="H4422"\w*;  
\q1 \add even\add* if \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H1368"\w* \w strong|strong="H2389"\w*, \add it will be as though\add* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H1368"\w* \w weak|strong="H3808"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5315"\w* \w warriors|strong="H1368"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w unable|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5315"\w* \w save|strong="H4422"\w* \w themselves|strong="H5315"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15  \add Even\add* if \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H5483"\w* able \w to|strong="H5315"\w* shoot \w arrows|strong="H7198"\w* \add well\add*,  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* forced \w to|strong="H5315"\w* retreat [LIT];  
\q1 \add even\add* if \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w run|strong="H4422"\w* \w fast|strong="H7031"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* if \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w ride|strong="H7392"\w* \add away\add* \w on|strong="H7392"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w horse|strong="H5483"\w*,  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add be able to\add* \w save|strong="H4422"\w* \w yourself|strong="H5315"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16  \add Even\add* \w warriors|strong="H1368"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* very brave \w will|strong="H3068"\w* drop \w their|strong="H3068"\w* weapons  
\q2 \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* try \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w flee|strong="H5127"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \add that I get rid of them\add*.  
\q1 \add That will surely happen because I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*.”   
\c 3  
\s1 Yahweh warned the Israeli people  
\p
\v 1 “\w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*;  
\q2 \w so|strong="H5927"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.   
\q1
\v 2 \w From|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people-groups \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \add chose and\add* \w took|strong="H6485"\w* \w care|strong="H6485"\w* \w of|strong="H4940"\w* \w only|strong="H7535"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\q1 \w That|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w reason|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5771"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*  
\q2 \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H5771"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w committed|strong="H6485"\w*.”   
\s1 The prophets’ task  
\q1
\v 3 \w Two|strong="H8147"\w* \add people\add* certainly cannot [RHQ] \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*  
\q2 if \w they|strong="H3162"\w* \w have|strong="H8147"\w* \w not|strong="H1115"\w* \add already\add* \w agreed|strong="H3259"\w* \add about what place they will start walking from\add*.   
\q1
\v 4 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w lion|strong="H3715"\w* \w certainly|strong="H5414"\w* does \w not|strong="H1115"\w* [RHQ] \w roar|strong="H7580"\w* \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* bushes/\w forest|strong="H3293"\w*  
\q2 if \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w has|strong="H3293"\w* \w not|strong="H1115"\w* killed another animal.  
\q1 \w It|strong="H5414"\w* does \w not|strong="H1115"\w* [RHQ] \w growl|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w its|strong="H5414"\w* \w den|strong="H4585"\w*  
\q2 if \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H6963"\w* \w not|strong="H1115"\w* eating \add the flesh of an animal that it has caught\add*.   
\q1
\v 5 \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w catch|strong="H3920"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bird|strong="H6833"\w*  
\q2 \w if|strong="H4170"\w* \add he does\add* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add set\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w trap|strong="H4170"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\q1 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w trap|strong="H4170"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w spring|strong="H5927"\w* shut  
\q2 \w unless|strong="H3808"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \add animal\add* has \w not|strong="H3808"\w* sprung \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w trap|strong="H4170"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6  \add Similarly, all\add* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w certainly|strong="H6213"\w* [RHQ] \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w afraid|strong="H2729"\w*  
\q2 \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \add they hear someone\add* \w blowing|strong="H8628"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*  
\q2 \add to signal that enemies are attacking\add*.  
\q1 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* experiences \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w*,  
\q2 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* [RHQ].   
\b  
\q1
\v 7 \w And|strong="H5650"\w* whatever \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w plans|strong="H5475"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*,  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3588"\w* tells \w his|strong="H1540"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w about|strong="H1697"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 8 Everyone \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* becomes terrified [RHQ] \w when|strong="H1696"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* hear \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lion \w roar|strong="H7580"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3372"\w* if \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3069"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3069"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* given messages \add to prophets like me\add*,  
\q1 \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] proclaim \w those|strong="H1696"\w* messages,  
\q2 \add even if they cause people to become terrified\add*.   
\s1 Yahweh will punish Samaria  
\q1
\v 9  \add I said this to the leaders of Samaria\add* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \add Yahweh said this to me\add*):  
\q2 Send \w this|strong="H7200"\w* message \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* leaders [MET] \w in|strong="H5921"\w* Ashdod \add city\add* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*:  
\q1 “Come \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hills|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \add the way that their ◄leaders/wealthy people►\add* \w are|strong="H7227"\w* causing \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* city \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H2022"\w* terrified,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \add the way that they\add* \w are|strong="H7227"\w* causing \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* suffer!”   
\b  
\q1
\v 10 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H5002"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w there|strong="H3045"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w how|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3045"\w*.  
\q2 \w Their|strong="H3068"\w* homes \w are|strong="H3068"\w* filled \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \add valuable things\add* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* stolen \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \add taken\add* violently \add from others\add*.   
\p
\v 11 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add our\add* \w God|strong="H3069"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \add soon\add* \w their|strong="H5439"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6862"\w* \w will|strong="H3069"\w* \w come|strong="H3381"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3381"\w* tear \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w their|strong="H5439"\w* ◄defenses/\w high|strong="H4480"\w* city walls►  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3381"\w* \w take|strong="H3381"\w* \w away|strong="H4480"\w* \w those|strong="H4480"\w* valuable things.   
\p
\v 12 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* declared \w this|strong="H3651"\w*:  
\q1 “\w When|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lion attacks \w a|strong="H3068"\w* sheep,  
\q2 \add sometimes\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* able \w to|strong="H3478"\w* snatch \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* lion’s \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*  
\q2 \w only|strong="H5337"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w legs|strong="H3767"\w* \w or|strong="H1121"\w* \w an|strong="H3068"\w* ear \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* sheep.  
\q1 Similarly, \add only\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w few|strong="H8147"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w escape|strong="H5337"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \add they will be able to rescue only\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w part|strong="H5337"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w couch|strong="H6210"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w part|strong="H5337"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*.”   
