Amos 4:12 “Therefore, I will bring upon you all the disasters I have announced. Prepare to meet your God in judgment, you people of Israel!”

4:12 NLT

逐节对照

New Living Translation - “Therefore, I will bring upon you all the disasters I have announced. Prepare to meet your God in judgment, you people of Israel!”
新标点和合本 - “以色列啊，我必向你如此行；以色列啊，我既这样行，你当预备迎见你的　神。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - “因此，以色列啊，我要如此对待你；因为我要这样对待你，以色列啊，你当预备迎见你的上帝。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - “因此，以色列啊，我要如此对待你；因为我要这样对待你，以色列啊，你当预备迎见你的　神。”
当代译本 - “以色列人啊，我要这样惩罚你们。以色列人啊，准备迎见你们的上帝吧！因为我要这样惩罚你们。”
圣经新译本 - “因此，以色列啊！我必这样对付你。以色列啊！因我必这样对付你，你应当预备迎见你的　神。”
现代标点和合本 - “以色列啊，我必向你如此行。以色列啊，我既这样行，你当预备迎见你的神。”
和合本（拼音版） - “以色列啊，我必向你如此行。以色列啊，我既这样行，你当预备迎见你的上帝。
New International Version - “Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel, and because I will do this to you, Israel, prepare to meet your God.”
New International Reader's Version - “So, people of Israel, I will judge you. Because I will do that to you, Israel, prepare to meet your God!”
English Standard Version - “Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel; because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel!”
The Message - “All this I have done to you, Israel, and this is why I have done it. Time’s up, O Israel! Prepare to meet your God!”
Christian Standard Bible - Therefore, Israel, that is what I will do to you, and since I will do that to you, Israel, prepare to meet your God!
New American Standard Bible - “Therefore so I will do to you, Israel; Because I will do this to you, Prepare to meet your God, Israel.”
New King James Version - “Therefore thus will I do to you, O Israel; Because I will do this to you, Prepare to meet your God, O Israel!”
Amplified Bible - “Therefore this is what I shall do to you, O Israel; Because I will do this to you, Prepare to meet your God [in judgment], O Israel!”
American Standard Version - 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 - Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
New English Translation - “Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel. Because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, Israel!
World English Bible - “Therefore thus I will do to you, Israel; because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, Israel.
新標點和合本 - 以色列啊，我必向你如此行；以色列啊，我既這樣行，你當預備迎見你的神。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 「因此，以色列啊，我要如此對待你；因為我要這樣對待你，以色列啊，你當預備迎見你的上帝。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 「因此，以色列啊，我要如此對待你；因為我要這樣對待你，以色列啊，你當預備迎見你的　神。」
當代譯本 - 「以色列人啊，我要這樣懲罰你們。以色列人啊，準備迎見你們的上帝吧！因為我要這樣懲罰你們。」
聖經新譯本 - “因此，以色列啊！我必這樣對付你。以色列啊！因我必這樣對付你，你應當預備迎見你的　神。”
呂振中譯本 - 『因此以色列啊，我必這樣辦你！雅各啊，我既要這樣辦你，那麼以色列啊，你就要準備好、來迎見你的上帝！』
現代標點和合本 - 「以色列啊，我必向你如此行。以色列啊，我既這樣行，你當預備迎見你的神。」
文理和合譯本 - 以色列歟、我必如是行於爾、以色列歟、職是之故、爾宜自備、以迎爾之上帝、
文理委辦譯本 - 故我必降爾以罰、以色列族乎、爾之上帝將臨汝、必預為備、思何以當之、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 以色列人歟、故我降爾以若是之災、原文作以色列人歟故我將如是以行於爾我既將若是以行於爾、以色列人歟、當預為備、以迎爾之天主、
Nueva Versión Internacional - »Por eso, Israel, voy a actuar contra ti; y, como voy a hacerlo, ¡prepárate, Israel, para encontrarte con tu Dios!»
