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,dennis ,mc,carthy1 ,atlanta1 ,georgia  
and ,tad ,book1 student1 ,pontifical    
,north ,american ,college1 ,rome4       
,,the ,,holy ,,bible                    
,translated from the ,latin ,vulgate    
,diligently ,compared with the ,hebrew1 
,greek1  and ,other ,editions in ,divers
 ,languages      ,,the ,,old ,,testament
  ,first ,published by the ,english     
,college at ,douay  ,a4,d4 #afji  #afaj 
and    ,,the ,,new ,,testament  ,first  
,published by the ,english ,college at  
,rheims  ,a4,d4 #aehb      ,with        
,annotations      ,the ,whole ,revised  
and ,diligently ,compared with  the     
,latin ,vulgate by ,bishop ,richard     
,challoner  ,a4,d4 #agdi-ageb           
,,the ,,prophecy ,,of ,,amos    ,,amos  
prophesied in ,israel about the same    
time as ,osee3 and was called  from     
following the cattle to denounce        
,,god',s judgments to the people of     
,israel1 and the neighbouring nations1  

for their repeated crimes1 in  which    
they continued without repentance4      
,amos ,chapter #a    ,the prophet       
threatens ,damascus1 ,gaza1 ,tyre1      
,edom1 and ,ammon with the  judgments of
 ,god1 for their obstinacy in sin4      
#a3a4 ,the words of ,amos1 who was among
 the herdsmen of ,thecua3 which he  saw 
concerning ,israel in the days of ,ozias
 king of ,juda1 and in the days  of     
,jeroboam the son of ,joas king of      
,israel two years before the            
earthquake4    ,the earthquake444 ,many 
understand this of a great earthquake1  
which they  say was felt at the time    
that king ,ozias attempted to offer     
incense in  the temple4 ,but the best   
chronologists prove that the earthquake 
here  spoken of must have been before   
that time3 because ,jeroboam the second1
  under whom ,amos prophesied1 was dead 
long before that attempt of ,ozias4     
#a3b4 ,and he said3 ,the ,lord will roar
 from ,sion1 and utter his voice from   
,jerusalem3 and the beautiful places of 

the shepherds have mourned1 and  the top
 of ,carmel is withered4    #a3c4 ,thus 
saith the ,lord3 ,for three crimes of   
,damascus1 and for four ,i  will not    
convert it3 because they have thrashed  
,galaad with iron wains4    ,for three  
crimes-and for four444 ,that is1 for    
their many unrepented of  crimes4-,ibid4
 ,i will not convert it444 ,that is1 ,i 
will not spare them1  nor turn away the 
punishments ,i design to inflict upon   
them4    #a3d4 ,and ,i will send a fire 
into the house of ,azael1 and it shall  
devour  the houses of ,benadad4    #a3e4
 ,and ,i will break the bar of          
,damascus3 and ,i will cut off the      
inhabitants from the plain of the idol1 
and him that holdeth the sceptre  from  
the house of pleasure3 and the people of
 ,syria shall be carried  away to       
,cyrene1 saith the ,lord4    #a3f4 ,thus
 saith the ,lord3 ,for three crimes of  
,gaza1 and for four ,i will  not convert
 it3 because they have carried away a   
perfect captivity to  shut them up in   

,edom4    #a3g4 ,and ,i will send a fire
 on the wall of ,gaza1 and it shall     
devour the  houses thereof4    #a3h4    
,and ,i will cut off the inhabitant from
 ,azotus1 and him that holdeth  the     
sceptre from ,ascalon3 and ,i will turn 
my hand against ,accaron1 and  the rest 
of the ,philistines shall perish1 saith 
the ,lord ,god4    #a3i4 ,thus saith the
 ,lord3 ,for three crimes of ,tyre1 and 
for four ,i will  not convert it3       
because they have shut up an entire     
captivity in ,edom1  and have not       
remembered the covenant of brethren4    
#a3aj4 ,and ,i will send a fire upon the
 wall of ,tyre1 and it shall devour  the
 houses thereof4    #a3aa4 ,thus saith  
the ,lord3 ,for three crimes of ,edom1  
and for four ,i will  not convert him3  
because he hath pursued his brother with
 the sword1 and  hath carried on his    
fury1 and hath kept his wrath to the    
end4    #a3ab4 ,i will send a fire into 
,theman3 and it shall devour the houses 
of  ,bosra4    #a3ac4 ,thus saith the   

