Thus saith
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the LORD
<03068>_;

For three
<07969>

transgressions
<06588>

of the children
<01121>

of Ammon
<05983>_,

and for four
<0702>_,

I will not turn away
<07725> (8686)

[the punishment] thereof; because they have ripped up
<01234> (8800)

the women with child
<02030>

of Gilead
<01568>_,

that they might enlarge
<07337> (8687)

their border
<01366>_:

And they lay [themselves] down
<05186> (8686)

upon clothes
<0899>

laid to pledge
<02254> (8803)

by
<0681>

every altar
<04196>_,

and they drink
<08354> (8799)

the wine
<03196>

of the condemned
<06064> (8803)

[in] the house
<01004>

of their god
<0430>_.

That in the day
<03117>

that I shall visit
<06485> (8800)

the transgressions
<06588>

of Israel
<03478>

upon him I will also visit
<06485> (8804)

the altars
<04196>

of Bethel
<01008>_:

and the horns
<07161>

of the altar
<04196>

shall be cut off
<01438> (8738)_,

and fall
<05307> (8804)

to the ground
<0776>_.

And the LORD
<03068>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto me, Amos
<05986>_,

what seest
<07200> (8802)

thou? And I said
<0559> (8799)_,

A plumbline
<0594>_.

Then said
<0559> (8799)

the Lord
<0136>_,

Behold, I will set
<07760> (8802)

a plumbline
<0594>

in the midst
<07130>

of my people
<05971>

Israel
<03478>_:

I will not again
<03254> (8686)

pass by
<05674> (8800)

And he said
<0559> (8799)_,

Amos
<05986>_,

what seest
<07200> (8802)

thou? And I said
<0559> (8799)_,

A basket
<03619>

of summer fruit
<07019>_.

Then said
<0559> (8799)

the LORD
<03068>

unto me, The end
<07093>

is come
<0935> (8804)

upon my people
<05971>

of Israel
<03478>_;

I will not again
<03254> (8686)

pass
<05674> (8800)

And though they go
<03212> (8799)

into captivity
<07628>

before
<06440>

their enemies
<0341> (8802)_,

thence will I command
<06680> (8762)

the sword
<02719>_,

and it shall slay
<02026> (8804)

them: and I will set
<07760> (8804)

mine eyes
<05869>

upon them for evil
<07451>_,

and not for good
<02896>_.