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,book #cj ,amos  #jja3jja ,the words of 
,amos1 who was among the herdsmen of    
,tekoa1          which he saw concerning
 ,israel in the days of ,uzziah king of 
,judah1          and in the days of     
,jeroboam the son of ,joash king of     
,israel1          two years before the  
earthquake4  #jja3jjb ,he said3  ,yahweh
 will roar from ,zion1 and utter his    
voice          from ,jerusalem2 and the 
pastures of the shepherds will mourn1   
and the top of ,carmel will wither4     
#jja3jjc ,thus says ,yahweh3  ,for three
 transgressions of ,damascus1 yes1      
for four1 ,i will not turn away its     
punishment2 because they          have  
threshed ,gilead with threshing         
instruments of iron2  #jja3jjd but ,i   
will send a fire into the house of      
,hazael1 and it will          devour the
 palaces of ,ben ,hadad4  #jja3jje ,i   
will break the bar of ,damascus1 and cut
 off the inhabitant          from the   

valley of ,aven1 and him who holds the  
scepter          from the house of      
,eden2 and the people of ,syria shall go
          into captivity to ,kir1 says  
,yahweh4  #jja3jjf ,thus says ,yahweh3  
,for three transgressions of ,gaza1 yes1
 for four1          ,i will not turn    
away its punishment2 because they       
carried          away captive the whole 
community1 to deliver them up to ,edom2 
#jja3jjg but ,i will send a fire on the 
wall of ,gaza1 and it will              
devour its palaces4  #jja3jjh ,i will   
cut off the inhabitant from ,ashdod1 and
 him who holds          the scepter from
 ,ashkelon2 and ,i will turn my hand    
against ,ekron2          and the remnant
 of the ,philistines will perish1       
says the ,lord ,yahweh4  #jja3jji ,thus 
says ,yahweh3  ,for three transgressions
 of ,tyre1 yes1          for four1 ,i   
will not turn away its punishment2      
because they          delivered up the  
whole community to ,edom1 and didn't    
remember          the brotherly         

covenant2  #jja3jaj but ,i will send a  
fire on the wall of ,tyre1 and it will  
devour its palaces4  #jja3jaa ,thus says
 ,yahweh3  ,for three transgressions of 
,edom1 yes1 for four1          ,i will  
not turn away its punishment2 because he
 pursued his          brother with the  
sword1 and cast off all pity1 and his   
anger          raged continually1 and he
 kept his wrath forever2  #jja3jab but  
,i will send a fire on ,teman1 and it   
will devour          the palaces of     
,bozrah4  #jja3jac ,thus says ,yahweh3  
,for three transgressions of the        
children          of ,ammon1 yes1 for   
four1 ,i will not turn away its         
punishment2          because they have  
ripped open the pregnant women of       
,gilead1          that they may enlarge 
their border4  #jja3jad ,but ,i will    
kindle a fire in the wall of ,rabbah1   
and it will          devour its palaces1
 with shouting in the day of battle1    
with a storm in the day of the          
whirlwind2  #jja3jae and their king will

 go into captivity1 he and his          
princes together1 says ,yahweh4         
#jjb3jja ,thus says ,yahweh3  ,for three
 transgressions of ,moab1 yes1 for four1
          ,i will not turn away its     
punishment2 because he burned           
the bones of the king of ,edom into     
lime2  #jjb3jjb but ,i will send a fire 
on ,moab1 and it will devour the palaces
          of ,kerioth2 and ,moab will   
die with tumult1 with shouting1         
and with the sound of the trumpet2      
#jjb3jjc and ,i will cut off the judge  
from their midst1 and will kill         
all its princes with him1 says ,yahweh4 
#jjb3jjd ,thus says ,yahweh3  ,for three
 transgressions of ,judah1 yes1 for     
four1          ,i will not turn away its
 punishment2 because they have rejected 
,yahweh's law1 and have not kept his    
statutes1 and their lies          have  
led them astray1 after which their      
fathers walked2  #jjb3jje ,but ,i will  
send a fire on ,judah1 and it will      
devour          the palaces of          

