41 Hear this word , you cows of Bashan who are on the mountain of Samaria , Who oppress the poor , who crush the needy , Who say to your husbands , "Bring now, that we may drink !" 2 The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness , "Behold , the days are coming upon you When they will take you away with meat hooks , And the last of you with fish hooks . 3 "You will go out through breaches in the walls, Each one straight before her, And you will be cast to Harmon ," declares the Lord .
4 "Enter Bethel and transgress ; In Gilgal multiply transgression ! Bring your sacrifices every morning , Your tithes every three days . 5 "Offer a thank offering also from that which is leavened , And proclaim freewill offerings , make them known . For so you love to do, you sons of Israel ," Declares the Lord GOD .
6 "But I gave you also cleanness of teeth in all your cities And lack of bread in all your places , Yet you have not returned to Me," declares the Lord . 7 "Furthermore , I withheld the rain from you While there were still three months until harvest . Then I would send rain on one city And on another city I would not send rain ; One part would be rained on, While the part not rained on would dry up. 8 "So two or three cities would stagger to another city to drink water , But would not be satisfied ; Yet you have not returned to Me," declares the Lord . 9 "I smote you with scorching wind and mildew ; And the caterpillar was devouring Your many gardens and vineyards , fig trees and olive trees ; Yet you have not returned to Me," declares the Lord . 10 "I sent a plague among you after the manner of Egypt ; I slew your young men by the sword along with your captured horses , And I made the stench of your camp rise up in your nostrils ; Yet you have not returned to Me," declares the Lord . 11 "I overthrew you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah , And you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze ; Yet you have not returned to Me," declares the Lord . 12 "Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel ; Because e I will do this to you, Prepare to meet your God , O Israel ." 13 For behold , He who forms mountains and creates the wind And declares to man what are His thoughts , He who makes dawn into darkness And treads on the high places of the earth , The Lord God of hosts is His name .
51 Hear this word which I take up for you as a dirge , O house of Israel : 2 She has fallen , she will not rise again - The virgin Israel . She lies neglected on her land ; There is none to raise her up. 3 For thus says the Lord GOD , "The city which goes forth a thousand strong Will have a hundred left , And the one which goes forth a hundred strong Will have ten left to the house of Israel ."
4 For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel , " Seek Me that you may live . 5 "But do not resort to Bethel And do not come to Gilgal , Nor cross over to Beersheba ; For Gilgal will certainly go into captivity And Bethel will come to trouble . 6 " Seek the Lord that you may live , Or He will break forth like a fire , O house of Joseph , And it will consume with none to quench it for Bethel , 7 For those who turn justice into wormwood And cast righteousness down to the earth ." 8 He who made the Pleiades and Orion And changes deep darkness into morning , Who also darkens day into night , Who calls for the waters of the sea And pours them out on the surface of the earth , The Lord is His name . 9 It is He who flashes forth with destruction upon the strong , So that destruction comes upon the fortress . 10 They hate him who reproves in the gate , And they abhor him who speaks with integrity . 11 Therefore because you impose heavy rent on the poor And exact a tribute of grain from them, Though you have built houses of well-hewn stone , Yet you will not live in them; You have planted pleasant vineyards , yet you will not drink their wine . 12 For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great , You who distress the righteous and accept bribes And turn aside the poor in the gate . 13 Therefore at such a time the prudent person keeps silent , for it is an evil time . 14 Seek good and not evil , that you may live ; And thus may the Lord God of hosts be with you, Just as you have said ! 15 Hate evil , love good , And establish justice in the gate ! Perhaps the Lord God of hosts May be gracious to the remnant of Joseph .
16 Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts , the Lord , "There is wailing in all the plazas , And in all the streets they say , 'Alas ! Alas !' They also call the farmer to mourning And professional mourners to lamentation . 17 "And in all the vineyards there is wailing , Because I will pass through the midst of you," says the Lord . 18 Alas , you who are longing for the day of the Lord , For what purpose will the day of the Lord be to you? It will be darkness and not light ; 19 As when a man flees from a lion And a bear meets him, Or goes home , leans his hand against the wall And a snake bites him. 20 Will not the day of the Lord be darkness instead of light , Even gloom with no brightness in it?