,lord3 ,for three crimes of the children
 of ,ammon1  and for four ,i will not   
convert him3 because he hath ripped up  
the women  with child of ,galaad to     
enlarge his border4    #a3ad4 ,and ,i   
will kindle a fire in the wall of       
,rabba3 and it shall devour  the houses 
thereof with shouting in the day of     
battle1 and with a  whirlwind in the day
 of trouble4    #a3ae4 ,and ,melchom    
shall go into captivity1 both he1 and   
his princes  together1 saith the ,lord4 
,melchom444 ,the god or idol of the     
,ammonites1 otherwise called ,moloch1   
and ,melech3 which in ,hebrew signifies 
a king1 and ,melchom their king4        
,amos ,chapter #b    ,the judgments with
 which ,god threatens ,moab1 ,juda1 and 
,israel for their  sins1 and their      
ingratitude4    #b3a4 ,thus saith the   
,lord3 ,for three crimes of ,moab1 and  
for four ,i will  not convert him3      
because he hath burnt the bones of the  
king of ,edom  even to ashes4    #b3b4  
,and ,i will send a fire into ,moab1 and

 it shall devour the houses of          
,carioth3 and ,moab shall die with a    
noise1 with the sound of the trumpet3   
#b3c4 ,and ,i will cut off the judge    
from the midst thereof1 and will slay   
all his princes with him1 saith the     
,lord4    #b3d4 ,thus saith the ,lord3  
,for three crimes of ,juda1 and for four
 ,i will  not convert him3 because he   
hath cast away the law of the ,lord1 and
 hath  not kept his commandments3 for   
their idols have caused them to err1    
after which their fathers have walked4  
#b3e4 ,and ,i will send a fire into     
,juda1 and it shall devour the houses of
  ,jerusalem4    #b3f4 ,thus saith the  
,lord3 ,for three crimes of ,israel1 and
 for four ,i  will not convert him3     
because he hath sold the just man for   
silver1 and  the poor man for a pair of 
shoes4    #b3g4 ,they bruise the heads  
of the poor upon the dust of the earth1 
and  turn aside the way of the humble3  
and the son and his father have gone  to
 the same young woman1 to profane my    

holy name4    #b3h4 ,and they sat down  
upon garments laid to pledge by every   
altar3 and  drank the wine of the       
condemned in the house of their ,god4   
#b3i4 ,yet ,i cast out the ,amorrhite   
before their face3 whose height was     
like the height of cedars1 and who was  
strong as an oak3 and ,i destroyed  his 
fruit from above1 and his roots beneath4
    #b3aj4 ,it is ,i that brought you up
 out of the land of ,egypt1 and ,i led  
you forty years through the wilderness1 
that you might possess the land  of the 
,amorrhite4    #b3aa4 ,and ,i raised up 
of your sons for prophets1 and of your  
young men  for ,nazarites4 ,is it not   
so1 ,o ye children of ,israel1 saith the
 ,lord8    #b3ab4 ,and you will present 
wine to the ,nazarites3 and command the 
prophets1 saying3 ,prophesy not4        
#b3ac4 ,behold1 ,i will screak under you
 as a wain screaketh that is laden  with
 hay4    ,i will screak444 ,unable to   
bear any longer the enormous load of    
your  sins1 etc4 ,the spirit of ,god1 as

 ,st4 ,jerome takes notice1 accommodates
  himself to the education of the       
prophet and inspires him with           
comparisons taken from country affairs4 
#b3ad4 ,and flight shall perish from the
 swift1 and the valiant shall not       
possess his strength1 neither shall the 
strong save his life4    #b3ae4 ,and he 
that holdeth the bow shall not stand1   
and the swift of foot  shall not escape1
 neither shall the rider of the horse   
save his life4    #b3af4 ,and the stout 
of heart among the valiant shall flee   
away naked in  that day1 saith the      
,lord4    ,amos ,chapter #c    ,the     
evils that shall fall upon ,israel for  
their sins4    #c3a4 ,hear the word that
 the ,lord hath spoken concerning you1  
,o ye  children of ,israel3 concerning  
the whole family that ,i brought up out 
of  the land of ,egypt1 saying3    #c3b4
 ,you only have ,i known of all the     
families of the earth3 therefore  will  
,i visit upon you all your iniquities4  
,visit upon444 ,that is1 punish4        

