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So I will send fire upon the city walls of Tyre and burn down its fortresses."

So I will send fire upon the city of Teman and burn down the fortresses of Bozrah."

So I will send fire upon the city walls of Rabbah and burn down its fortresses. Then there will be shouts on the day of battle, and the fighting will rage like a storm.

So I will send fire upon Judah and burn down the fortresses of Jerusalem."

They trample down the weak and helpless and push the poor out of the way. A man and his father have intercourse with the same slave woman, and so profane my holy name.

"Of all the nations on earth, you are the only one I have known and cared for. That is what makes your sins so terrible, and that is why I must punish you for them."

And so an enemy will surround their land, destroy their defenses, and plunder their mansions."

The Lord says, "As a shepherd recovers only two legs or an ear of a sheep that a lion has eaten, so only a few will survive of Samaria's people, who now recline on luxurious couches.

"So then, people of Israel, I am going to punish you. And because I am going to do this, get ready to face my judgment!"

You have oppressed the poor and robbed them of their grain. And so you will not live in the fine stone houses you build or drink wine from the beautiful vineyards you plant.

And so, keeping quiet in such evil times is the smart thing to do!

Make it your aim to do what is right, not what is evil, so that you may live. Then the Lord God Almighty really will be with you, as you claim he is.

And so the Sovereign Lord Almighty says, "There will be wailing and cries of sorrow in the city streets. Even farmers will be called to mourn the dead along with those who are paid to mourn.

So you will be the first to go into exile. Your feasts and banquets will come to an end.

In my vision I saw the locusts eat up every green thing in the land, and then I said, "Sovereign Lord , forgive your people! How can they survive? They are so small and weak!"

Then I said, "Stop, O Sovereign Lord ! How can your people survive? They are so small and weak!"

So now listen to what the Lord says. You tell me to stop prophesying, to stop raving against the people of Israel.

And so, Amaziah, the Lord says to you, ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your children will be killed in war. Your land will be divided up and given to others, and you yourself will die in a heathen country. And the people of Israel will certainly be taken away from their own land into exile.'"

You say to yourselves, "We can hardly wait for the holy days to be over so that we can sell our grain. When will the Sabbath end, so that we can start selling again? Then we can overcharge, use false measures, and fix the scales to cheat our customers.

And so the earth will quake, and everyone in the land will be in distress. The whole country will be shaken; it will rise and fall like the Nile River.