LXX Concordance for γῆ

Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

Then God said, “Let the earth produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds.” And it was so.

Then God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that crawl, and the wildlife of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.

So the heavens and the earth and everything in them were completed.

And he said to the man, “Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘Do not eat from it':

The ground is cursed because of you.

You will eat from it by means of painful labor[fn]

all the days of your life.

“You will eat bread[fn] by the sweat of your brow

until you return to the ground,

since you were taken from it.

For you are dust,

and you will return to dust.”

Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight, and the earth was filled with wickedness.[fn]

Then God said to Noah, “I have decided to put an end to every creature, for the earth is filled with wickedness because of them; therefore I am going to destroy them along with the earth.

By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was dry.

Eber had two sons. One was named Peleg,[fn] for during his days the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.

The whole earth had the same language and vocabulary.

But the land was unable to support them as long as they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they could not stay together,

“Isn't the whole land before you? Separate from me: if you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”

Then Abraham answered, “Since I have ventured to speak to my lord ​— ​even though I am dust and ashes ​— ​

Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever you want.”[fn]

“My lord, listen to me. Land worth four hundred shekels of silver ​— ​what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”

The LORD was standing there beside him,[fn] saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your offspring the land on which you are lying.

“Live with us. The land is before you. Settle here, move about, and acquire property in it.”

“These men are peaceful toward us,” they said. “Let them live in our land and move about in it, for indeed, the region is large enough for them. Let's take their daughters as our wives and give our daughters to them.

For their possessions were too many for them to live together, and because of their herds, the land where they stayed could not support them.

“The food will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine that will take place in the land of Egypt. Then the country will not be wiped out by the famine.”

During the seven years of abundance the land produced outstanding harvests.

When the whole land of Egypt was stricken with famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh told all Egypt, “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”

“the land of Egypt is open before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They can live in the land of Goshen. If you know of any capable men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.”

But there was no food in the entire region, for the famine was very severe. The land of Egypt and the land of Canaan were exhausted by the famine.

When that year was over, they came the next year and said to him, “We cannot hide from our lord that the silver is gone and that all our livestock belongs to our lord. There is nothing left for our lord except our bodies and our land.

But the Israelites were fruitful, increased rapidly, multiplied, and became extremely numerous so that the land was filled with them.

“Do not come closer,” he said. “Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

They piled them in countless heaps, and there was a terrible odor in the land.

And the LORD did this. Thick swarms of flies went into Pharaoh's palace and his officials' houses. Throughout Egypt the land was ruined because of the swarms of flies.

Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know the earth[fn] belongs to the LORD.

They covered the surface of the whole land so that the land was black, and they consumed all the plants on the ground and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left. Nothing green was left on the trees or the plants in the field throughout the land of Egypt.

You stretched out your right hand,

and the earth swallowed them.

“Now if you will carefully listen to me and keep my covenant, you will be my own possession out of all the peoples, although the whole earth is mine,

“But if you will carefully obey him and do everything I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.

“I will not drive them out ahead of you in a single year; otherwise, the land would become desolate, and wild animals would multiply against you.

“The land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its iniquity, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.

“For the people who were in the land prior to you have committed all these detestable acts, and the land has become defiled.

“Do not debase[fn] your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.

“You are to keep all my statutes and all my ordinances, and do them, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out.

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land I am giving you, the land will observe a Sabbath to the LORD.

“Then the land will yield its fruit, so that you can eat, be satisfied, and live securely in the land.

“The land is not to be permanently sold because it is mine, and you are only aliens and temporary residents on my land.[fn]

“I will give you rain at the right time, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.

“and your strength will be used up for nothing. Your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.

“But I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw a sword to chase after you. So your land will become desolate, and your cities will become ruins.

“You will perish among the nations; the land of your enemies will devour you.

“For the land abandoned by them will make up for its Sabbaths by lying desolate without the people, while they make amends for their iniquity, because they rejected my ordinances and abhorred my statutes.