,jerusalem4  #jjb3jjf ,thus says        
,yahweh3  ,for three transgressions of  
,israel1 yes1 for four1          ,i will
 not turn away its punishment2 because  
they have sold          the righteous   
for silver1 and the needy for a pair of 
shoes2  #jjb3jjg ,they trample on the   
dust of the earth on the head of the    
poor1          and deny justice to the  
oppressed2 and a man and his father     
use the same maiden1 to profane my holy 
name2  #jjb3jjh and they lay themselves 
down beside every altar on clothes      
taken in pledge2 and in the house of    
their ,god they drink          the wine 
of those who have been fined4  #jjb3jji 
,yet ,i destroyed the ,amorite before   
them1 whose height was          like the
 height of the cedars1 and he was strong
 as the oaks2          yet ,i destroyed 
his fruit from above1 and his roots from
 beneath4  #jjb3jaj ,also ,i brought you
 up out of the land of ,egypt1 and led  
you forty          years in the         
wilderness1 to possess the land of the  

,amorite4  #jjb3jaa ,i raised up some of
 your sons for prophets1 and some of    
your          young men for ,nazirites4 
,isn't this true1 you children          
of ,israel8 says ,yahweh4  #jjb3jab ,but
 you gave the ,nazirites wine to drink1 
and commanded          the prophets1    
saying1 ',don't prophesy6'  #jjb3jac    
,behold1 ,i will crush you in your      
place1 as a cart crushes          that  
is full of grain4  #jjb3jad ,flight will
 perish from the swift2 and the strong  
won't strengthen          his force2    
neither shall the mighty deliver        
himself2  #jjb3jae neither shall he     
stand who handles the bow2 and he who is
          swift of foot won't escape2   
neither shall he who rides          the 
horse deliver himself2  #jjb3jaf and he 
who is courageous among the mighty will 
flee away naked          on that day1   
says ,yahweh4  #jjc3jja ,hear this word 
that ,yahweh has spoken against you1    
children of ,israel1          against   
the whole family which ,i brought up out

 of the land          of ,egypt1 saying3
  #jjc3jjb ,you only have ,i chosen of  
all the families of the earth4          
,therefore ,i will punish you for all of
 your sins4  #jjc3jjc ,do two walk      
together1 unless they have agreed8      
#jjc3jjd ,will a lion roar in the       
thicket1 when he has no prey8           
,does a young lion cry out of his den1  
if he has caught nothing8  #jjc3jje ,can
 a bird fall in a trap on the earth1    
where no snare          is set for him8 
,does a snare spring up from the ground1
          when there is nothing to      
catch8  #jjc3jjf ,does the trumpet alarm
 sound in a city1 without the people    
being afraid8  ,does evil happen to a   
city1 and ,yahweh          hasn't done  
it8  #jjc3jjg ,surely the ,lord ,yahweh 
will do nothing1 unless he reveals      
his secret to his servants the prophets4
  #jjc3jjh ,the lion has roared4  ,who  
will not fear8  ,the ,lord ,yahweh has  
spoken4          ,who can but prophesy8 
#jjc3jji ,proclaim in the palaces at    

,ashdod1 and in the palaces in the land 
of ,egypt1 and say1 ,assemble yourselves
 on the mountains          of ,samaria1 
and see what unrest is in her1 and what 
oppression          is among them4      
#jjc3jaj ,indeed they don't know to do  
right1 says ,yahweh1 ,who hoard         
plunder and loot in their palaces4      
#jjc3jaa ,therefore thus says the ,lord 
,yahweh3  ,an adversary will            
overrun the land2 and he will pull down 
your strongholds1          and your     
fortresses will be plundered4  #jjc3jab 
,thus says ,yahweh3  ,as the shepherd   
rescues out of the mouth          of the
 lion two legs1 or a piece of an ear1 so
 shall the children          of ,israel 
be rescued who sit in ,samaria on the   
corner of a couch1          and on the  
silken cushions of a bed4  #jjc3jac     
,listen1 and testify against the house  
of ,jacob1          says the ,lord      
,yahweh1 the ,god of ,armies4  #jjc3jad 
,for in the day that ,i visit the       
transgressions of ,israel          on   