현대인의 성경 - “그러므로 이스라엘 백성들아, 내가 너희를 벌하겠다. 내가 다시 너희에게 이 모든 재앙을 내릴 것이다. 너희는 심판할 너희 하나님을 만날 준비를 하라.”
Новый Русский Перевод - Поэтому вот что Я сделаю с тобой, Израиль, и так как Я сделаю это с тобой, то приготовься встретить своего Бога, Израиль.
Восточный перевод - Поэтому вот что Я сделаю с тобой, Исраил, и так как Я сделаю это с тобой, то приготовься встретить своего Бога, Исраил.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Поэтому вот что Я сделаю с тобой, Исраил, и так как Я сделаю это с тобой, то приготовься встретить своего Бога, Исраил.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Поэтому вот что Я сделаю с тобой, Исроил, и так как Я сделаю это с тобой, то приготовься встретить своего Бога, Исроил.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - C’est pourquoi, Israël, ╵tu vas voir comment je vais te traiter ! Et puisque je vais te traiter ainsi, ╵prépare-toi, toi, Israël, ╵à rencontrer ton Dieu !
リビングバイブル - それゆえ、話しておいたとおり、あなたがたをもっとひどい災いに会わせる。イスラエルよ、さばきの中で神に会う備えをせよ。」
Nova Versão Internacional - “Por isso, ainda o castigarei, ó Israel, e, porque eu farei isto com você, prepare-se para encontrar-se com o seu Deus, ó Israel.”
Hoffnung für alle - Darum müsst ihr Israeliten jetzt die Folgen tragen – ihr habt keine Wahl. Macht euch bereit, eurem Gott zu begegnen!«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Vì thế, Ta sẽ giáng trên các ngươi tất cả tai họa Ta đã báo. Hãy chuẩn bị mà gặp Đức Chúa Trời trong tòa phán xét, hỡi toàn dân Ít-ra-ên!”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “ฉะนั้นอิสราเอลเอ๋ย เราจะทำกับเจ้าดังนี้ และเพราะเราจะทำกับเจ้าดังนี้ จงเตรียมตัวพบกับพระเจ้าของเจ้าเถิดอิสราเอลเอ๋ย”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - “ฉะนั้น อิสราเอลเอ๋ย เราจะกระทำต่อเจ้าอย่างนี้ และเพราะว่าเราจะกระทำต่อเจ้าอย่างนี้ จงเตรียมตัวไปพบกับพระเจ้าของเจ้าเถิด อิสราเอลเอ๋ย”

交叉引用

Revelation 3:3 - Go back to what you heard and believed at first; hold to it firmly. Repent and turn to me again. If you don’t wake up, I will come to you suddenly, as unexpected as a thief.
Amos 2:14 - Your fastest runners will not get away. The strongest among you will become weak. Even mighty warriors will be unable to save themselves.
Matthew 5:25 - “When you are on the way to court with your adversary, settle your differences quickly. Otherwise, your accuser may hand you over to the judge, who will hand you over to an officer, and you will be thrown into prison.
Amos 4:2 - The Sovereign Lord has sworn this by his holiness: “The time will come when you will be led away with hooks in your noses. Every last one of you will be dragged away like a fish on a hook!
Amos 4:3 - You will be led out through the ruins of the wall; you will be thrown from your fortresses, ” says the Lord.
Amos 5:4 - Now this is what the Lord says to the family of Israel: “Come back to me and live!
Amos 5:5 - Don’t worship at the pagan altars at Bethel; don’t go to the shrines at Gilgal or Beersheba. For the people of Gilgal will be dragged off into exile, and the people of Bethel will be reduced to nothing.”
Amos 5:6 - Come back to the Lord and live! Otherwise, he will roar through Israel like a fire, devouring you completely. Your gods in Bethel won’t be able to quench the flames.
Amos 5:7 - You twist justice, making it a bitter pill for the oppressed. You treat the righteous like dirt.
