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00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:08.379 x the<00:11:07.200><c> Mediterranean,</c><00:11:08.039><c> money</c> 00:11:08.379 --> 00:11:17.659 x is<00:11:08.480><c> pouring</c><00:11:09.019><c> in,</c><00:11:10.620><c> trade</c><00:11:11.019><c> is</c><00:11:11.320><c> wonderful.</c><00:11:15.120><c> What</c><00:11:15.279><c> does</c><00:11:15.539><c> Amos</c><00:11:15.759><c> say?</c><00:11:17.399><c> For</c> 00:11:17.659 --> 00:11:20.480 x three<00:11:18.399><c> transgressions</c><00:11:19.360><c> of</c><00:11:19.659><c> Israel</c> 00:11:20.480 --> 00:11:27.860 x and<00:11:21.259><c> for</c><00:11:21.600><c> four,</c><00:11:22.779><c> I</c><00:11:22.919><c> will</c><00:11:23.259><c> not</c><00:11:23.539><c> turn</c><00:11:23.840><c> away</c><00:11:24.120><c> the</c><00:11:24.419><c> punishment</c><00:11:24.899><c> thereof,</c><00:11:25.940><c> because</c><00:11:26.320><c> they</c><00:11:26.899><c> sold</c><00:11:27.419><c> the</c> 00:11:27.860 --> 00:11:29.779 x righteous<00:11:28.580><c> for</c> 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glimpse</c><00:12:10.139><c> in</c><00:12:10.379><c> verse</c><00:12:10.700><c> 6</c><00:12:11.500><c> that</c><00:12:12.820><c> they</c><00:12:13.120><c> were</c><00:12:13.700><c> just</c><00:12:14.059><c> being</c><00:12:14.639><c> awful</c><00:12:15.139><c> to</c> 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:16.480 x their<00:12:15.559><c> brethren,</c><00:12:16.059><c> selling</c> 00:12:16.480 --> 00:12:22.220 x them<00:12:16.960><c> for</c><00:12:17.240><c> shoes,</c><00:12:17.799><c> for</c><00:12:18.039><c> sandals,</c><00:12:18.980><c> for</c><00:12:19.279><c> silver,</c><00:12:21.399><c> Judah</c><00:12:21.679><c> is</c><00:12:21.940><c> not</c> 00:12:22.220 --> 00:12:24.620 x keeping<00:12:22.539><c> the</c><00:12:22.820><c> law,</c><00:12:24.080><c> they've</c><00:12:24.259><c> forgotten</c> 00:12:24.620 --> 00:12:34.200 x the<00:12:24.919><c> old</c><00:12:25.159><c> ways</c><00:12:25.480><c> of</c><00:12:25.720><c> their</c><00:12:25.899><c> fathers.</c><00:12:30.659><c> Let's</c><00:12:30.879><c> take</c><00:12:31.059><c> a</c><00:12:31.100><c> look</c><00:12:31.240><c> at</c><00:12:31.440><c> chapter</c><00:12:33.720><c> 4</c> 00:12:34.200 --> 00:12:36.960 x of<00:12:34.759><c> Amos,</c><00:12:35.179><c> verse</c><00:12:35.519><c> 1.</c> 00:12:38.740 --> 00:12:43.759 x Hear<00:12:39.299><c> the</c><00:12:39.580><c> word</c><00:12:39.860><c> ye</c><00:12:40.200><c> kind</c><00:12:40.639><c> of</c><00:12:40.919><c> Bation,</c><00:12:42.440><c> that</c><00:12:42.480><c> are</c><00:12:42.639><c> in</c><00:12:42.759><c> the</c><00:12:43.000><c> mountains</c><00:12:43.460><c> of</c> 00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:46.460 x Samaria,<00:12:45.299><c> which</c><00:12:45.620><c> oppress</c> 00:12:46.460 --> 00:12:52.240 x the<00:12:47.139><c> poor,</c><00:12:48.460><c> which</c><00:12:48.899><c> crush</c><00:12:49.519><c> the</c><00:12:50.360><c> needy,</c><00:12:51.360><c> which</c><00:12:51.659><c> say</c><00:12:51.879><c> to</c><00:12:52.080><c> their</c> 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this,</c><00:13:07.059><c> obviously</c><00:13:07.220><c> we</c> 00:13:07.360 --> 00:13:07.960 x have<00:13:07.559><c> a</c><00:13:07.740><c> copy</c> 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:10.539 x of<00:13:08.120><c> the</c><00:13:08.159><c> law</c><00:13:08.379><c> that</c><00:13:08.500><c> we</c><00:13:08.620><c> can</c><00:13:08.840><c> turn</c><00:13:09.100><c> to.</c><00:13:09.779><c> So</c><00:13:09.799><c> if</c><00:13:09.980><c> we</c><00:13:10.120><c> just</c><00:13:10.299><c> take,</c> 00:13:10.759 --> 00:13:11.779 x we<00:13:10.899><c> won't</c><00:13:11.059><c> look</c><00:13:11.259><c> at</c><00:13:11.379><c> all</c><00:13:11.559><c> of</c><00:13:11.679><c> these,</c> 00:13:11.879 --> 00:13:16.360 x but<00:13:11.980><c> in</c><00:13:12.159><c> Deuteronomy,</c><00:13:13.519><c> the</c><00:13:13.679><c> 16th</c><00:13:14.399><c> chapter,</c><00:13:15.840><c> and</c><00:13:16.059><c> I</c><00:13:16.240><c> believe</c> 00:13:16.360 --> 00:13:18.460 x this<00:13:16.539><c> 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they</c><00:13:28.139><c> despised?</c> 00:13:29.220 --> 00:13:32.480 x You<00:13:29.500><c> will</c><00:13:29.720><c> have</c><00:13:29.879><c> no</c><00:13:30.120><c> other</c><00:13:30.279><c> God</c><00:13:30.519><c> before</c><00:13:30.899><c> me?</c><00:13:31.179><c> Yes,</c><00:13:31.659><c> they</c><00:13:31.960><c> despised</c><00:13:32.340><c> that,</c> 00:13:32.539 --> 00:13:33.259 x they<00:13:32.659><c> say</c><00:13:32.779><c> well</c><00:13:33.019><c> we're</c><00:13:33.200><c> going</c> 00:13:33.259 --> 00:13:37.200 x to<00:13:33.259><c> have</c><00:13:33.440><c> as</c><00:13:33.659><c> many</c><00:13:33.860><c> gods</c><00:13:34.100><c> as</c><00:13:34.320><c> we</c><00:13:34.559><c> want.</c><00:13:35.960><c> There</c><00:13:36.120><c> was</c><00:13:36.340><c> another</c><00:13:36.620><c> aspect</c><00:13:37.019><c> of</c> 00:13:37.200 --> 00:13:39.080 x the<00:13:37.360><c> law</c><00:13:37.500><c> that</c><00:13:37.659><c> they</c><00:13:38.059><c> despised,</c> 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in</c><00:13:57.360><c> all</c><00:13:57.580><c> thy</c><00:13:57.779><c> gates</c><00:13:58.080><c> which</c><00:13:58.320><c> the</c><00:13:58.559><c> Lord</c><00:13:58.740><c> thy</c> 00:13:58.980 --> 00:14:01.399 x God<00:13:59.220><c> giveth</c><00:13:59.580><c> thee</c><00:13:59.759><c> throughout</c><00:14:00.059><c> thy</c><00:14:00.379><c> tribes,</c> 00:14:01.460 --> 00:14:05.820 x and<00:14:01.700><c> they</c><00:14:02.039><c> shall</c><00:14:02.320><c> judge</c><00:14:03.019><c> the</c><00:14:03.620><c> people</c><00:14:04.159><c> with</c><00:14:04.679><c> judgment.</c><00:14:05.659><c> They</c> 00:14:05.820 --> 00:14:08.340 x shall<00:14:06.059><c> not</c><00:14:06.360><c> rest</c><00:14:06.639><c> judgment.</c><00:14:07.639><c> Thou</c><00:14:07.779><c> shalt</c><00:14:08.039><c> not</c> 00:14:08.340 --> 00:14:11.679 x respect<00:14:08.820><c> persons,</c><00:14:09.659><c> neither</c><00:14:09.659><c> take</c><00:14:09.980><c> a</c><00:14:10.220><c> gift.</c><00:14:10.899><c> For</c><00:14:11.100><c> a</c><00:14:11.259><c> gift</c><00:14:11.480><c> thou</c> 00:14:11.679 --> 00:14:14.960 x blind<00:14:12.039><c> the</c><00:14:12.279><c> eyes</c><00:14:12.559><c> of</c><00:14:12.759><c> the</c><00:14:12.980><c> wise</c><00:14:13.340><c> and</c><00:14:13.759><c> pervert</c> 00:14:15.299 --> 00:14:21.240 x the<00:14:15.779><c> words</c><00:14:16.259><c> of</c><00:14:16.860><c> the</c><00:14:17.059><c> righteous.</c><00:14:19.480><c> Deuteronomy,</c><00:14:20.059><c> the</c><00:14:20.200><c> 24th</c><00:14:20.799><c> chapter,</c><00:14:20.919><c> this</c><00:14:21.080><c> will</c><00:14:21.159><c> be</c> 00:14:21.240 --> 00:14:21.779 x the<00:14:21.340><c> last</c><00:14:21.519><c> one</c><00:14:21.659><c> we</c> 00:14:21.779 --> 00:14:23.960 x take<00:14:21.980><c> a</c><00:14:22.080><c> look</c><00:14:22.200><c> at,</c><00:14:22.299><c> but</c><00:14:22.600><c> if</c><00:14:22.940><c> you</c><00:14:23.100><c> 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same</c><00:15:07.440><c> lines,</c><00:15:07.779><c> thou</c><00:15:07.960><c> shalt</c><00:15:08.240><c> not</c><00:15:08.600><c> pervert</c> 00:15:09.159 --> 00:15:12.940 x the<00:15:09.519><c> judgment</c><00:15:09.919><c> of</c><00:15:10.179><c> the</c><00:15:10.480><c> stranger,</c><00:15:11.820><c> nor</c><00:15:11.960><c> of</c><00:15:12.159><c> the</c><00:15:12.480><c> fatherless,</c> 00:15:13.059 --> 00:15:16.860 x nor<00:15:13.179><c> take</c><00:15:13.639><c> a</c><00:15:13.899><c> widow's</c><00:15:14.419><c> raiment</c><00:15:14.720><c> to</c><00:15:15.120><c> pledge,</c><00:15:16.340><c> again</c> 00:15:16.860 --> 00:15:20.879 x protecting<00:15:17.779><c> the</c><00:15:18.139><c> poor,</c><00:15:19.139><c> protecting</c><00:15:19.419><c> the</c><00:15:19.659><c> less</c><00:15:19.919><c> fortunate.</c> 00:15:21.840 --> 00:15:25.399 x And<00:15:22.039><c> Judah</c><00:15:22.259><c> was</c><00:15:22.919><c> despising</c><00:15:23.940><c> this</c><00:15:24.519><c> tenet</c><00:15:24.799><c> of</c><00:15:24.980><c> scripture.