“When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will be holy to the LORD like a field permanently set apart; it becomes the priest's property.

“Is the land they live in good or bad? Are the cities they live in encampments or fortifications?

So they gave a negative report to the Israelites about the land they had scouted: “The land we passed through to explore is one that devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw in it are men of great size.

and said to the entire Israelite community, “The land we passed through and explored is an extremely good land.

“But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them along with all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have despised the LORD.”

The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them with Korah, when his followers died and the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign.

“The land is to be divided among them as an inheritance based on the number of names.

“The land is to be divided by lot; they will receive an inheritance according to the names of their ancestral tribes.

“which the LORD struck down before the community of Israel, is good land for livestock, and your servants own livestock.”

“and the land is subdued before the LORD ​— ​afterward you may return and be free from obligation to the LORD and to Israel. And this land will belong to you as a possession before the LORD.

“Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, it will be allotted to you as an inheritance[fn] with these borders:

“Then the border will go down to the Jordan and end at the Dead Sea. This will be your land defined by its borders on all sides.”

“Do not defile the land where you live, for bloodshed defiles the land, and there can be no atonement for the land because of the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of the person who shed it.

“They took some of the fruit from the land in their hands, carried it down to us, and brought us back a report: ‘The land the LORD our God is giving us is good.'

This too used to be regarded as the land of the Rephaim. The Rephaim lived there previously, though the Ammonites called them Zamzummim,

“I gave to half the tribe of Manasseh the rest of Gilead and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og. The entire region of Argob, the whole territory of Bashan, used to be called the land of the Rephaim.

“The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be able to destroy them all at once; otherwise, the wild animals will become too numerous for you.

“a land of wheat, barley, vines, figs, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;

They traveled from there to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with flowing streams.

“The heavens, indeed the highest heavens, belong to the LORD your God, as does the earth and everything in it.

“and what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when in the middle of the whole Israelite camp the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing with them.

“For the land you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated by hand[fn] as in a vegetable garden.

“Then the LORD's anger will burn against you. He will shut the sky, and there will be no rain; the land will not yield its produce, and you will perish quickly from the good land the LORD is giving you.

“The sky above you will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.

“All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown, producing nothing, with no plant growing on it, just like the fall of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD demolished in his fierce anger.

Pay attention, heavens, and I will speak;

listen, earth, to the words from my mouth.

He said about Joseph:

May his land be blessed by the LORD

with the dew of heaven's bounty

and the watery depths that lie beneath;

He chose the best part for himself,

because a ruler's portion was assigned there for him.

He came with the leaders of the people;

he carried out the LORD's justice

and his ordinances for Israel.

The LORD then said to him, “This is the land I promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, ‘I will give it to your descendants.' I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you will not cross into it.”

So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had told Moses. Joshua then gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal allotments. After this, the land had rest from war.

Joshua was now old, advanced in age, and the LORD said to him, “You have become old, advanced in age, but a great deal of the land remains to be possessed.

“On that day Moses swore to me, ‘The land where you have set foot will be an inheritance for you and your descendants forever, because you have followed the LORD my God completely.'

Hebron's name used to be Kiriath-arba; Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. After this, the land had rest from war.

because Manasseh's daughters received an inheritance among his sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of Manasseh's sons.

The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The land had been subdued before them,

“But if the land you possess is defiled, cross over to the land the LORD possesses where the LORD's tabernacle stands, and take possession of it among us. But don't rebel against the LORD or against us by building for yourselves an altar other than the altar of the LORD our God.

Then the land had peace for forty years, and Othniel son of Kenaz died.

Moab became subject to Israel that day, and the land had peace for eighty years.

LORD, when you came from Seir,

when you marched from the fields of Edom,

the earth trembled,

the skies poured rain,

and the clouds poured water.

LORD, may all your enemies perish as Sisera did.[fn]

But may those who love him

be like the rising of the sun in its strength.

And the land had peace for forty years.