Amos 5:8 - It is the Lord who created the stars, the Pleiades and Orion. He turns darkness into morning and day into night. He draws up water from the oceans and pours it down as rain on the land. The Lord is his name!
Amos 5:9 - With blinding speed and power he destroys the strong, crushing all their defenses.
Amos 5:10 - How you hate honest judges! How you despise people who tell the truth!
Amos 5:11 - You trample the poor, stealing their grain through taxes and unfair rent. Therefore, though you build beautiful stone houses, you will never live in them. Though you plant lush vineyards, you will never drink wine from them.
Amos 5:12 - For I know the vast number of your sins and the depth of your rebellions. You oppress good people by taking bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.
Amos 5:13 - So those who are smart keep their mouths shut, for it is an evil time.
Amos 5:14 - Do what is good and run from evil so that you may live! Then the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies will be your helper, just as you have claimed.
Amos 5:15 - Hate evil and love what is good; turn your courts into true halls of justice. Perhaps even yet the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies will have mercy on the remnant of his people.
Luke 14:31 - “Or what king would go to war against another king without first sitting down with his counselors to discuss whether his army of 10,000 could defeat the 20,000 soldiers marching against him?
Luke 14:32 - And if he can’t, he will send a delegation to discuss terms of peace while the enemy is still far away.
Isaiah 47:3 - You will be naked and burdened with shame. I will take vengeance against you without pity.”
Hosea 13:8 - Like a bear whose cubs have been taken away, I will tear out your heart. I will devour you like a hungry lioness and mangle you like a wild animal.
Luke 21:3 - “I tell you the truth,” Jesus said, “this poor widow has given more than all the rest of them.
Luke 21:4 - For they have given a tiny part of their surplus, but she, poor as she is, has given everything she has.”
Luke 21:5 - Some of his disciples began talking about the majestic stonework of the Temple and the memorial decorations on the walls. But Jesus said,
Luke 21:6 - “The time is coming when all these things will be completely demolished. Not one stone will be left on top of another!”
Luke 21:7 - “Teacher,” they asked, “when will all this happen? What sign will show us that these things are about to take place?”
Luke 21:8 - He replied, “Don’t let anyone mislead you, for many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and saying, ‘The time has come!’ But don’t believe them.
Luke 21:9 - And when you hear of wars and insurrections, don’t panic. Yes, these things must take place first, but the end won’t follow immediately.”
Luke 21:10 - Then he added, “Nation will go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
Luke 21:11 - There will be great earthquakes, and there will be famines and plagues in many lands, and there will be terrifying things and great miraculous signs from heaven.
Luke 21:12 - “But before all this occurs, there will be a time of great persecution. You will be dragged into synagogues and prisons, and you will stand trial before kings and governors because you are my followers.
Luke 21:13 - But this will be your opportunity to tell them about me.
Luke 21:14 - So don’t worry in advance about how to answer the charges against you,
Luke 21:15 - for I will give you the right words and such wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to reply or refute you!
Luke 21:16 - Even those closest to you—your parents, brothers, relatives, and friends—will betray you. They will even kill some of you.
Luke 21:17 - And everyone will hate you because you are my followers.
Luke 21:18 - But not a hair of your head will perish!
Luke 21:19 - By standing firm, you will win your souls.
Luke 21:20 - “And when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then you will know that the time of its destruction has arrived.
Luke 21:21 - Then those in Judea must flee to the hills. Those in Jerusalem must get out, and those out in the country should not return to the city.
Luke 21:22 - For those will be days of God’s vengeance, and the prophetic words of the Scriptures will be fulfilled.
Luke 21:23 - How terrible it will be for pregnant women and for nursing mothers in those days. For there will be disaster in the land and great anger against this people.
Luke 21:24 - They will be killed by the sword or sent away as captives to all the nations of the world. And Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the period of the Gentiles comes to an end.