</c> 00:15:25.740 --> 00:15:31.960 x They<00:15:25.899><c> were</c><00:15:26.279><c> despising</c><00:15:26.879><c> this</c><00:15:27.120><c> aspect</c><00:15:27.539><c> of</c><00:15:27.740><c> the</c><00:15:27.899><c> law.</c><00:15:28.860><c> Israel</c><00:15:29.259><c> was</c><00:15:29.679><c> despising</c><00:15:30.379><c> it.</c><00:15:30.740><c> They</c><00:15:30.899><c> were</c><00:15:31.120><c> so</c><00:15:31.460><c> concerned</c> 00:15:31.960 --> 00:15:35.279 x about<00:15:32.220><c> their</c><00:15:32.500><c> own</c><00:15:32.840><c> wealth</c><00:15:33.240><c> that</c><00:15:33.860><c> they</c><00:15:34.080><c> were</c><00:15:34.320><c> forgetting</c><00:15:34.759><c> about</c><00:15:35.120><c> the</c> 00:15:35.279 --> 00:15:38.460 x poor<00:15:35.480><c> and</c><00:15:35.779><c> needy</c><00:15:35.940><c> and</c><00:15:36.080><c> in</c><00:15:36.500><c> fact</c><00:15:37.179><c> were</c> 00:15:38.460 --> 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sins.</c><00:16:02.840><c> They</c><00:16:03.500><c> afflict</c><00:16:04.100><c> the</c><00:16:04.740><c> just,</c><00:16:05.960><c> they</c><00:16:06.240><c> take</c> 00:16:06.620 --> 00:16:09.639 x a<00:16:07.000><c> bribe</c><00:16:07.940><c> and</c><00:16:08.299><c> they</c><00:16:08.620><c> turn</c><00:16:08.860><c> aside</c><00:16:09.279><c> the</c> 00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:13.019 x poor<00:16:09.799><c> and</c><00:16:09.980><c> the</c><00:16:10.220><c> gate</c><00:16:10.399><c> from</c><00:16:10.679><c> their</c><00:16:10.960><c> right.</c><00:16:12.200><c> That's</c><00:16:12.700><c> directly</c> 00:16:13.019 --> 00:16:14.379 x from<00:16:13.279><c> the</c><00:16:13.480><c> law.</c><00:16:13.700><c> They</c><00:16:13.860><c> were</c><00:16:14.019><c> doing</c><00:16:14.179><c> the</c> 00:16:14.379 --> 00:16:18.039 x very<00:16:14.460><c> opposite</c><00:16:15.080><c> of</c><00:16:15.279><c> the</c><00:16:15.399><c> law,</c><00:16:15.639><c> weren't</c><00:16:15.799><c> they?</c><00:16:16.600><c> Verse</c><00:16:16.860><c> 13,</c><00:16:17.360><c> therefore</c><00:16:17.759><c> the</c> 00:16:18.039 --> 00:16:19.580 x prudent<00:16:18.419><c> shall</c><00:16:18.679><c> keep</c><00:16:19.000><c> silence</c> 00:16:19.580 --> 00:16:23.559 x in<00:16:19.779><c> that</c><00:16:20.059><c> time,</c><00:16:20.840><c> for</c><00:16:20.960><c> it</c><00:16:21.159><c> is</c><00:16:21.360><c> an</c><00:16:21.639><c> evil</c><00:16:21.879><c> time.</c><00:16:23.039><c> And</c><00:16:23.259><c> what</c><00:16:23.379><c> does</c> 00:16:23.559 --> 00:16:25.639 x God<00:16:23.879><c> through</c><00:16:24.039><c> Amos</c><00:16:24.360><c> tell</c><00:16:25.080><c> the</c><00:16:25.279><c> people</c> 00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:28.720 x in<00:16:25.820><c> Israel?</c><00:16:26.500><c> Seek</c><00:16:26.899><c> good</c><00:16:27.159><c> and</c><00:16:27.360><c> not</c><00:16:27.559><c> evil,</c><00:16:27.919><c> that</c><00:16:28.039><c> ye</c><00:16:28.179><c> may</c><00:16:28.440><c> live</c> 00:16:28.720 --> 00:16:30.860 x and<00:16:28.940><c> so</c><00:16:29.179><c> the</c><00:16:29.419><c> Lord,</c><00:16:29.799><c> the</c><00:16:29.980><c> God</c><00:16:30.259><c> of</c><00:16:30.539><c> hosts</c> 00:16:30.860 --> 00:16:35.220 x shall<00:16:31.320><c> be</c><00:16:31.539><c> with</c><00:16:31.779><c> you</c><00:16:31.980><c> as</c><00:16:32.259><c> ye</c><00:16:32.460><c> have</c><00:16:32.740><c> spoken.</c><00:16:33.879><c> Hate</c><00:16:34.340><c> the</c><00:16:34.879><c> evil</c> 00:16:35.220 --> 00:16:38.159 x and<00:16:35.799><c> love</c><00:16:36.100><c> the</c><00:16:36.360><c> good</c><00:16:36.600><c> and</c><00:16:37.179><c> establish</c><00:16:37.879><c> judgment</c> 00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:42.480 x in<00:16:38.720><c> the</c><00:16:39.000><c> gate.</c><00:16:39.960><c> It</c><00:16:39.960><c> may</c><00:16:40.179><c> be</c><00:16:40.419><c> that</c><00:16:40.580><c> the</c><00:16:40.799><c> Lord,</c><00:16:41.139><c> God</c><00:16:41.240><c> of</c><00:16:41.440><c> hosts</c><00:16:41.700><c> will</c><00:16:42.120><c> be</c> 00:16:42.480 --> 00:16:45.179 x gracious<00:16:43.399><c> unto</c><00:16:43.960><c> the</c><00:16:44.240><c> remnant</c> 00:16:45.179 --> 00:16:59.860 x of<00:16:45.700><c> Joseph.</c><00:16:51.340><c> In</c><00:16:51.460><c> that</c><00:16:51.740><c> same</c><00:16:52.059><c> 5th</c><00:16:52.480><c> chapter</c><00:16:52.899><c> of</c><00:16:53.159><c> Amos,</c><00:16:56.379><c> Amos</c><00:16:56.899><c> says,</c><00:16:58.320><c> let's</c><00:16:59.299><c> just</c><00:16:59.460><c> stop</c><00:16:59.580><c> there</c><00:16:59.740><c> for</c> 00:16:59.860 --> 00:17:00.039 x a<00:16:59.919><c> second,</c> 00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:07.339 x but<00:17:00.419><c> before</c><00:17:00.740><c> we</c><00:17:00.899><c> look</c><00:17:01.039><c> at</c><00:17:01.159><c> this</c><00:17:01.399><c> verse,</c><00:17:02.779><c> if</c><00:17:03.100><c> we</c><00:17:03.399><c> look</c><00:17:03.600><c> throughout</c><00:17:04.099><c> Amos,</c><00:17:06.480><c> the</c><00:17:06.740><c> town</c><00:17:07.160><c> or</c> 00:17:07.339 --> 00:17:08.140 x the<00:17:07.660><c> city</c><00:17:07.920><c> of</c><00:17:08.140><c> God</c> 00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:13.160 x Bethel<00:17:09.119><c> is</c><00:17:09.660><c> mentioned</c><00:17:10.119><c> quite</c><00:17:10.440><c> a</c><00:17:10.660><c> bit.</c><00:17:11.279><c> Mentioned</c><00:17:11.839><c> in</c><00:17:12.000><c> the</c><00:17:12.099><c> 14th</c><00:17:12.700><c> verse</c><00:17:12.960><c> of</c> 00:17:13.160 --> 00:17:14.880 x the<00:17:13.319><c> 3rd</c><00:17:13.599><c> chapter,</c><00:17:14.519><c> it's</c> 00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:20.619 x mentioned<00:17:15.220><c> in</c><00:17:15.779><c> chapter</c><00:17:16.400><c> 4.</c><00:17:18.059><c> Gilgal</c><00:17:18.480><c> is</c><00:17:18.700><c> mentioned</c><00:17:19.099><c> as</c><00:17:19.460><c> well.</c> 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:23.680 x 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Jeroboam,</c><00:17:40.079><c> the</c><00:17:40.319><c> first</c> 00:17:40.539 --> 00:17:43.759 x king<00:17:40.759><c> of</c><00:17:40.940><c> the</c><00:17:41.099><c> northern</c><00:17:41.359><c> tribes.</c><00:17:42.160><c> And</c><00:17:42.440><c> it</c><00:17:42.579><c> was</c><00:17:42.779><c> set</c><00:17:43.019><c> up</c><00:17:43.339><c> first</c> 00:17:43.759 --> 00:17:46.339 x primarily<00:17:44.460><c> to</c><00:17:45.180><c> prevent</c><00:17:45.740><c> the</c><00:17:46.059><c> children</c> 00:17:46.339 --> 00:17:49.559 x of<00:17:46.559><c> Israel</c><00:17:46.819><c> from</c><00:17:47.140><c> coming</c><00:17:47.539><c> down</c><00:17:48.039><c> or</c><00:17:48.220><c> going</c><00:17:48.519><c> up</c><00:17:48.799><c> to</c><00:17:49.019><c> Jerusalem</c> 00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:52.480 x for<00:17:50.099><c> the</c><00:17:50.299><c> major</c><00:17:50.619><c> feast</c><00:17:50.960><c> days.</c><00:17:51.900><c> So</c><00:17:52.140><c> Bethel,</c> 00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:58.920 x which<00:17:52.660><c> is</c><00:17:52.799><c> about</c><00:17:53.059><c> 10,</c><00:17:53.319><c> 15</c><00:17:53.680><c> miles</c><00:17:54.079><c> north</c><00:17:54.559><c> of</c><00:17:54.819><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:17:56.000><c> became</c><00:17:56.200><c> a</c><00:17:56.460><c> major</c><00:17:56.799><c> religious</c><00:17:57.380><c> area.</c><00:17:58.740><c> A</c> 00:17:58.920 --> 00:17:59.500 x temple<00:17:59.220><c> was</c> 00:17:59.500 --> 00:18:05.259 x set<00:17:59.599><c> up.</c><00:18:00.119><c> There</c><00:18:00.119><c> were</c><00:18:00.420><c> sacrifices</c><00:18:01.200><c> made</c><00:18:01.519><c> at</c><00:18:01.779><c> Bethel.</c><00:18:02.380><c> There</c><00:18:02.539><c> were</c><00:18:02.819><c> priests</c><00:18:03.160><c> as</c><00:18:03.420><c> well.</c><00:18:04.000><c> Almost</c><00:18:04.460><c> a</c><00:18:04.880><c> mirror</c> 00:18:05.259 --> 00:18:12.500 x image<00:18:05.880><c> of</c><00:18:07.140><c> the</c><00:18:07.380><c> temple</c><00:18:07.660><c> that</c><00:18:07.859><c> was</c><00:18:08.099><c> at</c><00:18:08.319><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:18:09.619><c> And</c><00:18:10.039><c> that</c><00:18:10.160><c> was</c><00:18:10.359><c> one</c><00:18:10.619><c> reason.