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HOSEA

Come, and let us return unto the Lord;
And so shall we live in his sight.

And let us know,

Let us follow on to know the Lord:

His going forth is as sure as the morning;
And he will come unto us as the rain,

As the latter rain that watereth the earth.
Take with you words, and return unto the Lord:
Say unto him, Take away all iniquity,

And receive us graciously;

So will we render as a sacrifice the fruit of our lips.

As for me, saith the Lord, I will heal their back

sliding,

And will love them freely.

I will be unto them as the dew;

They shall grow as the lily,

And cast forth their roots as Lebanon.

Their branches shall spread,

And their beauty shall be as the olive-tree,

And their fragrance as Lebanon.

Yea, they shall revive as the grain,

And blossom as the vine.

Who is wise, that he may understand these things?

Prudent, that he may know?

For the ways of the Lord are right,

And the just shall walk in them.

THE PROPHET JOEL

JOEL

Hear this, ye old men,

And give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land.
Hath this been in your days,

Or in the days of your fathers?

Tell ye your children of it,

And let your children tell their children,
And their children another generation.

For the day of the Lord cometh,

Yea, it is nigh at hand.

There hath not been ever the like,

Even in the years of many generations.

For, behold, it shall come to pass in the latter days, saith the Lord,

That I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh;

And your sons and your daughters shall

prophesy,

Your old men shall dream dreams,

Your young men shall see visions:

And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids

In those days will I pour out my Spirit.

And ye shall know that I, the Lord, am in the midst of you.

THE PROPHET AMOS

AMOS

Then answered Amos, and said, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit and the Lord took me as I followed the flock, and the Lord said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people; prophesy, and say:

Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy,
And make the poor of the land to fail,
Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that
we may sell corn?

And the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat?

Ye that make the measure small, and the shekel great,

That falsify the balances by deceit,

That buy the poor for silver,

And the needy for a pair of sandals;
Hear ye the word of the Lord:

I hate, I despise your feast days,

And I delight not in your solemn assemblies. Though ye offer me burnt offerings,

I will not accept them;

Neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

Take away from me the noise of thy songs! For I will not hear the melody of thy viols. But let justice roll down as waters,

And righteousness as an overflowing stream.
Hate the evil, and love the good,
And establish justice in the gate:
Then shall the Lord God of hosts
Be gracious unto you and hear you.

THE PROPHET JONAH

JONAH I, III, IV

Isaiah lv. Ezekiel xviii

Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of three days' journey. And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

And the people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. And the tidings reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. And he made proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing; let them not feed, nor drink water; but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man. and beast, and let them cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in his hands. Who knoweth whether God will not have mercy upon

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