#c3c4 ,shall two walk together except   
they be agreed8    #c3d4 ,will a lion   
roar in the forest1 if he have no prey8 
will the lion's  whelp cry out of his   
den1 if he have taken nothing8    #c3e4 
,will the bird fall into the snare upon 
the earth1 if there be no  fowler8      
,shall the snare be taken up from the   
earth1 before it hath taken  somewhat8  
#c3f4 ,shall the trumpet sound in a     
city1 and the people not be afraid8     
,shall there be evil in a city1 which   
the ,lord hath not done8    ,evil in a  
city444 ,he speaks of the evil of       
punishments of war1 famine1  pestilence1
 desolation1 etc41 but not of the evil  
of sin1 of which ,god  is not the       
author4    #c3g4 ,for the ,lord ,god    
doth nothing without revealing his      
secret to his  servants the prophets4   
#c3h4 ,the lion shall roar1 who will not
 fear8 ,the ,lord ,god hath spoken1  who
 shall not prophesy8    #c3i4 ,publish  
it in the houses of ,azotus1 and in the 
houses of the land  of ,egypt1 and say3 

,assemble yourselves upon the mountains 
of ,samaria1  and behold the many       
follies in the midst thereof1 and them  
that suffer  oppression in the inner    
rooms thereof4    #c3aj4 ,and they have 
not known to do the right thing1 saith  
the ,lord1  storing up iniquity1 and    
robberies in their houses4    #c3aa4    
,therefore thus saith the ,lord ,god3   
,the land shall be in  tribulation1 and 
shall be compassed about3 and thy       
strength shall be  taken away from thee1
 and thy houses shall be spoiled4       
#c3ab4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,as if a  
shepherd should get out of the lion's   
mouth two legs1 or the tip of the ear3  
so shall the children of ,israel  be    
taken out that dwell in ,samaria1 in a  
place of a bed1 and in the  couch of    
,damascus4    #c3ac4 ,hear ye1 and      
testify in the house of ,jacob1 saith   
the ,lord the ,god  of hosts3    #c3ad4 
,that in the day when ,i shall begin to 
visit the transgressions of  ,israel1 ,i
 will visit upon him1 and upon the      

altars of ,bethel3 and the  horns of the
 altars shall be cut off1 and shall fall
 to the ground4    #c3ae4 ,and ,i will  
strike the winter house with the summer 
house3 and the  houses of ivory shall   
perish1 and many houses shall be        
destroyed1 saith  the ,lord4    ,amos   
,chapter #d    ,the ,israelites are     
reproved for their oppressing the poor1 
for their  idolatry1 and their          
incorrigibleness4    #d3a4 ,hear this   
word1 ye fat kine that are in the       
mountains of ,samaria3  you that oppress
 the needy1 and crush the poor3 that say
 to your  masters3 ,bring1 and we will  
drink4    ,fat kine444 ,he means the    
great ones that lived in plenty and     
wealth4    #d3b4 ,the ,lord ,god hath   
sworn by his holiness1 that lo1 the days
 shall  come upon you1 when they shall  
lift you up on pikes1 and what shall    
remain of you in boiling pots4    #d3c4 
,and you shall go out at the breaches   
one over against the other1  and you    
shall be cast forth into ,armon1 saith  