</c><00:18:11.039><c> But</c><00:18:11.460><c> Bethel</c><00:18:11.940><c> has</c><00:18:12.200><c> a</c> 00:18:12.500 --> 00:18:18.180 x long<00:18:12.900><c> history</c><00:18:13.700><c> of</c><00:18:14.420><c> social,</c><00:18:14.920><c> cultural,</c><00:18:15.359><c> and</c><00:18:15.680><c> religious</c><00:18:16.180><c> significance</c><00:18:16.900><c> in</c><00:18:17.099><c> Israel.</c><00:18:17.960><c> We</c> 00:18:18.180 --> 00:18:18.980 x know<00:18:18.400><c> that</c><00:18:18.640><c> both</c> 00:18:18.980 --> 00:18:29.480 x Abraham<00:18:19.740><c> and</c><00:18:20.599><c> Jacob</c><00:18:21.180><c> offered</c><00:18:22.059><c> to</c><00:18:22.279><c> the</c><00:18:22.480><c> Lord</c><00:18:22.680><c> there.</c><00:18:22.920><c> They</c><00:18:23.099><c> made</c><00:18:23.839><c> altars</c><00:18:26.839><c> throughout,</c><00:18:28.720><c> throughout</c><00:18:29.480><c> the</c> 00:18:29.500 --> 00:18:35.880 x judges.<00:18:31.839><c> It</c><00:18:32.039><c> was</c><00:18:32.259><c> a</c><00:18:32.480><c> place</c><00:18:32.799><c> that</c><00:18:34.019><c> people</c><00:18:34.480><c> would</c><00:18:34.720><c> come</c><00:18:34.960><c> together.</c><00:18:35.539><c> Deborah</c> 00:18:35.880 --> 00:18:38.519 x lived<00:18:36.180><c> there,</c><00:18:36.400><c> the</c><00:18:36.579><c> great</c><00:18:37.099><c> prophetess.</c> 00:18:38.660 --> 00:18:41.420 x This<00:18:38.859><c> is</c><00:18:39.019><c> where</c><00:18:39.200><c> Jacob</c><00:18:39.539><c> saw</c><00:18:39.920><c> the</c><00:18:40.200><c> angels</c><00:18:40.519><c> going</c><00:18:40.819><c> up</c><00:18:41.059><c> and</c><00:18:41.240><c> down</c> 00:18:41.420 --> 00:18:43.079 x on<00:18:41.599><c> the</c><00:18:41.759><c> ladder,</c><00:18:42.000><c> up</c><00:18:42.180><c> and</c><00:18:42.339><c> down</c><00:18:42.539><c> to</c><00:18:42.859><c> heaven.</c> 00:18:43.400 --> 00:18:46.059 x It<00:18:43.480><c> was</c><00:18:43.640><c> a</c><00:18:43.759><c> place</c><00:18:43.940><c> of</c><00:18:44.240><c> importance,</c><00:18:44.539><c> of</c><00:18:44.759><c> religious</c><00:18:45.059><c> importance.</c><00:18:45.720><c> It</c><00:18:45.799><c> wasn't</c> 00:18:46.059 --> 00:18:47.440 x just<00:18:46.440><c> picked</c><00:18:46.660><c> out</c><00:18:46.900><c> of</c><00:18:47.079><c> nowhere.</c> 00:18:47.920 --> 00:18:50.299 x Bethel<00:18:48.079><c> was</c><00:18:48.319><c> important,</c><00:18:48.920><c> particularly</c><00:18:49.380><c> during</c><00:18:49.740><c> the</c><00:18:49.940><c> time</c><00:18:50.119><c> of</c> 00:18:50.299 --> 00:18:51.799 x the<00:18:50.440><c> judges.</c><00:18:50.759><c> And</c><00:18:50.880><c> this</c><00:18:51.000><c> is</c><00:18:51.180><c> why</c><00:18:51.339><c> Jeroboam</c> 00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:57.440 x picked<00:18:52.019><c> it.</c><00:18:54.279><c> But</c><00:18:54.579><c> it's</c><00:18:54.799><c> going</c><00:18:54.960><c> to</c><00:18:55.200><c> become</c><00:18:55.359><c> the</c><00:18:55.660><c> center</c><00:18:55.900><c> of</c><00:18:56.220><c> worship</c><00:18:56.759><c> for</c> 00:18:57.440 --> 00:18:58.839 x the<00:18:57.680><c> northern</c><00:18:57.960><c> tribes.</c><00:18:58.339><c> And</c><00:18:58.559><c> also</c> 00:18:58.839 --> 00:19:02.940 x he's<00:18:59.079><c> going</c><00:18:59.299><c> to</c><00:18:59.579><c> set</c><00:18:59.740><c> up</c><00:19:00.180><c> the</c><00:19:00.460><c> bulls,</c><00:19:01.039><c> or</c><00:19:01.279><c> the</c><00:19:01.640><c> calves,</c><00:19:01.980><c> as</c><00:19:02.240><c> they</c><00:19:02.420><c> say.</c><00:19:02.819><c> And</c> 00:19:02.940 --> 00:19:04.319 x most<00:19:03.160><c> likely</c><00:19:03.480><c> from</c><00:19:03.700><c> archaeologists</c> 00:19:04.319 --> 00:19:10.279 x have<00:19:04.559><c> said</c><00:19:04.720><c> that</c><00:19:05.200><c> it</c><00:19:06.079><c> was</c><00:19:06.299><c> a</c><00:19:06.460><c> young</c><00:19:06.680><c> bull.</c><00:19:07.220><c> And</c><00:19:07.599><c> this</c><00:19:07.859><c> was</c><00:19:08.140><c> their</c><00:19:08.460><c> representation</c><00:19:09.519><c> of</c> 00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:11.519 x Yahweh.<00:19:10.920><c> They</c><00:19:11.240><c> did</c> 00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:14.720 x worship<00:19:11.900><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:12.339><c> at</c><00:19:12.559><c> these</c><00:19:12.819><c> places,</c><00:19:13.359><c> brothers</c><00:19:13.500><c> and</c><00:19:13.740><c> sisters.</c> 00:19:14.740 --> 00:19:16.680 x But<00:19:15.140><c> it</c><00:19:15.220><c> was</c><00:19:15.400><c> a</c><00:19:15.619><c> corrupted</c><00:19:15.920><c> form</c><00:19:16.279><c> of</c><00:19:16.460><c> it.</c> 00:19:16.920 --> 00:19:20.559 x And<00:19:17.160><c> so</c><00:19:17.339><c> that's</c><00:19:17.640><c> why,</c><00:19:17.960><c> if</c><00:19:18.119><c> we</c><00:19:18.279><c> look</c><00:19:18.420><c> at</c><00:19:19.180><c> the</c><00:19:19.619><c> fifth</c><00:19:19.819><c> chapter</c><00:19:20.299><c> of</c> 00:19:20.559 --> 00:19:24.220 x Amos,<00:19:22.460><c> God</c><00:19:22.819><c> is</c><00:19:23.160><c> speaking</c><00:19:23.440><c> to</c><00:19:23.740><c> Amos.</c> 00:19:24.220 --> 00:19:31.960 x He<00:19:24.619><c> says</c><00:19:25.000><c> in</c><00:19:25.220><c> verse</c><00:19:25.519><c> 21,</c><00:19:27.059><c> I</c><00:19:27.119><c> hate,</c><00:19:28.779><c> I</c><00:19:29.099><c> despise</c><00:19:30.059><c> your</c><00:19:30.380><c> feast</c><00:19:30.720><c> days,</c><00:19:31.680><c> and</c> 00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:34.019 x I<00:19:32.140><c> will</c><00:19:32.380><c> not</c><00:19:32.720><c> smell</c><00:19:33.180><c> in</c><00:19:33.400><c> your</c><00:19:33.680><c> solemn</c> 00:19:34.019 --> 00:19:38.980 x assemblies.<00:19:35.759><c> Though</c><00:19:36.000><c> ye</c><00:19:36.259><c> offer</c><00:19:36.579><c> me</c><00:19:36.839><c> burnt</c><00:19:37.240><c> offerings</c><00:19:37.740><c> and</c><00:19:37.980><c> your</c><00:19:38.200><c> meat</c><00:19:38.400><c> offerings,</c><00:19:38.880><c> I</c> 00:19:38.980 --> 00:19:39.920 x will<00:19:39.279><c> not</c><00:19:39.480><c> accept</c> 00:19:39.920 --> 00:19:43.539 x them.<00:19:40.839><c> Neither</c><00:19:41.119><c> I</c><00:19:41.420><c> will</c><00:19:41.619><c> regard</c><00:19:41.960><c> the</c><00:19:42.339><c> peace</c><00:19:42.640><c> offerings</c><00:19:43.180><c> of</c> 00:19:43.539 --> 00:19:46.619 x your<00:19:43.900><c> fat</c><00:19:44.240><c> beasts.</c><00:19:45.359><c> Take</c><00:19:45.579><c> them</c><00:19:45.759><c> away</c><00:19:46.220><c> from</c><00:19:46.460><c> me,</c> 00:19:46.619 --> 00:19:50.500 x the<00:19:46.839><c> noise</c><00:19:47.099><c> of</c><00:19:47.319><c> thy</c><00:19:47.500><c> songs,</c><00:19:48.839><c> for</c><00:19:49.019><c> I</c><00:19:49.119><c> will</c><00:19:49.299><c> not</c><00:19:49.519><c> hear</c><00:19:49.740><c> the</c><00:19:49.960><c> melody</c><00:19:50.279><c> of</c> 00:19:50.500 --> 00:19:53.700 x thy<00:19:50.680><c> voles.</c><00:19:52.440><c> What</c><00:19:52.880><c> does</c><00:19:53.099><c> God</c><00:19:53.380><c> want</c> 00:19:53.700 --> 00:19:57.819 x instead<00:19:54.019><c> of</c><00:19:54.220><c> these</c><00:19:54.400><c> sacrifices?</c><00:19:55.619><c> What</c><00:19:55.779><c> does</c><00:19:55.920><c> he</c><00:19:56.079><c> say</c><00:19:56.299><c> in</c><00:19:56.440><c> verse</c><00:19:56.740><c> 24?</c> 00:19:58.680 --> 00:20:01.119 x But<00:19:59.039><c> let</c><00:19:59.480><c> judgment</c><00:20:00.039><c> run,</c><00:20:01.039><c> or</c> 00:20:01.119 --> 00:20:09.640 x roll<00:20:01.779><c> down</c><00:20:02.880><c> as</c><00:20:03.359><c> waters,</c><00:20:05.200><c> and</c><00:20:05.480><c> righteousness</c><00:20:06.099><c> as</c><00:20:07.240><c> a</c><00:20:07.480><c> mighty</c><00:20:07.960><c> stream.