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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;I sent plagues among you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.4.10"><span class="content">as I did to Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.4.10"><span class="content">I killed your young men with the sword,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.4.10"><span class="content">along with your captured horses.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.4.10"><span class="content">I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camps,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.4.10"><span class="content">yet you have not returned to me,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.4.10"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.4.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;I overthrew some of you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.4.11"><span class="content">as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.4.11"><span class="content">You were like a burning stick snatched from the fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.4.11"><span class="content">yet you have not returned to me,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.4.11"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.4.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.4.12"><span class="content">and because I will do this to you, Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.4.12"><span class="content">prepare to meet your God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.4.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He who forms the mountains,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.4.13"><span class="content">who creates the wind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.4.13"><span class="content">and who reveals his thoughts to mankind,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.4.13"><span class="content">who turns dawn to darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.4.13"><span class="content">and treads on the heights of the earth&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.4.13"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty is his name.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Hear this word, Israel, this lament I take up concerning you:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.5.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Fallen is Virgin Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.5.2"><span class="content">never to rise again,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.5.2"><span class="content">deserted in her own land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.5.2"><span class="content">with no one to lift her up.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says to Israel:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.5.3"><span class="content">&#8220;Your city that marches out a thousand strong</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.5.3"><span class="content">will have only a hundred left;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.5.3"><span class="content">your town that marches out a hundred strong</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.5.3"><span class="content">will have only ten left.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.5.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says to Israel:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.5.4"><span class="content">&#8220;Seek me and live;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.5.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">do not seek Bethel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.5.5"><span class="content">do not go to Gilgal,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.5.5"><span class="content">do not journey to Beersheba.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.5.5"><span class="content">For Gilgal will surely go into exile,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.5.5"><span class="content">and Bethel will be reduced to nothing.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:5 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">aven, </span><span class="ft">a reference to Beth Aven (a derogatory name for Bethel); see Hosea 4:15.</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and live,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.5.6"><span class="content">or he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.5.6"><span class="content">it will devour them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.5.6"><span class="content">and Bethel will have no one to quench it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.5.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">There are those who turn justice into bitterness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.5.7"><span class="content">and cast righteousness to the ground.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.5.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He who made the Pleiades and Orion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.5.8"><span class="content">who turns midnight into dawn</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.5.8"><span class="content">and darkens day into night,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.5.8"><span class="content">who calls for the waters of the sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.5.8"><span class="content">and pours them out over the face of the land&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.5.8"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is his name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">With a blinding flash he destroys the stronghold</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.5.9"><span class="content">and brings the fortified city to ruin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.5.10"><span class="content">and detest the one who tells the truth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.5.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You levy a straw tax on the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.5.11"><span class="content">and impose a tax on their grain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.5.11"><span class="content">Therefore, though you have built stone mansions,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.5.11"><span class="content">you will not live in them;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.5.11"><span class="content">though you have planted lush vineyards,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.5.11"><span class="content">you will not drink their wine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For I know how many are your offenses</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.5.12"><span class="content">and how great your sins.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.5.12"><span class="content">There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.5.12"><span class="content">and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Therefore the prudent keep quiet in such times,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.5.13"><span class="content">for the times are evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.5.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Seek good, not evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.5.14"><span class="content">that you may live.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.5.14"><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty will be with you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.5.14"><span class="content">just as you say he is.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.5.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Hate evil, love good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.5.15"><span class="content">maintain justice in the courts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.5.15"><span class="content">Perhaps the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty will have mercy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.5.15"><span class="content">on the remnant of Joseph.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.5.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="AMO.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Therefore this is what the Lord, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty, says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="AMO.5.16"><span class="content">&#8220;There will be wailing in all the streets</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="AMO.5.16"><span class="content">and cries of anguish in every public square.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="AMO.5.16"><span class="content">The farmers will be summoned to weep</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="AMO.5.16"><span class="content">and the mourners to wail.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="AMO.5.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="AMO.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">There will be wailing in all the vineyards,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="AMO.5.17"><span class="content">for I will pass through your midst,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="AMO.5.17"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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