him1 ,i will also visit the altars of   
,bethel2 and the horns          of the  
altar will be cut off1 and fall to the  
ground4  #jjc3jae ,i will strike the    
winter house with the summer house2     
and the houses of ivory will perish1 and
 the great houses          will have an 
end1 says ,yahweh4  #jjd3jja ,listen to 
this word1 you cows of ,bashan1 who are 
on the mountain          of ,samaria1   
who oppress the poor1 who crush the     
needy1          who tell their husbands1
 ,bring us drinks6  #jjd3jjb ,the ,lord 
,yahweh has sworn by his holiness that  
behold1 ,the days          shall come on
 you that they will take you away with  
hooks1          and the last of you with
 fish hooks4  #jjd3jjc ,you will go out 
at the breaks in the wall1 everyone     
straight          before her2 and you   
will cast yourselves into ,harmon1 says 
,yahweh4  #jjd3jjd ,go to ,bethel1 and  
sin2 to ,gilgal1 and sin more4  ,bring  
your          sacrifices every morning1 
your tithes every three days1  #jjd3jje 

offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of    
that which is leavened1          and    
proclaim free will offerings and brag   
about them3          for this pleases   
you1 you children of ,israel1           
says the ,lord ,yahweh4  #jjd3jjf ,i    
also have given you cleanness of teeth  
in all your cities1          and lack of
 bread in every town2 yet you haven't   
returned          to me1 says ,yahweh4  
#jjd3jjg ,i also have withheld the rain 
from you1 when there were yet           
three months to the harvest2 and ,i     
caused it to rain on one city1          
and caused it not to rain on another    
city4  ,one place was          rained   
on1 and the piece where it didn't rain  
withered4  #jjd3jjh ,so two or three    
cities staggered to one city to drink   
water1          and were not satisfied3 
yet you haven't returned to me1         
says ,yahweh4  #jjd3jji ,i struck you   
with blight and mildew many times in    
your gardens          and your          
vineyards2 and your fig trees and your  

olive trees          have the swarming  
locust devoured3  yet you haven't       
returned          to me1 says ,yahweh4  
#jjd3jaj ,i sent plagues among you like 
,i did ,egypt4  ,i have slain your      
young men with the sword1 and have      
carried away your horses2          and  
,i filled your nostrils with the stench 
of your camp1          yet you haven't  
returned to me1 says ,yahweh4  #jjd3jaa 
,i have overthrown some of you1 as when 
,god overthrew ,sodom          and      
,gomorrah1 and you were like a burning  
stick plucked out          of the fire2 
yet you haven't returned to me1 says    
,yahweh4  #jjd3jab ,therefore thus will 
,i do to you1 ,israel2 because ,i will  
do          this to you1 prepare to meet
 your ,god1 ,israel4  #jjd3jac ,for1    
behold1 he who forms the mountains1 and 
creates          the wind1 and declares 
to man what is his thought2          who
 makes the morning darkness1 and treads 
on the high places          of the      
,earth3  ,yahweh1 the ,god of ,armies1  

