To Die Homeless and Friendless 1-2 God, my Master, showed me this vision: He was preparing a locust swarm. The first cutting, which went to the king, was complete, and the second crop was just sprouting. The locusts ate everything green. Not even a blade of grass was left. I called out, “God, my Master! […]
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Amos 8
You Who Give Little and Take Much 1 My MasterGodshowed me this vision: A bowl of fresh fruit. 2 He said, “What do you see, Amos?” I said, “A bowl of fresh, ripe fruit.” Godsaid, “Right. So, I’m calling it quits with my people Israel. I’m no longer acting as if everything is just fine.” […]
Amos 9
Israel Thrown into a Sieve 1-4 I saw my Master standing beside the altar at the shrine. He said: “Hit the tops of the shrine’s pillars, make the floor shake. The roof’s about to fall on the heads of the people, and whoever’s still alive, I’ll kill. No one will get away, no runaways will […]
Joel 1
Get in Touch with Reality—and Weep! 1-3 God’s Message to Joel son of Pethuel: Attention, elder statesmen! Listen closely, everyone, whoever and wherever you are! Have you ever heard of anything like this? Has anything like this ever happened before—ever? Make sure you tell your children, and your children tell their children, And their childrentheirchildren. […]
Joel 2
The Locust Army 1-3 Blow the ram’s horn trumpet in Zion! Trumpet the alarm on my holy mountain! Shake the country up! God’s Judgment’s on its way—the Day’s almost here! A black day! A Doomsday! Clouds with no silver lining! Like dawn light moving over the mountains, a huge army is coming. There’s never been […]
Joel 3
God Is a Safe Hiding Place 1-3 “In those days, yes, at that very time when I put life back together again for Judah and Jerusalem, I’ll assemble all the godless nations. I’ll lead them down into Judgment Valley And put them all on trial, and judge them one and all because of their treatment […]
Hosea 1
1 This is God’s Message to Hosea son of Beeri. It came to him during the royal reigns of Judah’s kings Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. This was also the time that Jeroboam son of Joash was king over Israel. This Whole Country Has Become a Whorehouse 2 The first timeGodspoke to Hosea he said: […]
Hosea 2
1 “Rename your brothers ‘God’s Somebody.’ Rename your sisters ‘All Mercy.’ Wild Weekends and Unholy Holidays 2-13 “Haul your mother into court. Accuse her! She’s no longer my wife. I’m no longer her husband. Tell her to quit dressing like a whore, displaying her breasts for sale. If she refuses, I’ll rip off her clothes […]
Hosea 3
In Time They’ll Come Back 1 ThenGodordered me, “Start all over: Love your wife again, your wife who’s in bed with her latest boyfriend, your cheating wife. Love her the way I,God, love the Israelite people, even as they flirt and party with every god that takes their fancy.” 2-3 I did it. I paid […]
Hosea 4
No One Is Faithful 1-3 Attention all Israelites!God’s Message! Godindicts the whole population: “No one is faithful. No one loves. No one knows the first thing about God. All this cussing and lying and killing, theft and loose sex, sheer anarchy, one murder after another! And because of all this, the very land itself weeps […]