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Ezekiel 30

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¹ Do horses run on rocks? Do men plow rocks with oxen? [Of course not!] Yet you have turned justice into poison And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood (bitterness),

² You who [self-confidently] rejoice in[2] Lo-debar (Nothing), Who say, "Have we not by our own strength taken[3] Karnaim (Strength) for ourselves?"

³ "For behold, I am going to stir up a nation against you, O house of Israel," says the LORD, the God of hosts, "And they will afflict and torment you [to the entire limits of Israel] from the entrance of Hamath [in the north] To the brook of the Arabah [in the south]."

⁴ Thus the Lord GOD showed me [a vision], and behold, He was forming a swarm of locusts when the spring crop began to sprout. And behold, the spring crop was after the king's mowing.

⁵ And when the locusts had finished eating the plants of the land, then I said, "O Lord GOD, please forgive! How can Jacob stand, For he is so small [that he cannot endure this]?"

⁶ The LORD revoked this sentence. "It shall not take place," said the LORD.

⁷ Thus the Lord GOD showed me, and behold, the Lord GOD called for punishment with fire, and it devoured the great deep [underground sources of water] and began to consume the land.

⁸ Then I said, "O Lord GOD, please stop! How can Jacob stand, For he is so small [that he cannot endure this]?"

⁹ The LORD revoked this sentence. "This also shall not be," said the Lord GOD.

¹⁰ Thus He showed me [a vision], and behold, the Lord was standing by a vertical wall with a plumb line in His hand [to determine if the wall was straight or if it needed to be destroyed].

¹¹ The LORD said to me, "Amos, what do you see?" And I said, "A plumb line." Then the Lord said, "Behold, I am setting a plumb line [as a standard] Among My people Israel [showing the defectiveness of the nation, requiring judgment]. I shall not spare them any longer. [The door of mercy is shut.]

¹² "And the [idolatrous] high places of Isaac (Israel) will be devastated and deserted, And the sanctuaries of Israel will be in ruins. Then I shall rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword [and destroy the monarchy]."

¹³ Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel [site of the golden calf shrine], sent word to[1] Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, "Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is unable to endure all his words.

¹⁴ For in this way Amos has said, 'Jeroboam will die by the sword and Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.'"

¹⁵ Then Amaziah said to Amos, "Go, you seer, run for your life [from Israel] to the land of Judah [your own country] and eat bread and live as a prophet there!

¹⁶ But do not prophesy any longer at Bethel, for it is the king's sanctuary and a royal residence."

¹⁷ Then Amos replied to Amaziah, "I am not a prophet [by profession], nor am I a prophet's son; I am a herdsman and a grower of sycamore figs.

¹⁸ But the LORD took me as I followed the flock and the LORD said to me, 'Go, prophesy to My people Israel.'

¹⁹ Now therefore, listen to the word of the LORD: You say, 'You shall not prophesy against Israel nor shall you speak against the house of Isaac.'

²⁰ Therefore, thus says the LORD, 'Your wife shall become a prostitute in the city [when the[2] Assyrians capture Samaria] and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by a measuring line; you yourself shall die in an unclean and defiled [pagan] land, and Israel shall certainly go from its land into exile.'"

²¹ Thus the Lord GOD showed me [a vision], and behold, there was a basket of [overripe] summer fruit.

²² And He said, "Amos, what do you see?" And I said, "A basket of summer fruit." Then the LORD said to me, "The end has come for My people Israel. I will spare them no longer [for the nation is ripe for judgment].

²³ In that day, the songs of the palace shall turn to wailing," says the Lord GOD. "There will be many dead bodies; in [sacred] silence they will throw them everywhere."

²⁴ Hear this, you who trample down the needy, and do away with the poor of the land,

²⁵ saying, "When will the New Moon [festival] be over So that we may sell grain, And the Sabbath ended so that we may open the wheat market, Making the ephah [measure] smaller and the shekel bigger [that is, selling less for a higher price] And to cheat by falsifying the scales,

²⁶ So that we may buy the poor [as slaves] for silver [since they are unable to support themselves] And the[1] needy for a pair of sandals, And that we may sell the leftovers of the wheat [as if it were a good grade of grain]?"

