Amos.8.1

My Master GOD showed me this vision: A bowl of fresh fruit.

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This is what the Sovereign LORD showed me: a basket of ripe fruit.

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Thus the Lord GOD showed me: Behold, a basket of summer fruit.

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Then the Sovereign LORD showed me another vision. In it I saw a basket filled with ripe fruit.

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He said, "What do you see, Amos?" I said, "A bowl of fresh, ripe fruit." GOD said, "Right. So, I'm calling it quits with my people Israel. I'm no longer acting as if everything is just fine."

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"What do you see, Amos?" he asked. "A basket of ripe fruit," I answered. Then the LORD said to me, "The time is ripe for my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.

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And He said, "Amos, what do you see?" So I said, "A basket of summer fruit." Then the LORD said to me: "The end has come upon My people Israel; I will not pass by them anymore.

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"What do you see, Amos?" he asked. I replied, "A basket full of ripe fruit." Then the LORD said, "This fruit represents my people of Israel--ripe for punishment! I will not delay their punishment again.

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"The royal singers will wail when it happens." My Master GOD said so. "Corpses will be strewn here, there, and everywhere. Hush!"

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"In that day," declares the Sovereign LORD, "the songs in the temple will turn to wailing. Many, many bodies-flung everywhere! Silence!"

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And the songs of the temple Shall be wailing in that day," Says the Lord GOD-- "Many dead bodies everywhere, They shall be thrown out in silence."

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In that day the riotous sounds of singing in the Temple will turn to wailing. Dead bodies will be scattered everywhere. They will be carried out of the city in silence. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!"

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Listen to this, you who walk all over the weak, you who treat poor people as less than nothing,

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Hear this, you who trample the needy and do away with the poor of the land,

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Hear this, you who swallow up the needy, And make the poor of the land fail,

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Listen to this, you who rob the poor and trample the needy!

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Who say, "When's my next paycheck coming so I can go out and live it up? How long till the weekend when I can go out and have a good time?" Who give little and take much, and never do an honest day's work.

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saying, "When will the New Moon be over that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath be ended that we may market wheat?"- skimping the measure, boosting the price and cheating with dishonest scales,

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Saying: "When will the New Moon be past, That we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, That we may trade wheat? Making the ephah small and the shekel large, Falsifying the scales by deceit,

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You can't wait for the Sabbath day to be over and the religious festivals to end so you can get back to cheating the helpless. You measure out your grain in false measures and weigh it out on dishonest scales.

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You exploit the poor, using them--and then, when they're used up, you discard them.

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buying the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the sweepings with the wheat.

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That we may buy the poor for silver, And the needy for a pair of sandals-- Even sell the bad wheat?"

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And you mix the wheat you sell with chaff swept from the floor! Then you enslave poor people for a debt of one piece of silver or a pair of sandals.

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GOD swears against the arrogance of Jacob: "I'm keeping track of their every last sin."

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The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: "I will never forget anything they have done.

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The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob: "Surely I will never forget any of their works.

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Now the LORD has sworn this oath by his own name, the Pride of Israel: "I will never forget the wicked things you have done!

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God's oath will shake earth's foundations, dissolve the whole world into tears. God's oath will sweep in like a river that rises, flooding houses and lands, And then recedes, leaving behind a sea of mud.

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"Will not the land tremble for this, and all who live in it mourn? The whole land will rise like the Nile; it will be stirred up and then sink like the river of Egypt.

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Shall the land not tremble for this, And everyone mourn who dwells in it? All of it shall swell like the River, Heave and subside Like the River of Egypt.

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The earth will tremble for your deeds, and everyone will mourn. The land will rise up like the Nile River at floodtime, toss about, and sink again.

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"On Judgment Day, watch out!" These are the words of GOD, my Master. "I'll turn off the sun at noon. In the middle of the day the earth will go black.

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"In that day," declares the Sovereign LORD, "I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight.

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"And it shall come to pass in that day," says the Lord GOD, "That I will make the sun go down at noon, And I will darken the earth in broad daylight;

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At that time," says the Sovereign LORD, "I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth while it is still day.

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I'll turn your parties into funerals and make every song you sing a dirge. Everyone will walk around in rags, with sunken eyes and bald heads. Think of the worst that could happen -your only son, say, murdered. That's a hint of Judgment Day -that and much more.