the ,lord4    ,armon444 ,a foreign      
country2 some understand it of ,armenia4
    #d3d4 ,come ye to ,bethel1 and do   
wickedly3 to ,galgal1 and multiply      
transgressions3 and bring in the morning
 your victims1 your tithes in  three    
days4    #d3e4 ,and offer a sacrifice of
 praise with leaven3 and call free      
offerings1 and proclaim it3 for so you  
would do1 ,o children of ,israel1  saith
 the ,lord ,god4    #d3f4 ,whereupon ,i 
also have given you dulness of teeth in 
all your  cities1 and want of bread in  
all your places3 yet you have not       
returned  to me1 saith the ,lord4       
#d3g4 ,i also have withholden the rain  
from you1 when there were yet three     
months to the harvest3 and ,i caused it 
to rain upon on city1 and caused  it not
 to rain upon another city3 one piece   
was rained upon3 and the  piece         
whereupon ,i rained not1 withered4      
#d3h4 ,and two and three cities went to 
one city to drink water1 and were  not  
filled3 yet you returned not to me1     

saith the ,lord4    #d3i4 ,i struck you 
with a burning wind1 and with mildew1   
the palmerworm  hath eaten up your many 
gardens1 and your vineyards3 your olive 
groves1  and fig groves3 yet you        
returned not to me1 saith the ,lord4    
#d3aj4 ,i sent death upon you in the way
 of ,egypt1 ,i slew your young men  with
 the sword1 even to the captivity of    
your horses3 and ,i made the  stench of 
your camp to come up into your nostrils3
 yet you returned not  to me1 saith the 
,lord4    #d3aa4 ,i destroyed some of   
you1 as ,god destroyed ,sodom and       
,gomorrha1 and  you were as a firebrand 
plucked out of the burning3 yet you     
returned not  to me1 saith the ,lord4   
#d3ab4 ,therefore ,i will do these      
things to thee1 ,o ,israel3 and after ,i
  shall have done these things to thee1 
be prepared to meet thy ,god1 ,o        
,israel4    #d3ac4 ,for behold he that  
formeth the mountains and createth the  
wind1  and declareth his word to man1 he
 that maketh the morning mist1 and      

walketh upon the high places of the     
earth3 the ,lord the ,god of hosts is   
his name4    ,amos ,chapter #e    ,a    
lamentation for ,israel3 an exhortation 
to return to ,god4    #e3a4 ,hear ye    
this word1 which ,i take up concerning  
you for a  lamentation4 ,the house of   
,israel is fallen1 and it shall rise no 
more4    #e3b4 ,the virgin of ,israel is
 cast down upon her land1 there is none 
to  raise her up4    #e3c4 ,for thus    
saith the ,lord ,god3 ,the city1 out of 
which came forth a  thousand1 there     
shall be left in it a hundred3 and out  
of which there  came a hundred1 there   
shall be left in it ten1 in the house of
 ,israel4    #e3d4 ,for thus saith the  
,lord to the house of ,israel3 ,seek ye 
me1 and you  shall live4    #e3e4 ,but  
seek not ,bethel1 and go not into       
,galgal1 neither shall you pass  over to
 ,bersabee3 for ,galgal shall go into   
captivity1 and ,bethel shall  be        
unprofitable4                           
,bethel1-,galgal1-,bersabee444 ,the     

places where they worshipped their      
idols4    #e3f4 ,seek ye the ,lord1 and 
live3 lest the house of ,joseph be burnt
 with  fire1 and it shall devour1 and   
there shall be none to quench ,bethel4  
#e3g4 ,you that turn judgment into      
wormwood1 and forsake justice in the    
land1    #e3h4 ,seek him that maketh    
,arcturus1 and ,orion1 and that turneth 
darkness  into morning1 and that        
changeth day into night3 that calleth   
the waters  of the sea1 and poureth them
 out upon the face of the earth3 ,the   
,lord is  his name4    ,arcturus and    
,orion444 ,arcturus is a bright star in 
the north3 ,orion a  beautiful          
constellation in the south4    #e3i4 ,he
 that with a smile bringeth destruction 
upon the strong1 and  waste upon the    
mighty4    ,with a smile444 ,that is1   
with all ease1 and without making any   
effort4    #e3aj4 ,they have hated him  
that rebuketh in the gate3 and have     
abhorred  him that speaketh perfectly4  
#e3aa4 ,therefore because you robbed the

