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Take thou away from mee the noise of thy songs: for I will not heare the melodie of thy violes.

That drinke wine in bowles, and anoint themselues with the chiefe ointments: but they are not grieued for the affliction of Ioseph.

And a mans vncle shall take him vp, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say vnto him that is by the sides of the house; Is there yet any with thee? and hee shall say, No. Then shall he say, Holde thy tongue: for wee may not make mention of the Name of the Lord.

For beholde, the Lord commandeth, and hee will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

Shall horses runne vpon the rocke? wil one plow there with oxen? for ye haue turned iudgement into gall, and the fruite of righteousnesse into hemlocke.

And it came to passe, that when they had made an ende of eating the grasse of the land, then I said; O Lord God, forgiue, I beseech thee, by whom shal Iacob arise? for he is small.

The Lord repented for this. It shall not be, saith the Lord.

Then said I, O Lord God , cease, I beseech thee, by whom shal Iacob arise? for he is small.

The Lord repented for this. This also shall not bee, saith the Lord God.

For thus Amos saith, Ieroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captiue, out of their owne land.

But prophecie not againe any more at Beth-el: for it is the Kings Chappell, and it is the Kings Court.

That wee may buy the poore for siluer, & the needie for a paire of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheate?

Shall not the land tremble for this, and euery one mourne that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise vp wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

Behold, the daies come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord.

In that day shall the faire virgines and young men faint for thirst.

And though they goe into captiuitie before their enemies, thence will I commaund the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes vpon them for euill, and not for good.

It is he that buildeth his stories in the heauen, and hath founded his troupe in the earth, he that calleth for the waters of the Sea, and powreth them out vpon the face of the earth: the Lord is his name.

For loe, I will commaund, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corne is sifted in a sieue, yet shall not the least graine fall vpon the earth.

For thy violence against thy brother Iacob shame shall couer thee, and thou shalt be cut off for euer.

For the day of the Lord is neere vpon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall bee done vnto thee, thy reward shall returne vpon thine owne head.