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Amos 6:3

New King James Version

Woe to you who put far off the day of doom, Who cause the seat of violence to come near;

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Shall the throne of iniquity, which devises evil by law, Have fellowship with You?

Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

And you said, ‘I shall be a lady forever,’ So that you did not take these things to heart, Nor remember the latter end of them.

“Come,” one says, “I will bring wine, And we will fill ourselves with intoxicating drink; Tomorrow will be as today, And much more abundant.”

Those who ate delicacies Are desolate in the streets; Those who were brought up in scarlet Embrace ash heaps.

“Son of man, what is this proverb that you people have about the land of Israel, which says, ‘The days are prolonged, and every vision fails’?

“Son of man, look, the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for many days from now, and he prophesies of times far off.’

The sound of a carefree multitude was with her, and Sabeans were brought from the wilderness with men of the common sort, who put bracelets on their wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads.

For they do not know to do right,’ Says the Lord, ‘Who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.’ ”

“Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, And in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say: ‘Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; See great tumults in her midst, And the oppressed within her.

For I know your manifold transgressions And your mighty sins: Afflicting the just and taking bribes; Diverting the poor from justice at the gate.

Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord! For what good is the day of the Lord to you? It will be darkness, and not light.

Do horses run on rocks? Does one plow there with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into gall, And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,

All the sinners of My people shall die by the sword, Who say, ‘The calamity shall not overtake nor confront us.’

For her rich men are full of violence, Her inhabitants have spoken lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

But if that evil servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’

For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape.

and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.”

For in one hour such great riches came to nothing.’ Every shipmaster, all who travel by ship, sailors, and as many as trade on the sea, stood at a distance




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