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Amos 3:13

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Listen and testify  against the house of Jacob – this is the declaration of the Lord God, the God of Armies.

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This means one must not transgress against and take advantage  of a brother or sister in this manner, because the Lord is an avenger of all these offences, as we also previously told and warned you.


Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thoughts.


I testified to both Jews and Greeks about repentance towards God  and faith in our Lord Jesus.


With many other words he testified and strongly urged them, saying, ‘Be saved from this corrupt  generation! ’


So I will send you into exile beyond Damascus.’  The Lord, the God of Armies, is his name.  He has spoken.


Speak my words to them whether they listen or refuse to listen,  for they are rebellious.


Therefore the Lord God of Armies, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: ‘Ah, I will get even with my foes; I will take revenge against my enemies.


Nevertheless, he sent them prophets  to bring them back to the Lord; they admonished them, but the people would not listen.


They rejected his statutes and his covenant he had made with their ancestors  and the warnings he had given them. They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves,  following the surrounding nations the Lord had commanded them not to imitate.


Still, the Lord warned  Israel and Judah through every prophet and every seer, saying, ‘Turn from your evil ways and keep my commands and statutes according to the whole law I commanded your ancestors and sent to you through my servants the prophets.’


‘The Mighty One, God, the Lord! The Mighty One, God, the Lord!  , He knows,  and may Israel also know. Do not spare us today, if it was in rebellion or treachery against the Lord


If you ever forget the Lord your God and follow other gods to serve them and bow in worship to them, I testify against you today that you will certainly perish.


I will punish the altars of Bethel on the day I punish Israel for its crimes; the horns of the altar  will be cut off and fall to the ground.





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