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I will not carry out My fierce anger; I will not destroy Ephraim again. For I am God and not a man, the Holy One in your midst, And I will not come in wrath.

Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like a luxuriant juniper; From Me comes your fruit.

The LORD will answer and say to His people, "Behold, I am going to send you grain, new wine, and oil, And you will be satisfied in full with them; And I will never again make you a disgrace among the nations.

"So you will know that I am in the midst of Israel, And that I am the LORD your God And there is no other; And My people will never be put to shame.

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

Beat your plowshares into swords, And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak man say, "I am a warrior."

Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, Dwelling on Zion, My holy mountain. So Jerusalem will be holy, And strangers will no longer pass through it.

"Behold, I am making a rut in the ground beneath you, Just as a wagon makes a rut when filled with sheaves.

Hear this word which I am taking up for you as a song of mourning, house of Israel:

"For behold, I am going to raise up a nation against you, House of Israel," declares the LORD God of armies, "And they will torment you from the entrance of Hamath To the brook of the Arabah."

And the LORD 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 line In the midst of My people Israel. I will not spare them any longer.

Then Amos replied 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 nations As grain is shaken in a sieve, But not a pebble will fall to the ground.

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

"Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim to it the proclamation which I am going to tell you."

Therefore this is what the LORD says: "Behold, I am planning against this family a catastrophe From 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 the LORD— And with justice and courage To make known to Jacob his rebellious act, And to Israel his sin.

Woe to me! For I am Like harvests of summer fruit, like gleanings of grapes. There is not a cluster of grapes left to eat, Nor an early fig, which I crave.

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

"Behold, I am against you," declares the LORD of armies; "And I will lift up your skirts over your face, And show the nations your nakedness, And the kingdoms your shame.