On the day he enters the sanctuary, into the inner court to serve in the sanctuary, he must offer his sin offering, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.p>

and one sheep from each flock of two hundred, from the watered places of Israel, for a grain offering, burnt offering, and peace offering, to make atonement for them, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.

<t /><p class="bodytext">This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: &#8220;Here<n id="1" /> are the borders<n id="2" /> you will observe as you allot the land to the twelve tribes of Israel. (Joseph will have two portions.)<n id="3" />

We have not obeyed<n id="1" /> the <sc>LORDsc> our God by living according to<n id="2" /> his laws<n id="3" /> that he set before us through his servants the prophets.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Although you, O Israel, commit adultery,p> <p class="poetry">do not let Judah become guilty!p> <p class="poetry">Do not journey to Gilgal!p> <p class="poetry">Do not go up to Beth Aven!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Do not swear, &#8220;As surely as the <sc>Lordsc> lives!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">They offer up sacrificial gifts to me,p> <p class="poetry">and eat the meat,p> <p class="poetry">but the <sc>Lordsc> does not accept their sacrifices.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Soon he will remember their wrongdoing,p> <p class="poetry">he will punish their sins,p> <p class="poetry">and they will return to Egypt.p>

<p class="poetry">Sow righteousness for yourselves,p> <p class="poetry">reap unfailing love.p> <p class="poetry">Break up the unplowed ground for yourselves,p> <p class="poetry">for it is time to seek the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">until he comes and showers deliverance<n id="1" /> on you.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Who is wise?p> <p class="poetry">Let him discern<n id="1" /> these things!p> <p class="poetry">Who is discerning?p> <p class="poetry">Let him understand them!p> <p class="poetry">For the ways of the <sc>Lordsc> are right;p> <p class="poetry">the godly walk in them,p> <p class="bodytext">but in them the rebellious stumble.p>

<p class="poetry">I will remove<n id="1" /> the ruler<n id="2" /> from Ashdod,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">the one who holds the royal scepter from Ashkelon.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">I will strike Ekron<n id="5" /> with my hand;<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">the rest of the Philistines will also die.&#8221;<n id="7" />p> <p class="poetry">The sovereign <sc>Lordsc> has spoken!p>

<p class="poetry">Certainly the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> does nothing without first revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.p>

<p class="poetry">Therefore,&#8221; says the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>, &#8220;an enemy will encircle the land.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">He will take away your power;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">your fortresses will be looted.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">The sovereign <sc>Lordsc> confirms this oath by his own holy character:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Certainly the time is approaching<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">when you will be carried away<n id="3" /> in baskets,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">every last one of you<n id="5" /> in fishermen&#8217;s pots.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">The sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says this:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;The city that marches out with a thousand soldiers<n id="1" /> will have only a hundred left;p> <p class="poetry">the town<n id="2" /> that marches out with a hundred soldiers<n id="3" /> will have only ten left for the family of Israel.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Seek the <sc>Lordsc> so you can live!p> <p class="poetry">Otherwise he will break out<n id="1" /> like fire against Joseph&#8217;s<n id="2" /> family;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">the fire<n id="4" /> will consumep> <p class="poetry">and no one will be able to quench it and save Bethel.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">The sovereign <sc>Lordsc> confirms this oath by his very own life.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc>, the God who commands armies, is speaking:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I despise Jacob&#8217;s arrogance;p> <p class="poetry">I hate their<n id="2" /> fortresses.p> <p class="poetry">I will hand over to their enemies<n id="3" /> the city of Samaria<n id="4" /> and everything in it.&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The sovereign <sc>Lordsc> showed me this: I saw<n id="1" /> him making locusts just as the crops planted late<n id="2" /> were beginning to sprout. (The crops planted late sprout after the royal harvest.<n id="3" />)

<p class="poetry">In that day,&#8221; says the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>, &#8220;I will make the sun set at noon,p> <p class="poetry">and make the earth dark in the middle of the day.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The sovereign <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies will do this.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">He touches the earth and it dissolves;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">all who live on it mourn.p> <p class="poetry">The whole earth<n id="3" /> rises like the River Nile,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and then grows calm<n id="5" /> like the Nile in Egypt.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will plant them on their landp> <p class="poetry">and they will never again be uprooted from the<n id="1" /> land I have given them,&#8221;p> <p class="bodytext">says the <sc>Lordsc> your God.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">The vision<n id="1" /> that Obadiah<n id="2" /> saw.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">The Lord <sc>Godsc><n id="4" /> says this concerning<n id="5" /> Edom:<n id="6" />p><t /><p class="poetry">We have heard a report from the <sc>Lordsc>.p> <p class="poetry">An envoy was sent among the nations, saying,<n id="7" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Arise! Let us make war against Edom!&#8221;<n id="8" />p>