 poor1 and took the choice prey  from   
him3 you shall build houses with square 
stone1 and shall not dwell  in them3 you
 shall plant most delightful vineyards1 
and shall not drink  the wine of them4  
#e3ab4 ,because ,i know your manifold   
crimes1 and your grievous sins3  enemies
 of the just1 taking bribes1 and        
oppressing the poor in the gate4        
#e3ac4 ,therefore the prudent shall keep
 silence at that time1 for it is  an    
evil time4    #e3ad4 ,seek ye good1 and 
not evil1 that you may live3 and the    
,lord the  ,god of hosts will be with   
you1 as you have said4    #e3ae4 ,hate  
evil1 and love good1 and establish      
judgment in the gate3 it  may be the    
,lord the ,god of hosts may have mercy  
on the remnant of  ,joseph4    #e3af4   
,therefore thus saith the ,lord the ,god
 of hosts the sovereign ,lord3  ,in     
every street there shall be wailing3 and
 in all places that are  without1 they  
shall say3 ,alas1 alas6 and they shall  
call the husbandman  to mourning1 and   

such as are skilful in lamentation to   
lament4    #e3ag4 ,and in all vineyards 
there shall be wailing3 because ,i will 
pass  through in the midst of thee1     
saith the ,lord4    #e3ah4 ,woe to them 
that desire the day of the ,lord3 to    
what end is it for  you8 the day of the 
,lord is darkness1 and not light4       
#e3ai4 ,as if a man should flee from the
 face of a lion1 and a bear should  meet
 him3 or enter into the house1 and lean 
with his hand upon the wall1  and a     
serpent should bite him4    #e3bj4      
,shall not the day of the ,lord be      
darkness1 and not light3 and  obscurity1
 and no brightness in it8    #e3ba4 ,i  
hate1 and have rejected your            
festivities3 and ,i will not receive    
the odour of your assemblies4    #e3bb4 
,and if you offer me holocausts1 and    
your gifts1 ,i will not receive  them3  
neither will ,i regard the vows of your 
fat beasts4    #e3bc4 ,take away from me
 the tumult of thy songs3 and ,i will   
not hear the  canticles of thy harp4    

#e3bd4 ,but judgment shall be revealed  
as water1 and justice as a mighty       
torrent4    #e3be4 ,did you offer       
victims and sacrifices to me in the     
desert for forty  years1 ,o house of    
,israel8    ,did you offer1 etc444      
,except the sacrifices that were offered
 at the  first1 in the dedication of the
 tabernacle1 the ,israelites offered no 
sacrifices in the desert4    #e3bf4 ,but
 you carried a tabernacle for your      
,moloch1 and the image of your  idols1  
the star of your god1 which you made to 
yourselves4    ,a tabernacle1 etc444    
,all this alludes to the idolatry which 
they  committed1 when they were drawn   
away by the daughters of ,moab to the   
worship of their gods4 ,num4 #be4       
#e3bg4 ,and ,i will cause you to go into
 captivity beyond ,damascus1 saith  the 
,lord1 the ,god of hosts is his name4   
,amos ,chapter #f    ,the desolation of 
,israel for their pride and luxury4     
#f3a4 ,woe to you that are wealthy in   
,sion1 and to you that have  confidence 

in the mountain of ,samaria3 ye great   
men1 heads of the  people1 that go in   
with state into the house of ,israel4   
#f3b4 ,pass ye over to ,chalane1 and    
see1 and go from thence into ,emath the 
great3 and go down into ,geth of the    
,philistines1 and to all the best       
kingdoms of these3 if their border be   
larger than your border4    #f3c4 ,you  
that are separated unto the evil day3   
and that approach to the  throne of     
iniquity2    #f3d4 ,you that sleep upon 
beds of ivory1 and are wanton on your   
couches3  that eat the lambs out of the 
flock1 and the calves out of the midst  
of  the herd2    #f3e4 ,you that sing to
 the sound of the psaltery3 they have   
thought  themselves to have instruments 
of music like ,david2    #f3f4 ,that    
drink wine in bowls1 and anoint         
themselves with the best  ointments3 and
 they are not concerned for the         
affliction of ,joseph4    #f3g4         
,wherefore now they shall go captive at 
the head of them that go  into          