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I will turn your religious feasts into mourning and all your singing into weeping. I will make all of you wear sackcloth and shave your heads. I will make that time like mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day.

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I will turn your feasts into mourning, And all your songs into lamentation; I will bring sackcloth on every waist, And baldness on every head; I will make it like mourning for an only son, And its end like a bitter day.

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I will turn your celebrations into times of mourning, and your songs of joy will be turned to weeping. You will wear funeral clothes and shave your heads as signs of sorrow, as if your only son had died. How very bitter that day will be!

Amos.8.11

"Oh yes, Judgment Day is coming!" These are the words of my Master GOD. "I'll send a famine through the whole country. It won't be food or water that's lacking, but my Word.

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"The days are coming," declares the Sovereign LORD, "when I will send a famine through the land- not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.

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"Behold, the days are coming," says the Lord GOD, "That I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine of bread, Nor a thirst for water, But of hearing the words of the LORD.

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"The time is surely coming," says the Sovereign LORD, "when I will send a famine on the land--not a famine of bread or water but of hearing the words of the LORD.

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People will drift from one end of the country to the other, roam to the north, wander to the east. They'll go anywhere, listen to anyone, hoping to hear GOD's Word--but they won't hear it.

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Men will stagger from sea to sea and wander from north to east, searching for the word of the LORD, but they will not find it.

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They shall wander from sea to sea, And from north to east; They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the LORD, But shall not find it.

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People will stagger everywhere from sea to sea, searching for the word of the LORD, running here and going there, but they will not find it.

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"On Judgment Day, lovely young girls will faint of Word-thirst, robust young men will faint of God-thirst,

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"In that day "the lovely young women and strong young men will faint because of thirst.

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"In that day the fair virgins And strong young men Shall faint from thirst.

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Beautiful girls and fine young men will grow faint and weary, thirsting for the LORD's word.

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Along with those who take oaths at the Samaria Sin-and-Sex Center, saying, "As the lord god of Dan is my witness!' and "The lady goddess of Beer-sheba bless you!' Their lives will fall to pieces. They'll never put it together again."

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They who swear by the shame of Samaria, or say, 'As surely as your god lives, O Dan,' or, 'As surely as the god of Beersheba lives'- they will fall, never to rise again."

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Those who swear by the sin of Samaria, Who say, "As your god lives, O Dan!' And, "As the way of Beersheba lives!' They shall fall and never rise again."

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And those who worship and swear by the idols of Samaria, Dan, and Beersheba will fall down, never to rise again."

Amos.9.1

I saw my Master standing beside the altar at the shrine. He said: "Hit the tops of the shrine's pillars, make the floor shake. The roof's about to fall on the heads of the people, and whoever's still alive, I'll kill. No one will get away, no runaways will make it.

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I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said: "Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Bring them down on the heads of all the people; those who are left I will kill with the sword. Not one will get away, none will escape.

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I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and He said: "Strike the doorposts, that the thresholds may shake, And break them on the heads of them all. I will slay the last of them with the sword. He who flees from them shall not get away, And he who escapes from them shall not be delivered.

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Then I saw a vision of the Lord standing beside the altar. He said, "Strike the tops of the Temple columns so hard that the foundation will shake. Smash the columns so the roof will crash down on the people below. Then those who survive will be slaughtered in battle. No one will escape!

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If they dig their way down into the underworld, I'll find them and bring them up. If they climb to the stars, I'll find them and bring them down.

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Though they dig down to the depths of the grave, from there my hand will take them. Though they climb up to the heavens, from there I will bring them down.

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"Though they dig into hell, From there My hand shall take them; Though they climb up to heaven, From there I will bring them down;

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"Even if they dig down to the place of the dead, I will reach down and pull them up. Even if they climb up into the heavens, I will bring them down.

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If they hide out at the top of Mount Carmel, I'll find them and bring them back. If they dive to the bottom of the ocean, I'll send Dragon to swallow them up.

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Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, there I will hunt them down and seize them. Though they hide from me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.

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And though they hide themselves on top of Carmel, From there I will search and take them; Though they hide from My sight at the bottom of the sea, From there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them;

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Even if they hide at the very top of Mount Carmel, I will search them out and capture them. Even if they hide at the bottom of the ocean, I will send the great sea serpent after them to bite and destroy them.

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If they're captured alive by their enemies, I'll send Sword to kill them. I've made up my mind to hurt them, not help them."

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Though they are driven into exile by their enemies, there I will command the sword to slay them. I will fix my eyes upon them for evil and not for good."

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Though they go into captivity before their enemies, From there I will command the sword, And it shall slay them. I will set My eyes on them for harm and not for good."

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Even if they are driven into exile, I will command the sword to kill them there. I am determined to bring disaster upon them and not to help them."

Amos.9.5

My Master, GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies, touches the earth, a mere touch, and it trembles. The whole world goes into mourning. Earth swells like the Nile at flood stage; then the water subsides, like the great Nile of Egypt.

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The Lord, the LORD Almighty, he who touches the earth and it melts, and all who live in it mourn- the whole land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt-

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The Lord GOD of hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, And all who dwell there mourn; All of it shall swell like the River, And subside like the River of Egypt.

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The Lord, the LORD Almighty, touches the land and it melts, and all its people mourn. The ground rises like the Nile River at floodtime, and then it sinks again.

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God builds his palace--towers soaring high in the skies, foundations set on the rock-firm earth. He calls ocean waters and they come, then he ladles them out on the earth. GOD, your God, does all this. [JC]

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he who builds his lofty palace in the heavens and sets its foundation on the earth, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out over the face of the land- the LORD is his name.

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He who builds His layers in the sky, And has founded His strata in the earth; Who calls for the waters of the sea, And pours them out on the face of the earth-- The LORD is His name.

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The upper stories of the LORD's home are in the heavens, while its foundation is on the earth. He draws up water from the oceans and pours it down as rain on the land. The LORD is his name!

Amos.9.7

"Do you Israelites think you're any better than the far-off Cushites?" GOD's Decree. "Am I not involved with all nations? Didn't I bring Israel up from Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, the Arameans from Qir?

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"Are not you Israelites the same to me as the Cushites?" declares the LORD. "Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir?

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"Are you not like the people of Ethiopia to Me, O children of Israel?" says the LORD. "Did I not bring up Israel from the land of Egypt, The Philistines from Caphtor, And the Syrians from Kir?

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"Do you Israelites think you are more important to me than the Ethiopians?" asks the LORD. "I brought you out of Egypt, but have I not done as much for other nations, too? I brought the Philistines from Crete and led the Arameans out of Kir.

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But you can be sure that I, GOD, the Master, have my eye on the Kingdom of Sin. I'm going to wipe it off the face of the earth. Still, I won't totally destroy the family of Jacob." GOD's Decree.

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"Surely the eyes of the Sovereign LORD are on the sinful kingdom. I will destroy it from the face of the earth- yet I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob," declares the LORD.

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"Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, And I will destroy it from the face of the earth; Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob," Says the LORD.

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"I, the Sovereign LORD, am watching this sinful nation of Israel, and I will uproot it and scatter its people across the earth. Yet I have promised that I will never completely destroy the family of Israel, "says the LORD.

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"I'm still giving the orders around here. I'm throwing Israel into a sieve among all the nations and shaking them good, shaking out all the sin, all the sinners. No real grain will be lost,

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"For I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is shaken in a sieve, and not a pebble will reach the ground.

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"For surely I will command, And will sift the house of Israel among all nations, As grain is sifted in a sieve; Yet not the smallest grain shall fall to the ground.

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"For I have commanded that Israel be persecuted by the other nations as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet not one true kernel will be lost.

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but all the sinners will be sifted out and thrown away, the people who say, "Nothing bad will ever happen in our lifetime. It won't even come close.'

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All the sinners among my people will die by the sword, all those who say, 'Disaster will not overtake or meet us.'

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All the sinners of My people shall die by the sword, Who say, "The calamity shall not overtake nor confront us.'

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But all the sinners will die by the sword--all those who say, `Nothing bad will happen to us.'

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"But also on that Judgment Day I will restore David's house that has fallen to pieces. I'll repair the holes in the roof, replace the broken windows, fix it up like new. David's people will be strong again

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"In that day I will restore David's fallen tent. I will repair its broken places, restore its ruins, and build it as it used to be,

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"On that day I will raise up The tabernacle of David, which has fallen down, And repair its damages; I will raise up its ruins, And rebuild it as in the days of old;

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"In that day I will restore the fallen kingdom of David. It is now like a house in ruins, but I will rebuild its walls and restore its former glory.

