You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?
Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over
But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Ro
I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in
She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return t
Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,
Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the na
They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”
You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me.
and Azariah, the chief priest of the household of Zadok, answered him, “Since the people began to bring their contributi
This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me? They followed wort
For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and th
When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they
The voice of the LORD calls out to the city (and it is sound wisdom to fear Your name): “Heed the rod and the One who or
Already you have all you want. Already you have become rich. Without us, you have become kings. How I wish you really we
I know your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were one or the other!
These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the
When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will
In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.