captivity3 and the faction of the       
luxurious ones shall be taken  away4    
#f3h4 ,the ,lord ,god hath sworn by his 
own soul1 saith the ,lord the ,god of   
hosts3 ,i detest the pride of ,jacob1   
and ,i hate his houses1 and ,i will     
deliver up the city with the inhabitants
 thereof4    #f3i4 ,and if there remain 
ten men in one house1 they also shall   
die4    #f3aj4 ,and a man's kinsman     
shall take him up1 and shall burn him1  
that he  may carry the bones out of the 
house2 and he shall say to him that is  
in  the inner rooms of the house3 ,is   
there yet any with thee8    #f3aa4 ,and 
he shall answer3 ,there is an end4 ,and 
he shall say to him3  ,hold thy peace1  
and mention not the name of the ,lord4  
#f3ab4 ,for behold the ,lord hath       
commanded1 and he will strike the       
greater  house with breaches1 and the   
lesser house with clefts4    #f3ac4 ,can
 horses run upon the rocks1 or can any  
one plough with buffles8  for you have  
turned judgment into bitterness1 and the

 fruit of justice  into wormwood4       
#f3ad4 ,you that rejoice in a thing of  
nought3 you that say3 ,have we not      
taken unto us horns by our own strength8
    #f3ae4 ,but behold1 ,i will raise up
 a nation against you1 ,o house of      
,israel1 saith the ,lord the ,god of    
hosts2 and they shall destroy you from  
the entrance of ,emath1 even to the     
torrent of the desert4    ,amos ,chapter
 #g    ,the prophet sees1 in three      
visions1 evils coming upon ,israel3 he  
is  accused of treason by the false     
priest of ,bethel4    #g3a4 ,these      
things the ,lord ,god shewed to me3 and 
behold the locust was  formed in the    
beginning of the shooting up of the     
latter rain1 and lo1  it was the latter 
rain after the king's mowing4    ,the   
locust1 etc444 ,these judgments by      
locusts and fire1 which1 by the         
prophet's intercession1 were moderated1 
signify the former invasions of  the    
,assyrians under ,phul and              
,theglathphalasar1 before the utter     

desolation of ,israel by ,salmanasar4   
#g3b4 ,and it came to pass1 that when   
they had made an end of eating the      
grass of the land1 ,i said3 ,o ,lord    
,god1 be merciful1 ,i beseech thee3 who 
shall raise up ,jacob1 for he is very   
little8    #g3c4 ,the ,lord had pity    
upon this3 ,it shall not be1 said the   
,lord4    #g3d4 ,these things the ,lord 
,god shewed to me3 and behold the ,lord 
called  for judgment unto fire1 and it  
devoured the great deep1 and ate up a   
part at the same time4    #g3e4 ,and ,i 
said3 ,o ,lord ,god1 cease1 ,i beseech  
thee1 who shall raise up  ,jacob1 for he
 is a little one8    #g3f4 ,the ,lord   
had pity upon this4 ,yea this also shall
 not be1 said the  ,lord ,god4    #g3g4 
,these things the ,lord shewed to me3   
and behold the ,lord was  standing upon 
a plastered wall1 and in his hand a     
mason's trowel4    #g3h4 ,and the ,lord 
said to me3 ,what seest thou1 ,amos8    
,and ,i said3 ,a  mason's trowel4 ,and  
the ,lord said3 ,behold1 ,i will lay    

down the trowel in  the midst of my     
people ,israel4 ,i will plaster them    
over no more4    #g3i4 ,and the high    
places of the idol shall be thrown down1
 and the  sanctuaries of ,israel shall  
be laid waste3 and ,i will rise up      
against  the house of ,jeroboam with the
 sword4    #g3aj4 ,and ,amasias the     
priest of ,bethel sent to ,jeroboam king
 of ,israel1  saying3 ,amos hath        
rebelled against thee in the midst of   
the house of  ,israel3 the land is not  
able to bear all his words4    #g3aa4   
,for thus saith ,amos3 ,jeroboam shall  
die by the sword1 and ,israel  shall be 
carried away captive out of their own   
land4    ,jeroboam shall die by the     
sword444 ,the prophet did not say this2 
but  that the ,lord would rise up       
against the house of ,jeroboam with the 
sword3 which was verified1 when         
,zacharias1 the son and successor of    
,jeroboam1 was slain by the sword4 #d   
,kings #ae4aj4    #g3ab4 ,and ,amasias  
said to ,amos3 ,thou seer1 go1 flee away