Luke 21:25 - “And there will be strange signs in the sun, moon, and stars. And here on earth the nations will be in turmoil, perplexed by the roaring seas and strange tides.
Luke 21:26 - People will be terrified at what they see coming upon the earth, for the powers in the heavens will be shaken.
Luke 21:27 - Then everyone will see the Son of Man coming on a cloud with power and great glory.
Luke 21:28 - So when all these things begin to happen, stand and look up, for your salvation is near!”
Luke 21:29 - Then he gave them this illustration: “Notice the fig tree, or any other tree.
Luke 21:30 - When the leaves come out, you know without being told that summer is near.
Luke 21:31 - In the same way, when you see all these things taking place, you can know that the Kingdom of God is near.
Luke 21:32 - I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass from the scene until all these things have taken place.
Luke 21:33 - Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear.
Luke 21:34 - “Watch out! Don’t let your hearts be dulled by carousing and drunkenness, and by the worries of this life. Don’t let that day catch you unaware,
Luke 21:35 - like a trap. For that day will come upon everyone living on the earth.
Luke 21:36 - Keep alert at all times. And pray that you might be strong enough to escape these coming horrors and stand before the Son of Man.”
Amos 9:1 - Then I saw a vision of the Lord standing beside the altar. He said, “Strike the tops of the Temple columns, so that the foundation will shake. Bring down the roof on the heads of the people below. I will kill with the sword those who survive. No one will escape!
Amos 9:2 - “Even if they dig down to the place of the dead, I will reach down and pull them up. Even if they climb up into the heavens, I will bring them down.
Amos 9:3 - Even if they hide at the very top of Mount Carmel, I will search them out and capture them. Even if they hide at the bottom of the ocean, I will send the sea serpent after them to bite them.
Amos 9:4 - Even if their enemies drive them into exile, I will command the sword to kill them there. I am determined to bring disaster upon them and not to help them.”
Ezekiel 13:5 - They have done nothing to repair the breaks in the walls around the nation. They have not helped it to stand firm in battle on the day of the Lord.
Ezekiel 22:30 - “I looked for someone who might rebuild the wall of righteousness that guards the land. I searched for someone to stand in the gap in the wall so I wouldn’t have to destroy the land, but I found no one.
James 4:1 - What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don’t they come from the evil desires at war within you?
James 4:2 - You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it.
James 4:3 - And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure.
James 4:4 - You adulterers! Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.
James 4:5 - Do you think the Scriptures have no meaning? They say that God is passionate that the spirit he has placed within us should be faithful to him.
James 4:6 - And he gives grace generously. As the Scriptures say, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
James 4:7 - So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
James 4:8 - Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.
James 4:9 - Let there be tears for what you have done. Let there be sorrow and deep grief. Let there be sadness instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy.
James 4:10 - Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor.
Mark 13:32 - “However, no one knows the day or hour when these things will happen, not even the angels in heaven or the Son himself. Only the Father knows.
Mark 13:33 - And since you don’t know when that time will come, be on guard! Stay alert !
Mark 13:34 - “The coming of the Son of Man can be illustrated by the story of a man going on a long trip. When he left home, he gave each of his slaves instructions about the work they were to do, and he told the gatekeeper to watch for his return.
Mark 13:35 - You, too, must keep watch! For you don’t know when the master of the household will return—in the evening, at midnight, before dawn, or at daybreak.
Mark 13:36 - Don’t let him find you sleeping when he arrives without warning.
Mark 13:37 - I say to you what I say to everyone: Watch for him!”
1 Thessalonians 5:2 - For you know quite well that the day of the Lord’s return will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night.
1 Thessalonians 5:3 - When people are saying, “Everything is peaceful and secure,” then disaster will fall on them as suddenly as a pregnant woman’s labor pains begin. And there will be no escape.
