“Hear this, you that trample on the needy, and bring to ruin the poor of the land.” (v. 4)
"See, I am setting a plumb-line in the midst of my people Israel." (v. 8)
You have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood. (v. 12)
Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. (v. 24)
“Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are one.” (v. 11)
“Prepare to meet your God, O Israel!” (v. 12)
Seek good and not evil, that you may live; and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you. (v. 14)
And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. (v. 2)
You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. (v. 2)
I will not revoke the punishment; because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals. (v. 6)
Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment; because they carried into exile entire communities, to hand them over to Edom.” (v. 6)
“As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love.” (v. 9)