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and seize what's left of enemy Edom, plus everyone else under my sovereign judgment." GOD's Decree. He will do this.

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so that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear my name, "declares the LORD, who will do these things.

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That they may possess the remnant of Edom, And all the Gentiles who are called by My name," Says the LORD who does this thing.

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And Israel will possess what is left of Edom and all the nations I have called to be mine. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do these things.

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"Yes indeed, it won't be long now." GOD's Decree. "Things are going to happen so fast your head will swim, one thing fast on the heels of the other. You won't be able to keep up. Everything will be happening at once--and everywhere you look, blessings! Blessings like wine pouring off the mountains and hills.

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"The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when the reaper will be overtaken by the plowman and the planter by the one treading grapes. New wine will drip from the mountains and flow from all the hills.

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"Behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "When the plowman shall overtake the reaper, And the treader of grapes him who sows seed; The mountains shall drip with sweet wine, And all the hills shall flow with it.

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"The time will come," says the LORD, "when the grain and grapes will grow faster than they can be harvested. Then the terraced vineyards on the hills of Israel will drip with sweet wine!

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I'll make everything right again for my people Israel: "They'll rebuild their ruined cities. They'll plant vineyards and drink good wine. They'll work their gardens and eat fresh vegetables.

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I will bring back my exiled people Israel; they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.

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I will bring back the captives of My people Israel; They shall build the waste cities and inhabit them; They shall plant vineyards and drink wine from them; They shall also make gardens and eat fruit from them.

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I will bring my exiled people of Israel back from distant lands, and they will rebuild their ruined cities and live in them again. They will plant vineyards and gardens; they will eat their crops and drink their wine.

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And I'll plant them, plant them on their own land. They'll never again be uprooted from the land I've given them." GOD, your God, says so.

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I will plant Israel in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land I have given them," says the LORD your God.

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I will plant them in their land, And no longer shall they be pulled up From the land I have given them," Says the LORD your God.

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I will firmly plant them there in the land I have given them," says the LORD your God. "Then they will never be uprooted again."

Rom.5.12

You know the story of how Adam landed us in the dilemma we're in--first sin, then death, and no one exempt from either sin or death.

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Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned--

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Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned--

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When Adam sinned, sin entered the entire human race. Adam's sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned.

Rom.5.13

That sin disturbed relations with God in everything and everyone, but the extent of the disturbance was not clear until God spelled it out in detail to Moses. So death, this huge abyss separating us from God, dominated the landscape from Adam to Moses.

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for before the law was given, sin was in the world. But sin is not taken into account when there is no law.

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(For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

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Yes, people sinned even before the law was given. And though there was no law to break, since it had not yet been given,

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Even those who didn't sin precisely as Adam did by disobeying a specific command of God still had to experience this termination of life, this separation from God. But Adam, who got us into this, also points ahead to the One who will get us out of it.

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Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who was a pattern of the one to come.

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Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.

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they all died anyway--even though they did not disobey an explicit commandment of God, as Adam did. What a contrast between Adam and Christ, who was yet to come!

Rom.5.15

Yet the rescuing gift is not exactly parallel to the death-dealing sin. If one man's sin put crowds of people at the dead-end abyss of separation from God, just think what God's gift poured through one man, Jesus Christ, will do!

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But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God's grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many!

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But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man's offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many.

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And what a difference between our sin and God's generous gift of forgiveness. For this one man, Adam, brought death to many through his sin. But this other man, Jesus Christ, brought forgiveness to many through God's bountiful gift.

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There's no comparison between that death-dealing sin and this generous, life-giving gift. The verdict on that one sin was the death sentence; the verdict on the many sins that followed was this wonderful life sentence.

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Again, the gift of God is not like the result of the one man's sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification.

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And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned. For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many offenses resulted in justification.

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And the result of God's gracious gift is very different from the result of that one man's sin. For Adam's sin led to condemnation, but we have the free gift of being accepted by God, even though we are guilty of many sins.

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If death got the upper hand through one man's wrongdoing, can you imagine the breathtaking recovery life makes, sovereign life, in those who grasp with both hands this wildly extravagant life-gift, this grand setting-everything-right, that the one man Jesus Christ provides?

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For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.

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For if by the one man's offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.)

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The sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to rule over us, but all who receive God's wonderful, gracious gift of righteousness will live in triumph over sin and death through this one man, Jesus Christ.

