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Amos 3

Witnesses Summoned Against Israel

 ² "You only have I chosen
       of all the families of the earth;
       therefore I will punish you
       for all your sins."

 ³ Do two walk together
       unless they have agreed to do so?

 ⁴ Does a lion roar in the thicket
       when he has no prey?
       Does he growl in his den
       when he has caught nothing?

 ⁵ Does a bird fall into a trap on the ground
       where no snare has been set?
       Does a trap spring up from the earth
       when there is nothing to catch?

 ⁶ When a trumpet sounds in a city,
       do not the people tremble?
       When disaster comes to a city,
       has not the LORD caused it?

 ⁷ Surely the Sovereign LORD does nothing
       without revealing his plan
       to his servants the prophets.

 ⁸ The lion has roared—
       who will not fear?
       The Sovereign LORD has spoken—
       who can but prophesy?

 ⁹ Proclaim to the fortresses of Ashdod
       and to the fortresses of Egypt:
       "Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria;
       see the great unrest within her
       and the oppression among her people."

 ¹⁰ "They do not know how to do right," declares the LORD,
       "who hoard plunder and loot in their fortresses."

 ¹¹ Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
       "An enemy will overrun the land;
       he will pull down your strongholds
       and plunder your fortresses."

 ¹² This is what the LORD says:
       "As a shepherd saves from the lion's mouth
       only two leg bones or a piece of an ear,
       so will the Israelites be saved,
       those who sit in Samaria
       on the edge of their beds
       and in Damascus on their couches. ^[a] "

 ¹³ "Hear this and testify against the house of Jacob," declares the Lord, the LORD God Almighty.

 ¹⁴ "On the day I punish Israel for her sins,
       I will destroy the altars of Bethel;
       the horns of the altar will be cut off
       and fall to the ground.

 ¹⁵ I will tear down the winter house
       along with the summer house;
       the houses adorned with ivory will be destroyed
       and the mansions will be demolished,"
       declares the LORD.

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Obadiah 1

 ¹ The vision of Obadiah.
      This is what the Sovereign LORD says about Edom—
       We have heard a message from the LORD :
       An envoy was sent to the nations to say,
       "Rise, and let us go against her for battle"-

 ² "See, I will make you small among the nations;
       you will be utterly despised.

 ³ The pride of your heart has deceived you,
       you who live in the clefts of the rocks ^[a]
       and make your home on the heights,
       you who say to yourself,
       'Who can bring me down to the ground?'

 ⁴ Though you soar like the eagle
       and make your nest among the stars,
       from there I will bring you down,"
       declares the LORD.

 ⁵ "If thieves came to you,
       if robbers in the night—
       Oh, what a disaster awaits you—
       would they not steal only as much as they wanted?
       If grape pickers came to you,
       would they not leave a few grapes?

 ⁶ But how Esau will be ransacked,
       his hidden treasures pillaged!

 ⁷ All your allies will force you to the border;
       your friends will deceive and overpower you;
       those who eat your bread will set a trap for you, ^[b]
       but you will not detect it.

 ⁸ "In that day," declares the LORD,
       "will I not destroy the wise men of Edom,
       men of understanding in the mountains of Esau?

 ⁹ Your warriors, O Teman, will be terrified,
       and everyone in Esau's mountains
       will be cut down in the slaughter.

 ¹⁰ Because of the violence against your brother Jacob,
       you will be covered with shame;
       you will be destroyed forever.

 ¹¹ On the day you stood aloof
       while strangers carried off his wealth
       and foreigners entered his gates
       and cast lots for Jerusalem,
       you were like one of them.

 ¹² You should not look down on your brother
       in the day of his misfortune,
       nor rejoice over the people of Judah
       in the day of their destruction,
       nor boast so much
       in the day of their trouble.

 ¹³ You should not march through the gates of my people
       in the day of their disaster,
       nor look down on them in their calamity
       in the day of their disaster,
       nor seize their wealth
       in the day of their disaster.

 ¹⁴ You should not wait at the crossroads
       to cut down their fugitives,
       nor hand over their survivors
       in the day of their trouble.

 ¹⁵ "The day of the LORD is near
       for all nations.
       As you have done, it will be done to you;
       your deeds will return upon your own head.

 ¹⁶ Just as you drank on my holy hill,
       so all the nations will drink continually;
       they will drink and drink
       and be as if they had never been.

 ¹⁷ But on Mount Zion will be deliverance;
       it will be holy,
       and the house of Jacob
       will possess its inheritance.

 ¹⁸ The house of Jacob will be a fire
       and the house of Joseph a flame;
       the house of Esau will be stubble,
       and they will set it on fire and consume it.
       There will be no survivors
       from the house of Esau."
       The LORD has spoken.

 ¹⁹ People from the Negev will occupy
       the mountains of Esau,
       and people from the foothills will possess
       the land of the Philistines.
       They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria,
       and Benjamin will possess Gilead.

 ²⁰ This company of Israelite exiles who are in Canaan
       will possess the land as far as Zarephath;
       the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
       will possess the towns of the Negev.

 ²¹ Deliverers will go up on ^[c] Mount Zion
       to govern the mountains of Esau.
       And the kingdom will be the LORD's.

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Jonah 1

Jonah Flees From the LORD

 ³ But Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the LORD.

 ⁴ Then the LORD sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up. ⁵ All the sailors were afraid and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten the ship.
      But Jonah had gone below deck, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep. ⁶ The captain went to him and said, "How can you sleep? Get up and call on your god! Maybe he will take notice of us, and we will not perish."

 ⁷ Then the sailors said to each other, "Come, let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity." They cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah.

 ⁸ So they asked him, "Tell us, who is responsible for making all this trouble for us? What do you do? Where do you come from? What is your country? From what people are you?"

 ⁹ He answered, "I am a Hebrew and I worship the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the land."

 ¹⁰ This terrified them and they asked, "What have you done?" (They knew he was running away from the LORD, because he had already told them so.)

 ¹¹ The sea was getting rougher and rougher. So they asked him, "What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?"

 ¹² "Pick me up and throw me into the sea," he replied, "and it will become calm. I know that it is my fault that this great storm has come upon you."

 ¹³ Instead, the men did their best to row back to land. But they could not, for the sea grew even wilder than before. ¹⁴ Then they cried to the LORD, "O LORD, please do not let us die for taking this man's life. Do not hold us accountable for killing an innocent man, for you, O LORD, have done as you pleased." ¹⁵ Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm. ¹⁶ At this the men greatly feared the LORD, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows to him.

 ¹⁷ But the LORD provided a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish three days and three nights.