\b  
\p
\v 13 \w The|strong="H5002"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* angels \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w this|strong="H8085"\w*:  
\q2 “\w Proclaim|strong="H8085"\w* \add this message\add* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* descendants [MTY] \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*:   
\q1
\v 14 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \add the people of\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sins|strong="H6588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w committed|strong="H6485"\w*,  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* cause \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \add town\add* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* destroyed;  
\q2 \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* projections \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* corners \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w cut|strong="H1438"\w* \w off|strong="H1438"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ground.   
\q1
\v 15 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \add that they live in during\add* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* ◄\w winter|strong="H2779"\w*/rainy season► \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \add in which they live during\add* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* ◄\w summer|strong="H7019"\w*/dry season► \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* torn \w down|strong="H5221"\w*.  
\q2 \add Beautiful\add* big \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \add that are decorated\add* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w ivory|strong="H8127"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H5221"\w*.  
\q1 \add That will surely happen because I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*!”   
\c 4  
\s1 The Israelis have not returned to God  
\q1
\v 1 \w You|strong="H6231"\w* \add wealthy women\add* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \add have grown fat like\add* [MET] \w the|strong="H8085"\w* fat \w cows|strong="H6510"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* \add region\add*.  
\q2 \w You|strong="H6231"\w* \w oppress|strong="H6231"\w* \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H6231"\w* \w cause|strong="H1697"\w* \w needy|strong="H1800"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* suffer.  
\q1 \w And|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H6231"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* husbands,  
\q2 “Bring \w us|strong="H8085"\w* \add more wine\add* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*!”   
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\v 2 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add our\add* \w God|strong="H3069"\w* \w has|strong="H3117"\w* said \w this|strong="H3588"\w*:  
\q2 “\w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w holy|strong="H6944"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w*:  
\q1 \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3069"\w* \add soon\add* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3069"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w taken|strong="H5375"\w* \add to another country\add*;  
\q2 \add your enemies will take you away as though they are\add* using sharp \w hooks|strong="H6793"\w* [DOU] \add to grab you\add*.   
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\v 3  \add Your enemies\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* drag \w you|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w through|strong="H3318"\w* \w breaks|strong="H3318"\w*/holes \add in your city walls\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w throw|strong="H7993"\w* \w you|strong="H3318"\w* \w outside|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* city.  
\q1 \add That will surely happen because I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H7993"\w*!   
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\v 4 Go \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w* \add towns where many people worship me\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* sin \w more|strong="H7235"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w more|strong="H7235"\w* [SAR]!  
\q1 \add I say that not because I want you to do it\add*,  
\q2 \add but because it is what you have always been doing\add*!  
\q1 \w Offer|strong="H2077"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \add after you arrive\add*,  
\q2 \add and bring me\add* ◄\w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w tithe|strong="H4643"\w*/one \w tenth|strong="H7969"\w*► \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H7235"\w* crops \w the|strong="H3117"\w* next \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Bring|strong="H7121"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5071"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w bread|strong="H2557"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w thank|strong="H8426"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \add other\add* \w offerings|strong="H5071"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* required/commanded,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* boast \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \add these offerings that you bring\add*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H8085"\w*,  
\q1 \add but you do it to impress others, not to please me\add*.  
\q1 \add That is certainly true, because I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \add am the one who\add* \w caused|strong="H5414"\w* \w there|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* [DOU],  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* rejected \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* spite \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w When|strong="H4480"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w* \w before|strong="H4480"\w* \add the time of\add* \w harvesting|strong="H7105"\w* \add crops\add*,  
\q2 \add at the time when your crops needed rain the most\add*,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w prevented|strong="H4513"\w* \w rain|strong="H1653"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* falling.  
\q1 \add Sometimes\add* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* allowed \w rain|strong="H1653"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* fall \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w prevented|strong="H4513"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* falling \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w other|strong="H5750"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\q1 \w Rain|strong="H1653"\w* \w fell|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* fields,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* fall \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w other|strong="H5750"\w* fields,  
\q2 \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w result|strong="H4480"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \add the soil in\add* \w those|strong="H4480"\w* fields \add where it did not rain\add* \w dried|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H3001"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w People|strong="H3808"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w stagger|strong="H5128"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w another|strong="H3808"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* find \w water|strong="H4325"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* could \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w get|strong="H7725"\w* \w enough|strong="H7646"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* spite \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\q1 \add That is certainly true because I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w*!   
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\v 9 \w I|strong="H5704"\w* caused \w your|strong="H3068"\w* grain fields \w to|strong="H5704"\w* dry \w up|strong="H5704"\w*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5704"\w* caused \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w gardens|strong="H1593"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w*/\w destroyed|strong="H5221"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w blight|strong="H7711"\w*/hot winds► \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w mildew|strong="H3420"\w*.  
\q1 \add I sent\add* \w locusts|strong="H1501"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* eat \add the leaves on\add* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w fig|strong="H8384"\w* \w trees|strong="H2132"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w olive|strong="H2132"\w* \w trees|strong="H2132"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* spite \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H5704"\w* rejected \w me|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\q1 \add That is certainly true because I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w*!   
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\v 10 \w I|strong="H5704"\w* caused \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* experience ◄\w plagues|strong="H1870"\w*/severe sicknesses►  
\q2 \w like|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w plagues|strong="H1870"\w* \add that I sent to the people\add* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H5704"\w* caused \add many of\add* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w young|strong="H7971"\w* \w men|strong="H4264"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w die|strong="H2719"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* battles.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w allowed|strong="H3068"\w* \add your enemies\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* capture \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*.  
\q1 \add Many of your soldiers were killed,\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* caused \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w camps|strong="H4264"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* filled \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* smell/stink \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \add decaying\add* corpses.  
\q2 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* spite \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H7971"\w* rejected \w me|strong="H7971"\w*.  
\q1 \add That is certainly true, because\add* \w I|strong="H5704"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w*!   
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\v 11 \w I|strong="H5704"\w* got \w rid|strong="H5337"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w many|strong="H5704"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w*,  
\q2 \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* got \w rid|strong="H5337"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \add the people in\add* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Gomorrah|strong="H6017"\w*.  
