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Amos 3:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

People of Israel, I rescued you from Egypt. Now listen to my judgment against you.

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You belong to the family of Israel, his servant; you are his chosen ones, the descendants of Jacob.

Then Jahaziel said: Your Majesty and everyone from Judah and Jerusalem, the LORD says that you don't need to be afraid or let this powerful army discourage you. God will fight on your side!

You survivors in Israel, listen to me, the LORD. Since the day you were born, I have carried you along.

Israel, my chosen people, listen to me. I alone am the LORD, the first and the last.

These shorts were tight around your waist, and that's how tightly I held on to the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. I wanted them to be my people. I wanted to make them famous, so that other nations would praise and honour me, but they refused to obey me.

The LORD said: Israel, I promise that some day all your tribes will again be my people, and I will be your God.

Some of you people of Judah will be left alive, but I will force you to go to foreign countries, and you will wish you were dead. I, the LORD God All-Powerful, have spoken.

Israel, listen as the LORD accuses everyone in the land! No one is faithful or loyal or truly cares about God.

Listen, you priests! Pay attention, Israel! Listen, you members of the royal family. Justice was your duty. But at Mizpah and Mount Tabor you trapped the people.

I had rescued you from Egypt, and for forty years I had led you through the desert. Then I gave you the land of the Amorites.

You women of Samaria are fat cows! You ill-treat and abuse the poor and needy, then you say to your husbands, “Bring us more drinks!”

Listen, nation of Israel, to my mournful message:

But here is what the LORD says: “I am planning trouble for you. Your necks will be caught in a noose, and you will be disgraced in this time of disaster.”

Listen to me, you rulers of Israel! You know right from wrong,

To you people of Philistia who live along the coast, the LORD has this to say: “I am now your enemy, and I'll wipe you out!”

If you have ears, listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.




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