1:3 This is what the Lord says:
“Because Damascus has committed three crimes
make that four!
decree of judgment.
They ripped through Gilead like threshing sledges with iron teeth.
2:9 For Israel’s sake I destroyed the Amorites.
They were as tall as cedars
and as strong as oaks,
but I destroyed the fruit on their branches
and their roots in the ground.
2:10 I brought you up from the land of Egypt;
I led you through the wilderness for forty years
so you could take the Amorites’ land as your own.
3:1 Listen, you Israelites, to this message which the Lord is proclaiming against
4:11 “I overthrew some of you the way God
You were like a burning stick
Still you did not come back to me.”
The Lord is speaking!
5:6 Seek the Lord so you can live!
Otherwise he will break out
the fire
and no one will be able to quench it and save Bethel.
5:18 Woe
Why do you want the Lord’s day of judgment to come?
It will bring darkness, not light.
6:8 The sovereign Lord confirms this oath by his very own life.
The Lord, the God who commands armies, is speaking:
“I despise Jacob’s arrogance;
I hate their
I will hand over to their enemies
“Sovereign Lord, forgive Israel!
How can Jacob survive?
He is too weak!”
8:12 People
and from the north around to the east.
They will wander about looking for a revelation from
but they will not find any.
9:3 Even if they were to hide on the top of Mount Carmel,
I would hunt them down and take them from there.
Even if they tried to hide from me
from there
9:4 Even when their enemies drive them into captivity,
from there
I will not let them out of my sight;
they will experience disaster, not prosperity.”
9:9 “For look, I am giving a command
and I will shake the family of Israel together with all the nations.
It will resemble a sieve being shaken,
when not even a pebble falls to the ground.
9:12 As a result they
and all the nations subject to my rule.”
The Lord, who is about to do this, is speaking!