\q1 \add Those of\add* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \add did not die\add* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w burning|strong="H8316"\w* stick \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w snatched|strong="H5337"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fire|strong="H8316"\w* \add so that it would not burn completely\add*.  
\q2 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* spite \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H5704"\w* rejected \w me|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\q1 \add That is certainly true, because I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w*!   
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\v 12 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \add now\add*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add people of\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am going \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w punish|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\q2 \w Prepare|strong="H3559"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* stand \w in|strong="H3478"\w* front \w of|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w*, \w your|strong="H6213"\w* God, \add when I judge you\add*!   
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\v 13 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w created|strong="H1254"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add I\add* \w created|strong="H1254"\w* \w winds|strong="H7307"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* reveal \w to|strong="H3068"\w* humans \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* thinking.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \add sometimes\add* \w cause|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* daylight \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H6213"\w* dark \add like the night\add*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \add rule over everything\add*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \add even\add* \w walk|strong="H1869"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* highest \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* earth!  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels!”   
\c 5  
\s1 The people of Israel must repent  
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\v 1 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* [MTY] \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* funeral \w song|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w sing|strong="H5375"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* young woman,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w spite|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w*, \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w struck|strong="H5307"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w get|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w*!  
\q1 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w lie|strong="H5203"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ground, \w abandoned|strong="H5203"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w there|strong="H6965"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w help|strong="H6965"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w stand|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w*.”   
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\v 3 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3069"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* people [MTY] \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*:  
\q1 \add “When your enemies attack you,\add*  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* 1,000 \add of your soldiers\add* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \add to a battle\add*,  
\q2 \w there|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* 100 \w who|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w survive|strong="H7604"\w*.  
\q1 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* 100 \w soldiers|strong="H3967"\w* \w march|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \add from a city to fight\add*,  
\q2 \w there|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w who|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w remain|strong="H7604"\w* \w alive|strong="H7604"\w*.”   
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\v 4 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* continues \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w say|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* people [MTY] \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*:  
\q1 “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* Israeli people, return \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H2421"\w*!  
\q2 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* continue \w to|strong="H3478"\w* remain \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*.   
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\v 5 Do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w seek|strong="H1875"\w* \add my help\add*;  
\q2 do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w* \add to worship\add*;  
\q1 do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add even\add* \w go|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* Beersheba,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \add your enemies\add* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* drag \w away|strong="H1540"\w* \add the people of\add* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* other countries,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1008"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* completely destroyed.”   
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\v 6 \w So|strong="H6435"\w*, \w come|strong="H2421"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*;  
\q2 \w if|strong="H6435"\w* \w you|strong="H6435"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H6435"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* remain \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*.  
\q1 \w If|strong="H6435"\w* \w you|strong="H6435"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* descend \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6435"\w* descendants [MTY] \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire;  
\q1 \w that|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w will|strong="H3068"\w* burn everything \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* ◄nothing/\w no|strong="H6435"\w* \w one|strong="H2421"\w*► \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* able \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w save|strong="H2421"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* town.   
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\v 7 You \w people|strong="H3240"\w* distort \w what|strong="H4941"\w* \w is|strong="H4941"\w* fair/\w right|strong="H4941"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w cause|strong="H4941"\w* \add people to think that\add* \w it|strong="H2015"\w* \w is|strong="H4941"\w* something that \w is|strong="H4941"\w* \w very|strong="H3240"\w* bitter;  
\q2 you \w treat|strong="H4941"\w* good things \w as|strong="H2015"\w* though they \w are|strong="H4941"\w* evil.   
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\v 8  \add Do you know who\add* \w created|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* groups \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w stars|strong="H3598"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* places?  
\q1 \add Each morning\add* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* causes \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w darkness|strong="H6757"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w dawn|strong="H1242"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add each evening\add* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* causes \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w daylight|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H7121"\w* \w darkness|strong="H6757"\w*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* scoops \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* oceans \add to become clouds\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w then|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* dumps \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \add from the clouds\add* \w onto|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* earth.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w one|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w does|strong="H6213"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* things \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9 \w He|strong="H5921"\w* causes \w strong|strong="H5794"\w* \add soldiers\add* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* be killed,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7701"\w* causes \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ◄high walls \w around|strong="H5921"\w*/\w fortresses|strong="H4013"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w*► \w cities|strong="H4013"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* be torn \w down|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10  \add He is the one who will punish you\add*  
\q2 because \w you|strong="H1696"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w those|strong="H8130"\w* \w who|strong="H8130"\w* challenge anyone \w who|strong="H8130"\w* tries \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w make|strong="H3198"\w* unjust \w decisions|strong="H3198"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H1696"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w those|strong="H8130"\w* \w who|strong="H8130"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H1696"\w* truth \w in|strong="H1696"\w* \w your|strong="H8130"\w* \w courts|strong="H8179"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 11 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* oppress \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* force \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* pay big taxes.  
\q1 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1129"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* big \w stone|strong="H1496"\w* mansions \add for yourselves\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\q1 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1129"\w* \w planted|strong="H5193"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w any|strong="H4480"\w* \add grapes for you to harvest to make\add* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w all|strong="H3045"\w* \w of|strong="H8179"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* terrible \w crimes|strong="H6588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* committed.  
\q1 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* oppress \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*/honest \w people|strong="H3045"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w accept|strong="H3947"\w* \w bribes|strong="H3724"\w*.  
\q1 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H2403"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* allow judges \w to|strong="H3045"\w* treat poor \w people|strong="H3045"\w* justly.   
\q1
\v 13 \w This|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \add many people do\add* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w*,  
\q2 \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w have|strong="H7919"\w* good sense say nothing \add when they hear about such things being done\add*.   
\b  
\q2
\v 14 \w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w remain|strong="H1961"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*,  
\q1 \w you|strong="H3651"\w* must stop \w doing|strong="H7451"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w wrong|strong="H7451"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* start \w doing|strong="H7451"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3651"\w*.  