21 "I hate , I reject your festivals , Nor do I delight in your solemn assemblies . 22 "Even though you offer up to Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings , I will not accept them; And I will not even look at the peace offerings of your fatlings . 23 "Take away from Me the noise of your songs ; I will not even listen to the sound of your harps . 24 "But let justice roll down like waters And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream . 25 " Did you present Me with sacrifices and grain offerings in the wilderness for forty years , O house of Israel ? 26 " You also carried along Sikkuth your king and Kiyyun , your images , the star of your gods which you made for yourselves. 27 "Therefore, I will make you go into exile beyond e Damascus ," says the Lord , whose name is the God of hosts .
61 Woe to those who are at ease in Zion And to those who feel secure in the mountain of Samaria , The distinguished men of the foremost of nations , To whom the house of Israel comes . 2 Go over to Calneh and look , And go from there to Hamath the great , Then go down to Gath of the Philistines . Are they better than these kingdoms , Or is their territory greater than yours? 3 Do you put off the day of calamity , And would you bring near the seat of violence ? 4 Those who recline on beds of ivory And sprawl on their couches , And eat lambs from the flock And calves from the midst of the stall , 5 Who improvise to the sound of the harp , And like David have composed songs for themselves, 6 Who drink wine from sacrificial bowls While they anoint themselves with the finest of oils , Yet they have not grieved over the ruin of Joseph . 7 Therefore , they will now go into exile at the head of the exiles , And the sprawlers' banqueting will pass away .
8 The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself , the Lord God of hosts has declared : "I loathe the arrogance of Jacob , And detest his citadels ; Therefore I will deliver up the city and all it contains ." 9 And it will be, if ten men are left in one house , they will die . 10 Then one's uncle , or his undertaker , will lift him up to carry out his bones from the house , and he will say to the one who is in the innermost part of the house , "Is anyone else with you?" And that one will say , "No one ." Then he will answer , " Keep quiet . For the name of the Lord is not to be mentioned ." 11 For behold , the Lord is going to command that the great house be smashed to pieces and the small house to fragments . 12 Do horses run on rocks ? Or does one plow them with oxen ? Yet you have turned justice into poison And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood , 13 You who rejoice in Lodebar , And say , "Have we not by our own strength taken Karnaim for ourselves?" 14 "For behold , I am going to raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel ," declares the Lord God of hosts , "And they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath To the brook of the Arabah ."
71 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth , holding back the four winds of the earth , so that no wind would blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree . 2 And I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun , having the seal of the living God ; and he cried out with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea , 3 saying , " Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we have sealed the bond-servants of our God on their foreheads ." 4 And I heard the number of those who were sealed , one hundred and forty-four e thousand sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel : 5 the tribe of Judah , twelve thousand were sealed , from the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand , from the tribe of Gad twelve thousand , 6 the tribe of Asher twelve thousand , from the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand , from the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand , 7 the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand , from the tribe of Levi twelve thousand , from the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand , 8 the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand , from the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand , from the tribe of Benjamin , twelve thousand were sealed .
9 After these things I looked , and behold , a great multitude which no one could count , from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues , standing before the throne and before the Lamb , clothed in white robes , and palm branches were in their hands ; 10 and they cry out with a loud voice , saying , " Salvation to our God who sits on the throne , and to the Lamb ." 11 And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures ; and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God , 12 saying , " Amen , blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might , be to our God forever and ever . Amen ."
13 Then one of the elders answered , saying to me, "These who are clothed in the white robes , who are they, and where have they come from?" 14 I said to him, "My lord , you know ." And he said to me, "These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation , and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb . 15 "For this reason , they are before the throne of God ; and they serve Him day and night in His temple ; and He who sits on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them. 16 " They will hunger no longer , nor thirst anymore ; nor will the sun beat down on them, nor any heat ; 17 for the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd , and will guide them to springs of the water of life ; and God will wipe every tear from their eyes ."