1 Thessalonians 5:4 - But you aren’t in the dark about these things, dear brothers and sisters, and you won’t be surprised when the day of the Lord comes like a thief.

逐节对照

交叉引用

New Living Translation - “Therefore, I will bring upon you all the disasters I have announced. Prepare to meet your God in judgment, you people of Israel!”
新标点和合本 - “以色列啊，我必向你如此行；以色列啊，我既这样行，你当预备迎见你的　神。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - “因此，以色列啊，我要如此对待你；因为我要这样对待你，以色列啊，你当预备迎见你的上帝。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - “因此，以色列啊，我要如此对待你；因为我要这样对待你，以色列啊，你当预备迎见你的　神。”
当代译本 - “以色列人啊，我要这样惩罚你们。以色列人啊，准备迎见你们的上帝吧！因为我要这样惩罚你们。”
圣经新译本 - “因此，以色列啊！我必这样对付你。以色列啊！因我必这样对付你，你应当预备迎见你的　神。”
现代标点和合本 - “以色列啊，我必向你如此行。以色列啊，我既这样行，你当预备迎见你的神。”
和合本（拼音版） - “以色列啊，我必向你如此行。以色列啊，我既这样行，你当预备迎见你的上帝。
New International Version - “Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel, and because I will do this to you, Israel, prepare to meet your God.”
New International Reader's Version - “So, people of Israel, I will judge you. Because I will do that to you, Israel, prepare to meet your God!”
English Standard Version - “Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel; because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel!”
The Message - “All this I have done to you, Israel, and this is why I have done it. Time’s up, O Israel! Prepare to meet your God!”
Christian Standard Bible - Therefore, Israel, that is what I will do to you, and since I will do that to you, Israel, prepare to meet your God!
New American Standard Bible - “Therefore so I will do to you, Israel; Because I will do this to you, Prepare to meet your God, Israel.”
New King James Version - “Therefore thus will I do to you, O Israel; Because I will do this to you, Prepare to meet your God, O Israel!”
Amplified Bible - “Therefore this is what I shall do to you, O Israel; Because I will do this to you, Prepare to meet your God [in judgment], O Israel!”
American Standard Version - 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 - Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
New English Translation - “Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel. Because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, Israel!
World English Bible - “Therefore thus I will do to you, Israel; because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, Israel.
新標點和合本 - 以色列啊，我必向你如此行；以色列啊，我既這樣行，你當預備迎見你的神。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 「因此，以色列啊，我要如此對待你；因為我要這樣對待你，以色列啊，你當預備迎見你的上帝。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 「因此，以色列啊，我要如此對待你；因為我要這樣對待你，以色列啊，你當預備迎見你的　神。」
當代譯本 - 「以色列人啊，我要這樣懲罰你們。以色列人啊，準備迎見你們的上帝吧！因為我要這樣懲罰你們。」
聖經新譯本 - “因此，以色列啊！我必這樣對付你。以色列啊！因我必這樣對付你，你應當預備迎見你的　神。”
呂振中譯本 - 『因此以色列啊，我必這樣辦你！雅各啊，我既要這樣辦你，那麼以色列啊，你就要準備好、來迎見你的上帝！』
現代標點和合本 - 「以色列啊，我必向你如此行。以色列啊，我既這樣行，你當預備迎見你的神。」
文理和合譯本 - 以色列歟、我必如是行於爾、以色列歟、職是之故、爾宜自備、以迎爾之上帝、
文理委辦譯本 - 故我必降爾以罰、以色列族乎、爾之上帝將臨汝、必預為備、思何以當之、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 以色列人歟、故我降爾以若是之災、原文作以色列人歟故我將如是以行於爾我既將若是以行於爾、以色列人歟、當預為備、以迎爾之天主、
Nueva Versión Internacional - »Por eso, Israel, voy a actuar contra ti; y, como voy a hacerlo, ¡prepárate, Israel, para encontrarte con tu Dios!»