Rom.5.18

Here it is in a nutshell: Just as one person did it wrong and got us in all this trouble with sin and death, another person did it right and got us out of it. But more than just getting us out of trouble, he got us into life!

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Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men.

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Therefore, as through one man's offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man's righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life.

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Yes, Adam's one sin brought condemnation upon everyone, but Christ's one act of righteousness makes all people right in God's sight and gives them life.

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One man said no to God and put many people in the wrong; one man said yes to God and put many in the right.

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For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

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For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man's obedience many will be made righteous.

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Because one person disobeyed God, many people became sinners. But because one other person obeyed God, many people will be made right in God's sight.

Rom.5.20

All that passing laws against sin did was produce more lawbreakers. But sin didn't, and doesn't, have a chance in competition with the aggressive forgiveness we call grace. When it's sin versus grace, grace wins hands down.

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The law was added so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more,

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Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more,

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God's law was given so that all people could see how sinful they were. But as people sinned more and more, God's wonderful kindness became more abundant.

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All sin can do is threaten us with death, and that's the end of it. Grace, because God is putting everything together again through the Messiah, invites us into life--a life that goes on and on and on, world without end.

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so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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So just as sin ruled over all people and brought them to death, now God's wonderful kindness rules instead, giving us right standing with God and resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Prov.17.15

Whitewashing bad people and throwing mud on good people are equally abhorrent to GOD.

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Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent- the LORD detests them both.

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He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, Both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.

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The LORD despises those who acquit the guilty and condemn the innocent.

Prov.17.16

What's this? Fools out shopping for wisdom! They wouldn't recognize it if they saw it!

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Of what use is money in the hand of a fool, since he has no desire to get wisdom?

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Why is there in the hand of a fool the purchase price of wisdom, Since he has no heart for it?

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It is senseless to pay tuition to educate a fool who has no heart for wisdom.

Prov.17.17

Friends love through all kinds of weather, and families stick together in all kinds of trouble.

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A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

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A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.

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A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need.

Prov.17.18

It's stupid to try to get something for nothing, or run up huge bills you can never pay.

Prov.17.18

A man lacking in judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.

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A man devoid of understanding shakes hands in a pledge, And becomes surety for his friend.

Prov.17.18

It is poor judgment to co-sign a friend's note, to become responsible for a neighbor's debts.

Prov.17.19

The person who courts sin, marries trouble; build a wall, invite a burglar.

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He who loves a quarrel loves sin; he who builds a high gate invites destruction.

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He who loves transgression loves strife, And he who exalts his gate seeks destruction.

Prov.17.19

Anyone who loves to quarrel loves sin; anyone who speaks boastfully invites disaster.

Prov.17.20

A bad motive can't achieve a good end; double-talk brings you double trouble.

Prov.17.20

A man of perverse heart does not prosper; he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.

Prov.17.20

He who has a deceitful heart finds no good, And he who has a perverse tongue falls into evil.

Prov.17.20

The crooked heart will not prosper; the twisted tongue tumbles into trouble.

Prov.17.21

Having a fool for a child is misery; it's no fun being the parent of a dolt.

Prov.17.21

To have a fool for a son brings grief; there is no joy for the father of a fool.

Prov.17.21

He who begets a scoffer does so to his sorrow, And the father of a fool has no joy.

Prov.17.21

It is painful to be the parent of a fool; there is no joy for the father of a rebel.

Prov.17.22

A cheerful disposition is good for your health; gloom and doom leave you bone-tired.

Prov.17.22

A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Prov.17.22

A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones.

Prov.17.22

A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person's strength.

Prov.17.23

The wicked take bribes under the table; they show nothing but contempt for justice.

Prov.17.23

A wicked man accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the course of justice.

Prov.17.23

A wicked man accepts a bribe behind the back To pervert the ways of justice.

Prov.17.23

The wicked accept secret bribes to pervert justice.

Prov.17.24

The perceptive find wisdom in their own front yard; fools look for it everywhere but right here.

Prov.17.24

A discerning man keeps wisdom in view, but a fool's eyes wander to the ends of the earth.

Prov.17.24

Wisdom is in the sight of him who has understanding, But the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

Prov.17.24

Sensible people keep their eyes glued on wisdom, but a fool's eyes wander to the ends of the earth.