\q1 \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3651"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3651"\w*  
\q2 \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3651"\w* claim \add that he always is\add*.   
\q1
\v 15 Love \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*!  
\q2 Try \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H4941"\w* \add judges\add* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w courts|strong="H8179"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H2603"\w* \w decisions|strong="H4941"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w*/\w fair|strong="H2896"\w*!  
\q1 \w If|strong="H2603"\w* \w you|strong="H8130"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H7611"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w*, perhaps \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels  
\q2 \w will|strong="H3068"\w* act mercifully \w toward|strong="H3068"\w* \add you descendants of\add* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* still alive.   
\p
\v 16 “\w Because|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \add will punish you for your sins\add*, \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* solemnly \w declared|strong="H3045"\w*:  
\q1 \w People|strong="H3045"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w wailing|strong="H4553"\w* loudly \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w street|strong="H2351"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H3045"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H3651"\w* sorrowful \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w plaza|strong="H7339"\w*.  
\q1 Farmers \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add come and\add* weep,  
\q2 along \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* official \w mourners|strong="H3045"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* wail \add for those who have died\add*.   
\q1
\v 17 People \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w wailing|strong="H4553"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* punish \w you|strong="H3588"\w* [IDM] severely.  
\q1 \add That will surely happen because\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* said \w it|strong="H3588"\w*!”   
\s1 The day of punishment  
\q1
\v 18 Terrible \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* happen \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* desire \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* soon \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add will punish your enemies\add*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*, \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* light.   
\q1
\v 19  \add At that time,\add* \w when|strong="H5127"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* try \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w run|strong="H5127"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lion,  
\q2 \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bear|strong="H1677"\w*.  
\q1 \w When|strong="H5127"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w run|strong="H5127"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \add to be safe\add*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w put|strong="H5564"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*,  
\q2 \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w bitten|strong="H5391"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w snake|strong="H5175"\w*.   
\q1
\v 20 \w That|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \add when he punishes people\add*, \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* very \w dark|strong="H2822"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* [MET],  
\q2 \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* little bit \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w light|strong="H5051"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 21  \add Yahweh says\add*, “\w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* religious \w celebrations|strong="H6116"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* times when \w you|strong="H3808"\w* gather \w to|strong="H3808"\w* worship \w me|strong="H8130"\w*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w detest|strong="H8130"\w* \w them|strong="H8130"\w* [DOU].   
\q1
\v 22 \w Even|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w bring|strong="H5927"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w* \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* completely burned \add on the altar\add* \w and|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* \w of|strong="H4503"\w* grain,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H3808"\w* \w accept|strong="H7521"\w* \w them|strong="H5927"\w*.  
\q1 \w Even|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w bring|strong="H5927"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w* \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* renew/maintain fellowship \w with|strong="H5927"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H5927"\w* \w any|strong="H5927"\w* \w attention|strong="H5027"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w them|strong="H5927"\w*.   
\q1
\v 23 \w So|strong="H3808"\w*, \w stop|strong="H5493"\w* \w singing|strong="H7892"\w* \w noisy|strong="H1995"\w*/\w loud|strong="H8085"\w* \w songs|strong="H7892"\w*!  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w when|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* play \w harps|strong="H5035"\w*.   
\q1
\v 24 Instead, \w your|strong="H1556"\w* continually acting \w justly|strong="H4941"\w*/\w fairly|strong="H4941"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w righteously|strong="H6666"\w* should \w be|strong="H4325"\w* \add never stop,\add*  
\q2 \w like|strong="H1556"\w* [SIM] \add the water in\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w river|strong="H5158"\w* \w that|strong="H4325"\w* never stops \w flowing|strong="H5158"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 25 \w You|strong="H8141"\w* Israeli people [MTY], \w your|strong="H3478"\w* \add ancestors\add* wandered through \w the|strong="H5066"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* 40 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* during \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w time|strong="H8141"\w*, \w they|strong="H8141"\w* never \w brought|strong="H5066"\w* \w any|strong="H5066"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w offerings|strong="H4503"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H5066"\w*!   
\q1
\v 26 But \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w two|strong="H6213"\w* idols \w that|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w had|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w*—  
\q2 \w the|strong="H5375"\w* idols \w of|strong="H3556"\w* Succoth, \w the|strong="H5375"\w* god \add that they considered to be\add* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* king,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6213"\w* Kaiwan, \add the image of the\add* \w star|strong="H3556"\w* \add that they worshiped\add*.   
\q1
\v 27 \w Therefore|strong="H3068"\w*, now \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* force \w you|strong="H1540"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H1540"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add a country that is\add* far \w beyond|strong="H1973"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*!  
\q1 \add That will surely happen because\add* \w I|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* said \w it|strong="H8034"\w*!”   
\c 6  
\s1 Israel will be punished  
\q1
\v 1 Terrible \w things|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* happen \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H2022"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* Jerusalem \w who|strong="H3478"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H1471"\w* worried \w about|strong="H2022"\w* \w anything|strong="H1992"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w also|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H2022"\w* leaders \w who|strong="H3478"\w* live \w on|strong="H1004"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w Hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w who|strong="H3478"\w* think \w that|strong="H1471"\w* \w you|strong="H2022"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* safe.  
\q1 \add You think that\add* [IRO] \w you|strong="H2022"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w the|strong="H1004"\w* most important \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \add in the world\add*,  
\q2 \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w whom|strong="H1992"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1471"\w* [MTY] \w go|strong="H3478"\w* \add to get help\add*.   
\q1
\v 2 \w But|strong="H7200"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Calneh|strong="H3641"\w* \add city\add* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \add what happened there\add*.  
\q2 \w Then|strong="H5674"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \add see\add* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \add city\add* Hamath \add and see what happened there\add*.  
\q2 \w Then|strong="H5674"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w* \add city\add* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* Philistia \add and see what happened to their city walls\add*.  
