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The Book of Amos, Chapter 4, Verse 13

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Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: [and] because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
King James Version
For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what [is] his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, [is] his name.
American Standard Version
For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought; that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth--Jehovah, the God of hosts, is his name.
New English Translation
For here he is! He formed the mountains and created the wind. He reveals his plans to men. He turns the dawn into darkness and marches on the heights of the earth. The LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, is his name!”
World English Bible
For, behold, he who forms the mountains, and creates the wind, and declares to man what is his thought; who makes the morning darkness, and treads on the high places of the Earth: Yahweh, the God of Armies, is his name."
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Hear ye this word which I take up against you, [even] a lamentation, O house of Israel.
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The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; [there is] none to raise her up.
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For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out [by] a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth [by] an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.
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For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
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But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.
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Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour [it], and [there be] none to quench [it] in Bethel.
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Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
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[Seek him] that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD [is] his name:
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That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
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They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.