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Amos 2:13

Bible in Basic English 1965

See, I am crushing you down, as one is crushed under a cart full of grain.

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We were in the field, getting the grain stems together, and my grain kept upright, and yours came round and went down on the earth before mine.

Will you be looking for him to come back, and get in your seed to the crushing-floor?

How frequently did they go against him in the waste land, and give him cause for grief in the dry places!

Your new moons and your regular feasts are a grief to my soul: they are a weight in my spirit; I am crushed under them.

You have not got me sweet-smelling plants with your money, or given me pleasure with the fat of your offerings: but you have made me a servant to your sins, and you have made me tired with your evil doings.

And he said, Give ear now, O family of David: is it not enough that you are driving men to disgust? will you do the same to my God?

Because you have not kept in mind the days when you were young, but have been troubling me with all these things; for this reason I will make the punishment of your ways come on your head, says the Lord, because you have done this evil thing in addition to all your disgusting acts.

And those of you who are kept safe will have me in mind among the nations where they have been taken away as prisoners, how I sent punishment on their hearts which were untrue to me, and on their eyes which were turned to their false gods: and they will be full of hate for themselves because of the evil things which they have done in all their disgusting ways.

You have made the Lord tired with your words. And still you say, How have we made him tired? By your saying, Everyone who does evil is good in the eyes of the Lord, and he has delight in them; or, Where is God the judge?

And they came with their offerings before the Lord, six covered carts and twelve oxen; a cart for every two of the chiefs, and for every one an ox.




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