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Yet You Have Not Returned to Me
4 Hear this word, you cows of (A)Bashan who are on the (B)mountain of Samaria,
Who (C)oppress the poor, who crush the needy,
Who say to their [a]husbands, “Bring now, that we may (D)drink!”
2 Lord Yahweh has (E)sworn by His (F)holiness that,
“Behold, the days are coming upon you,
And [b]they will take you away with (G)meat hooks,
And the last of you with (H)fish hooks.
3 And you will (I)go out through breaches in the walls,
Each one straight before her,
And you [c]will be cast to Harmon,” declares Yahweh.
4 “Enter Bethel and transgress;
In Gilgal multiply transgression!
(J)Bring your sacrifices every morning,
Your tithes every three days.
5 [d]And offer a (K)thank offering also from that which is leavened,
And call for (L)freewill offerings; cause them to be heard about.
For so you (M)love to do, you sons of Israel,”
Declares Lord Yahweh.
6 “But I gave you also (N)cleanness of teeth in all your cities
And lack of bread in all your places,
Yet you have (O)not returned to Me,” declares Yahweh.
7 “And I also (P)withheld the rain from you
While there were still three months until harvest.
Then I would send rain on one city,
And on (Q)another city I would not send rain;
One portion would be rained on,
While the portion not rained on would dry up.
8 So two or three cities would wander around to another city to drink (R)water,
But would (S)not be satisfied;
Yet you have (T)not returned to Me,” declares Yahweh.
9 “I (U)struck you with scorching wind and mildew;
And the (V)gnawing locust was devouring
Your many gardens and vineyards, fig trees, and olive trees;
Yet you have (W)not returned to Me,” declares Yahweh.
10 “I sent a (X)pestilence among you after the manner of Egypt;
I (Y)killed your choice men by the sword along with your (Z)captured horses,
And I made the (AA)stench of your camp rise up even in your nostrils;
Yet you have (AB)not returned to Me,” declares Yahweh.
11 “I overthrew you as (AC)God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
And you were like a (AD)firebrand [e]delivered from a blaze;
Yet you have (AE)not returned to Me,” declares Yahweh.
12 “Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel;
Because I will do this to you,
Prepare to (AF)meet your God, O Israel.”
13 For behold, He who (AG)forms mountains and (AH)creates the wind
And (AI)declares to man what are His thoughts,
He who (AJ)makes dawn into gloom
And (AK)treads on the high places of the earth,
(AL)Yahweh God of hosts is His name.
Seek Me That You May Live
5 Hear this word which I take up for you as a funeral (AM)lament, O house of Israel:
2 She has fallen; she will (AN)not rise again—
The (AO)virgin Israel.
She lies abandoned on her land;
There is (AP)none to raise her up.
3 For thus says Lord Yahweh,
“The city which goes forth one thousand strong
Will have one (AQ)hundred left,
And the one which goes forth one hundred strong
Will have (AR)ten left to the house of Israel.”
4 For thus says Yahweh to the house of Israel,
“(AS)Seek Me (AT)that you may live.
5 But do not seek (AU)Bethel,
And do not come to (AV)Gilgal,
Nor cross over to (AW)Beersheba;
For Gilgal will certainly go into [f]exile,
And Bethel will become [g]evil.
6 (AX)Seek Yahweh that you may live,
Lest He come mightily like a (AY)fire, [h]O house of Joseph,
And it will consume with none to quench it for Bethel,
7 For those who overturn (AZ)justice into wormwood
And put righteousness down to the earth.”
8 He who made the (BA)Pleiades and Orion
And (BB)overturns the shadow of death into morning,
[i]Who also (BC)darkens day into night,
Who (BD)calls for the waters of the sea
And pours them out on the surface of the earth,
(BE)Yahweh is His name.
9 It is He who (BF)flashes forth with devastation upon the strong
So that (BG)devastation comes upon the fortification.
10 They hate him who (BH)reproves in the [j]gate,
And they (BI)abhor him who speaks with integrity.
11 Therefore because you [k]impose heavy rent on the poor
And take a tribute of grain from them,
Though you have built (BJ)houses of cut stone,
Yet you will not live in them;
You have planted desirable vineyards, yet you will (BK)not drink their wine.
12 For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are mighty,
You who (BL)distress the righteous and take bribes
And [l]turn aside the needy in the [m]gate.
13 Therefore at [n]such a time the one with insight (BM)keeps silent, for it is an evil time.
14 Seek good and not evil, in order that you may live;
And thus may Yahweh God of hosts be with you,
(BN)Just as you have said!
15 (BO)Hate evil, love good,
And set justice at the [o]gate!
Perhaps Yahweh God of hosts
(BP)May be gracious to the (BQ)remnant of Joseph.
16 Therefore thus says Yahweh God of hosts, the Lord,
“There is (BR)wailing in all the plazas,
And in all the streets they say, ‘Alas! Alas!’
They also call the (BS)farmer to mourning
And [p](BT)professional weepers to wailing.
17 And in all the (BU)vineyards there is wailing
Because I will pass through the midst of you,” says Yahweh.
18 Woe, you who are longing for the (BV)day of Yahweh,
For what purpose will the day of Yahweh be to you?
It will be (BW)darkness and not light;
19 As when a man (BX)flees from a lion
And a bear meets him;
[q]Or he goes home, leans his hand against the wall,
And a snake bites him.
20 Will not the day of Yahweh be (BY)darkness instead of light,
Even thick darkness with no brightness in it?
21 “I hate, I (BZ)reject your feasts,
Nor do I [r](CA)delight in your solemn assemblies.
22 Even though you (CB)offer up to Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings,
I will not accept them;
And I will not even look at the (CC)peace offerings of your fatlings.