\q1 \w Your|strong="H7200"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w*/country \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w certainly|strong="H7200"\w* \w not|strong="H7200"\w* [RHQ] \w larger|strong="H7227"\w* \w or|strong="H2896"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w* \w powerful|strong="H7227"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w their|strong="H7200"\w* countries \w were|strong="H6430"\w*,  
\q2 \add but they were all destroyed\add*.   
\q1
\v 3 \w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* trying \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H7451"\w* think \w about|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* experience \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w*,  
\q2 \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \add your enemies will come and\add* violently attack \w you|strong="H3117"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w beds|strong="H4296"\w* \add decorated with expensive\add* \w ivory|strong="H8127"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \add soft\add* \w couches|strong="H4296"\w*.  
\q1 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* eat \add the tender meat of\add* \w lambs|strong="H3733"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w fat|strong="H4770"\w* \w calves|strong="H5695"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* create/compose new \w songs|strong="H7892"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1732"\w* play \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w harps|strong="H5035"\w* \w like|strong="H2803"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w did|strong="H1732"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* entire bowlfuls \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8081"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* put expensive \w oils|strong="H8081"\w*/perfumes \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* bodies,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* grieve \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \add your country of\add* Israel [MTY], \w which|strong="H3196"\w* \w is|strong="H3130"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* destroyed.   
\q1
\v 7 \w Your|strong="H5493"\w* feasting \w and|strong="H7218"\w* lounging \add on soft couches\add* will \w soon|strong="H6258"\w* end,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w you|strong="H3651"\w* will \w be|strong="H6258"\w* \w among|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w first|strong="H7218"\w* ones \w to|strong="H1540"\w* \w be|strong="H6258"\w* forced \add by your enemies\add* \w to|strong="H1540"\w* \w go|strong="H1540"\w* ◄\w into|strong="H1540"\w* \w exile|strong="H1540"\w*/\w to|strong="H1540"\w* another country►.   
\s1 Yahweh detests the Israelis for being very proud  
\p
\v 8 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w declared|strong="H5002"\w* \w this|strong="H3068"\w*:  
\q1 “\w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Israel \w because|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* very \w proud|strong="H1347"\w*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w detest|strong="H8130"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* fortresses.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enable \add their enemies\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* capture \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \add capital\add* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* everything \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H4393"\w*.”   
\p
\v 9  \add When that happens,\add* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w are|strong="H1004"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* people \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w one|strong="H1961"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, they \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 10 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* relative \w who|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* task \w of|strong="H1004"\w*/\w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w responsible|strong="H4480"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w*► burning \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w corpses|strong="H4480"\w* \w comes|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* inquires \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* hiding \w there|strong="H4480"\w*, “\w Is|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H4480"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3588"\w* \w here|strong="H3318"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*?”, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* person replies “\w No|strong="H3808"\w*,” \add the one who inquired\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* say, “\w Be|strong="H3808"\w* \w quiet|strong="H2013"\w*! \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H5375"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w mention|strong="H2142"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \add lest he cause us also to be killed\add*!”   
\b  
\q1
\v 11  \add Terrible things like that will happen\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \add in Israel\add* must \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w smashed|strong="H5221"\w* into \w pieces|strong="H7447"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w small|strong="H6996"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* must \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w smashed|strong="H5221"\w* into tiny bits.   
\b  
\q1
\v 12 \w Horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H2790"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* [RHQ] \w run|strong="H7323"\w* \w on|strong="H7323"\w* big \w rocks|strong="H5553"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* people \w do|strong="H2790"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* [RHQ] \w plow|strong="H2790"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* sea \w with|strong="H4941"\w* \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \add done things that no one should do\add*:  
\q1 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* distorted \w what|strong="H4941"\w* \w is|strong="H4941"\w* fair/\w right|strong="H4941"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* caused \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H7323"\w* \w be|strong="H1241"\w* considered \w like|strong="H7323"\w* \w poison|strong="H7219"\w* [MET];  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w changed|strong="H2015"\w* \w what|strong="H4941"\w* \w is|strong="H4941"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* consider \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H7323"\w* \w be|strong="H1241"\w* \w like|strong="H7323"\w* things \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5483"\w* bitter.   
\q1
\v 13 \w You|strong="H3947"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* proud \w because|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w have|strong="H1697"\w* \w captured|strong="H3947"\w* Lo-Debar \add town\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w have|strong="H1697"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w We|strong="H1697"\w* \w captured|strong="H3947"\w* Karnaim \w by|strong="H3808"\w* \w our|strong="H3947"\w* own \w power|strong="H2392"\w*!”   
\b  
\q1
\v 14 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* angels \w declares|strong="H5002"\w*,  
\q2 “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause another \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w attack|strong="H6965"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* [MTY] \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*;  
\q1 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w oppress|strong="H3905"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*/cause \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w suffer|strong="H1004"\w*► \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w way|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* \w Pass|strong="H6965"\w* \add in the northwest\add*  
\q2 \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* Dead Sea \add in the southeast\add*.”   
\c 7  
\s1 Visions that Yahweh gave to Joel  
\p
\v 1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H7200"\w* \w God|strong="H3069"\w* \w showed|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \add in a vision\add* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H3541"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w going|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w send|strong="H5927"\w* \w locusts|strong="H1462"\w* \add to destroy our crops\add*. \w It|strong="H7200"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w going|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* happen \w right|strong="H2009"\w* \w after|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s share \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* hay \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w been|strong="H5927"\w* harvested/cut \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w before|strong="H8462"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* rest \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* hay \w was|strong="H4428"\w* ready \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w be|strong="H4428"\w* harvested.  
\v 2  \add And in the vision I saw\add* \w those|strong="H1931"\w* locusts \w come|strong="H1961"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* ate everything \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* green. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* cried \w out|strong="H6965"\w*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3069"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w*! \w We|strong="H3588"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w are|strong="H4310"\w* very helpless; ◄\w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* able \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w survive|strong="H6965"\w* [RHQ]?/\w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* able \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w survive|strong="H6965"\w*!►”   
\p
\v 3 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w changed|strong="H5162"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w mind|strong="H5162"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* said, “\w That|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w*.”   
