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As when a man flees from a lionAnd a bear meets him;Or he goes home, leans his hand against the wall,And a snake bites him.

Lord Yahweh has sworn by Himself, Yahweh God of hosts has declared:"I abhor the lofty pride of JacobAnd hate his citadels;Therefore I will deliver up the city as well as its fullness."

Then one's uncle, or the one who 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 answer, "Keep quiet. For the name of Yahweh is not to be mentioned."

Thus He showed me, and behold, the Lord was standing by a wall made with a plumb line, and in His hand was a plumb line.

Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, "Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is unable to endure all his words.

The One who builds His upper chambers in the heavensAnd has founded His vaulted dome over the earth;The One who calls for the waters of the seaAnd pours them out on the face of the earth;Yahweh is His name.

The arrogance of your heart has deceived you,You who dwell in the clefts of the cliff,In the height of your habitation,Who says in his heart,‘Who will bring me down to earth?'

Oh how Esau will be searched outAnd his hidden treasures ransacked!

On the day that you stood aloof,On the day that strangers took his wealth captiveAnd foreigners entered his gateAnd cast lots for Jerusalem—You too were as one of them.

Now do not look on your brother's day with triumph,The day of his misfortune.And do not be glad over the sons of JudahIn the day when they perish;And do not let your mouth speak great thingsIn the day of their distress.

Then the sailors became fearful, and every man cried to his god, and they hurled the cargo which was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down below into the innermost part of the vessel, lain down, and fallen deep asleep.

Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh his God from the stomach of the fish,

Then the word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, laid aside his mantle from him, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat on the ashes.

And he cried out and said, "In Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let man, animal, herd, or flock taste a thing. Do not let them eat, and do not let them drink water.

But both man and animal must be covered with sackcloth; and let men call on God with their strength that each may turn from his evil way and from the violence which is in his hands.

Who knows, God may turn and relent and turn away from His burning anger so that we will not perish."

So Yahweh God appointed a plant, and it came up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to deliver him from his miserable evil. And Jonah was extremely glad about the plant.

Then it happened that as the sun rose up, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun struck down on Jonah's head so that he became faint and asked with all his soul to die and said, "Death is better to me than life."

Hear, O peoples, all of you;Give heed, O earth, as well as its fullness,And let Lord Yahweh be a witness against you,The Lord from His holy temple.

For behold, Yahweh is going forth from His place.He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.