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For lo, he that formeth the mountaines, & createth the winde, & declareth vnto man what is his thought: which maketh the morning darkenesse, & walketh vpon the hie places of the earth, the Lord God of hostes is his Name.

For thus saith ye Lord God, The citie which went out by a thousand, shal leaue an hundreth: and that which went forth by an hundreth, shal leaue ten to the house of Israel.

For thus saith the Lorde vnto the house of Israel, Seeke ye me, and ye shal liue.

But seeke not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, & go not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shal goe into captiuitie, and Beth-el shal come to nought.

For I know your manifold transgressions, and your mightie sinnes: they afflict the iust, they take rewards, & they oppresse the poore in ye gate.

Therefore the prudent shal keepe silence in that time, for it is an euill time.

And in al the vines shalbe lamentation: for I wil passe through thee, saith the Lord.

Take thou away from me the multitude of thy songs (for I wil not heare the melodie of thy violes)

They drinke wine in bowles, and anoynt themselues with the chiefe ointments, but no man is sory for the affliction of Ioseph.

And his vncle shall take him vp & burne him to cary out the bones out of the house, and shal say vnto him, that is by ye sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? And he shal say, None. Then shal he say, Holde thy tongue: for we may not remember the Name of the Lord.

For behold, the Lord commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the litle house with clefts.

Shal horses runne vpon the rocke? or wil one plowe there with oxen? for yee haue turned iudgement into gall, and the fruite of righteousnes into wormewood.

And when they had made an ende of eating the grasse of the land, then I saide, O Lorde God, spare, I beseeche thee: who shal raise vp Iaakob? for he is small.

So the Lord repented for this. It shal not be, saith the Lord.

Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseeche thee: who shal raise vp Iaakob? for he is small.

So the Lord repented for this. This also shal not be, saith the Lord God.

For thus Amos saith, Ieroboam shal die by the sworde, and Israel shalbe led away captiue out of their owne land.

But prophecie no more at Beth-el: for it is the Kings chappel, and it is the Kings court.

That we may buy the poore for siluer, and the needie for shooes: yea, and sell the refuse of the wheate.

Shall not the lande tremble for this, and euery one mourne, that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise vp wholy as a flood, and it shall bee cast out, and drowned as by the flood of Egypt.