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For so says the Lord Jehovah, The city that goes out by a thousand shall have a hundred left. And that which goes out by a hundred shall have ten left in the house of Israel.

For so says Jehovah to the house of Israel, Seek Me, and live.

So, because of your trampling on the poor, and you take tribute of grain from him; you have built houses of hewn stones, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted desirable vineyards, but you shall not drink wine from them.

So the understanding ones shall keep silent in that time, for it is an evil time.

Seek good and not evil, that you may live; and so Jehovah the God of Hosts shall be with you, as you have spoken.

So Jehovah, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says this: Wailing shall be in all streets, and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! Alas! And they shall call the farmer to the mourning, and those knowing wailing to lamentation.

So now they shall go into exile with the first of the exiles, and the feast of those who stretch themselves shall cease.

For so Amos says: Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel going shall go into exile out of his land.

So Jehovah says this, Your wife shall be a harlot in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by a line. And you shall die in a defiled land. And Israel going shall go into exile fromhis land.

saying, When will the new moon have passed, so that we may buy grain? Or the sabbath, so that we may open the wheat, making smaller the ephah, and making greater the shekel, and to falsify the deceitful balances,

And the Lord Jehovah of Hosts is He who touches the earth so that it melts, and all dwelling in it shall mourn. And all of it will rise up like the Nile, and sink down like the Nile of Egypt.

so that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations on whom My name is called, declares Jehovah who is doing this.

The vision of Obadiah: So says the Lord Jehovah concerning Edom: We have heard a message from Jehovah, and a messenger is sent among the nations; rise up, and let us rise up against her for battle.

And your mighty ones, Teman, shall be afraid, so that each man from the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.

For as you have drunk on My holy mount, so all the nations shall continually drink. Yea, they shall drink and shall swallow; and they will be as if they had not been.

And it happened when the sun shone, God had appointed a scorching east wind; and the sun struck Jonah's head, so that he fainted; and he asked for his life to die. And he said, Better is my death than my life.

So you shall give parting gifts to Moresheth-gath. The houses of Achzib are for a lying thing to the kings of Israel.

So Jehovah says this: Behold, I am plotting an evil against this family, from which you shall not remove your necks; nor shall you go exalted, for it is an evil time.

So there shall not be for you one casting a line by lot in the congregation of Jehovah.

So says Jehovah concerning the prophets who make My people err, who bite with their teeth and call out, Peace! And whoever does not give for their mouth, they even sanctify a war against him.