is his name4  #jje3jja ,listen to this  
word which ,i take up for a lamentation 
over you1          ,o house of ,israel4 
#jje3jjb ,the virgin of ,israel has     
fallen2 ,she shall rise no more4        
,she is cast down on her land2 there is 
no one to raise her up4  #jje3jjc ,for  
thus says the ,lord ,yahweh3  ,the city 
that went forth          a thousand     
shall have a hundred left1 and that     
which went forth          one hundred   
shall have ten left to the house of     
,israel4  #jje3jjd ,for thus says       
,yahweh to the house of ,israel3  ,seek 
me1          and you will live2         
#jje3jje but don't seek ,bethel1 nor    
enter into ,gilgal1 and don't pass      
to ,beersheba3  for ,gilgal shall surely
 go into captivity1          and ,bethel
 shall come to nothing4  #jje3jjf ,seek 
,yahweh1 and you will live2 lest he     
break out like fire          in the     
house of ,joseph1 and it devour1 and    
there be no one          to quench it in
 ,bethel4  #jje3jjg ,you who turn       

justice to wormwood1 and cast down      
righteousness          to the earth3    
#jje3jjh seek him who made the ,pleiades
 and ,orion1 and turns the shadow       
of death into the morning1 and makes the
 day dark with night2          who calls
 for the waters of the sea1 and pours   
them out on          the surface of the 
earth1 ,yahweh is his name1  #jje3jji   
who brings sudden destruction on the    
strong1 so that destruction             
comes on the fortress4  #jje3jaj ,they  
hate him who reproves in the gate1 and  
they abhor him          who speaks      
blamelessly4  #jje3jaa ,forasmuch       
therefore as you trample on the poor1   
and take taxes          from him of     
wheat3  ,you have built houses of hewn  
stone1 but you          will not dwell  
in them4  ,you have planted pleasant    
vineyards1          but you shall not   
drink their wine4  #jje3jab ,for ,i know
 how many your offenses1 and how great  
are your sins--          you who afflict
 the just1 who take a bribe1 and who    

turn          aside the needy in the    
courts4  #jje3jac ,therefore a prudent  
person keeps silent in such a time1     
for it is an evil time4  #jje3jad ,seek 
good1 and not evil1 that you may live2  
and so ,yahweh1          the ,god of    
,armies1 will be with you1 as you say4  
#jje3jae ,hate evil1 love good1 and     
establish justice in the courts4        
,it may be that ,yahweh1 the ,god of    
,armies1 will be gracious          to   
the remnant of ,joseph4  #jje3jaf       
,therefore thus says ,yahweh1 the ,god  
of ,armies1          the ,lord3         
,wailing will be in all the broad ways2 
and they will say in all the streets1   
',alas6  ,alas6' and they          will 
call the farmer to mourning1 and those  
who are skillful          in lamentation
 to wailing4  #jje3jag ,in all vineyards
 there will be wailing2 for ,i will pass
 through          the midst of you1 says
 ,yahweh4  #jje3jah ,woe to you who     
desire the day of ,yahweh6  ,why do you 
long          for the day of ,yahweh8   

,it is darkness1 and not light4         
#jje3jai ,as if a man fled from a lion1 
and a bear met him2          ,or he went
 into the house and leaned his hand on  
the wall1          and a snake bit him4 
#jje3jbj ,won't the day of ,yahweh be   
darkness1 and not light8          ,even 
very dark1 and no brightness in it8     
#jje3jba ,i hate1 ,i despise your       
feasts1 and ,i can't stand          your
 solemn assemblies4  #jje3jbb ,yes1     
though you offer me your burnt offerings
 and meal offerings1          ,i will   
not accept them2 neither will ,i regard 
the peace          offerings of your fat
 animals4  #jje3jbc ,take away from me  
the noise of your songs6  ,i will not   
listen          to the music of your    
harps4  #jje3jbd ,but let justice roll  
on like rivers1 and righteousness like  
a mighty stream4  #jje3jbe ,did you     
bring to me sacrifices and offerings in 
the wilderness          forty years1    
house of ,israel8  #jje3jbf ,you also   
carried the tent of your king and the   

