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Make swords from your plows, and make spears from your hooks for trimming trees. Let even the weak person say, "I am a soldier."

The Lord God has promised this: "Just as surely as I am a holy God, the time will come when you will be taken away by hooks, and what is left of you with fishhooks.

Then Amos answered Amaziah, "I do not make my living as a prophet, nor am I a member of a group of prophets. I make my living as a shepherd, and I take care of sycamore trees.

I, the Lord God , am watching the sinful kingdom Israel. I will destroy it from off the earth, but I will not completely destroy Jacob's descendants," says the Lord .

"I am giving the command to scatter the nation of Israel among all nations. It will be like someone shaking grain through a strainer, but not even a tiny stone falls through.

Then Jonah said to them, "I am a Hebrew. I fear the Lord , the God of heaven, who made the sea and the land."

But God said to Jonah, "Do you think it is right for you to be angry about the plant?" Jonah answered, "It is right for me to be angry! I am so angry I could die!"

That is why the Lord says: "Look, I am planning trouble against such people, and you won't be able to save yourselves. You will no longer walk proudly, because it will be a terrible time.

But I am filled with power, with the Spirit of the Lord , and with justice and strength, to tell the people of Jacob how they have turned against God, and the people of Israel how they have sinned.

Poor me! I am like a hungry man, and all the summer fruit has been picked— there are no grapes left to eat, none of the early figs I love.

"I am against you, Nineveh," says the Lord All-Powerful. "I will burn up your chariots in smoke, and the sword will kill your young lions. I will stop you from hunting down others on the earth, and your messengers' voices will no longer be heard."

"I am against you, Nineveh," says the Lord All-Powerful. "I will pull your dress up over your face and show the nations your nakedness and the kingdoms your shame.

Lord , I have heard the news about you; I am amazed at what you have done. Lord , do great things once again in our time; make those things happen again in our own days. Even when you are angry, remember to be kind.

Haggai, the Lord 's messenger, gave the Lord 's message to the people, saying, "The Lord says, ‘I am with you.'"

But the Lord says, ‘Zerubbabel, be brave. Also, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, be brave. And all you people who live in the land, be brave,' says the Lord . ‘Work, because I am with you,' says the Lord All-Powerful.

"Tell Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah, ‘I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.

And I am very angry with the nations that feel so safe. I was only a little angry at them, but they made things worse.'

I asked him, "Where are you going?" He said to me, "I am going to measure Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is."

"Shout and be glad, Jerusalem. I am coming, and I will live among you," says the Lord .

The angel said to those standing in front of him, "Take off those dirty clothes." Then the angel said to Joshua, "Look, I have taken away your sin from you, and I am giving you beautiful, fine clothes."