Verse for Thought 242301-04

"Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!' saith the LORD. Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed My people; 'Ye have scattered My flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of …

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120811 He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver

"Behold, I will send My messenger, and he shall prepare the way before Me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, even the Messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, He shall come,' saith the LORD of hosts.  'But who may abide the day of His coming? and …

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120711 I will bring the third part through the fire

"Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, and against the Man that is My Fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn Mine hand upon the little ones.  And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein …

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112611 O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah

"Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, 'Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.  For thus Amos saith, 'Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out …

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112511 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live

"Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken. Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph."  …

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112411 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?

"Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,  'You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.'   Can two walk together, except they …

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112211 Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt

"When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.  And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, 'Let the men …

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112111 I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love

"When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called My son out of Egypt.  As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.  I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.  I …

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111911 The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea

"The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, 'Go, …

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110911 There was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in His hand, and a measuring reed

"In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me thither.  In the visions of God brought He …

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110811 And ye shall know that I am the LORD

"The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the Spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, and caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they …

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