현대인의 성경 - “그러므로 이스라엘 백성들아, 내가 너희를 벌하겠다. 내가 다시 너희에게 이 모든 재앙을 내릴 것이다. 너희는 심판할 너희 하나님을 만날 준비를 하라.”
Новый Русский Перевод - Поэтому вот что Я сделаю с тобой, Израиль, и так как Я сделаю это с тобой, то приготовься встретить своего Бога, Израиль.
Восточный перевод - Поэтому вот что Я сделаю с тобой, Исраил, и так как Я сделаю это с тобой, то приготовься встретить своего Бога, Исраил.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Поэтому вот что Я сделаю с тобой, Исраил, и так как Я сделаю это с тобой, то приготовься встретить своего Бога, Исраил.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Поэтому вот что Я сделаю с тобой, Исроил, и так как Я сделаю это с тобой, то приготовься встретить своего Бога, Исроил.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - C’est pourquoi, Israël, ╵tu vas voir comment je vais te traiter ! Et puisque je vais te traiter ainsi, ╵prépare-toi, toi, Israël, ╵à rencontrer ton Dieu !
リビングバイブル - それゆえ、話しておいたとおり、あなたがたをもっとひどい災いに会わせる。イスラエルよ、さばきの中で神に会う備えをせよ。」
Nova Versão Internacional - “Por isso, ainda o castigarei, ó Israel, e, porque eu farei isto com você, prepare-se para encontrar-se com o seu Deus, ó Israel.”
Hoffnung für alle - Darum müsst ihr Israeliten jetzt die Folgen tragen – ihr habt keine Wahl. Macht euch bereit, eurem Gott zu begegnen!«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Vì thế, Ta sẽ giáng trên các ngươi tất cả tai họa Ta đã báo. Hãy chuẩn bị mà gặp Đức Chúa Trời trong tòa phán xét, hỡi toàn dân Ít-ra-ên!”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “ฉะนั้นอิสราเอลเอ๋ย เราจะทำกับเจ้าดังนี้ และเพราะเราจะทำกับเจ้าดังนี้ จงเตรียมตัวพบกับพระเจ้าของเจ้าเถิดอิสราเอลเอ๋ย”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - “ฉะนั้น อิสราเอลเอ๋ย เราจะกระทำต่อเจ้าอย่างนี้ และเพราะว่าเราจะกระทำต่อเจ้าอย่างนี้ จงเตรียมตัวไปพบกับพระเจ้าของเจ้าเถิด อิสราเอลเอ๋ย”

Revelation 3:3 - Go back to what you heard and believed at first; hold to it firmly. Repent and turn to me again. If you don’t wake up, I will come to you suddenly, as unexpected as a thief.
Amos 2:14 - Your fastest runners will not get away. The strongest among you will become weak. Even mighty warriors will be unable to save themselves.
Matthew 5:25 - “When you are on the way to court with your adversary, settle your differences quickly. Otherwise, your accuser may hand you over to the judge, who will hand you over to an officer, and you will be thrown into prison.
Amos 4:2 - The Sovereign Lord has sworn this by his holiness: “The time will come when you will be led away with hooks in your noses. Every last one of you will be dragged away like a fish on a hook!
Amos 4:3 - You will be led out through the ruins of the wall; you will be thrown from your fortresses, ” says the Lord.
Amos 5:4 - Now this is what the Lord says to the family of Israel: “Come back to me and live!
Amos 5:5 - Don’t worship at the pagan altars at Bethel; don’t go to the shrines at Gilgal or Beersheba. For the people of Gilgal will be dragged off into exile, and the people of Bethel will be reduced to nothing.”
Amos 5:6 - Come back to the Lord and live! Otherwise, he will roar through Israel like a fire, devouring you completely. Your gods in Bethel won’t be able to quench the flames.
Amos 5:7 - You twist justice, making it a bitter pill for the oppressed. You treat the righteous like dirt.