So Midian was subdued before the Israelites, and they were no longer a threat. The land had peace for forty years during the days of Gideon.

“When you get there, you will come to an unsuspecting people and a spacious land, for God has handed it over to you. It is a place where nothing on earth is lacking.”

All the Israelites from Dan to Beer-sheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the community assembled as one body before the LORD at Mizpah.

When the ark of the covenant of the LORD entered the camp, all the Israelites raised such a loud shout that the ground shook.

That same day, a Benjaminite man ran from the battle and came to Shiloh. His clothes were torn, and there was dirt on his head.

When the ark of the LORD had been in Philistine territory for seven months,

Terror spread through the Philistine camp and the open fields to all the troops. Even the garrison and the raiding parties were terrified. The earth shook, and terror spread from God.[fn]

Everyone[fn] went into the forest, and there was honey on the ground.

“Today, the LORD will hand you over to me. Today, I'll strike you down, remove your head, and give the corpses[fn] of the Philistine camp to the birds of the sky and the wild creatures of the earth. Then all the world will know that Israel has a God,

David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites,[fn] and the Amalekites. From ancient times they had been the inhabitants of the region through Shur as far as the land of Egypt.

On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head came from Saul's camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground and paid homage.

Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly while all the people were marching out of the city. As the king was crossing the Kidron Valley, all the people were marching past on the road that leads to the wilderness.

When David came to the summit where he used to worship God, Hushai the Archite was there to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head.

Then the earth shook and quaked;

the foundations of the heavens[fn] trembled;

they shook because he burned with anger.

All the people went up after him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth split open from the sound.[fn]

The men of the city said to Elisha, “My lord can see that even though the city's location is good, the water is bad and the land unfruitful.”

About the time for the grain offering the next morning, water suddenly came from the direction of Edom and filled the land.

“until I come and take you away to a land like your own land ​— ​a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey ​— ​so that you may live and not die. But don't listen to Hezekiah when he misleads you, saying, “The LORD will rescue us.”

They found rich, good pasture, and the land was broad, peaceful, and quiet, for some Hamites had lived there previously.

Let the whole earth sing to the LORD.

Proclaim his salvation from day to day.

let the whole earth tremble before him.

The world is firmly established;

it cannot be shaken.

“The LORD your God is with you, isn't he? And hasn't he given you rest on every side? For he has handed the land's inhabitants over to me, and the land has been subdued before the LORD and his people.

Abijah rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city of David. His son Asa became king in his place. During his reign the land experienced peace for ten years.

Because the land experienced peace, Asa built fortified cities in Judah. No one made war with him in those days because the LORD gave him rest.

Then King Neco of Egypt made Jehoahaz's brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem and changed Eliakim's name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took his brother Jehoahaz and brought him to Egypt.

you gave through your servants the prophets, saying, “The land you are entering to possess is an impure land. The surrounding peoples have filled it from end to end with their uncleanness by their impurity and detestable practices.

Here we are today,

slaves in the land you gave our ancestors

so that they could enjoy its fruit and its goodness.

Here we are ​— ​slaves in it!

to whom alone the land was given

when no foreigner passed among them.

Earth, do not cover my blood;

may my cry for help find no resting place.

The heavens will expose his iniquity,

and the earth will rise up against him.

Food may come from the earth,

but below the surface the earth is transformed as by fire.

They waited for me as for the rain

and opened their mouths as for spring showers.

Yes, I know that you will lead me to death —

the place appointed for all who live.

If my land cries out against me

and its furrows join in weeping,

when the dust hardens like cast metal

and the clods of dirt stick together?

Then the earth shook and quaked;

the foundations of the mountains trembled;

they shook because he burned with anger.

The earth and everything in it,

the world and its inhabitants,

belong to the LORD;

He loves righteousness and justice;

the earth is full of the LORD's unfailing love.

Let the whole earth fear the LORD;

let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

Nations rage, kingdoms topple;

the earth melts when he lifts his voice.