 into the land  of ,juda3 and eat bread 
there1 and prophesy there4    #g3ac4    
,but prophesy not again any more in     
,bethel3 because it is the  king's      
sanctuary1 and it is the house of the   
kingdom4    #g3ad4 ,and ,amos answered  
and said to ,amasias3 ,i am not a       
prophet1 nor am  ,i the son of a        
prophet3 but ,i am a herdsman plucking  
wild figs4    ,i am not a prophet444    
,that is1 ,i am not a prophet by        
education3 nor is  prophesying my       
calling or profession3 but ,i am a      
herdsman1 whom ,god was  pleased to send
 hither to prophesy to ,israel4         
#g3ae4 ,and the ,lord took me when ,i   
followed the flock1 and the ,lord said  
to me3 ,go1 prophesy to my people       
,israel4    #g3af4 ,and now hear thou   
the word of the ,lord3 ,thou sayest1    
thou shalt  not prophesy against        
,israel1 and thou shalt not drop thy    
word upon the  house of the idol4       
,the house of the idol444 ,viz41 of the 
calf worshipped in ,bethel4    #g3ag4   

,therefore thus saith the ,lord3 ,thy   
wife shall play the harlot in  the city1
 and thy sons and thy daughters shall   
fall by the sword1 and  thy land shall  
be measured by a line3 and thou shalt   
die in a polluted  land1 and ,israel    
shall go into captivity out of their    
land4    ,amos ,chapter #h    ,under the
 figure of a hook1 which bringeth down  
the fruit1 the  approaching desolation  
of ,israel is foreshewed for their      
avarice and  injustices4    #h3a4 ,these
 things the ,lord shewed to me3 and     
behold a hook to draw down  the fruit4  
#h3b4 ,and he said3 ,what seest thou1   
,amos8 ,and ,i said3 ,a hook to draw    
down  fruit4 ,and the ,lord said to me3 
,the end is come upon my people ,israel3
 ,i  will not again pass by them any    
more4    #h3c4 ,and the hinges of the   
temple shall screak in that day1 saith  
the  ,lord ,god3 many shall die3 silence
 shall be cast in every place4    #h3d4 
,hear this1 you that crush the poor1 and
 make the needy of the land  to fail1   

#h3e4 ,saying3 ,when will the month be  
over1 and we shall sell our wares3  and 
the sabbath1 and we shall open the corn3
 that we may lessen the  measure1 and   
increase the sicle1 and may convey in   
deceitful balances1    #h3f4 ,that we   
may possess the needy for money1 and the
 poor for a pair of  shoes1 and may sell
 the refuse of the corn8    #h3g4 ,the  
,lord hath sworn against the pride of   
,jacob3 surely ,i will never  forget all
 their works4    #h3h4 ,shall not the   
land tremble for this1 and every one    
mourn that  dwelleth therein3 and rise  
up altogether as a river1 and be cast   
out1  and run down as the river of      
,egypt8    #h3i4 ,and it shall come to  
pass in that day1 saith the ,lord ,god1 
that the  sun shall go down at midday1  
and ,i will make the earth dark in the  
day  of light3    #h3aj4 ,and ,i will   
turn your feasts into mourning1 and all 
your songs into  lamentation3 and ,i    
will bring up sackcloth upon every back 
of yours1 and  baldness upon every head3

 and ,i will make it as the mourning of 
an only  son1 and the latter end thereof
 as a bitter day4    #h3aa4 ,behold the 
days come1 saith the ,lord1 and ,i will 
send forth a  famine into the land3 not 
a famine of bread1 nor a thirst of      
water1 but  of hearing the word of the  
,lord4    #h3ab4 ,and they shall move   
from sea to sea1 and from the north to  
the  east3 they shall go about seeking  
the word of the ,lord1 and shall not    
find it4    #h3ac4 ,in that day the fair
 virgins1 and the young men shall faint 
for  thirst4    #h3ad4 ,they that swear 
by the sin of ,samaria1 and say3 ,thy   
,god1 ,o ,dan1  liveth3 and the way of  
,bersabee liveth3 and they shall fall1  
and shall  rise no more4    ,amos       
,chapter #i    ,the certainty of the    
desolation of ,israel3 the restoring of 
the  tabernacle of ,david1 and the      
conversion of the ,gentiles to the      
church2  which shall flourish for ever4 
#i3a4 ,i saw the ,lord standing upon the
 altar1 and he said3 ,strike the        