\p
\v 4 \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H2009"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H7200"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3069"\w* \w showed|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \add in another vision\add*: \w He|strong="H7121"\w* \w was|strong="H7227"\w* \w calling|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \add come and\add* punish \add his people\add*. \add In the vision I saw that\add* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* fire dried \w up|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w ocean|strong="H8415"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w also|strong="H3541"\w* burned \add everything on\add* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w land|strong="H2506"\w*.  
\v 5 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* cried \w out|strong="H2308"\w* \w again|strong="H6965"\w*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3069"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* plead \w with|strong="H6965"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w stop|strong="H2308"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w*! \w We|strong="H3588"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w are|strong="H4310"\w* very helpless; \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H4994"\w* able \w to|strong="H6965"\w* \w survive|strong="H6965"\w* [RHQ]?”   
\p
\v 6 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w changed|strong="H5162"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w mind|strong="H5162"\w* \w again|strong="H1961"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* said, “\w That|strong="H1931"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w*.”   
\b  
\p
\v 7 \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w showed|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \add another vision\add*. \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w standing|strong="H5324"\w* \w beside|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*. \add It was very straight because\add* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w had|strong="H3027"\w* been built using \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ◄plumb line/cord \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* weight \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H7200"\w* end \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w determine|strong="H7200"\w* \w if|strong="H2009"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* vertically straight►. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* plumb line \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*, “\w Amos|strong="H5986"\w*, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H7760"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*?”  
\p \w I|strong="H2005"\w* replied, “\w A|strong="H3068"\w* plumb line.”  
\p \w Then|strong="H3254"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said, “\w Look|strong="H7200"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w going|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w use|strong="H5674"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* plumb line \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \add to show that they are like a wall that is not straight\add*. \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w change|strong="H7760"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w mind|strong="H3808"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w about|strong="H5971"\w* punishing \w them|strong="H7760"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* hills \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \add the descendants of\add* [MTY] \w Isaac|strong="H3446"\w* \w worship|strong="H3478"\w* \add idols\add* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H2717"\w*.  
\q2 \w And|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* other important \w shrines|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w also|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H2717"\w*.  
\q1 \w And|strong="H6965"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* enable \add your enemies\add* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w attack|strong="H6965"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* people \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w get|strong="H6965"\w* rid \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \add King\add* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* descendants.”   
\s1 Amaziah criticized Amos  
\p
\v 10 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* Amaziah, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*, \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \add a message\add* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w Amos|strong="H5986"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* plotting \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H3808"\w* [MTY]. \add I am worried that\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* country \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* refute \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 11 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* saying:  
\q1 ‘\w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w soon|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \add someone using\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* people \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* ◄\w exiled|strong="H1540"\w*/forced \w to|strong="H3478"\w* leave \w their|strong="H5921"\w* land \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w go|strong="H1540"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* another country►.’”   
\b  
\p
\v 12 \w Then|strong="H3063"\w* Amaziah \add came to me and\add* said, “\w You|strong="H3212"\w* \w prophet|strong="H2374"\w*, \w get|strong="H3212"\w* \w out|strong="H3212"\w* \w of|strong="H3899"\w* \w here|strong="H8033"\w*! \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w back|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* country \w of|strong="H3899"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*! Earn money \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \add buy food to be able\add* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* live \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w do|strong="H3063"\w* \w your|strong="H8033"\w* \w prophesying|strong="H5012"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*!  
\v 13 \w Do|strong="H3254"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* \w any|strong="H5750"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w* here \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* national \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w is|strong="H1931"\w*!”   
\p
\v 14 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* Amaziah, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \add previously\add* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*; \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* shepherd. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H1121"\w* \w took|strong="H5030"\w* care \w of|strong="H1121"\w* sycamore-fig \w trees|strong="H8256"\w*.  
\v 15 \w But|strong="H3947"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w me|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w taking|strong="H3947"\w* care \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H3947"\w*, ‘\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w there|strong="H3068"\w*!’   
\q1
\v 16 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, ‘\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* prophecy \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* terrible \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \add the people of\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*;  
\q2 \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w*!’   
\p
\v 17 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* listen \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*:  
\q1 ‘\w Your|strong="H3068"\w* wife \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H2181"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H2181"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \add your enemies’\add* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*.  
\q1 \w Others|strong="H1540"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* measure \w your|strong="H3068"\w* land  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w divide|strong="H2505"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \add among themselves\add*;  
\q1 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w yourself|strong="H5307"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* foreign \w country|strong="H2256"\w*.  
\q1 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w certainly|strong="H1540"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* forced \w to|strong="H3478"\w* leave \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w country|strong="H2256"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w go|strong="H1540"\w* ◄\w into|strong="H1540"\w* \w exile|strong="H1540"\w*/\w to|strong="H3478"\w* live \w in|strong="H5921"\w* another \w country|strong="H2256"\w*►.’”   
\c 8  
\s1 A vision of ripe fruit  
\p
\v 1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w showed|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \add in a vision\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w basket|strong="H3619"\w* full \w of|strong="H3069"\w* ripe \w fruit|strong="H7019"\w*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*, “\w Amos|strong="H5986"\w*, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*?”  
\p \w I|strong="H7200"\w* replied, “\w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w basket|strong="H3619"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \add very\add* ripe \w fruit|strong="H7019"\w*.”  
\p \w He|strong="H3068"\w* said, “\w That|strong="H5971"\w* indicates \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w* almost \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w end|strong="H7093"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* change \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w mind|strong="H3808"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w about|strong="H5971"\w* punishing \w them|strong="H7200"\w*.   
\p
\v 3  \add Soon,\add* instead \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w singing|strong="H7892"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w*, \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H7227"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w wailing|strong="H3213"\w*. \w There|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H7227"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w corpses|strong="H6297"\w* \w everywhere|strong="H3605"\w* [HYP]. \w So|strong="H1931"\w*, remain \w silent|strong="H2013"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w Everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H7227"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w silent|strong="H2013"\w*). \add These things will surely happen because\add* \w I|strong="H3117"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*!”   