shrine of your images1          the star
 of your god1 which you made for        
yourselves4  #jje3jbg ,therefore will ,i
 cause you to go into captivity beyond  
,damascus1          says ,yahweh1 whose 
name is the ,god of ,armies4  #jjf3jja  
,woe to those who are at ease in ,zion1 
and to those who are secure          on 
the mountain of ,samaria1 the notable   
men of the chief          of the        
nations1 to whom the house of ,israel   
come6  #jjf3jjb ,go to ,calneh1 and see2
 and from there go to ,hamath the great2
          then go down to ,gath of the  
,philistines4  are they better than     
these kingdoms8 or is their border      
greater than your border8  #jjf3jjc     
,those who put far away the evil day1   
and cause the seat          of violence 
to come near2  #jjf3jjd ,who lie on beds
 of ivory1 and stretch themselves on    
their couches1          and eat the     
lambs out of the flock1 and the calves  
out of          the midst of the stall2 
#jjf3jje who strum on the strings of a  

harp2 who invent for themselves         
instruments of music1 like ,david2      
#jjf3jjf who drink wine in bowls1 and   
anoint themselves with the best oils2   
but they are not grieved for the        
affliction of ,joseph4  #jjf3jjg        
,therefore they will now go captive with
 the first who go captive2          and 
the feasting and lounging will end4     
#jjf3jjh ,the ,lord ,yahweh has sworn by
 himself1 says ,yahweh1 the ,god        
of ,armies3  ,i abhor the pride of      
,jacob1 and detest his fortresses4      
,therefore ,i will deliver up the city  
with all that is in it4  #jjf3jji ,it   
will happen1 if there remain ten men in 
one house1          that they shall die4
  #jjf3jaj ,when a man's relative       
carries him1 even he who burns him1     
to bring bodies out of the house1 and   
asks him who is in          the         
innermost parts of the house1 ',is there
 yet any with you8'          ,and he    
says1 ',no2' then he will say1 ',hush6  
,indeed we must          not mention the

 name of ,yahweh4'  #jjf3jaa ,for1      
behold1 ,yahweh commands1 and the great 
house will be          smashed to       
pieces1 and the little house into bits4 
#jjf3jab ,do horses run on the rocky    
crags8  ,does one plow there with oxen8 
,but you have turned justice into       
poison1 and the fruit          of       
righteousness into bitterness2  #jjf3jac
 you who rejoice in a thing of nothing1 
who say1 ',haven't we          taken for
 ourselves horns by our own strength8'  
#jjf3jad ,for1 behold1 ,i will raise up 
against you a nation1 house of ,israel1 
says ,yahweh1 the ,god of ,armies2 and  
they will afflict you          from the 
entrance of ,hamath to the brook of the 
,arabah4  #jjg3jja ,thus the ,lord      
,yahweh showed me3  and behold1 he      
formed locusts          in the beginning
 of the shooting up of the latter       
growth2          and behold1 it was the 
latter growth after the king's harvest4 
#jjg3jjb ,it happened that1 when they   
made an end of eating the grass         

of the land1 then ,i said1 ,lord        
,yahweh1 forgive1 ,i beg you6           
,how could ,jacob stand8  ,for he is    
small4  #jjg3jjc ,yahweh relented       
concerning this4  ,it shall not be1 says
 ,yahweh4  #jjg3jjd ,thus the ,lord     
,yahweh showed me and behold1 the ,lord 
,yahweh          called for judgment by 
fire2 and it dried up the great deep1   
and would have devoured the land4       
#jjg3jje ,then ,i said1 ,lord ,yahweh1  
stop1 ,i beg you6  ,how could ,jacob    
stand8          ,for he is small4       
#jjg3jjf ,yahweh relented concerning    
this4  ,this also shall not be1         
says the ,lord ,yahweh4  #jjg3jjg ,thus 
he showed me and behold1 the ,lord stood
 beside a wall          made by a plumb 
line1 with a plumb line in his hand4    
#jjg3jjh ,yahweh said to me1 ,amos1 what
 do you see8  ,i said1 ,a plumb line4   
,then the ,lord said1 ,behold1 ,i will  
set a plumb line in the midst           
of my people ,israel4  ,i will not again
 pass by them any more4  #jjg3jji ,the  

