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Amos 6:3

New American Bible - revised edition

You who would put off the day of disaster, yet hasten the time of violence!

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All sinners among my people shall die by the sword, those who say, “Disaster will not reach or overtake us.”

“Come, let me bring wine; let us fill ourselves with strong drink, And tomorrow will be like today, or even greater.”

Son of man, listen! The house of Israel is saying, “The vision he sees is a long time off; he prophesies for distant times!”

and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? From the time when our ancestors fell asleep, everything has remained as it was from the beginning of creation.”

When people are saying, “Peace and security,” then sudden disaster comes upon them, like labor pains upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master is long delayed,’

They do not know how to do what is right— oracle of the Lord— Storing up in their strongholds violence and destruction.

Son of man, what is this proverb you have in the land of Israel: “The days drag on, and every vision fails”?

In one hour this great wealth has been ruined.” Every captain of a ship, every traveler at sea, sailors, and seafaring merchants stood at a distance

Can horses run over rock, or can one plow the sea with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,

Woe to those who yearn for the day of the Lord! What will the day of the Lord mean for you? It will be darkness, not light!

Yes, I know how many are your crimes, how grievous your sins: Oppressing the just, accepting bribes, turning away the needy at the gate.

You said, “I shall remain always, a sovereign mistress forever!” You did not take these things to heart, but disregarded their outcome.

Because the sentence against an evil deed is not promptly executed, the human heart is filled with the desire to commit evil—

Can unjust judges be your allies, those who create burdens by decree,

Those who feasted on delicacies are abandoned in the streets; Those who reclined on crimson now embrace dung heaps.

The cries of a mob! The shouts of men coming in from the wilderness! They put bracelets on the women’s arms and splendid crowns on their heads.

You whose wealthy are full of violence, whose inhabitants speak falsehood with deceitful tongues in their mouths!

Proclaim this in the strongholds of Assyria, in the strongholds of the land of Egypt: “Gather on the mount of Samaria, and see the great disorders within it, the oppressions within its midst.”




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