</c><00:20:08.700><c> And</c><00:20:08.920><c> that</c><00:20:09.019><c> should</c><00:20:09.140><c> be</c><00:20:09.339><c> familiar</c> 00:20:09.640 --> 00:20:12.799 x to<00:20:09.819><c> us,</c><00:20:10.200><c> brothers</c><00:20:10.299><c> and</c><00:20:10.599><c> sisters,</c><00:20:10.740><c> because</c><00:20:11.740><c> Hosea,</c><00:20:12.240><c> who</c><00:20:12.400><c> was</c><00:20:12.599><c> a</c> 00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:14.619 x contemporary<00:20:13.420><c> of</c><00:20:13.680><c> Amos,</c><00:20:13.880><c> he</c><00:20:14.079><c> uses</c><00:20:14.299><c> very</c> 00:20:14.619 --> 00:20:17.140 x similar<00:20:14.980><c> words.</c><00:20:15.259><c> Let's</c><00:20:15.420><c> take</c><00:20:15.579><c> a</c><00:20:15.640><c> look</c><00:20:15.740><c> at</c><00:20:15.940><c> it</c><00:20:16.680><c> just</c><00:20:16.920><c> quickly</c> 00:20:17.140 --> 00:20:20.019 x in<00:20:17.299><c> the</c><00:20:17.460><c> sixth</c><00:20:17.740><c> chapter</c><00:20:18.200><c> of</c><00:20:18.420><c> Hosea.</c> 00:20:24.340 --> 00:20:31.039 x Sixth<00:20:24.880><c> chapter,</c><00:20:25.240><c> verse</c><00:20:25.480><c> six,</c><00:20:27.779><c> for</c><00:20:27.920><c> I</c><00:20:28.380><c> desired</c><00:20:28.859><c> mercy</c><00:20:29.819><c> and</c><00:20:30.759><c> not</c> 00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:34.339 x sacrifice,<00:20:32.740><c> and</c><00:20:32.960><c> the</c><00:20:33.200><c> knowledge</c><00:20:33.579><c> of</c><00:20:33.920><c> God</c> 00:20:34.339 --> 00:20:37.619 x more<00:20:34.920><c> than</c><00:20:35.240><c> burnt</c><00:20:35.500><c> offerings.</c><00:20:36.339><c> Christ</c><00:20:36.519><c> is</c><00:20:36.700><c> going</c><00:20:36.799><c> to</c><00:20:36.920><c> use</c><00:20:37.019><c> that</c><00:20:37.279><c> verse</c><00:20:37.480><c> in</c> 00:20:37.619 --> 00:20:38.380 x talking<00:20:37.819><c> to</c><00:20:37.980><c> the</c><00:20:38.079><c> scribes</c> 00:20:38.380 --> 00:20:42.940 x and<00:20:38.519><c> Pharisees,</c><00:20:39.039><c> and</c><00:20:39.200><c> Matthew</c><00:20:39.460><c> as</c><00:20:39.700><c> well.</c><00:20:40.319><c> Matthew</c><00:20:40.660><c> 9,</c><00:20:41.240><c> 13.</c> 00:20:46.860 --> 00:20:50.240 x Verse<00:20:47.440><c> 12,</c><00:20:48.019><c> Brother</c><00:20:48.259><c> Peter</c><00:20:48.619><c> read</c><00:20:49.099><c> this</c><00:20:49.339><c> in</c><00:20:49.460><c> verse</c><00:20:49.700><c> 12</c><00:20:49.960><c> of</c><00:20:50.140><c> the</c> 00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:55.880 x sixth<00:20:50.460><c> chapter.</c><00:20:54.380><c> Again,</c><00:20:55.119><c> Amos</c><00:20:55.299><c> is</c><00:20:55.640><c> speaking</c> 00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:58.660 x out<00:20:56.240><c> against</c><00:20:56.599><c> the</c><00:20:56.880><c> religious</c><00:20:57.259><c> leaders</c><00:20:57.660><c> and</c><00:20:57.900><c> the</c><00:20:58.299><c> political</c> 00:20:58.660 --> 00:21:02.680 x leaders<00:20:59.019><c> of</c><00:20:59.220><c> Israel.</c><00:21:01.240><c> Ye</c><00:21:01.460><c> that</c><00:21:01.799><c> put</c><00:21:02.099><c> far</c> 00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:06.880 x away<00:21:03.059><c> the</c><00:21:03.380><c> evil</c><00:21:03.799><c> day.</c><00:21:05.460><c> We're</c><00:21:05.839><c> not</c><00:21:06.039><c> going</c><00:21:06.160><c> to</c><00:21:06.240><c> be</c><00:21:06.519><c> conquered.</c> 00:21:06.940 --> 00:21:08.649 x We<00:21:07.059><c> have</c><00:21:07.259><c> nothing</c><00:21:07.440><c> to</c><00:21:07.680><c> worry</c><00:21:07.900><c> about.</c><00:21:08.059><c> Look</c><00:21:08.240><c> at</c><00:21:08.359><c> how</c> 00:21:08.650 --> 00:21:13.650 x prosperous<00:21:09.289><c> we</c><00:21:09.609><c> are.</c><00:21:10.809><c> Look</c><00:21:10.849><c> at</c><00:21:10.950><c> all</c><00:21:11.109><c> the</c><00:21:11.329><c> money</c><00:21:11.690><c> we're</c><00:21:12.009><c> making.</c><00:21:13.309><c> You</c><00:21:13.430><c> know,</c><00:21:13.529><c> if</c> 00:21:13.650 --> 00:21:14.690 x there's<00:21:13.789><c> one</c><00:21:14.029><c> book</c><00:21:14.190><c> in</c><00:21:14.450><c> scripture</c> 00:21:14.690 --> 00:21:17.829 x that<00:21:14.930><c> kind</c><00:21:15.130><c> of</c><00:21:15.450><c> destroys</c><00:21:15.730><c> the</c><00:21:16.009><c> prosperity</c><00:21:16.509><c> gospel,</c><00:21:17.730><c> it's</c> 00:21:17.829 --> 00:21:20.309 x Amos.<00:21:18.950><c> There's</c><00:21:19.210><c> others,</c><00:21:19.430><c> obviously,</c><00:21:20.130><c> quotes,</c> 00:21:20.349 --> 00:21:25.369 x but<00:21:20.670><c> this</c><00:21:21.049><c> idea</c><00:21:21.430><c> of</c><00:21:21.710><c> God,</c><00:21:22.329><c> the</c><00:21:23.029><c> rich</c><00:21:23.410><c> are</c><00:21:23.589><c> being</c><00:21:23.809><c> blessed,</c><00:21:24.849><c> is</c> 00:21:25.369 --> 00:21:27.730 x a<00:21:25.549><c> fallacy,</c><00:21:25.970><c> and</c><00:21:26.089><c> we</c><00:21:26.230><c> know</c><00:21:26.430><c> that</c><00:21:26.609><c> from</c><00:21:26.829><c> scripture.</c> 00:21:27.769 --> 00:21:29.750 x But<00:21:27.910><c> this</c><00:21:28.109><c> is</c><00:21:28.289><c> something</c><00:21:28.470><c> that</c><00:21:28.670><c> Jesus</c><00:21:28.990><c> dealt</c><00:21:29.250><c> with</c><00:21:29.430><c> as</c><00:21:29.650><c> well,</c> 00:21:29.750 --> 00:21:31.329 x with<00:21:29.930><c> the</c><00:21:30.089><c> Sadducees</c><00:21:30.690><c> and</c><00:21:30.910><c> people</c><00:21:31.170><c> in</c> 00:21:31.329 --> 00:21:34.829 x the<00:21:31.470><c> ancient</c><00:21:31.690><c> world.</c><00:21:32.009><c> If</c><00:21:32.109><c> you</c><00:21:32.269><c> were</c><00:21:32.450><c> rich,</c><00:21:32.890><c> God</c><00:21:33.089><c> must</c><00:21:33.329><c> have</c><00:21:33.509><c> blessed</c><00:21:33.710><c> you.</c><00:21:34.289><c> Amos</c><00:21:34.609><c> is</c> 00:21:34.829 --> 00:21:35.730 x 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everything</c><00:22:06.450><c> they</c><00:22:06.710><c> need,</c><00:22:08.529><c> but</c><00:22:08.849><c> what</c><00:22:09.029><c> does</c><00:22:09.210><c> God</c><00:22:09.529><c> say?</c><00:22:11.369><c> But</c> 00:22:11.730 --> 00:22:18.049 x you<00:22:11.950><c> are</c><00:22:12.349><c> not</c><00:22:12.970><c> grieved</c><00:22:14.289><c> for</c><00:22:16.690><c> the</c><00:22:17.069><c> affliction</c> 00:22:18.049 --> 00:22:22.990 x of<00:22:18.470><c> Joseph.</c><00:22:18.809><c> You</c><00:22:19.049><c> don't</c><00:22:19.430><c> care</c><00:22:19.829><c> about</c><00:22:20.109><c> the</c><00:22:20.369><c> suffering.</c><00:22:21.710><c> All</c><00:22:22.029><c> you</c><00:22:22.309><c> care</c><00:22:22.529><c> about</c><00:22:22.769><c> is</c> 00:22:22.990 --> 00:22:24.349 x getting<00:22:23.250><c> more</c><00:22:23.829><c> and</c><00:22:24.029><c> more</c> 00:22:24.349 --> 00:22:30.069 x and<00:22:24.529><c> more</c><00:22:24.789><c> and</c><00:22:25.130><c> impressing</c><00:22:25.609><c> your</c><00:22:25.869><c> brother.</c><00:22:28.509><c> Verse</c><00:22:28.829><c> 12,</c><00:22:29.829><c> for</c> 00:22:30.069 --> 00:22:34.569 x ye<00:22:30.369><c> have</c><00:22:30.650><c> turned</c><00:22:31.250><c> judgment</c><00:22:32.109><c> into</c><00:22:33.529><c> gall.</c> 00:22:34.669 --> 00:22:40.450 x And<00:22:35.049><c> the</c><00:22:35.369><c> fruit</c><00:22:35.609><c> of</c><00:22:36.009><c> righteousness</c><00:22:36.569><c> into</c><00:22:37.369><c> poison.</c><00:22:39.049><c> Wow.</c><00:22:39.950><c> That's</c><00:22:40.210><c> a</c> 00:22:40.450 --> 00:22:43.089 x powerful<00:22:40.950><c> words</c><00:22:41.309><c> from</c><00:22:41.569><c> Amos.</c><00:22:42.930><c> You</c> 00:22:43.089 --> 00:22:46.009 x have<00:22:43.309><c> turned</c><00:22:43.450><c> the</c><00:22:43.869><c> fruit</c><00:22:44.109><c> of</c><00:22:44.470><c> righteousness</c><00:22:44.950><c> into</c><00:22:45.549><c> poison.</c> 00:22:46.269 --> 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before</c> 00:23:07.170 --> 00:23:12.549 x Jeremiah.<00:23:08.809><c> He's</c><00:23:09.289><c> before</c><00:23:09.650><c> Ezekiel.</c><00:23:10.390><c> Right?</c><00:23:10.630><c> All</c><00:23:10.849><c> of</c><00:23:10.950><c> the</c><00:23:11.130><c> major</c><00:23:11.470><c> prophets.</c><00:23:12.390><c> Amos</c> 00:23:12.549 --> 00:23:14.230 x is<00:23:12.789><c> kind</c><00:23:12.970><c> of,</c><00:23:13.390><c> he's</c> 00:23:14.230 --> 00:23:18.609 x a<00:23:14.369><c> trendsetter.</c><00:23:15.049><c> He's</c><00:23:15.210><c> a</c><00:23:15.430><c> trailblazer.