Let the whole earth shout joyfully to God!

“The whole earth will worship you

and sing praise to you.

They will sing praise to your name.”Selah

The earth has produced its harvest;

God, our God, blesses us.

the earth trembled and the skies poured rain

before God, the God of Sinai,[fn]

before God, the God of Israel.

Let heaven and earth praise him,

the seas and everything that moves in them,

Blessed be his glorious name forever;

the whole earth is filled with his glory.

Amen and amen.

“When the earth and all its inhabitants shake,

I am the one who steadies its pillars.Selah

From heaven you pronounced judgment.

The earth feared and grew quiet

The sound of your thunder was in the whirlwind;

lightning lit up the world.

The earth shook and quaked.

You cleared a place for it;

it took root and filled the land.

Also, the LORD will provide what is good,

and our land will yield its crops.

The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours.

The world and everything in it ​— ​you founded them.

The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty;

the LORD is robed, enveloped in strength.

The world is firmly established;

it cannot be shaken.

Sing a new song to the LORD;

let the whole earth sing to the LORD.

Worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness;

let the whole earth tremble before him.

Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice;

let the sea and all that fills it resound.

The LORD reigns! Let the earth rejoice;

let the many coasts and islands be glad.

His lightning lights up the world;

the earth sees and trembles.

Let the whole earth shout to the LORD;

be jubilant, shout for joy, and sing.

The LORD reigns! Let the peoples tremble.

He is enthroned between the cherubim.

Let the earth quake.

Let the whole earth shout triumphantly to the LORD!

He waters the mountains from his palace;

the earth is satisfied by the fruit of your labor.

How countless are your works, LORD!

In wisdom you have made them all;

the earth is full of your creatures.[fn]

Their land was overrun with frogs,

even in their royal chambers.

The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;

it covered the assembly of Abiram.

They shed innocent blood —

the blood of their sons and daughters

whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;

so the land became polluted with blood.

Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord,

at the presence of the God of Jacob,

LORD, the earth is filled with your faithful love;

teach me your statutes.

I spread out my hands to you;

I am like parched land before you.Selah

As the heavens are high and the earth is deep,

so the hearts of kings cannot be investigated.

Sheol; a childless womb;

earth, which is never satisfied with water;

and fire, which never says, “Enough! ”

The earth trembles under three things;

it cannot bear up under four:

A generation goes and a generation comes,

but the earth remains forever.

Blessed are you, land, when your king is a son of nobles

and your princes feast at the proper time —

for strength and not for drunkenness.

Your land is desolate,

your cities burned down;

foreigners devour your fields

right in front of you —

a desolation, like a place demolished by foreigners.

Their[fn][fn] land is full of silver and gold,

and there is no limit to their treasures;

their land is full of horses,

and there is no limit to their chariots.

And one called to another:

Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Armies;

his glory fills the whole earth.

Then I said, “Until when, Lord? ” And he replied:

Until cities lie in ruins without inhabitants,

houses are without people,

the land is ruined and desolate,

“For before the boy knows to reject what is bad and choose what is good, the land of the two kings you dread will be abandoned.

A man will go there with bow and arrows

because the whole land will be thorns and briers.

Nevertheless, the gloom of the distressed land will not be like that of the former times when he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali. But in the future he will bring honor to the way of the sea, to the land east of the Jordan, and to Galilee of the nations.

The land is scorched

by the wrath of the LORD of Armies,

and the people are like fuel for the fire.

No one has compassion on his brother.

Therefore I will make the heavens tremble,

and the earth will shake from its foundations

at the wrath of the LORD of Armies,

on the day of his burning anger.

The whole earth is calm and at rest;

people shout with a ringing cry.

The earth will be stripped completely bare

and will be totally plundered,

for the LORD has spoken this message.

The earth is completely devastated;

the earth is split open;

the earth is violently shaken.

Your dead will live; their bodies[fn] will rise.

Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust!

For you will be covered with the morning dew,[fn]

and the earth will bring out the departed spirits.

