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Amos 4:12

New American Bible - revised edition

Therefore thus I will do to you, Israel: and since I will deal thus with you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel!

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Tremble, you who are so complacent! Shudder, you who are so confident! Strip yourselves bare, with only a loincloth for cover.

Your nakedness shall be uncovered, and your shame be seen; I will take vengeance, I will yield to no entreaty, says

While you worked awesome deeds we could not hope for,

Should you not fear me—oracle of the Lord— should you not tremble before me? I made the sandy shore the sea’s limit, which by eternal decree it may not overstep. Toss though it may, it is to no avail; though its billows roar, they cannot overstep.

You did not step into the breach, nor repair the wall around the house of Israel so it would stand firm against attack on the day of the Lord.

Thus I have searched among them for someone who would build a wall or stand in the breach before me to keep me from destroying the land; but I found no one.

I will attack them like a bear robbed of its young, and tear their hearts from their breasts; I will devour them on the spot like a lion, as a wild animal would rip them open.

Flight shall elude the swift, and the strong shall not retain strength; The warrior shall not save his life,

So too, you also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come. The Faithful or the Unfaithful Servant.

Settle with your opponent quickly while on the way to court with him. Otherwise your opponent will hand you over to the judge, and the judge will hand you over to the guard, and you will be thrown into prison.

Remember then how you accepted and heard; keep it, and repent. If you are not watchful, I will come like a thief, and you will never know at what hour I will come upon you.




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