<p class="poetry">I, I am the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">and there is no deliverer besides me.p>

<p class="bodytext">Amos replied<n id="1" /> to Amaziah, &#8220;I was not a prophet by profession.<n id="2" /> No,<n id="3" /> I was a herdsman who also took care of<n id="4" /> sycamore fig trees.<n id="5" />

<p class="poetry">Hear, O kings!p> <p class="poetry">Pay attention, O rulers!p> <p class="poetry">I will sing to the <sc>Lordsc>!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will sing<n id="2" /> to the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel!p>

<p class="poetry">I, I am the one who blots out your rebellious deeds for my sake;p> <p class="poetry">your sins I do not remember.p>

Instead he will say, &#8216;I am no prophet &#8211; indeed, I am a farmer, for a man has made me his indentured servant since my youth.&#8217;<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">Abraham said, &#8220;I swear to do this.&#8221;<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;I am the servant of Abraham,&#8221; he began.

<p class="poetry">If I am guilty,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">why then<n id="2" /> weary myself<n id="3" /> in vain?<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Then call,<n id="1" /> and I will answer,p> <p class="poetry">or I will speak, and you respond to me.p>

<p class="poetry">You will call<n id="1" /> and I<n id="2" /> &#8211; I will answer you;p> <p class="poetry">you will long for<n id="3" /> the creature you have made.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Bear with me<n id="1" /> and I<n id="2" /> will speak,p> <p class="poetry">and after I have spoken<n id="3" /> you may mock.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">You said,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;Pay attention, and I will speak;p> <p class="poetry">I will question you, and you will answer me.&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">May my thoughts<n id="1" /> be pleasing to him!p> <p class="poetry">I will rejoice in the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="poetry">I am insignificant and despised,p> <p class="poetry">yet I do not forget your precepts.p>

I will go down with you to Egypt and I myself will certainly bring you back from there.<n id="1" /> Joseph will close your eyes.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

Micah said to him, &#8220;Where do you come from?&#8221; He replied, &#8220;I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah. I am looking for a new place to live.&#8221;<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">Then the guard<n id="1" /> cries out:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;On the watchtower, O sovereign master,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I stand all day long;p> <p class="poetry">at my postp> <p class="poetry">I am stationed every night.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;I, I am the one who consoles you.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Why are you afraid of mortal men,p> <p class="poetry">of mere human beings who are as short-lived as grass?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look, I create the craftsman,p> <p class="poetry">who fans the coals into a firep> <p class="poetry">and forges a weapon.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I create the destroyer so he might devastate.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Take note &#8211; I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:<n id="1" />