For look, the LORD is coming from his place

to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity.

The earth will reveal the blood shed on it

and will no longer conceal her slain.

for the ground of my people

growing thorns and briers,

indeed, for every joyous house in the jubilant city.

The land mourns and withers;

Lebanon is ashamed and wilted.

Sharon is like a desert;

Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.

You nations, come here and listen;

you peoples, pay attention!

Let the earth and all that fills it hear,

the world and all that comes from it.

The wild oxen will be struck[fn] down with them,

and young bulls with the mighty bulls.

Their land will be soaked with[fn] blood,

and their soil will be saturated with fat.

Edom's streams will be turned into pitch,

her soil into sulfur;

her land will become burning pitch.

Sand partridges[fn] will make their nests there;

they will lay and hatch their eggs

and will gather their broods under their shadows.

Indeed, the birds of prey will gather there,

each with its mate.

“until I come and take you away to a land like your own land ​— ​a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.

“Heavens, sprinkle from above,

and let the skies shower righteousness.

Let the earth open up

so that salvation will sprout

and righteousness will spring up with it.

I, the LORD, have created it.

Shout for joy, you heavens!

Earth, rejoice!

Mountains break into joyful shouts!

For the LORD has comforted his people,

and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.

Look up to the heavens,

and look at the earth beneath;

for the heavens will vanish like smoke,

the earth will wear out like a garment,

and its inhabitants will die like gnats.[fn]

But my salvation will last forever,

and my righteousness will never be shattered.

You will no longer be called Deserted,

and your land will not be called Desolate;

instead, you will be called My Delight Is in Her,[fn]

and your land Married;[fn]

for the LORD delights in you,

and your land will be married.

“For I will create new heavens and a new earth;

the past events will not be remembered or come to mind.

This is what the LORD says:

Heaven is my throne,

and earth is my footstool.

Where could you possibly build a house for me?

And where would my resting place be?

Who has heard of such a thing?

Who has seen such things?

Can a land be born in one day

or a nation be delivered in an instant?

Yet as soon as Zion was in labor,

she gave birth to her sons.

For the LORD will execute judgment

on all humanity with his fiery sword,

and many will be slain by the LORD.

“For just as the new heavens and the new earth,

which I will make,

will remain before me” —

this is the LORD's declaration —

“so your offspring and your name will remain.

Evil generation,

pay attention to the word of the LORD!

Have I been a wilderness to Israel

or a land of dense darkness?

Why do my people claim,

“We will go where we want;[fn]

we will no longer come to you”?

Disaster after disaster is reported

because the whole land is destroyed.

Suddenly my tents are destroyed,

my tent curtains, in a moment.

For this is what the LORD says:

“The whole land will be a desolation,

but I will not finish it off.

“I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sound of joy and gladness and the voices of the groom and the bride, for the land will become a desolate waste.

From Dan, the snorting of horses is heard.

At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds,

the whole land quakes.

They come to devour the land and everything in it,

the city and all its residents.

Who is the person wise enough to understand this? Who has the LORD spoken to, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a wilderness, so no one can pass through?

How long will the land mourn

and the grass of every field wither?

Because of the evil of its residents,

animals and birds have been swept away,

for the people have said,

“He cannot see what our end will be.”[fn]

They have made it a desolation.

It mourns, desolate, before me.

All the land is desolate,

but no one takes it to heart.

For the land is full of adulterers;

the land mourns because of the curse,

and the grazing lands in the wilderness have dried up.

Their way of life[fn] has become evil,

and their power is not rightly used

“This whole land will become a desolate ruin, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.

He has left his den like a lion,

for their land has become a desolation

because of the sword[fn] of the oppressor,

because of his burning anger.

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, his whole army, all the kingdoms of the lands under his control, and all other peoples were fighting against Jerusalem and all its surrounding cities:

“The LORD can no longer bear your evil deeds and the detestable acts you have committed, so your land has become a waste, a desolation, and an example for cursing, without inhabitant, as you see today.