Amos 5:8 - It is the Lord who created the stars, the Pleiades and Orion. He turns darkness into morning and day into night. He draws up water from the oceans and pours it down as rain on the land. The Lord is his name!
Amos 5:9 - With blinding speed and power he destroys the strong, crushing all their defenses.
Amos 5:10 - How you hate honest judges! How you despise people who tell the truth!
Amos 5:11 - You trample the poor, stealing their grain through taxes and unfair rent. Therefore, though you build beautiful stone houses, you will never live in them. Though you plant lush vineyards, you will never drink wine from them.
Amos 5:12 - For I know the vast number of your sins and the depth of your rebellions. You oppress good people by taking bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.
Amos 5:13 - So those who are smart keep their mouths shut, for it is an evil time.
Amos 5:14 - Do what is good and run from evil so that you may live! Then the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies will be your helper, just as you have claimed.
Amos 5:15 - Hate evil and love what is good; turn your courts into true halls of justice. Perhaps even yet the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies will have mercy on the remnant of his people.
Luke 14:31 - “Or what king would go to war against another king without first sitting down with his counselors to discuss whether his army of 10,000 could defeat the 20,000 soldiers marching against him?
Luke 14:32 - And if he can’t, he will send a delegation to discuss terms of peace while the enemy is still far away.
Isaiah 47:3 - You will be naked and burdened with shame. I will take vengeance against you without pity.”
Hosea 13:8 - Like a bear whose cubs have been taken away, I will tear out your heart. I will devour you like a hungry lioness and mangle you like a wild animal.
Luke 21:3 - “I tell you the truth,” Jesus said, “this poor widow has given more than all the rest of them.
Luke 21:4 - For they have given a tiny part of their surplus, but she, poor as she is, has given everything she has.”
Luke 21:5 - Some of his disciples began talking about the majestic stonework of the Temple and the memorial decorations on the walls. But Jesus said,
Luke 21:6 - “The time is coming when all these things will be completely demolished. Not one stone will be left on top of another!”
Luke 21:7 - “Teacher,” they asked, “when will all this happen? What sign will show us that these things are about to take place?”
Luke 21:8 - He replied, “Don’t let anyone mislead you, for many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and saying, ‘The time has come!’ But don’t believe them.
Luke 21:9 - And when you hear of wars and insurrections, don’t panic. Yes, these things must take place first, but the end won’t follow immediately.”
Luke 21:10 - Then he added, “Nation will go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
Luke 21:11 - There will be great earthquakes, and there will be famines and plagues in many lands, and there will be terrifying things and great miraculous signs from heaven.
Luke 21:12 - “But before all this occurs, there will be a time of great persecution. You will be dragged into synagogues and prisons, and you will stand trial before kings and governors because you are my followers.
Luke 21:13 - But this will be your opportunity to tell them about me.
Luke 21:14 - So don’t worry in advance about how to answer the charges against you,
Luke 21:15 - for I will give you the right words and such wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to reply or refute you!
Luke 21:16 - Even those closest to you—your parents, brothers, relatives, and friends—will betray you. They will even kill some of you.
Luke 21:17 - And everyone will hate you because you are my followers.
Luke 21:18 - But not a hair of your head will perish!
Luke 21:19 - By standing firm, you will win your souls.
Luke 21:20 - “And when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then you will know that the time of its destruction has arrived.
Luke 21:21 - Then those in Judea must flee to the hills. Those in Jerusalem must get out, and those out in the country should not return to the city.
Luke 21:22 - For those will be days of God’s vengeance, and the prophetic words of the Scriptures will be fulfilled.
Luke 21:23 - How terrible it will be for pregnant women and for nursing mothers in those days. For there will be disaster in the land and great anger against this people.
Luke 21:24 - They will be killed by the sword or sent away as captives to all the nations of the world. And Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the period of the Gentiles comes to an end.