hinges1 and let the lintels be shook3   
for there is covetousness in the  head  
of them all1 and ,i will slay the last  
of them with the sword3 there  shall be 
no flight for them3 they shall flee1 and
 he that shall flee of  them shall not  
be delivered4    #i3b4 ,though they go  
down even to hell1 thence shall my hand 
bring them  out3 and though they climb  
up to heaven1 thence will ,i bring them 
down4    #i3c4 ,and though they be hid  
in the top of ,carmel1 ,i will search   
and take  them away from thence3 and    
though they hide themselves from my eyes
 in  the depth of the sea1 there will ,i
 command the serpent and he shall bite  
them4    #i3d4 ,and if they go into     
captivity before their enemies1 there   
will ,i  command the sword1 and it shall
 kill them4 ,and ,i will set my eyes    
upon  them for evil1 and not for good4  
#i3e4 ,and the ,lord the ,god of hosts  
is he who toucheth the earth1 and it    
shall melt3 and all that dwell therein  
shall mourn3 and it shall rise up  as a 

river1 and shall run down as the river  
of ,egypt4    #i3f4 ,he that buildeth   
his ascension in heaven1 and hath       
founded his  bundle upon the earth3 who 
calleth the waters of the sea1 and      
poureth  them out upon the face of the  
earth1 the ,lord is his name4    ,his   
ascension444 ,that is1 his high         
throne4-,ibid4 ,his bundle444 ,that is1 
his church bound up together by the     
bands of one faith and communion4       
#i3g4 ,are not you as the children of   
the ,ethiopians unto me1 ,o children  of
 ,israel1 saith the ,lord8 did not ,i   
bring up ,israel1 out of the land of    
,egypt3 and the ,philistines out of     
,cappadocia1 and the ,syrians out of    
,cyrene8    ,as the children of the     
,ethiopians444 ,that is1 as black as    
they1 by your  iniquities4    #i3h4     
,behold the eyes of the ,lord ,god are  
upon the sinful kingdom1 and ,i  will   
destroy it from the face of the earth3  
but yet ,i will not utterly  destroy the
 house of ,jacob1 saith the ,lord4      

#i3i4 ,for behold ,i will command1 and  
,i will sift the house of ,israel  among
 all nations1 as corn is sifted in a    
sleve3 and there shall not a  little    
stone fall to the ground4    #i3aj4 ,all
 the sinners of my people shall fall by 
the sword3 who say3 ,the  evils shall   
not approach1 and shall not come upon   
us4    #i3aa4 ,in that day ,i will raise
 up the tabernacle of ,david1 that is   
fallen3 and ,i will close up the        
breaches of the walls thereof1 and      
repair what was fallen3 and ,i will     
rebuild it as in the days of old4       
#i3ab4 ,that they may possess the       
remnant of ,edom1 and all nations1      
because my name is invoked upon them3   
saith the ,lord that doth these  things4
    #i3ac4 ,behold the days come1 saith 
the ,lord1 when the ploughman shall     
overtake the reaper1 and the treader of 
grapes him that soweth seed3 and  the   
mountains shall drop sweetness1 and     
every hill shall be tilled4    ,shall   
overtake1 etc444 ,by this is meant the  

great abundance of spiritual  blessings2
 which1 as it were1 by a constant       
succession1 shall enrich the  church of 
,christ4    #i3ad4 ,and ,i will bring   
back the captivity of my people ,israel3
 and they  shall build the abandoned    
cities1 and inhabit them3 and they shall
 plant  vineyards1 and drink the wine of
 them3 and shall make gardens1 and eat  
the fruits of them4 ,and ,i will plant  
them upon their own land3 and ,i  will  
no more pluck them out of their land    
which ,i have given them1 saith  the    
,lord thy ,god4