The nations have heard of your dishonor,

and your cries fill the earth,

because warrior stumbles against warrior

and together both of them have fallen.

At the sound of their fall the earth will quake; the sound of her cry will be heard at the Red Sea.

A drought will come on her waters,

and they will be dried up.

For it is a land of carved images,

and they go mad because of terrifying things.[fn]

At the sound of Babylon's conquest the earth will quake; a cry will be heard among the nations.

For Israel and Judah are not left widowed

by their God, the LORD of Armies,

though their land is full of guilt

against the Holy One of Israel.

The earth quakes and trembles

because the LORD's intentions against Babylon stand:

to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.

Her cities have become a desolation,

an arid desert,

a land where no one lives,

where no human being even passes through.

Forge the chain,

for the land is filled with crimes of bloodshed,

and the city is filled with violence.

He answered me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great; the land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of perversity. For they say, ‘The LORD has abandoned the land; he does not see.'

“Son of man, your own relatives, those who have the right to redeem your property,[fn][fn] along with the entire house of Israel ​— ​all of them ​— ​are those to whom the residents of Jerusalem have said, ‘You are far from the LORD; this land has been given to us as a possession.'

“Then say to the people of the land, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says about the residents of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in dread, for their[fn][fn] land will be stripped of everything in it because of the violence of all who live there.

“Son of man, suppose a land sins against me by acting faithlessly, and I stretch out my hand against it to cut off its supply of bread, to send famine through it, and to wipe out both people and animals from it.

“Even if these three men were in it, as I live” ​— ​the declaration of the Lord GOD ​— ​“they could not rescue their sons or daughters. They alone would be rescued, but the land would be desolate.

“Son of man, say to her, ‘You are a land that has not been cleansed, that has not received rain in the day of indignation.'

“The land of Egypt will be a desolate ruin. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because you[fn] said, “The Nile is my own; I made it,”

“He along with his people,

ruthless men from the nations,

will be brought in to destroy the land.

They will draw their swords against Egypt

and fill the land with the slain.

“I will drench the land

with the flow of your blood,

even to the mountains;

the ravines will be filled with your gore.

“When I make the land of Egypt a desolation,

so that it is emptied of everything in it,

when I strike down all who live there,

then they will know that I am the LORD.

“Son of man, speak to your people and tell them, ‘Suppose I bring the sword against a land, and the people of that land select a man from among them, appointing him as their watchman.

“Son of man, those who live in the[fn] ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one person, yet he received possession of the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.'

“The trees of the field will yield their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; my flock will be secure in their land. They will know that I am the LORD when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the power of those who enslave them.

“The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of everyone who passes by.

“The house of Israel will spend seven months burying them in order to cleanse the land.

“There will even be a city named Hamonah[fn] there. So they will cleanse the land.'

and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice sounded like the roar of a huge torrent, and the earth shone with his glory.

“You will inherit it in equal portions, since I swore[fn] to give it to your ancestors. So this land will fall to you as an inheritance.

“This is the land you are to allot as an inheritance to Israel's tribes, and these will be their portions.” This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.

“He will extend his power against the countries, and not even the land of Egypt will escape.

When the LORD first spoke to Hosea, he said this to him:

Go and marry a woman of promiscuity,

and have children of promiscuity,

for the land is committing blatant acts of promiscuity

by abandoning the LORD.

The earth will respond to the grain,

the new wine, and the fresh oil,

and they will respond to Jezreel.

For this reason the land mourns,

and everyone who lives in it languishes,

along with the wild animals and the birds of the sky;

even the fish of the sea disappear.

Put the ram's horn to your mouth!

One like an eagle comes

against the house of the LORD,

because they transgress my covenant

and rebel against my law.

The fields are destroyed;

the land grieves;

indeed, the grain is destroyed;

the new wine is dried up;

and the fresh oil fails.

A fire devours in front of them,

and behind them a flame blazes.

