eh'-rets
from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth
(at large, or partitively a land):--X common, country, earth,
field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
That pant [07602] after the dust [06083] of the earth [0776] on the head [07218] of the poor [01800], and turn aside [05186] the way [01870] of the meek [06035]: and a man [0376] and his father [01] will go [03212] in unto the same maid [05291], to profane [02490] my holy [06944] name [08034]:maid: or, young woman
Also I brought you up [05927] from the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], and led [03212] you forty [0705] years [08141] through the wilderness [04057], to possess [03423] the land [0776] of the Amorite [0567].
Hear [08085] this word [01697] that the Lord [03068] hath spoken [01696] against you, O children [01121] of Israel [03478], against the whole family [04940] which I brought up [05927] from the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], saying [0559],
Can a bird [06833] fall [05307] in a snare [06341] upon the earth [0776], where no gin [04170] is for him? shall one take up [05927] a snare [06341] from the earth [0127], and have taken [03920] nothing at all [03920]?
Publish [08085] in the palaces [0759] at Ashdod [0795], and in the palaces [0759] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], and say [0559], Assemble [0622] yourselves upon the mountains [02022] of Samaria [08111], and behold [07200] the great [07227] tumults [04103] in the midst [07130] thereof, and the oppressed [06217] in the midst [08432] thereof.oppressed: or, oppressions
Therefore thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] God [03069]; An adversary [06862] there shall be even round about [05439] the land [0776]; and he shall bring down [03381] thy strength [05797] from thee, and thy palaces [0759] shall be spoiled [0962].
That in the day [03117] that I shall visit [06485] the transgressions [06588] of Israel [03478] upon him I will also visit [06485] the altars [04196] of Beth–el [01008]: and the horns [07161] of the altar [04196] shall be cut off [01438], and fall [05307] to the ground [0776].visit: or, punish Israel for
For, lo, he that formeth [03335] the mountains [02022], and createth [01254] the wind [07307], and declareth [05046] unto man [0120] what is his thought [07808], that maketh [06213] the morning [07837] darkness [05890], and treadeth [01869] upon the high places [01116] of the earth [0776], The Lord [03068], The God [0430] of hosts [06635], is his name [08034].wind: or, spirit
Ye who turn [02015] judgment [04941] to wormwood [03939], and leave off [03240] righteousness [06666] in the earth [0776],
Seek him that maketh [06213] the seven stars [03598] and Orion [03685], and turneth [02015] the shadow of death [06757] into the morning [01242], and maketh the day [03117] dark [02821] with night [03915]: that calleth [07121] for the waters [04325] of the sea [03220], and poureth them out [08210] upon the face [06440] of the earth [0776]: The Lord [03068] is his name [08034]:
And it came to pass, that when they had made an end [03615] of eating [0398] the grass [06212] of the land [0776], then I said [0559], O Lord [0136] God [03069], forgive [05545], I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob [03290] arise [06965]? for he is small [06996].by…: or, who of (or, for,) Jacob shall stand?
Then Amaziah [0558] the priest [03548] of Beth–el [01008] sent [07971] to Jeroboam [03379] king [04428] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], Amos [05986] hath conspired [07194] against thee in the midst [07130] of the house [01004] of Israel [03478]: the land [0776] is not able [03201] to bear [03557] all his words [01697].
Also Amaziah [0558] said [0559] unto Amos [05986], O thou seer [02374], go [03212], flee thee away [01272] into the land [0776] of Judah [03063], and there eat [0398] bread [03899], and prophesy [05012] there:
Hear [08085] this, O ye that swallow up [07602] the needy [034], even to make [07673] the poor [06035] [06041] of the land [0776] to fail [07673],
Shall not the land [0776] tremble [07264] for this, and every one mourn [056] that dwelleth [03427] therein? and it shall rise up [05927] wholly as a flood [02975]; and it shall be cast out [01644] and drowned [08248] [08257], as by the flood [0216] of Egypt [04714].
And it shall come to pass in that day [03117], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] God [03069], that I will cause the sun [08121] to go down [0935] at noon [06672], and I will darken [02821] the earth [0776] in the clear [0216] day [03117]:
Behold, the days [03117] come [0935], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] God [03069], that I will send [07971] a famine [07458] in the land [0776], not a famine [07458] of bread [03899], nor a thirst [06772] for water [04325], but of hearing [08085] the words [01697] of the Lord [03068]:
And the Lord [0136] God [03069] of hosts [06635] is he that toucheth [05060] the land [0776], and it shall melt [04127], and all that dwell [03427] therein shall mourn [056]: and it shall rise up [05927] wholly like a flood [02975]; and shall be drowned [08257], as by the flood [02975] of Egypt [04714].
It is he that buildeth [01129] his stories [04609] in the heaven [08064], and hath founded [03245] his troop [092] in the earth [0776]; he that calleth [07121] for the waters [04325] of the sea [03220], and poureth them out [08210] upon the face [06440] of the earth [0776]: The Lord [03068] is his name [08034].stories: or, spheres: Heb. ascensionstroop: or, bundle
Are ye not as children [01121] of the Ethiopians [03569] unto me, O children [01121] of Israel [03478]? saith [05002] the Lord [03068]. Have not I brought up [05927] Israel [03478] out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714]? and the Philistines [06430] from Caphtor [03731], and the Syrians [0758] from Kir [07024]?
For, lo, I will command [06680], and I will sift [05128] the house [01004] of Israel [03478] among all nations [01471], like as corn is sifted [05128] in a sieve [03531], yet shall not the least grain [06872] fall [05307] upon the earth [0776].sift: Heb. cause to movegrain: Heb. stone