\s1 Israel will be destroyed  
\q1
\v 4  \add It is as though\add* \w you|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w trample|strong="H7602"\w* \w on|strong="H8085"\w* needy \w people|strong="H8085"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H8085"\w* destroy \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w poor|strong="H6035"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w*.   
\p
\v 5 \w You|strong="H7666"\w* habitually say,  
\q1 “We wish \w that|strong="H5674"\w* [RHQ] \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w new|strong="H2320"\w* \w moon|strong="H2320"\w* \add festival\add* would end soon,  
\q2 \w in|strong="H2320"\w* order \w that|strong="H5674"\w* \add restrictions on doing business during the festival will be ended\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5674"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* can \w sell|strong="H7666"\w* \w grain|strong="H1250"\w*.  
\q1 We wish \w that|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* would end soon,  
\q2 \w in|strong="H2320"\w* order \w that|strong="H5674"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H2320"\w* \w again|strong="H5674"\w* \w be|strong="H2320"\w* permitted \w to|strong="H5674"\w* \w sell|strong="H7666"\w* \w our|strong="H5674"\w* \w wheat|strong="H1250"\w*”—  
\q1 \w and|strong="H5674"\w* \add when you sell it\add*,  
\q2 \w you|strong="H7666"\w* charge \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w big|strong="H1431"\w* \w price|strong="H8255"\w* \w for|strong="H1250"\w* \w it|strong="H5674"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H5674"\w* \w you|strong="H7666"\w* \w cheat|strong="H5791"\w* people \w by|strong="H5674"\w* using \w scales|strong="H3976"\w* \w that|strong="H5674"\w* do \w not|strong="H5674"\w* weigh correctly.   
\q1
\v 6 \w You|strong="H7666"\w* \w sell|strong="H7666"\w* \w wheat|strong="H1250"\w* \w that|strong="H5668"\w* \w you|strong="H7666"\w* have swept up \w from|strong="H3701"\w* \w the|strong="H7069"\w* floor, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w as|strong="H3701"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result \w it|strong="H7069"\w* \w is|strong="H3701"\w* mixed \w with|strong="H3701"\w* dirt.  
\q2 Those \w who|strong="H1800"\w* \w are|strong="H5275"\w* \w needy|strong="H1800"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* [DOU] \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w who|strong="H1800"\w* do not have \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \add to buy things\add*,  
\q1 \w you|strong="H7666"\w* cause \w them|strong="H7069"\w* \w to|strong="H3701"\w* become \w your|strong="H3701"\w* slaves  
\q2 \w by|strong="H3701"\w* \w buying|strong="H7069"\w* \w them|strong="H7069"\w* \w with|strong="H3701"\w* \w the|strong="H7069"\w* \add small amount of\add* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \add with which you could buy\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* pair \w of|strong="H3701"\w* \w sandals|strong="H5275"\w*!   
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\p
\v 7 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* declared, “Although \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* very \w proud|strong="H1347"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \add being descendants\add* [MTY] \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* declare \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* not \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add evil things\add* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H4639"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8  \add Because of those evil things\add*, \w your|strong="H3605"\w* country \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] soon \w be|strong="H3808"\w* shaken,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w mourn|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\q1 \add It will be as though\add* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* repeatedly \w rise|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* fall  
\q2 \w like|strong="H3808"\w* [SIM] \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Nile|strong="H2975"\w* \add River\add* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* gets \w full|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w water|strong="H8248"\w* \add and overflows it banks\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w then|strong="H5927"\w* \w settles|strong="H3427"\w* \w back|strong="H5927"\w* \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* riverbed.   
\p
\v 9 \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \add when I punish my people\add*,  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w cause|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* set \w at|strong="H3117"\w* noontime,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \add entire\add* \w earth|strong="H8121"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w dark|strong="H2821"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* daytime.   
\q1
\v 10 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* cause \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \add religious\add* celebrations \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w become|strong="H2015"\w* \w times|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w mourn|strong="H5921"\w*;  
\q2 \w instead|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w singing|strong="H7892"\w*, \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* weeping.  
\q1 \w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \add will do\add*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w wear|strong="H5927"\w* rough \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w shave|strong="H7760"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w*  
\q2 \add to show that you are sorrowing\add*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* cause \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w like|strong="H5927"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* people \w mourn|strong="H5921"\w* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w an|strong="H7760"\w* \w only|strong="H3173"\w* \w son|strong="H3173"\w* \add has died\add*.  
\q2 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* extremely sad \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.”   
\b  
\q1
\v 11 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H5002"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w*:  
\q2 “\w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add soon\add* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H1697"\w* \w something|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* very scarce [MET] \w throughout|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* country.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*;  
\q2 \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w instead|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12 \w People|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w stagger|strong="H5128"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \add Dead\add* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \add Mediterranean\add* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w wander|strong="H5128"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w*,  
\q1 \w searching|strong="H1245"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w me|strong="H4672"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w there|strong="H4672"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w any|strong="H1697"\w*.   
\p
\v 13 \w At|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*,  
\q1 even \w beautiful|strong="H3303"\w* \w young|strong="H3117"\w* \w women|strong="H1330"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* strong \w young|strong="H3117"\w* men \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w faint|strong="H5968"\w*  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* being very \w thirsty|strong="H6772"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14 Those \w who|strong="H2416"\w* ◄\w make|strong="H6965"\w* \w oaths|strong="H7650"\w*/\w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w* something► using \w the|strong="H6965"\w* names \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w their|strong="H3808"\w* shameful gods \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6965"\w* those \w who|strong="H2416"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w* something \add using the name of\add* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w god|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6965"\w* those \w who|strong="H2416"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w* something \add using the name of\add* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w god|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* Beersheba,  
\q1 \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w all|strong="H5750"\w* \w die|strong="H5307"\w*;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w*.”   
\c 9  
\s1 Israel will be punished  
\p
\v 1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add showed me another vision. In the vision,\add* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w standing|strong="H5324"\w* \w next|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*. \w He|strong="H3605"\w* said,  
\q1 “\w Shake|strong="H7493"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tops|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w pillars|strong="H3730"\w* \add of the temple\add*,  
\q2 \w until|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w become|strong="H7200"\w* \w loose|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H7218"\w* fall \w down|strong="H5221"\w*,  
\q2 \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* foundation \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w shake|strong="H7493"\w*.  