Luke 21:25 - “And there will be strange signs in the sun, moon, and stars. And here on earth the nations will be in turmoil, perplexed by the roaring seas and strange tides.
Luke 21:26 - People will be terrified at what they see coming upon the earth, for the powers in the heavens will be shaken.
Luke 21:27 - Then everyone will see the Son of Man coming on a cloud with power and great glory.
Luke 21:28 - So when all these things begin to happen, stand and look up, for your salvation is near!”
Luke 21:29 - Then he gave them this illustration: “Notice the fig tree, or any other tree.
Luke 21:30 - When the leaves come out, you know without being told that summer is near.
Luke 21:31 - In the same way, when you see all these things taking place, you can know that the Kingdom of God is near.
Luke 21:32 - I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass from the scene until all these things have taken place.
Luke 21:33 - Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear.
Luke 21:34 - “Watch out! Don’t let your hearts be dulled by carousing and drunkenness, and by the worries of this life. Don’t let that day catch you unaware,
Luke 21:35 - like a trap. For that day will come upon everyone living on the earth.
Luke 21:36 - Keep alert at all times. And pray that you might be strong enough to escape these coming horrors and stand before the Son of Man.”
Amos 9:1 - Then I saw a vision of the Lord standing beside the altar. He said, “Strike the tops of the Temple columns, so that the foundation will shake. Bring down the roof on the heads of the people below. I will kill with the sword those who survive. No one will escape!
Amos 9:2 - “Even if they dig down to the place of the dead, I will reach down and pull them up. Even if they climb up into the heavens, I will bring them down.
Amos 9:3 - Even if they hide at the very top of Mount Carmel, I will search them out and capture them. Even if they hide at the bottom of the ocean, I will send the sea serpent after them to bite them.
Amos 9:4 - Even if their enemies drive them into exile, I will command the sword to kill them there. I am determined to bring disaster upon them and not to help them.”
Ezekiel 13:5 - They have done nothing to repair the breaks in the walls around the nation. They have not helped it to stand firm in battle on the day of the Lord.
Ezekiel 22:30 - “I looked for someone who might rebuild the wall of righteousness that guards the land. I searched for someone to stand in the gap in the wall so I wouldn’t have to destroy the land, but I found no one.
James 4:1 - What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don’t they come from the evil desires at war within you?
James 4:2 - You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it.
James 4:3 - And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure.
James 4:4 - You adulterers! Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.
James 4:5 - Do you think the Scriptures have no meaning? They say that God is passionate that the spirit he has placed within us should be faithful to him.
James 4:6 - And he gives grace generously. As the Scriptures say, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
James 4:7 - So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
James 4:8 - Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.
James 4:9 - Let there be tears for what you have done. Let there be sorrow and deep grief. Let there be sadness instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy.
James 4:10 - Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor.
Mark 13:32 - “However, no one knows the day or hour when these things will happen, not even the angels in heaven or the Son himself. Only the Father knows.
Mark 13:33 - And since you don’t know when that time will come, be on guard! Stay alert !
Mark 13:34 - “The coming of the Son of Man can be illustrated by the story of a man going on a long trip. When he left home, he gave each of his slaves instructions about the work they were to do, and he told the gatekeeper to watch for his return.
Mark 13:35 - You, too, must keep watch! For you don’t know when the master of the household will return—in the evening, at midnight, before dawn, or at daybreak.
Mark 13:36 - Don’t let him find you sleeping when he arrives without warning.
Mark 13:37 - I say to you what I say to everyone: Watch for him!”
1 Thessalonians 5:2 - For you know quite well that the day of the Lord’s return will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night.
1 Thessalonians 5:3 - When people are saying, “Everything is peaceful and secure,” then disaster will fall on them as suddenly as a pregnant woman’s labor pains begin. And there will be no escape.
1 Thessalonians 5:4 - But you aren’t in the dark about these things, dear brothers and sisters, and you won’t be surprised when the day of the Lord comes like a thief.