</c><00:23:16.069><c> God</c><00:23:16.289><c> is</c><00:23:16.470><c> going</c><00:23:16.589><c> to</c><00:23:16.769><c> use</c><00:23:16.930><c> him</c><00:23:17.089><c> very</c><00:23:17.529><c> early</c><00:23:17.930><c> in</c> 00:23:18.609 --> 00:23:19.769 x the<00:23:18.809><c> history</c> 00:23:20.269 --> 00:23:23.930 x of<00:23:20.750><c> Israel</c><00:23:21.230><c> and</c><00:23:21.569><c> of</c><00:23:21.809><c> Judah.</c><00:23:22.329><c> And</c><00:23:22.490><c> we</c><00:23:22.630><c> have</c><00:23:22.769><c> his</c><00:23:23.049><c> words.</c><00:23:23.410><c> And</c><00:23:23.549><c> so</c> 00:23:23.930 --> 00:23:25.430 x I<00:23:24.170><c> think</c><00:23:24.349><c> the</c><00:23:24.589><c> other</c><00:23:24.869><c> prophets</c><00:23:25.190><c> are</c><00:23:25.349><c> going</c> 00:23:25.430 --> 00:23:29.970 x to<00:23:25.609><c> look</c><00:23:25.769><c> to</c><00:23:26.049><c> Amos</c><00:23:26.829><c> for</c><00:23:27.269><c> direction.</c><00:23:28.809><c> You</c><00:23:28.910><c> know,</c><00:23:29.089><c> what</c><00:23:29.509><c> is</c><00:23:29.690><c> Amos</c> 00:23:29.970 --> 00:23:31.430 x talking<00:23:30.349><c> about?</c><00:23:30.769><c> Because</c><00:23:31.029><c> you</c><00:23:31.170><c> know</c><00:23:31.329><c> what?</c> 00:23:31.430 --> 00:23:34.789 x If<00:23:31.509><c> we</c><00:23:31.670><c> look</c><00:23:31.849><c> at</c><00:23:32.029><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:23:32.490><c> if</c><00:23:32.549><c> we</c><00:23:32.609><c> look</c><00:23:32.769><c> at</c><00:23:32.890><c> Isaiah,</c><00:23:33.190><c> if</c><00:23:33.250><c> we</c><00:23:33.329><c> look</c><00:23:33.470><c> at</c><00:23:33.609><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:23:34.769><c> a</c> 00:23:34.789 --> 00:23:35.829 x lot<00:23:35.049><c> of</c><00:23:35.210><c> the</c><00:23:35.390><c> same</c><00:23:35.589><c> things.</c> 00:23:35.849 --> 00:23:37.250 x Take<00:23:36.049><c> a</c><00:23:36.190><c> look,</c><00:23:36.329><c> you</c><00:23:36.569><c> know,</c><00:23:36.569><c> you</c><00:23:36.670><c> don't</c><00:23:36.750><c> have</c><00:23:36.829><c> to</c><00:23:36.970><c> turn</c><00:23:37.089><c> it</c><00:23:37.170><c> up,</c> 00:23:37.289 --> 00:23:38.970 x but<00:23:37.390><c> take</c><00:23:37.529><c> a</c><00:23:37.569><c> look</c><00:23:37.690><c> at</c><00:23:37.769><c> Ezekiel</c><00:23:38.230><c> the</c><00:23:38.390><c> 34th</c> 00:23:38.970 --> 00:23:43.450 x chapter.<00:23:40.930><c> About</c><00:23:41.089><c> the</c><00:23:41.349><c> shepherds,</c><00:23:41.769><c> the</c><00:23:41.869><c> good</c><00:23:42.049><c> and</c><00:23:42.130><c> the</c><00:23:42.349><c> bad</c><00:23:42.569><c> shepherd.</c><00:23:43.170><c> We're</c><00:23:43.410><c> going</c><00:23:43.410><c> to</c> 00:23:43.450 --> 00:23:44.130 x look<00:23:43.650><c> up</c><00:23:43.809><c> one</c> 00:23:44.130 --> 00:23:47.349 x thing<00:23:44.269><c> that</c><00:23:44.430><c> I</c><00:23:44.529><c> found</c><00:23:44.630><c> very</c><00:23:44.970><c> interesting,</c><00:23:45.450><c> kind</c><00:23:45.630><c> of</c><00:23:45.910><c> just</c><00:23:46.269><c> doing</c><00:23:46.470><c> some,</c><00:23:47.029><c> in</c> 00:23:47.349 --> 00:23:48.569 x preparing<00:23:47.710><c> for</c><00:23:47.950><c> this.</c> 00:23:49.090 --> 00:23:55.309 x But<00:23:49.450><c> let's</c><00:23:49.809><c> take</c><00:23:50.170><c> a</c><00:23:50.410><c> look</c><00:23:50.569><c> at</c><00:23:50.769><c> Isaiah</c><00:23:51.710><c> the</c><00:23:53.349><c> 23rd</c><00:23:54.289><c> chapter,</c> 00:23:55.589 --> 00:23:59.549 x 22nd<00:23:56.210><c> chapter,</c><00:23:56.609><c> sorry.</c><00:23:58.109><c> Isaiah</c><00:23:58.430><c> 22nd</c> 00:23:59.549 --> 00:24:10.849 x chapter.<00:24:07.849><c> And</c><00:24:07.990><c> so</c><00:24:08.369><c> just</c><00:24:08.950><c> keep</c><00:24:09.170><c> your</c><00:24:09.450><c> finger</c><00:24:09.769><c> there.</c><00:24:10.309><c> And</c><00:24:10.529><c> then</c> 00:24:10.849 --> 00:24:12.930 x let's<00:24:11.289><c> take</c><00:24:11.529><c> a</c><00:24:11.630><c> look</c><00:24:11.750><c> at</c><00:24:12.049><c> 2nd</c><00:24:12.450><c> Chronicles</c> 00:24:12.930 --> 00:24:22.289 x 32.<00:24:14.930><c> 2nd</c><00:24:15.369><c> Chronicles</c><00:24:15.950><c> 32.</c><00:24:19.849><c> Now</c><00:24:20.210><c> Isaiah</c><00:24:20.630><c> and</c><00:24:20.829><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:24:21.269><c> Hezekiah</c><00:24:21.849><c> was</c><00:24:22.049><c> a</c> 00:24:22.289 --> 00:24:30.029 x good<00:24:22.549><c> king.</c><00:24:23.569><c> He</c><00:24:23.750><c> was</c><00:24:23.829><c> one</c><00:24:23.970><c> of</c><00:24:24.069><c> the</c> 00:24:29.970 --> 00:24:32.710 x that<00:24:30.230><c> irked</c><00:24:30.589><c> Isaiah.</c><00:24:31.650><c> And</c><00:24:31.769><c> I</c><00:24:31.910><c> think,</c><00:24:32.170><c> you</c><00:24:32.289><c> know,</c><00:24:32.410><c> obviously</c> 00:24:32.710 --> 00:24:34.470 x irked<00:24:33.029><c> God</c><00:24:33.329><c> as</c><00:24:33.630><c> well.</c><00:24:34.049><c> If</c><00:24:34.210><c> we</c><00:24:34.269><c> look</c><00:24:34.369><c> at</c> 00:24:34.470 --> 00:24:40.170 x the<00:24:34.650><c> 32nd</c><00:24:35.170><c> chapter</c><00:24:35.609><c> of</c><00:24:35.970><c> 2nd</c><00:24:36.670><c> Chronicles,</c><00:24:38.230><c> we</c><00:24:38.390><c> have</c><00:24:38.609><c> the</c><00:24:38.890><c> Assyrians</c><00:24:39.410><c> coming</c><00:24:39.750><c> down</c> 00:24:40.170 --> 00:24:41.109 x into<00:24:40.410><c> the</c><00:24:40.609><c> land</c><00:24:40.849><c> of</c> 00:24:41.109 --> 00:24:43.529 x Judah<00:24:41.250><c> and</c><00:24:41.410><c> Hezekiah</c><00:24:41.970><c> saying,</c><00:24:42.250><c> you</c><00:24:42.369><c> know,</c><00:24:42.849><c> why</c><00:24:43.109><c> are</c><00:24:43.309><c> we</c><00:24:43.410><c> going</c> 00:24:43.529 --> 00:24:45.750 x to<00:24:43.789><c> allow</c><00:24:44.049><c> the</c><00:24:44.349><c> Assyrians</c><00:24:44.930><c> to</c><00:24:45.230><c> just</c><00:24:45.490><c> come</c> 00:24:45.750 --> 00:24:47.750 x and<00:24:45.970><c> take</c><00:24:46.069><c> what</c><00:24:46.190><c> they</c><00:24:46.430><c> want,</c><00:24:46.609><c> particularly</c><00:24:47.049><c> water?</c><00:24:47.450><c> Why</c><00:24:47.609><c> are</c> 00:24:47.750 --> 00:24:49.170 x we<00:24:47.829><c> going</c><00:24:47.910><c> to</c><00:24:48.009><c> do</c><00:24:48.150><c> that?</c><00:24:48.410><c> Let's</c><00:24:48.670><c> do</c><00:24:48.869><c> something</c> 00:24:49.170 --> 00:24:55.390 x about<00:24:49.410><c> it.</c><00:24:50.890><c> Verse</c><00:24:51.109><c> 5,</c><00:24:51.950><c> also</c><00:24:52.789><c> he</c><00:24:53.750><c> strengthened</c><00:24:54.329><c> himself,</c><00:24:54.809><c> speaking</c><00:24:55.190><c> of</c> 00:24:55.390 --> 00:24:57.809 x Hezekiah,<00:24:56.369><c> and</c><00:24:56.670><c> built</c><00:24:56.890><c> up</c><00:24:57.230><c> all</c><00:24:57.569><c> the</c> 00:24:57.809 --> 00:25:02.650 x that<00:24:58.150><c> was</c><00:24:58.410><c> broken.</c><00:24:59.029><c> So</c><00:24:59.109><c> a</c><00:24:59.250><c> portion</c><00:24:59.589><c> of</c><00:24:59.789><c> the</c><00:25:00.069><c> wall</c><00:25:00.349><c> of</c><00:25:00.650><c> Jerusalem</c><00:25:01.089><c> was</c><00:25:01.450><c> broken</c><00:25:01.769><c> down.</c><00:25:02.029><c> He</c><00:25:02.250><c> repaired</c> 00:25:02.650 --> 00:25:06.390 x it,<00:25:02.809><c> he</c><00:25:02.970><c> fixed</c><00:25:03.190><c> it,</c><00:25:04.410><c> and</c><00:25:04.630><c> raised</c><00:25:04.910><c> it</c><00:25:05.089><c> up</c><00:25:05.210><c> to</c><00:25:05.349><c> the</c><00:25:05.569><c> towers,</c><00:25:05.950><c> built</c><00:25:06.170><c> it</c> 00:25:06.390 --> 00:25:08.829 x even<00:25:06.609><c> higher,</c><00:25:07.089><c> built</c><00:25:07.269><c> towers</c><00:25:07.710><c> around.</c> 00:25:09.529 --> 00:25:15.589 x And<00:25:09.930><c> he</c><00:25:10.230><c> built</c><00:25:10.549><c> another</c><00:25:11.230><c> wall</c><00:25:11.930><c> without.</c><00:25:13.230><c> So</c><00:25:13.410><c> he</c><00:25:13.609><c> built</c><00:25:13.769><c> a</c><00:25:14.069><c> second</c><00:25:14.329><c> wall.</c><00:25:15.089><c> That's,</c><00:25:15.450><c> you</c> 00:25:15.589 --> 00:25:16.170 x know,<00:25:15.710><c> that</c><00:25:15.990><c> sounds</c> 00:25:16.170 --> 00:25:19.130 x great.