"Mortal man," he said, "why do the people of Israel repeat this proverb: 'Time goes by, and predictions come to nothing'?

"Mortal man," he said, "denounce Jerusalem. Denounce the places where people worship. Warn the land of Israel

In a vision God took me to the land of Israel and put me on a high mountain. I saw in front of me a group of buildings that looked like a city.

Throughout the territory of the Northern Kingdom he smashed the altars and the symbols of Asherah, ground the idols to dust, and broke into bits all the incense altars. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

"Israel, the end has come. You will feel my anger, because I am judging you for what you have done. I will pay you back for all your disgusting conduct.

This is what the Sovereign LORD is saying: "One disaster after another is coming on you.

It's all over. This is the end. You are finished.

While I was prophesying, Pelatiah dropped dead. I threw myself face downward on the ground and shouted, "No, Sovereign LORD! Are you going to kill everyone left in Israel?"

God said to Noah, "I have decided to put an end to all people. I will destroy them completely, because the world is full of their violent deeds.

'I will no longer help them,' he said; 'then I will see what happens to them, those stubborn, unfaithful people.

prophets speak nothing but lies; priests rule as the prophets command, and my people offer no objections. But what will they do when it all comes to an end?"

That country has many rivers and rich treasures, but its time is up, and its thread of life is cut.

Her uncleanness was easily seen, but she showed no concern for her fate. Her downfall was terrible; no one can comfort her. Her enemies have won, and she cries to the LORD for mercy.

The enemy was watching for us; we could not even walk in the streets. Our days were over; the end had come.

The LORD asked, "Amos, what do you see?" "A basket of fruit," I answered. The LORD said to me, "The end has come for my people Israel. I will not change my mind again about punishing them.

I will turn your festivals into funerals and change your glad songs into cries of grief. I will make you shave your heads and wear sackcloth, and you will be like parents mourning for their only child. That day will be bitter to the end.

You are going to hear the noise of battles close by and the news of battles far away; but do not be troubled. Such things must happen, but they do not mean that the end has come.

But whoever holds out to the end will be saved.

And this Good News about the Kingdom will be preached through all the world for a witness to all people; and then the end will come.

The end of all things is near. You must be self-controlled and alert, to be able to pray.