\q1 \w Then|strong="H7200"\w* cause \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add pieces of the temple\add* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* fall \w down|strong="H5221"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \add who are inside\add*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \add tries to\add* \w flee|strong="H5127"\w*;  
\q2 \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w escape|strong="H4422"\w*.   
\q1
\v 2 If \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w dig|strong="H2864"\w* deep pits \w in|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* ground,  
\q2 \w or|strong="H3027"\w* if \w they|strong="H8033"\w* try \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w climb|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*  
\q1 \add in order to escape\add*,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3027"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* reach \w out|strong="H3947"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* grab \w them|strong="H3027"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3 If \w they|strong="H8033"\w* go \w to|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w top|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w* \add Mountain\add* \w to|strong="H6680"\w* escape,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w search|strong="H2664"\w* \w for|strong="H5869"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w seize|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w*.  
\q1 If \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \add try to\add* \w hide|strong="H5641"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w me|strong="H3947"\w* \w at|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w bottom|strong="H7172"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \add huge\add* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* monster \w to|strong="H6680"\w* \w bite|strong="H5391"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4 \w If|strong="H7760"\w* \w their|strong="H7760"\w* enemies \add capture them and\add* force \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* other countries,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H7451"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* am \w determined|strong="H7760"\w* [IDM] \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w get|strong="H3212"\w* rid \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* help \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.”   
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\v 5 \w When|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* angels \w touches|strong="H5060"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H5927"\w*, \w it|strong="H5927"\w* \w melts|strong="H4127"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w over|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H5927"\w* \add many people die, and the others\add* mourn \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H5927"\w*.  
\q1 \add It is as though\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* causes \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H5927"\w* repeatedly \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w rise|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* fall  
\q2 \w like|strong="H3427"\w* [SIM] \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Nile|strong="H2975"\w* \add River\add* \w rises|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w falls|strong="H5927"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w builds|strong="H1129"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \add beautiful\add* palace \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* sets/causes \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H8210"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* dome \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* scoops \w up|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w ocean|strong="H4325"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add puts it into clouds\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w then|strong="H7121"\w* empties \add the clouds\add* \w onto|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*.  
\q2 \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H5002"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*,  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \add now no more important to me\add* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ethiopia|strong="H3569"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H4714"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \add ancestors\add* here \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H4714"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Philistia \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w Crete|strong="H3731"\w* \add Island\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H4714"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Syria \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w Kir|strong="H7024"\w* \add region\add*.   
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\v 8 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* [SYN], \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w seen|strong="H5869"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \add of Israel\add* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* very \w sinful|strong="H2400"\w*,  
\q2 \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*/\w wipe|strong="H8045"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* earth►.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* descendants [MTY] \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*.  
\q2 \add That is what will surely happen because\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*, \add it will be as though\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w shake|strong="H5128"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \add who are living\add* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* various \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*,  
\q2 \w like|strong="H1004"\w* [MET] \add a farmer\add* \w shakes|strong="H5128"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sieve|strong="H3531"\w* \add to separate\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w stone|strong="H6872"\w* pebbles \add from the grain\add*,  
\q2 \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w order|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6680"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w on|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ground \add with the grain\add*.   
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\v 10 \w From|strong="H5704"\w* \w among|strong="H5971"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*,  
\q2 \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w sinful|strong="H2400"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* say, ‘\w We|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* experience \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w*; \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* happen \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w us|strong="H5971"\w*,’  
\q1 \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* \w by|strong="H4191"\w* \add your enemies’\add* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*.”   
\s1 Yahweh promised to restore Israel  
\q1
\v 11 “\w The|strong="H3117"\w* kingdom \add over which King\add* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \add ruled has been destroyed, like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* house \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w collapsed|strong="H5307"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w then|strong="H6965"\w* became \w ruins|strong="H2034"\w*.  
\q2 \w But|strong="H3117"\w* \w some|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* cause \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H5769"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* kingdom \w again|strong="H6965"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* cause \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* prosper \w again|strong="H6965"\w*  
\q2 just \w like|strong="H5307"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w did|strong="H1732"\w* previously.   
\q1
\v 12 \w When|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w happens|strong="H6213"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \add armies\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w seize|strong="H3423"\w*/capture \w the|strong="H3605"\w* remaining \w part|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Edom \add region\add* again,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w seize|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* previously belonged \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* [MTY].  
\q1 \w I|strong="H5921"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \add that I will do these things\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w certainly|strong="H6213"\w* \w cause|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w There|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \add when your crops will grow very well\add*.  
\q1 Very soon \w after|strong="H2233"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* crops \w are|strong="H3117"\w* harvested,  
\q2 farmers \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w plow|strong="H2790"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ground \add to plant more crops in it again\add*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* soon \w after|strong="H2233"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* vineyards \w are|strong="H3117"\w* planted,  
\q2 \add farmers will harvest\add* \w grapes|strong="H6025"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w tread|strong="H1869"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w them|strong="H3117"\w* \add to make wine\add*.  
\q1 \add And because there will be a lot of\add* \w wine|strong="H6071"\w*,  
\q2 \add it will seem as though\add* \w wine|strong="H6071"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* flowing \w down|strong="H1869"\w* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hills|strong="H1389"\w* [DOU].   
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\v 14 \w I|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w cause|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w*, \w my|strong="H7725"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w to|strong="H7725"\w* prosper \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\q2 \w You|strong="H7725"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w rebuild|strong="H1129"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\q1 \w You|strong="H7725"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w then|strong="H6213"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \add made from the grapes that grows in them\add*.   
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\v 15 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* live [MET] \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* land \w again|strong="H5750"\w*,  
\q2 \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add your ancestors\add*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* forced \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w leave|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\q2 \add That is what will surely happen because\add* \w I|strong="H5414"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* said \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.”