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AMOS
- And the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
- 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.
- 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.
- All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword,
- Which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
- 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:
- 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.
- 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,
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