1 Listen to this word, you fat cows that are on the mountain of Samaria, you who make false accusations against the destitute and crush the poor, who say to your nobles, “Bring, and we will drink.” 2 The Lord God has sworn in his holiness: behold, the days that will overcome you and that […]
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Amos 5
1 Listen to this word, which I lift over you in lamentation. The house of Israel has fallen, and it will no longer rise again. 2 The virgin of Israel has been thrown onto her land, there is no one who can raise her up. 3 For thus says the Lord God: In the city […]
Amos 6
1 Woe to you who have been wealthy in Zion, and to you who have confidence in the mountain of Samaria: aristocrats, heads of the people, who advance with a retinue into the house of Israel. 2 Cross over to Calneh and see, and go from there into Hamath the great, and descend into Gath […]
Amos 7
1 These things the Lord God has revealed to me. And behold, the locust was formed at the beginning of the germination during the latter rains, and behold, the latter rains came after the thundering of the king. 2 And it happened, when they had finally eaten all the grass in the land, that I […]
Amos 8
1 These things the Lord has revealed to me. And behold, a hook to draw down fruit. 2 And he said, “What do you see, Amos?” And I said, “A hook to draw down fruit.” And the Lord said to me, “The end has come for my people Israel. I will no longer pass through […]
Amos 9
1 I saw the Lord standing over an altar, and he said: “Strike the hinges, and let the lintels be shaken. For there is avarice at the head of them all, and I will execute the very last of them with the sword. There will be no escape for them. They will flee, and he […]
Joel 1
1 The word of the Lord that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel. 2 Listen to this, elders, and pay close attention, all inhabitants of the land. Did this ever happen in your days or in the days of your fathers? 3 Talk this over with your sons, and your sons with their sons, […]
Joel 2
1 Blow the trumpet in Zion, wail on my holy mountain, let all the inhabitants of the land be stirred up. For the day of the Lord is on its way; for it is near: 2 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and whirlwinds. Like the morning reaching over the mountains, […]
Joel 3
1 For, behold, in those days and in that time, when I will have converted the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, 2 I will gather all the Gentiles, and will lead them into the valley of Jehoshaphat. And there I will dispute with them over my people, and over Israel, my inheritance, for they have […]
Hosea 1
1 The word of the Lord that came to Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, the son of Joash, king of Israel. 2 The beginning of the Lord’s conversation with Hosea. And the Lord said to Hosea: “Go, […]