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Today's Readings
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Tuesday, 16th April 2024 --- 8 Baramoudah 1740
Amos 5 : 6 - 14
Chapter 5
| 6 | Seek the LORD and live, Lest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph, And devour it, With no one to quench it in Bethel--
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| 7 | You who turn justice to wormwood, And lay righteousness to rest in the earth!"
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| 8 | He made the Pleiades and Orion; He turns the shadow of death into morning And makes the day dark as night; He calls for the waters of the sea And pours them out on the face of the earth; The LORD is His name.
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| 9 | He rains ruin upon the strong, So that fury comes upon the fortress.
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| 10 | They hate the one who rebukes in the gate, And they abhor the one who speaks uprightly.
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| 11 | Therefore, because you tread down the poor And take grain taxes from him, Though you have built houses of hewn stone, Yet you shall not dwell in them; You have planted pleasant vineyards, But you shall not drink wine from them.
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| 12 | For I know your manifold transgressions And your mighty sins: Afflicting the just and taking bribes; Diverting the poor from justice at the gate.
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| 13 | Therefore the prudent keep silent at that time, For it is an evil time.
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| 14 | Seek good and not evil, That you may live; So the LORD God of hosts will be with you, As you have spoken.
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Acknowledgement
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