23 Remove from Me the tumult of your songs;
I will not even listen to the melody of your harps.
24 But let (CD)justice roll down like waters
And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
25 “[s](CE)Did you present Me with sacrifices and grain offerings in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Israel? 26 (CF)You also carried along [t]Sikkuth your king and [u]Kiyyun, your images, [v]the star of your gods which you made for yourselves. 27 Therefore, I will make you go into exile beyond Damascus,” says Yahweh, whose name is the God of hosts.
Woe to Those at Ease in Zion
6 (CG)Woe to those who are at ease in Zion
And to those who feel secure in the mountain of Samaria,
The (CH)distinguished men of the first of the nations,
To whom the house of Israel comes.
2 Pass on over to (CI)Calneh and look,
And go from there to (CJ)Hamath the great,
Then go down to (CK)Gath of the Philistines.
Are [w]they better than these kingdoms,
Or are their borders greater than your borders?
3 Do you (CL)put off the day of calamity,
And would you (CM)cause the seat of violence to approach?
4 Those who lay down on beds of ivory
And sprawl on their (CN)couches
And (CO)eat lambs from the flock
And calves from the midst of the stall,
5 Who improvise to the [x]sound of the harp,
And like David have [y]composed (CP)songs for themselves,
6 Who (CQ)drink wine from [z]sacrificial bowls
While they anoint themselves with the first pick of the oils,
Yet they have not (CR)grieved over the destruction of Joseph.
7 Therefore, they will now (CS)go into exile among the first of the exiles,
And the (CT)sprawlers’ [aa]banqueting will turn aside.
8 Lord Yahweh has (CU)sworn by Himself, Yahweh God of hosts has declared:
“I (CV)abhor the lofty pride of Jacob
And hate his (CW)citadels;
Therefore I will (CX)deliver up the city as well as its fullness.”
9 And it will be, if (CY)ten men are left in one house, they will die. 10 Then one’s [ab]uncle, or the one who [ac](CZ)burns his bones, will lift him up to bring out his bones from the house, and he will say to the one who is in the innermost part of the house, “Is anyone else with you?” And that one will say, “No one.” Then he will [ad]answer, “(DA)Keep quiet. For [ae]the name of Yahweh is (DB)not to be mentioned.” 11 For behold, Yahweh is going to (DC)command and will strike the (DD)great house to pieces and the small house to fragments.
12 Do horses run on rocks?
Or does one plow [af]them with oxen?
Yet you have overturned (DE)justice into gall
And the fruit of righteousness into [ag]wormwood,
13 You who are glad in [ah](DF)Lo-debar
[ai]And say, “Have we not (DG)by our own strength taken [aj]Karnaim for ourselves?”
14 “For behold, (DH)I am going to raise up a nation against you,
O house of Israel,” declares Yahweh God of hosts,
“And they will press down on you from [ak](DI)Lebo-hamath
To the (DJ)brook of the Arabah.”
To the Church in Thyatira
18 “And to the angel of the church in (A)Thyatira write:
(B)This is what the Son of God, the One (C)who has [a]eyes like a flame of fire and His feet are like burnished bronze, says:
19 ‘(D)I know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and perseverance, and that your last deeds are greater than [b]at first. 20 But (E)I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman (F)Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and deceives My slaves so that they (G)commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. 21 (H)And I gave her time to repent, and she (I)does not wish to repent of her sexual immorality. 22 Behold, I will throw her [c]on a bed of sickness, and those who (J)commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of [d]her deeds. 23 And I will kill her children with [e]pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who (K)searches the [f]minds and hearts; and (L)I will give to each one of you according to your deeds. 24 But I say to you, the rest who are in (M)Thyatira, who do not have this teaching, who have not known the (N)deep things of Satan, as they call them—I (O)place no other burden on you. 25 Nevertheless (P)what you have, hold fast (Q)until I come. 26 (R)And he who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds (S)until the end, (T)to him I will give authority over the [g]nations; 27 and he shall [h](U)rule them with a rod of iron, (V)as the vessels of the potter are broken to pieces, as I also have received authority from My Father; 28 and I will give him (W)the morning star. 29 (X)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’
To the Church in Sardis
3 “And to the angel of the church in (Y)Sardis write:
This is what He who has (Z)the seven Spirits of God and (AA)the seven stars, says: ‘(AB)I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, [i]but you are (AC)dead. 2 Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die, for I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of My God. 3 So (AD)remember [j]what you have received and heard; and keep it, and (AE)repent. Therefore if you do not wake up, (AF)I will come (AG)like a thief, and you will not know at (AH)what hour I will come to you. 4 But you have a few [k](AI)names in (AJ)Sardis who have not (AK)defiled their garments, and they will walk with Me (AL)in white, for they are worthy. 5 (AM)He who overcomes will thus be clothed in (AN)white garments, and I will never (AO)erase his name from the book of life, and (AP)I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. 6 (AQ)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’
Yahweh Will Redeem Israel
A Song of Ascents.
130 Out of the (A)depths I called to You, O Yahweh.
2 O Lord, (B)hear my voice!
Let (C)Your ears be attentive
To the (D)voice of my supplications.
3 If You should keep iniquities, O Yah,
O Lord, who could (E)stand?
4 But with You there is (F)forgiveness,
That You may be (G)feared.
5 I hope for Yahweh, my (H)soul does hope,
And (I)for His word do I wait.
6 My soul waits for the Lord
More than the watchmen (J)for the morning,
The watchmen for the morning.
7 O Israel, (K)wait for Yahweh;
For with Yahweh there is (L)lovingkindness,
And with Him is (M)abundant redemption.
8 And it is He who will (N)redeem Israel
From all his iniquities.
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