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1	Do horses run on rocks? Do men plow rocks with oxen? [Of course not!] Yet you have turned justice into poison And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood (bitterness),
2	You who [self-confidently] rejoice in[2] Lo-debar (Nothing), Who say, "Have we not by our own strength taken[3] Karnaim (Strength) for ourselves?"
3	"For behold, I am going to stir up a nation against you, O house of Israel," says the LORD, the God of hosts, "And they will afflict and torment you [to the entire limits of Israel] from the entrance of Hamath [in the north] To the brook of the Arabah [in the south]."
4	Thus the Lord GOD showed me [a vision], and behold, He was forming a swarm of locusts when the spring crop began to sprout. And behold, the spring crop was after the king's mowing.
5	And when the locusts had finished eating the plants of the land, then I said, "O Lord GOD, please forgive! How can Jacob stand, For he is so small [that he cannot endure this]?"
6	The LORD revoked this sentence. "It shall not take place," said the LORD.
7	Thus the Lord GOD showed me, and behold, the Lord GOD called for punishment with fire, and it devoured the great deep [underground sources of water] and began to consume the land.
8	Then I said, "O Lord GOD, please stop! How can Jacob stand, For he is so small [that he cannot endure this]?"
9	The LORD revoked this sentence. "This also shall not be," said the Lord GOD.
10	Thus He showed me [a vision], and behold, the Lord was standing by a vertical wall with a plumb line in His hand [to determine if the wall was straight or if it needed to be destroyed].
11	The LORD said to me, "Amos, what do you see?" And I said, "A plumb line." Then the Lord said, "Behold, I am setting a plumb line [as a standard] Among My people Israel [showing the defectiveness of the nation, requiring judgment]. I shall not spare them any longer. [The door of mercy is shut.]
12	"And the [idolatrous] high places of Isaac (Israel) will be devastated and deserted, And the sanctuaries of Israel will be in ruins. Then I shall rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword [and destroy the monarchy]."
13	Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel [site of the golden calf shrine], sent word to[1] Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, "Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is unable to endure all his words.
14	For in this way Amos has said, 'Jeroboam will die by the sword and Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.'"
15	Then Amaziah said to Amos, "Go, you seer, run for your life [from Israel] to the land of Judah [your own country] and eat bread and live as a prophet there!
16	But do not prophesy any longer at Bethel, for it is the king's sanctuary and a royal residence."
17	Then Amos replied to Amaziah, "I am not a prophet [by profession], nor am I a prophet's son; I am a herdsman and a grower of sycamore figs.
18	But the LORD took me as I followed the flock and the LORD said to me, 'Go, prophesy to My people Israel.'
19	Now therefore, listen to the word of the LORD: You say, 'You shall not prophesy against Israel nor shall you speak against the house of Isaac.'
20	Therefore, thus says the LORD, 'Your wife shall become a prostitute in the city [when the[2] Assyrians capture Samaria] and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by a measuring line; you yourself shall die in an unclean and defiled [pagan] land, and Israel shall certainly go from its land into exile.'"
21	Thus the Lord GOD showed me [a vision], and behold, there was a basket of [overripe] summer fruit.
22	And He said, "Amos, what do you see?" And I said, "A basket of summer fruit." Then the LORD said to me, "The end has come for My people Israel. I will spare them no longer [for the nation is ripe for judgment].
23	In that day, the songs of the palace shall turn to wailing," says the Lord GOD. "There will be many dead bodies; in [sacred] silence they will throw them everywhere."
24	Hear this, you who trample down the needy, and do away with the poor of the land,
25	saying, "When will the New Moon [festival] be over So that we may sell grain, And the Sabbath ended so that we may open the wheat market, Making the ephah [measure] smaller and the shekel bigger [that is, selling less for a higher price] And to cheat by falsifying the scales,
26	So that we may buy the poor [as slaves] for silver [since they are unable to support themselves] And the[1] needy for a pair of sandals, And that we may sell the leftovers of the wheat [as if it were a good grade of grain]?"

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