high places of ,isaac will be desolate1 
the sanctuaries          of ,israel will
 be laid waste2 and ,i will rise against
 the house          of ,jeroboam with   
the sword4  #jjg3jaj ,then ,amaziah the 
priest of ,bethel sent to ,jeroboam king
          of ,israel1 saying1 ,amos has 
conspired against you in the midst      
of the house of ,israel4  ,the land is  
not able to bear          all his words4
  #jjg3jaa ,for ,amos says1 ',jeroboam  
will die by the sword1 and ,israel      
shall surely be led away captive out of 
his land4'  #jjg3jab ,amaziah also said 
to ,amos1 ,you seer1 go1 flee away into 
the land          of ,judah1 and there  
eat bread1 and prophesy there3  #jjg3jac
 but don't prophesy again any more at   
,bethel2 for it is          the king's  
sanctuary1 and it is a royal house6     
#jjg3jad ,then ,amos answered ,amaziah1 
,i was no prophet1 neither was          
,i a prophet's son2 but ,i was a        
herdsman1 and a farmer          of      
sycamore figs2  #jjg3jae and ,yahweh    

took me from following the flock1 and   
,yahweh said          to me1 ',go1      
prophesy to my people ,israel4'         
#jjg3jaf ,now therefore listen to the   
word of ,yahweh3  ',you say1            
,don't prophesy against ,israel1 and    
don't preach against          the house 
of ,isaac4'  #jjg3jag ,therefore thus   
says ,yahweh3  ',your wife shall be a   
prostitute          in the city1 and    
your sons and your daughters shall fall 
by the sword1 and your land shall be    
divided by line2          and you       
yourself shall die in a land that is    
unclean1          and ,israel shall     
surely be led away captive out of his   
land4'  #jjh3jja ,thus the ,lord ,yahweh
 showed me3  behold1 a basket of summer 
fruit4  #jjh3jjb ,he said1 ,amos1 what  
do you see8  ,i said1 ,a basket of      
summer fruit4  ,then ,yahweh said to me1
 ,the end has come          on my people
 ,israel4  ,i will not again pass by    
them any more4  #jjh3jjc ,the songs of  
the temple will be wailings in that day1

          says the ,lord ,yahweh4  ,the 
dead bodies will be many4          ,in  
every place they will throw them out    
with silence4  #jjh3jjd ,hear this1 you 
who desire to swallow up the needy1 and 
cause          the poor of the land to  
fail1  #jjh3jje ,saying1 ',when will the
 new moon be gone1 that we may sell     
grain8          ,and the ,sabbath1 that 
we may market wheat1 making the ephah   
small1          and the shekel large1   
and dealing falsely with balances of    
deceit2  #jjh3jjf that we may buy the   
poor for silver1 and the needy for a    
pair          of shoes1 and sell the    
sweepings with the wheat8'  #jjh3jjg    
,yahweh has sworn by the pride of       
,jacob1 ,surely ,i will never           
forget any of their works4  #jjh3jjh    
,won't the land tremble for this1 and   
everyone mourn who dwells          in   
it8  ,yes1 it will rise up wholly like  
the ,river2 and it          will be     
stirred up and sink again1 like the     
,river of ,egypt4  #jjh3jji ,it will    