<00:25:16.490><c> Good</c><00:25:16.750><c> job,</c><00:25:17.250><c> Hezekiah.</c><00:25:17.769><c> Yes,</c><00:25:18.049><c> let's,</c><00:25:18.809><c> we've</c><00:25:18.950><c> got</c><00:25:18.950><c> to</c> 00:25:19.130 --> 00:25:20.710 x prevent<00:25:19.309><c> the</c><00:25:19.549><c> Assyrians</c><00:25:19.990><c> from</c><00:25:20.230><c> coming</c><00:25:20.490><c> in</c> 00:25:20.710 --> 00:25:25.329 x here.<00:25:22.609><c> But</c><00:25:23.130><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:23.589><c> has</c><00:25:23.829><c> a</c><00:25:24.089><c> different</c><00:25:24.490><c> slant</c><00:25:24.869><c> on</c><00:25:24.990><c> it.</c><00:25:25.069><c> If</c><00:25:25.190><c> we</c> 00:25:25.329 --> 00:25:28.289 x look<00:25:25.490><c> at</c><00:25:25.589><c> that</c><00:25:25.769><c> 22nd</c><00:25:26.430><c> chapter,</c><00:25:27.710><c> Isaiah</c> 00:25:34.390 --> 00:25:39.230 x is<00:25:34.950><c> saying</c><00:25:35.349><c> to</c><00:25:35.569><c> Hezekiah</c><00:25:35.970><c> in</c><00:25:36.130><c> the</c><00:25:36.289><c> 9th</c><00:25:36.670><c> verse</c><00:25:36.950><c> of</c><00:25:37.130><c> the</c><00:25:37.250><c> 22nd</c><00:25:37.849><c> chapter,</c><00:25:38.930><c> ye</c> 00:25:39.230 --> 00:25:40.930 x have<00:25:39.609><c> seen</c><00:25:39.890><c> also</c><00:25:40.369><c> the</c><00:25:40.630><c> breaches</c> 00:25:40.930 --> 00:25:44.470 x of<00:25:41.170><c> the</c><00:25:41.369><c> city</c><00:25:41.730><c> of</c><00:25:42.029><c> David,</c><00:25:42.910><c> that</c><00:25:43.109><c> they</c><00:25:43.589><c> are</c><00:25:43.869><c> many.</c><00:25:44.069><c> There's</c><00:25:44.329><c> a</c> 00:25:44.470 --> 00:25:46.549 x lot<00:25:44.569><c> of</c><00:25:44.769><c> holes</c><00:25:44.990><c> in</c><00:25:45.170><c> the</c><00:25:45.390><c> wall.</c><00:25:46.049><c> And</c><00:25:46.329><c> ye</c> 00:25:46.549 --> 00:25:49.029 x have<00:25:46.750><c> gathered</c><00:25:47.089><c> together</c><00:25:47.509><c> the</c><00:25:47.809><c> waters</c><00:25:48.170><c> of</c><00:25:48.349><c> the</c><00:25:48.549><c> lower</c><00:25:48.829><c> pool.</c> 00:25:49.089 --> 00:25:50.650 x You<00:25:49.329><c> gathered</c><00:25:49.490><c> all</c><00:25:49.769><c> the</c><00:25:49.990><c> water</c><00:25:50.230><c> together</c> 00:25:50.650 --> 00:25:53.750 x so<00:25:50.890><c> Assyria,</c><00:25:51.529><c> the</c><00:25:51.650><c> Assyrians</c><00:25:52.029><c> couldn't</c><00:25:52.309><c> get</c><00:25:52.490><c> the</c><00:25:52.730><c> water.</c><00:25:53.109><c> Verse</c><00:25:53.390><c> 10,</c> 00:25:53.829 --> 00:25:56.589 x very<00:25:54.109><c> interesting.</c><00:25:55.890><c> And</c><00:25:56.269><c> ye</c> 00:25:56.589 --> 00:26:01.430 x have<00:25:56.750><c> numbered</c><00:25:57.430><c> the</c><00:25:57.730><c> houses</c><00:25:58.130><c> of</c><00:25:58.369><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:26:00.470><c> and</c><00:26:00.730><c> the</c><00:26:00.930><c> houses</c> 00:26:01.430 --> 00:26:05.210 x have<00:26:01.829><c> ye</c><00:26:02.049><c> broken</c><00:26:02.549><c> down</c><00:26:03.369><c> to</c><00:26:04.509><c> fortify</c> 00:26:05.210 --> 00:26:10.329 x the<00:26:05.509><c> wall.</c><00:26:07.869><c> So</c><00:26:08.430><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:26:09.029><c> in</c><00:26:09.150><c> order</c><00:26:09.329><c> to</c><00:26:09.549><c> build</c><00:26:09.750><c> this</c><00:26:09.990><c> second</c> 00:26:10.329 --> 00:26:12.289 x wall,<00:26:10.630><c> he</c><00:26:10.809><c> had</c><00:26:11.009><c> to</c><00:26:11.349><c> destroy</c><00:26:11.750><c> people's</c> 00:26:12.289 --> 00:26:17.089 x homes.<00:26:13.470><c> He</c><00:26:14.069><c> had</c><00:26:14.130><c> to</c><00:26:14.369><c> knock</c><00:26:14.549><c> down</c><00:26:14.829><c> their</c><00:26:15.029><c> homes.</c><00:26:16.269><c> Isaiah</c><00:26:16.450><c> wasn't</c><00:26:16.750><c> happy</c> 00:26:17.089 --> 00:26:18.569 x about<00:26:17.349><c> it.</c><00:26:17.829><c> And</c><00:26:17.990><c> there's</c><00:26:18.250><c> actually</c> 00:26:18.569 --> 00:26:22.170 x archaeological<00:26:19.190><c> evidence</c><00:26:19.690><c> that</c><00:26:19.950><c> points</c><00:26:20.170><c> to</c><00:26:20.390><c> this,</c><00:26:20.930><c> that</c><00:26:21.150><c> underneath</c><00:26:21.730><c> the</c> 00:26:22.170 --> 00:26:24.109 x wall,<00:26:23.150><c> there</c><00:26:23.309><c> is</c><00:26:23.670><c> broken</c> 00:26:24.109 --> 00:26:32.470 x down<00:26:24.869><c> homes</c><00:26:25.789><c> of</c><00:26:26.210><c> stone,</c><00:26:26.730><c> that</c><00:26:26.730><c> they</c><00:26:27.450><c> broke</c><00:26:27.710><c> down.</c><00:26:30.890><c> Verse</c><00:26:31.289><c> 14,</c> 00:26:32.670 --> 00:26:34.789 x and<00:26:32.990><c> it</c><00:26:33.069><c> was</c><00:26:33.369><c> revealed</c><00:26:33.950><c> in</c><00:26:34.230><c> mine</c><00:26:34.450><c> ears</c> 00:26:34.789 --> 00:26:37.890 x by<00:26:35.009><c> the</c><00:26:35.190><c> Lord</c><00:26:35.349><c> of</c><00:26:35.589><c> hosts,</c><00:26:35.769><c> surely</c><00:26:36.210><c> this</c><00:26:36.670><c> iniquity</c><00:26:37.289><c> shall</c><00:26:37.549><c> not</c> 00:26:37.890 --> 00:26:39.970 x be<00:26:38.170><c> purged</c><00:26:38.549><c> from</c><00:26:38.789><c> you</c><00:26:38.990><c> till</c><00:26:39.230><c> ye</c><00:26:39.549><c> die,</c> 00:26:40.170 --> 00:26:46.609 x saith<00:26:40.250><c> the</c><00:26:40.410><c> Lord</c><00:26:40.630><c> of</c><00:26:40.809><c> hosts.</c><00:26:43.170><c> So</c><00:26:43.490><c> in</c><00:26:43.789><c> his</c><00:26:44.069><c> zeal,</c><00:26:44.569><c> in</c><00:26:44.710><c> Hezekiah's</c><00:26:45.509><c> zeal</c><00:26:46.190><c> to</c> 00:26:46.609 --> 00:26:54.089 x strengthen<00:26:47.009><c> the</c><00:26:47.250><c> city</c><00:26:47.450><c> of</c> 00:26:54.089 --> 00:26:56.849 x Hezekiah,<00:26:54.390><c> because</c><00:26:54.390><c> of</c><00:26:54.630><c> that,</c><00:26:55.369><c> God</c><00:26:55.609><c> was</c><00:26:55.990><c> upset</c><00:26:56.309><c> with</c><00:26:56.490><c> him</c><00:26:56.710><c> and</c> 00:26:56.849 --> 00:26:58.950 x spoke<00:26:57.109><c> out</c><00:26:57.390><c> against</c><00:26:57.609><c> it</c><00:26:57.769><c> through</c><00:26:58.009><c> Isaiah,</c> 00:26:59.349 --> 00:27:02.750 x following<00:26:59.710><c> in</c><00:26:59.930><c> the</c><00:27:00.150><c> pattern</c><00:27:00.369><c> of</c><00:27:00.609><c> Amos.</c><00:27:00.849><c> Very</c><00:27:01.170><c> interesting.</c><00:27:02.509><c> It's</c><00:27:02.690><c> a</c> 00:27:02.750 --> 00:27:04.369 x little<00:27:02.849><c> more</c><00:27:03.190><c> complex,</c><00:27:03.809><c> right,</c><00:27:04.029><c> when</c><00:27:04.150><c> we</c> 00:27:04.369 --> 00:27:08.809 x talk<00:27:04.569><c> about</c><00:27:05.089><c> relationships.</c><00:27:07.089><c> It's</c><00:27:07.289><c> a</c><00:27:07.369><c> little</c><00:27:07.509><c> more</c><00:27:07.789><c> complex,</c> 00:27:09.369 --> 00:27:10.849 x a<00:27:09.509><c> little</c><00:27:09.670><c> more</c><00:27:09.930><c> detailed</c><00:27:10.329><c> when</c><00:27:10.509><c> we</c><00:27:10.690><c> talk</c> 00:27:10.849 --> 00:27:13.410 x about<00:27:11.069><c> Hezekiah</c><00:27:11.690><c> being</c><00:27:11.930><c> a</c><00:27:12.230><c> great</c><00:27:12.390><c> king</c><00:27:12.589><c> and</c><00:27:12.710><c> a</c><00:27:12.809><c> good</c><00:27:12.930><c> king</c><00:27:13.130><c> he</c> 00:27:13.410 --> 00:27:17.769 x was.<00:27:16.190><c> It's</c><00:27:16.670><c> interesting</c><00:27:17.130><c> to</c><00:27:17.390><c> see</c><00:27:17.529><c> that</c> 00:27:17.769 --> 00:27:23.509 x dynamic<00:27:18.269><c> between</c><00:27:18.710><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:19.269><c> and</c><00:27:19.650><c> Hezekiah.</c><00:27:20.750><c> Anyways,</c><00:27:21.410><c> we</c><00:27:21.630><c> have,</c><00:27:22.349><c> just</c> 00:27:23.509 --> 00:27:24.170 x a<00:27:23.630><c> couple</c><00:27:23.710><c> more</c><00:27:23.869><c> minutes</c><00:27:24.049><c> here,</c> 00:27:24.190 --> 00:27:27.130 x we<00:27:24.309><c> have</c><00:27:24.549><c> a</c><00:27:24.869><c> confrontation</c><00:27:25.369><c> that</c><00:27:25.670><c> actually</c><00:27:26.029><c> takes</c><00:27:26.309><c> place</c><00:27:26.769><c> in</c> 00:27:27.130 --> 00:27:29.609 x the<00:27:27.309><c> seventh</c><00:27:27.549><c> chapter</c><00:27:27.970><c> of</c><00:27:28.230><c> Amos.