Isaiah 32:9-14
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The Women of Jerusalem
9 You women so complacent, rise up and hear my voice,
daughters so confident, give heed to my words.(A)
10 In a little more than a year
your confidence will be shaken;
For the vintage will fail,
no fruit harvest will come in.(B)
11 Tremble, you who are so complacent!
Shudder, you who are so confident!
Strip yourselves bare,
with only a loincloth for cover.(C)
12 Beat your breasts
for the pleasant fields,
for the fruitful vine;(D)
13 For the soil of my people,
overgrown with thorns and briers;
For all the joyful houses,
the exultant city.(E)
14 The castle[a] will be forsaken,
the noisy city deserted;
Citadel and tower will become wasteland forever,
the joy of wild donkeys, the pasture of flocks;(F)
Ezekiel 16:50
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50 Instead, they became arrogant and committed abominations before me; then, as you have seen, I removed them.(A)
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Amos 4:1-3
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Chapter 4
Second Summons
1 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan,[a]
who live on the mount of Samaria:
Who oppress the destitute
and abuse the needy;
Who say to your husbands,
“Bring us a drink!”
2 The Lord God has sworn by his holiness:
Truly days are coming upon you
when they shall drag you away with ropes,
your children with fishhooks;
3 You shall go out through the breached walls
one in front of the other,
And you shall be exiled to Harmon—[b]
oracle of the Lord.
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