happen in that day1 says the ,lord      
,yahweh1 that ,i          will cause the
 sun to go down at noon1 and ,i will    
darken          the earth in the clear  
day4  #jjh3jaj ,i will turn your feasts 
into mourning1 and all your songs       
into lamentation2 and ,i will make you  
wear sackcloth          on all your     
bodies1 and baldness on every head4     
,i will make it like the mourning for an
 only son1 and the end          of it   
like a bitter day4  #jjh3jaa ,behold1   
the days come1 says the ,lord ,yahweh1  
that ,i will send          a famine in  
the land1 not a famine of bread1 nor a  
thirst          for water1 but of       
hearing the words of ,yahweh4  #jjh3jab 
,they will wander from sea to sea1 and  
from the north even to the east2        
they will run back and forth to seek the
 word of ,yahweh1          and will not 
find it4  #jjh3jac ,in that day the     
beautiful virgins and the young men will
          faint for thirst4  #jjh3jad   
,those who swear by the sin of ,samaria1

 and say1 ',as your god1          ,dan1 
lives2' and1 ',as the way of ,beersheba 
lives2' they will fall1          and    
never rise up again4  #jji3jja ,i saw   
the ,lord standing beside the altar1 and
 he said1          ,strike the tops of  
the pillars1 that the thresholds may    
shake2          and break them in pieces
 on the head of all of them2            
and ,i will kill the last of them with  
the sword3          there shall not one 
of them flee away1 and there shall not  
one of them escape4  #jji3jjb ,though   
they dig into ,sheol1 there my hand will
 take them2          and though they    
climb up to heaven1 there ,i will bring 
them down4  #jji3jjc ,though they hide  
themselves in the top of ,carmel1 ,i    
will search          and take them out  
there2 and though they be hid from my   
sight          in the bottom of the sea1
 there ,i will command the serpent1     
and it will bite them4  #jji3jjd ,though
 they go into captivity before their    
enemies1          there ,i will command 

the sword1 and it will kill them4       
,i will set my eyes on them for evil1   
and not for good4  #jji3jje ,for the    
,lord1 ,yahweh of ,armies1 is he who    
touches the land          and it melts1 
and all who dwell in it will mourn2 and 
it          will rise up wholly like the
 ,river1 and will sink again1           
like the ,river of ,egypt4  #jji3jjf ,it
 is he who builds his chambers in the   
heavens1 and has          founded his   
vault on the earth2 he who calls for the
 waters          of the sea1 and pours  
them out on the surface of the earth2   
,yahweh is his name4  #jji3jjg ,are you 
not like the children of the ,ethiopians
 to me1          children of ,israel8   
says ,yahweh4  ,haven't ,i brought up   
,israel          out of the land of     
,egypt1 and the ,philistines from       
,caphtor1          and the ,syrians from
 ,kir8  #jji3jjh ,behold1 the eyes of   
the ,lord ,yahweh are on the sinful     
kingdom1          and ,i will destroy it
 from off the surface of the earth2     

except that ,i will not utterly destroy 
the house of ,jacob1          says      
,yahweh4  #jji3jji ,for1 behold1 ,i will
 command1 and ,i will sift the house of 
,israel among all the nations1 as grain 
is sifted in a sieve1          yet not  
the least kernel will fall on the earth4
  #jji3jaj ,all the sinners of my people
 will die by the sword1 who say1        
',evil won't overtake nor meet us4'     
#jji3jaa ,in that day ,i will raise up  
the tent of ,david who is fallen1       
and close up its breaches1 and ,i will  
raise up its ruins1          and ,i will
 build it as in the days of old2        
#jji3jab that they may possess the      
remnant of ,edom1 and all the nations   
who are called by my name1 says ,yahweh 
who does this4  #jji3jac ,behold1 the   
days come1 says ,yahweh1 that the       
plowman          shall overtake the     
reaper1 and the one treading grapes him 
who sows seed2 and sweet wine will drip 
from the mountains1          and flow   
from the hills4  #jji3jad ,i will bring 

my people ,israel back from captivity1  
and they will rebuild the ruined cities1
 and inhabit them2          and they    
will plant vineyards1 and drink wine    
from them4          ,they shall also    
make gardens1 and eat the fruit of them4
  #jji3jae ,i will plant them on their  
land1 and they will no more be          
plucked up out of their land which ,i   
have given them1          says ,yahweh  
your ,god4