</c><00:27:29.150><c> Amos</c> 00:27:29.609 --> 00:27:34.730 x is<00:27:29.869><c> at</c><00:27:30.089><c> Bethel,</c><00:27:31.130><c> right,</c><00:27:32.069><c> and</c><00:27:32.329><c> Amaziah,</c><00:27:33.170><c> the</c><00:27:33.369><c> priest</c><00:27:33.910><c> is</c><00:27:34.549><c> there</c> 00:27:34.730 --> 00:27:36.670 x in<00:27:34.890><c> verse</c><00:27:35.170><c> 10,</c><00:27:35.430><c> he's</c><00:27:35.670><c> a</c><00:27:35.829><c> priest</c><00:27:36.029><c> of</c><00:27:36.250><c> Bethel,</c> 00:27:36.730 --> 00:27:41.650 x he<00:27:36.970><c> goes</c><00:27:37.289><c> to</c><00:27:37.529><c> the</c><00:27:37.609><c> king,</c><00:27:37.990><c> to</c><00:27:38.190><c> Jeroboam,</c><00:27:39.230><c> and</c><00:27:39.509><c> he</c><00:27:39.789><c> says,</c><00:27:41.009><c> Amos</c> 00:27:41.650 --> 00:27:44.390 x hath<00:27:42.410><c> conspired</c><00:27:43.349><c> against</c><00:27:43.809><c> thee</c><00:27:43.930><c> in</c><00:27:44.029><c> the</c><00:27:44.230><c> midst</c> 00:27:44.390 --> 00:27:47.730 x of<00:27:44.470><c> the</c><00:27:44.569><c> house</c><00:27:44.890><c> of</c><00:27:45.049><c> Israel,</c><00:27:46.109><c> the</c><00:27:46.349><c> land</c><00:27:46.549><c> is</c><00:27:46.769><c> not</c><00:27:46.990><c> able</c><00:27:47.329><c> to</c><00:27:47.569><c> bear</c> 00:27:47.730 --> 00:27:49.269 x all<00:27:47.950><c> his</c><00:27:48.190><c> words.</c><00:27:48.430><c> We</c><00:27:48.569><c> can't</c><00:27:48.849><c> take</c><00:27:49.009><c> this</c> 00:27:49.269 --> 00:27:55.650 x guy<00:27:49.430><c> anymore.</c><00:27:52.750><c> He's</c><00:27:53.190><c> saying</c><00:27:53.410><c> that</c><00:27:53.710><c> you're</c><00:27:53.890><c> going</c><00:27:54.049><c> to</c><00:27:54.269><c> die,</c><00:27:54.609><c> he's</c><00:27:54.890><c> saying</c><00:27:55.009><c> the</c><00:27:55.210><c> land</c><00:27:55.410><c> is</c> 00:27:55.650 --> 00:27:56.250 x going<00:27:55.869><c> to</c><00:27:56.029><c> be</c> 00:27:56.250 --> 00:27:59.390 x taken<00:27:56.470><c> over,</c><00:27:56.970><c> everyone's</c><00:27:57.289><c> going</c><00:27:57.390><c> to</c><00:27:57.509><c> go</c><00:27:57.609><c> into</c><00:27:57.829><c> captivity.</c><00:27:59.150><c> So</c> 00:27:59.390 --> 00:28:02.910 x in<00:27:59.509><c> verse</c><00:27:59.690><c> 12,</c><00:28:00.130><c> Amaziah,</c><00:28:00.809><c> he</c><00:28:02.089><c> threatens</c><00:28:02.490><c> Amos.</c> 00:28:03.069 --> 00:28:08.289 x He<00:28:03.190><c> says,</c><00:28:03.990><c> Amos,</c><00:28:05.009><c> o</c><00:28:05.109><c> thou</c><00:28:05.410><c> seer,</c><00:28:07.109><c> get</c><00:28:07.369><c> out</c><00:28:07.569><c> of</c><00:28:07.730><c> here,</c><00:28:07.890><c> he</c><00:28:08.089><c> says</c> 00:28:08.289 --> 00:28:10.630 x in<00:28:08.430><c> verse</c><00:28:08.690><c> 12,</c><00:28:08.990><c> into</c><00:28:09.170><c> the</c><00:28:09.349><c> land</c><00:28:09.589><c> of</c><00:28:09.849><c> Judah,</c> 00:28:10.490 --> 00:28:13.849 x and<00:28:10.769><c> there</c><00:28:11.029><c> eat</c><00:28:11.289><c> bread</c><00:28:11.609><c> and</c><00:28:11.930><c> prophesy</c><00:28:12.369><c> there,</c><00:28:13.190><c> but</c><00:28:13.430><c> don't</c> 00:28:13.849 --> 00:28:16.150 x prophesy<00:28:14.450><c> anymore</c><00:28:14.890><c> here,</c><00:28:15.309><c> don't</c><00:28:15.589><c> prophesy</c> 00:28:16.150 --> 00:28:20.430 x at<00:28:16.349><c> Bethel,</c><00:28:17.750><c> for</c><00:28:17.930><c> it</c><00:28:18.049><c> is</c><00:28:18.170><c> the</c><00:28:18.410><c> king's</c><00:28:18.950><c> chapel</c><00:28:19.329><c> and</c><00:28:19.789><c> it</c><00:28:19.970><c> is</c><00:28:20.190><c> the</c> 00:28:20.430 --> 00:28:23.869 x king's<00:28:20.890><c> court.</c><00:28:22.869><c> Now</c><00:28:23.130><c> imagine,</c><00:28:23.769><c> brothers</c> 00:28:23.869 --> 00:28:29.170 x and<00:28:24.150><c> sisters,</c><00:28:24.509><c> the</c><00:28:25.589><c> faith</c><00:28:26.170><c> and</c><00:28:26.930><c> the</c><00:28:27.329><c> courage</c><00:28:27.950><c> that</c><00:28:28.829><c> it</c><00:28:28.950><c> would</c> 00:28:29.170 --> 00:28:31.549 x take<00:28:29.490><c> Amos</c><00:28:29.809><c> to</c><00:28:30.069><c> go</c><00:28:30.390><c> and</c><00:28:30.609><c> to</c><00:28:30.769><c> go</c><00:28:30.970><c> to</c><00:28:31.190><c> the</c> 00:28:31.549 --> 00:28:35.349 x seat<00:28:31.809><c> of</c><00:28:32.250><c> religious</c><00:28:32.710><c> and</c><00:28:33.009><c> political</c><00:28:33.450><c> power</c><00:28:33.869><c> in</c><00:28:34.109><c> Bethel</c><00:28:35.029><c> and</c> 00:28:35.349 --> 00:28:36.930 x to<00:28:35.609><c> speak</c><00:28:35.789><c> out</c><00:28:35.990><c> against</c><00:28:36.210><c> the</c><00:28:36.450><c> things</c><00:28:36.589><c> that</c><00:28:36.750><c> were</c> 00:28:36.930 --> 00:28:42.269 x going<00:28:37.130><c> on</c><00:28:37.309><c> in</c><00:28:37.470><c> Israel</c><00:28:37.750><c> at</c><00:28:37.930><c> this</c><00:28:38.150><c> time.</c><00:28:39.029><c> I</c><00:28:39.170><c> think</c><00:28:39.210><c> it's</c><00:28:39.390><c> a</c><00:28:39.490><c> wonderful</c><00:28:39.910><c> story.</c><00:28:42.049><c> And</c> 00:28:42.269 --> 00:28:43.630 x Amos'<00:28:42.710><c> words</c><00:28:42.990><c> are</c><00:28:43.269><c> great,</c> 00:28:43.930 --> 00:28:46.710 x because<00:28:44.089><c> he</c><00:28:44.309><c> says</c><00:28:44.430><c> in</c><00:28:44.589><c> verse</c><00:28:44.849><c> 14,</c><00:28:45.309><c> he's</c><00:28:45.509><c> going</c><00:28:45.710><c> to</c><00:28:45.809><c> answer</c><00:28:46.089><c> Amaziah,</c><00:28:46.589><c> and</c> 00:28:46.710 --> 00:28:50.170 x he<00:28:46.829><c> says,</c><00:28:48.589><c> I</c><00:28:48.730><c> was</c><00:28:48.970><c> no</c><00:28:49.250><c> prophet,</c> 00:28:50.829 --> 00:28:56.430 x neither<00:28:51.049><c> was</c><00:28:51.289><c> I</c><00:28:51.569><c> a</c><00:28:51.809><c> prophet's</c><00:28:52.369><c> son,</c><00:28:54.150><c> but</c><00:28:54.309><c> I</c><00:28:54.529><c> was</c><00:28:54.769><c> a</c><00:28:55.029><c> herdsman,</c> 00:28:56.549 --> 00:28:58.329 x and<00:28:56.670><c> a</c><00:28:56.809><c> gatherer</c><00:28:57.410><c> of</c><00:28:57.569><c> sycamore</c><00:28:58.029><c> fruit,</c> 00:28:58.349 --> 00:29:01.049 x and<00:28:58.529><c> the</c><00:28:58.670><c> Lord</c><00:28:58.849><c> took</c><00:28:59.130><c> me</c><00:28:59.349><c> as</c><00:28:59.549><c> I</c><00:28:59.910><c> followed</c><00:29:00.130><c> the</c><00:29:00.470><c> flock,</c><00:29:00.730><c> and</c><00:29:00.869><c> the</c> 00:29:01.049 --> 00:29:05.309 x Lord<00:29:01.250><c> said</c><00:29:01.450><c> unto</c><00:29:01.690><c> me,</c><00:29:02.089><c> go,</c><00:29:04.190><c> prophesy</c><00:29:04.890><c> unto</c> 00:29:05.309 --> 00:29:10.309 x my<00:29:05.430><c> people</c><00:29:05.930><c> Israel.</c><00:29:07.569><c> I</c><00:29:07.730><c> didn't</c><00:29:07.970><c> want</c><00:29:08.170><c> to</c><00:29:08.309><c> do</c><00:29:08.450><c> this,</c><00:29:08.910><c> Amos</c><00:29:08.990><c> says.</c><00:29:09.490><c> I</c><00:29:09.609><c> wasn't</c><00:29:10.029><c> a</c> 00:29:10.309 --> 00:29:11.970 x prophet.<00:29:11.269><c> I</c><00:29:11.430><c> wasn't</c><00:29:11.710><c> a</c> 00:29:11.970 --> 00:29:19.089 x prophet's<00:29:12.410><c> son.</c><00:29:12.589><c> I</c><00:29:13.029><c> didn't</c><00:29:13.210><c> know</c><00:29:13.410><c> anything</c><00:29:13.690><c> about</c><00:29:14.130><c> prophesying.</c><00:29:15.809><c> I</c><00:29:15.930><c> was</c><00:29:16.049><c> a</c><00:29:16.210><c> humble</c><00:29:16.490><c> shepherd.</c><00:29:18.509><c> I</c><00:29:18.809><c> picked</c> 00:29:19.089 --> 00:29:24.109 x sycamore<00:29:19.630><c> fruit,</c><00:29:21.369><c> but</c><00:29:21.710><c> God</c><00:29:21.990><c> told</c><00:29:22.230><c> me</c><00:29:22.430><c> to</c><00:29:22.589><c> go</c><00:29:22.769><c> and</c><00:29:23.069><c> prophesy,</c><00:29:23.609><c> and</c><00:29:23.829><c> I</c> 00:29:24.109 --> 00:29:29.009 x did.