The land in front of them

is like the garden of Eden,

but behind them,

it is like a desert wasteland;

there is no escape from them.

The earth quakes before them;

the sky shakes.

The sun and moon grow dark,

and the stars cease their shining.

The LORD will roar from Zion

and make his voice heard from Jerusalem;

heaven and earth will shake.

But the LORD will be a refuge for his people,

a stronghold for the Israelites.

Therefore, the Lord GOD says:

An enemy will surround the land;

he will destroy your strongholds

and plunder your citadels.

Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to King Jeroboam of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you right here in the house of Israel. The land cannot endure all his words,

Therefore, this is what the LORD says:

Your wife will be a prostitute in the city,

your sons and daughters will fall by the sword,

and your land will be divided up

with a measuring line.

You yourself will die on pagan[fn] soil,

and Israel will certainly go into exile

from its homeland.

Because of this, won't the land quake

and all who dwell in it mourn?

All of it will rise like the Nile;

it will surge and then subside

like the Nile in Egypt.

The exiles of the Israelites who are in Halah[fn]

and who are among the Canaanites as far as Zarephath

as well as the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad

will possess the cities of the Negev.

Listen, all you peoples;

pay attention, earth[fn] and everyone in it!

The Lord GOD will be a witness against you,

the Lord, from his holy temple.

Then the earth will become a wasteland

because of its inhabitants

and as a result of their actions.

The mountains quake before him,

and the hills melt;

the earth trembles[fn][fn] at his presence —

the world and all who live in it.

For the earth will be filled

with the knowledge of the LORD's glory,

as the water covers the sea.

But the LORD is in his holy temple;

let the whole earth

be silent in his presence.

God comes from Teman,

the Holy One from Mount Paran.Selah

His splendor covers the heavens,

and the earth is full of his praise.

He stands and shakes[fn] the earth;

he looks and startles the nations.

The age-old mountains break apart;

the ancient hills sink down.

His pathways are ancient.

You took the sheath from your bow;

the arrows are ready[fn] to be used with an oath.[fn]Selah

You split the earth with rivers.

Their silver and their gold

will be unable to rescue them

on the day of the LORD's wrath.

The whole earth will be consumed

by the fire of his jealousy,

for he will make a complete,

yes, a horrifying end

of all the inhabitants of the earth.

Therefore, wait for me —

this is the LORD's declaration —

until the day I rise up for plunder.[fn]

For my decision is to gather nations,

to assemble kingdoms,

in order to pour out my indignation on them,

all my burning anger;

for the whole earth will be consumed

by the fire of my jealousy.

“So on your account,[fn]

the skies have withheld the dew

and the land its crops.

They reported to the angel of the LORD standing among the myrtle trees, “We have patrolled the earth, and right now the whole earth is calm and quiet.”

“I scattered them with a windstorm over all the nations that had not known them, and the land was left desolate behind them, with no one coming or going. They turned a pleasant land into a desolation.”

“For they will sow in peace: the vine will yield its fruit, the land will yield its produce, and the skies will yield their dew. I will give the remnant of this people all these things as an inheritance.

“The land will mourn, every family by itself: the family of David's house by itself and their women by themselves; the family of Nathan's[fn] house by itself and their women by themselves;

“Then all the nations will consider you fortunate, for you will be a delightful land,” says the LORD of Armies.

Listen, heavens, and pay attention, earth,

for the LORD has spoken:

“I have raised children[fn] and brought them up,

but they have rebelled against me.

Listen, earth!

I am about to bring disaster on these people,

the fruit of their own plotting,

for they have paid no attention to my words.

They have rejected my instruction.

Earth, earth, earth,

hear the word of the LORD!

Don't be afraid, land;

rejoice and be glad,

for the LORD has done astonishing things.

Woe, inhabitants of the seacoast,

nation of the Cherethites![fn]

The word of the LORD is against you,

Canaan, land of the Philistines:

I will destroy you until there is no one left.