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behold, I am going to rouse them from the place where you have sold them and return your recompense on your head.

Beat your plowshares into swordsAnd your pruning hooks into spears;Let the weak say, "I am a mighty man."

Then you will know that I am Yahweh your God,Dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain.So Jerusalem will be holy,And strangers will pass through it no more.

Behold, I am weighted down beneath youAs a wagon is weighted down when filled with sheaves.

"For behold, 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 Lebo‑hamathTo the brook of the Arabah."

And Yahweh said to me, "What do you see, Amos?" And I said, "A plumb line." Then the Lord said,"Behold, I am about to put a plumb lineIn the midst of My people Israel.I will pass over them no longer.

Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, "I am not a prophet, nor am I the son of a prophet; for I am a herdsman and a grower of sycamore figs.

"For behold, I am commanding,And I will shake the house of Israel among all nationsAs grain is shaken in a sieve,But not a kernel will fall to the ground.

And he said to them, "I am a Hebrew, and I fear Yahweh, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land."

"Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and call out to it this very call which I am going to speak to you."

Therefore thus says Yahweh,"Behold, I am devising against this family an evil demiseFrom which you cannot remove your necks;And you will not walk haughtily,For it will be an evil time.

On the other hand I am filled with power—With the Spirit of Yahweh—And with justice and mightTo declare to Jacob his transgression,Even to Israel his sin.

"Behold, I am against you," declares Yahweh of hosts. "And I will burn up her chariots in smoke, and a sword will devour your young lions; and I will cut off your prey from the land, and no longer will the voice of your messengers be heard."

"Behold, I am against you," declares Yahweh of hosts;"And I will uncover your skirts over your faceAnd show to the nations your nakednessAnd to the kingdoms your disgrace.

"See among the nations! And look!Be also astonished! Be astounded!Because I am doing something in your days—You would not believe if it was recounted to you.

For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans,That bitter and hasty nationWho walks on the breadth of the landTo possess dwelling places which are not theirs.

I will stand on my guard postAnd station myself on the fortification;And I will keep watch to see what He will speak to meAnd how I may respond when I am reproved.

This is the exultant cityWhich inhabits securely,Who says in her heart,"I am, and there is no one besides me."How she has become an object of horror,A resting place for beasts!Everyone who passes by her will hissAnd wave his hand in contempt.

Behold, I am going to deal at that timeWith all those who afflict you,And I will save the lameAnd gather the banished,And I will turn them—in their shame—into praise and a nameIn all the earth.

Then Haggai, the messenger of Yahweh, spoke by the commissioned message of Yahweh to the people saying, "‘I am with you,' declares Yahweh."