1Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy hill. Let all who live in the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming. It is close at hand- 2a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like dawn spreading across the mou
1Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time: 2Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you. 3Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very important city-a visit required three
1But Jonah was greatly displeased and became angry. 2He prayed to the Lord , O Lord , is this not what I said when I was still at home? That is why I was so quick to flee to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to ang
1The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Sovereign Lord says about Edom- We have heard a message from the Lord : An envoy was sent to the nations to say, Rise, and let us go against her for battle- 2See, I will make you small among the nations; you
1In those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, 2I will gather all nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning my inheritance, my people Israe
1A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet. On shigionoth . 2Lord , I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, O Lord . Renew them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy. 3God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Pa
1An attacker advances against you, Nineveh . Guard the fortress, watch the road, brace yourselves, marshal all your strength! 2The Lord will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and have r
1Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without victims! 2The crack of whips, the clatter of wheels, galloping horses and jolting chariots! 3Charging cavalry, flashing swords and glittering spears! Many casualties, piles of d
1The word of the Lord that came to Micah of Moresheth during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah-the vision he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. 2Hear, O peoples, all of you, listen, O earth and all who are in it, that the So
1Woe to those who plan iniquity, to those who plot evil on their beds! At morning's light they carry it out because it is in their power to do it. 2They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them. They defraud a man of his home, a fellowm
1Then I said, Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice, 2you who hate good and love evil; who tear the skin from my people and the flesh from their bones; 3who eat my people's flesh, strip off thei
1In the last days the mountain of the Lord 's temple will be established as chief among the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and peoples will stream to it. 2Many nations will come and say, Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord
1Marshal your troops, O city of troops, for a siege is laid against us. They will strike Israel's ruler on the cheek with a rod. 2But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will b
1Listen to what the Lord says: Stand up, plead your case before the mountains; let the hills hear what you have to say. 2Hear, O mountains, the Lord 's accusation; listen, you everlasting foundations of the earth. For the Lord has a case against his
1The word of the Lord that came to Joel son of Pethuel. 2Hear this, you elders; listen, all who live in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your forefathers? 3Tell it to your children, and let your children
1The word of the Lord that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, during the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah: 2I will sweep away everything from the face of the earth, declares the Lor
1Gather together, gather together, O shameful nation, 2before the appointed time arrives and that day sweeps on like chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord comes upon you, before the day of the Lord 's wrath comes upon you. 3Seek the Lord , all
1Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled! 2She obeys no one, she accepts no correction. She does not trust in the Lord , she does not draw near to her God. 3Her officials are roaring lions, her rulers are evening wolves, who leave noth
1The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet received. 2How long, O Lord , must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, Violence! but you do not save? 3Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrong? Destruction and viole
1I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint. 2Then the Lord replied: Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald