1 Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!

<>Woe to them that are at ease, <>Woe to them that … trust in the mountain, <>them that … trust in the mountain of Samaria, <>house

2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?

<>border … border

3 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

<>vv. 3,7, <>the seat of violence, <>seat

4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;

<>lambs

5 That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;

6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

<>That drink wine in bowls

7 Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.

<>vv. 3,7, <>go captive … go captive, <>the first that go captive, <>the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed, <>the banquet of them that stretched themselves

8 The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.

<>The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, <>abhor, <>the excellency of Jacob, <>the city

9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.

<>they shall die

10 And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.

<>we may not make mention of the name of the LORD

11 For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:

<>plow, <>turned judgment into gall, <>gall, <>the fruit of righteousness

13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?

<>nought, <>by our own strength

14 But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.

<>the entering in

1 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.

2 And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

<>made an end, <>forgive, <>by whom shall Jacob arise?

3 The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.

<>The LORD repented for this

4 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.

<>the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured

5 Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

6 The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.

7 Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.

8 And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:

<>vv. 8-9

9 And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.

<>vv. 8-9, <>the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword, <>the sanctuaries of Israel, <>house

10 Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.

<>Amos … the land is not able to bear all his words.

11 For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.

<>shall die, <>Israel shall surely be led away captive, <>led away captive

12 Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:

<>vv. 12-17, <>seer, <>bread, <>prophesy

13 But prophesy not again any more at Beth-el: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court.

<>vv. 12-17, <>prophesy not again any more

14 Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:

<>vv. 12-17, <>son

15 And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.

<>vv. 12-17, <>the LORD took me as I followed the flock

16 Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.

<>vv. 12-17, <>hear thou the word of the LORD, <>hear … the word of the LORD, <>drop not thy word, <>drop … thy word

17 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.

<>vv. 12-17, <>wife, <>harlot, <>the city, <>a polluted land

1 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.

2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.

<>I will not again pass by them any more.

3 And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.

<>the temple, <>dead

4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

<>the needy, <>the poor

5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

<>Saying, When will … be gone … the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, <>new moon, <>the sabbath, <>making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit, <>falsifying the balances by deceit, <>balances

6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

7 The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

<>the excellency of Jacob

8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

<>tremble

9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:

<>I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day, <>the sun to go down

10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.

<>feasts, <>sackcloth upon all loins, <>baldness upon every head, <>son

11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:

<>vv. 11-12, <>famine … famine, <>bread, <>thirst

12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.

<>vv. 11-12, <>they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it, <>shall run to and fro

13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.

<>fair virgins, <>virgins, <>young men, <>faint

14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beer-sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.

<>They … say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beer-sheba liveth, <>the sin of Samaria, <>Thy god, O Dan, <>they shall fall, and never rise up again

1 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.

<>vv. 1-4, <>Lord, <>lintel, <>the door, <>posts, <>he that escapeth, <>be delivered

2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

<>vv. 1-4, <>they dig into hell

3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:

<>vv. 1-4, <>the serpent … shall bite

4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

<>vv. 1-4, <>they go into captivity, <>I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good., <>I will set mine eyes upon them for evil

5 And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

6 It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.

<>the waters

7 Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

<>children … children

8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.

<>the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, <>the sinful kingdom, <>I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, <>house

9 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.

<>I will sift the house of Israel … yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth., <>yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth

10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

<>shall die, <>prevent

11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:

<>vv. 11-12

12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.

<>vv. 11-12, <>called by my name

13 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.

<>the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed, <>plowman

14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

<>I will bring again the captivity of my people, <>the captivity of my people of Israel, <>cities, <>inhabit

15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.

<>which I have given

1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.

<>The vision of Obadiah.

2 Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.

<>despised

3 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

<>vv. 3-4, <>habitation

4 Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.

<>vv. 3-4

5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?

<>thieves … stolen, <>robbers, <>would they not have stolen till they had enough?, <>if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?

6 How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!

<>How are the things of Esau searched out!

7 All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him.

<>confederacy, <>border, <>peace, <>they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee, <>bread

8 Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

<>v. 8

9 And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.

<>thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, <>thy mighty men … shall be dismayed

10 For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.

<>strangers, <>carried away captive, <>gates, <>cast lots

12 But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

<>neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction, <>children, <>neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly, <>distress

13 Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity;

<>substance

14 Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.

<>escape

15 For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.

<>the day of the LORD is near, <>day of the LORD, <>as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head, <>thy reward shall return upon thine own head

16 For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.

<>v. 16, <>drunk, <>my holy mountain, <>they shall drink … and they shall be as though they had not been

17 But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.

<>deliverance, <>house

18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it.

<>there shall not be any remaining, <>for the LORD hath spoken it, <>the LORD hath spoken

19 And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.

20 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.

<>the captivity of this host of the children of Israel, <>the captivity … the captivity of Jerusalem, <>cities

21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'S.