Amos 3
God’s Reasons for Punishing Israel 1 Listen to this message that theLordhas spoken against you, Israelites, against the entire clan that I brought from the land of Egypt: 2 I…
Amos 4
Social and Spiritual Corruption 1 Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who are on the hill of Samaria, women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who…
Amos 5
Lamentation for Israel 1 Listen to this message that I am singing for you, a lament,house of Israel: 2 She has fallen; Virgin Israelwill never rise again. She lies abandoned…
Amos 6
Woe to the Complacent 1 Woe to those who are at ease in Zion and to those who feel secure on the hill of Samaria — the notable people in…
Amos 7
First Vision: Locusts 1 The LordGodshowed me this: He was forming a swarm of locustsat the time the spring crop first began to sprout — after the cutting of the…
Amos 8
Fourth Vision: A Basket of Summer Fruit 1 The LordGodshowed me this: A basket of summer fruit. 2 He asked me, “What do you see, Amos? ” I replied, “A…
Amos 9
Fifth Vision: The Lord beside the Altar 1 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar,and He said: Strike the capitals of the pillars so that the thresholds shake; knock…
Obadiah 1
1 The vision of Obadiah. Edom’s Certain Judgment This is what the LordGodhas said about Edom: We have heard a message from theLord; a messenger has been sentamong the nations:…
Jonah 1
Jonah’s Flight 1 The word of theLordcame to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 “Get up!Go to the great cityof Ninevehand preach against it,because their wickednesshas confrontedMe.” 3 However, Jonah got…
Jonah 2
Jonah’s Prayer 1 Jonah prayed to theLordhis God from insidethe fish: 2 I called to theLordin my distress, and He answered me. I cried out for help in the belly…