<00:29:28.109><c> We</c><00:29:28.329><c> may</c><00:29:28.529><c> think,</c><00:29:28.890><c> brothers</c> 00:29:29.009 --> 00:29:37.750 x and<00:29:29.130><c> sisters,</c><00:29:32.269><c> that</c><00:29:32.609><c> Amos</c><00:29:33.029><c> is</c><00:29:33.190><c> very,</c><00:29:33.690><c> he</c><00:29:34.289><c> is</c><00:29:34.509><c> a</c><00:29:34.650><c> very</c><00:29:34.890><c> direct</c><00:29:35.170><c> guy,</c><00:29:36.369><c> and</c><00:29:36.490><c> there's</c><00:29:37.650><c> a</c> 00:29:37.750 --> 00:29:38.470 x lot<00:29:37.849><c> of</c><00:29:38.089><c> bad</c><00:29:38.289><c> that</c> 00:29:38.470 --> 00:29:43.769 x he<00:29:38.769><c> prophesies,</c><00:29:39.349><c> and</c><00:29:39.529><c> it</c><00:29:39.710><c> all</c><00:29:39.849><c> came</c><00:29:40.109><c> true,</c><00:29:40.750><c> sadly.</c><00:29:42.130><c> Just</c><00:29:42.609><c> a</c><00:29:42.750><c> couple</c><00:29:42.849><c> more</c><00:29:43.069><c> things</c><00:29:43.349><c> here.</c><00:29:43.650><c> In</c> 00:29:43.769 --> 00:29:44.269 x Amos<00:29:44.109><c> the</c> 00:29:44.269 --> 00:29:50.349 x eighth<00:29:44.509><c> chapter,</c><00:29:46.109><c> verse</c><00:29:46.410><c> six,</c><00:29:48.869><c> actually</c><00:29:49.329><c> look</c><00:29:49.549><c> at</c><00:29:49.690><c> verse</c><00:29:49.930><c> four.</c><00:29:50.349><c> He</c> 00:29:50.349 --> 00:29:51.849 x says,<00:29:50.869><c> Hear</c><00:29:50.890><c> this,</c><00:29:51.430><c> O</c><00:29:51.450><c> ye</c><00:29:51.549><c> that</c> 00:29:51.849 --> 00:29:56.789 x swallow<00:29:52.329><c> up</c><00:29:52.609><c> the</c><00:29:52.869><c> needy,</c><00:29:53.230><c> even</c><00:29:53.569><c> to</c><00:29:53.869><c> make</c><00:29:54.049><c> the</c><00:29:54.349><c> poor</c><00:29:54.529><c> of</c><00:29:54.750><c> the</c><00:29:54.910><c> land</c><00:29:55.130><c> fail.</c><00:29:56.269><c> Here</c><00:29:56.630><c> he</c> 00:29:56.789 --> 00:29:57.730 x is.<00:29:57.089><c> He's</c><00:29:57.230><c> railing</c> 00:29:57.730 --> 00:30:02.029 x against<00:29:58.349><c> the</c><00:29:59.089><c> rich</c><00:29:59.369><c> and</c><00:29:59.549><c> the</c><00:29:59.789><c> powerful.</c><00:30:00.809><c> Verse</c><00:30:00.970><c> six,</c><00:30:01.730><c> that</c><00:30:01.789><c> we</c> 00:30:02.029 --> 00:30:03.990 x may<00:30:02.170><c> buy</c><00:30:02.450><c> the</c><00:30:02.750><c> poor</c><00:30:02.910><c> for</c><00:30:03.210><c> silver</c><00:30:03.569><c> and</c><00:30:03.750><c> the</c> 00:30:03.990 --> 00:30:06.769 x needy<00:30:04.250><c> for</c><00:30:04.450><c> a</c><00:30:04.630><c> pair</c><00:30:04.769><c> of</c><00:30:05.069><c> shoes,</c><00:30:05.549><c> yea,</c><00:30:05.869><c> and</c><00:30:06.009><c> sell</c><00:30:06.170><c> the</c><00:30:06.369><c> refuse</c> 00:30:06.769 --> 00:30:10.750 x of<00:30:07.390><c> the</c><00:30:07.569><c> wheat.</c><00:30:09.150><c> Verse</c><00:30:09.509><c> seven,</c><00:30:10.190><c> the</c><00:30:10.369><c> Lord</c> 00:30:10.750 --> 00:30:17.190 x hath<00:30:11.170><c> sworn</c><00:30:11.849><c> by</c><00:30:12.970><c> the</c><00:30:13.369><c> excellency</c><00:30:13.910><c> of</c><00:30:14.289><c> Jacob,</c><00:30:16.289><c> surely</c><00:30:16.589><c> I</c><00:30:16.849><c> will</c> 00:30:17.190 --> 00:30:20.089 x never<00:30:17.589><c> forget</c><00:30:18.250><c> any</c><00:30:18.910><c> of</c><00:30:19.109><c> their</c><00:30:19.289><c> works.</c><00:30:19.710><c> I'm</c> 00:30:20.089 --> 00:30:22.890 x never<00:30:20.390><c> forgetting</c><00:30:20.809><c> what</c><00:30:20.990><c> they've</c><00:30:21.250><c> done</c><00:30:21.390><c> to</c><00:30:21.589><c> my</c><00:30:21.750><c> people.</c> 00:30:26.029 --> 00:30:30.970 x But<00:30:26.549><c> with</c><00:30:26.769><c> that</c><00:30:27.089><c> said,</c><00:30:27.970><c> Amos</c><00:30:28.109><c> ends</c><00:30:28.349><c> in</c><00:30:28.490><c> a</c><00:30:28.609><c> very</c><00:30:28.890><c> positive</c><00:30:29.369><c> note,</c><00:30:30.710><c> and</c> 00:30:30.970 --> 00:30:33.529 x it<00:30:31.569><c> ends</c><00:30:31.869><c> on</c><00:30:32.069><c> a</c><00:30:32.230><c> note</c><00:30:32.390><c> of</c><00:30:32.569><c> redemption.</c> 00:30:34.410 --> 00:30:39.109 x It<00:30:34.589><c> ends,</c><00:30:35.109><c> if</c><00:30:35.289><c> we</c><00:30:35.390><c> look</c><00:30:35.589><c> at</c><00:30:35.710><c> verses</c><00:30:36.009><c> 11</c><00:30:36.490><c> through</c><00:30:36.730><c> 15,</c><00:30:39.049><c> about</c> 00:30:39.109 --> 00:30:41.170 x the<00:30:39.390><c> people</c><00:30:39.630><c> coming</c><00:30:39.950><c> back</c><00:30:40.329><c> into</c><00:30:40.589><c> the</c><00:30:40.890><c> land,</c> 00:30:41.289 --> 00:30:45.329 x particularly<00:30:41.750><c> verse</c><00:30:42.190><c> 14.</c><00:30:43.009><c> I</c><00:30:43.109><c> will</c><00:30:43.410><c> bring</c><00:30:43.650><c> again</c><00:30:44.049><c> the</c><00:30:44.349><c> captivity</c><00:30:44.890><c> of</c><00:30:45.109><c> my</c> 00:30:45.329 --> 00:30:46.509 x people,<00:30:45.789><c> Israel.</c><00:30:46.289><c> I'm</c><00:30:46.430><c> going</c> 00:30:46.509 --> 00:30:49.690 x to<00:30:46.630><c> bring</c><00:30:46.710><c> them</c><00:30:46.869><c> back</c><00:30:47.109><c> into</c><00:30:47.329><c> the</c><00:30:47.589><c> land,</c><00:30:48.589><c> and</c><00:30:48.970><c> I</c><00:30:49.109><c> will</c><00:30:49.410><c> plant</c> 00:30:49.690 --> 00:30:51.509 x them<00:30:49.950><c> upon</c><00:30:50.289><c> their</c><00:30:50.589><c> land,</c><00:30:50.970><c> and</c><00:30:51.049><c> they</c><00:30:51.309><c> shall</c> 00:30:51.509 --> 00:30:54.910 x no<00:30:51.670><c> more</c><00:30:51.950><c> be</c><00:30:52.230><c> pulled</c><00:30:52.650><c> up</c><00:30:53.230><c> out</c><00:30:53.509><c> of</c><00:30:53.690><c> their</c><00:30:53.950><c> land,</c><00:30:54.390><c> which</c><00:30:54.490><c> I</c><00:30:54.730><c> have</c> 00:30:54.910 --> 00:31:00.650 x given<00:30:55.170><c> them,</c><00:30:57.049><c> saith</c><00:30:57.309><c> the</c><00:30:58.009><c> Lord</c><00:30:58.809><c> thy</c><00:30:59.809><c> God.</c> 00:31:01.250 --> 00:31:04.730 x And<00:31:01.630><c> so</c><00:31:01.849><c> these</c><00:31:02.410><c> last</c><00:31:02.750><c> few</c><00:31:02.950><c> verses</c><00:31:03.369><c> of</c><00:31:03.630><c> Amos</c><00:31:03.829><c> reminded</c><00:31:04.369><c> me</c><00:31:04.609><c> of</c> 00:31:04.730 --> 00:31:06.190 x one<00:31:04.869><c> of</c><00:31:05.009><c> the</c><00:31:05.150><c> great</c><00:31:05.369><c> psalms</c><00:31:05.710><c> in</c><00:31:05.930><c> scripture,</c> 00:31:06.230 --> 00:31:09.509 x and<00:31:06.329><c> we're</c><00:31:06.470><c> going</c><00:31:06.509><c> to</c><00:31:06.569><c> end</c><00:31:06.750><c> with</c><00:31:06.970><c> that,</c><00:31:07.390><c> the</c><00:31:07.690><c> 72nd</c><00:31:09.190><c> Psalm,</c><00:31:09.410><c> and</c> 00:31:09.509 --> 00:31:11.150 x it's<00:31:09.670><c> a</c><00:31:09.829><c> psalm</c><00:31:10.029><c> written</c><00:31:10.269><c> by</c><00:31:10.569><c> David</c><00:31:10.890><c> for</c> 00:31:11.150 --> 00:31:17.710 x his<00:31:11.369><c> son</c><00:31:11.549><c> Solomon.</c><00:31:13.609><c> It's</c><00:31:14.069><c> also</c><00:31:14.809><c> written</c><00:31:15.269><c> about</c><00:31:15.549><c> Christ,</c><00:31:17.430><c> and</c> 00:31:17.710 --> 00:31:20.150 x it's<00:31:17.950><c> written</c><00:31:18.109><c> about</c><00:31:18.410><c> that</c><00:31:18.670><c> kingdom</c><00:31:19.029><c> to</c><00:31:19.329><c> come.</c> 00:31:20.170 --> 00:31:25.789 x And<00:31:20.410><c> as</c><00:31:20.690><c> we</c><00:31:20.890><c> read</c><00:31:21.029><c> a</c><00:31:21.210><c> few</c><00:31:21.329><c> verses</c><00:31:21.730><c> of</c><00:31:21.950><c> this</c><00:31:22.230><c> 72nd</c><00:31:23.289><c> Psalm,</c><00:31:24.369><c> think</c> 00:31:25.789 --> 00:31:28.970 x about<00:31:25.990><c> the</c><00:31:26.170><c> words</c><00:31:26.410><c> of</c><00:31:26.630><c> Amos.</c><00:31:28.609><c> Think</c><00:31:28.809><c> about</c> 00:31:28.970 --> 00:31:31.589 x what<00:31:29.130><c> was</c><00:31:29.369><c> going</c><00:31:29.650><c> on</c><00:31:29.809><c> in</c><00:31:29.950><c> Israel</c><00:31:30.329><c> and</c><00:31:30.529><c> Judah</c><00:31:30.710><c> at</c><00:31:30.950><c> that</c><00:31:31.210><c> time.</c> 00:31:31.930 --> 00:31:34.650 x Think<00:31:32.089><c> about</c><00:31:32.269><c> the</c><00:31:32.630><c> oppression,</c><00:31:33.950><c> the</c><00:31:34.269><c> affliction</c> 00:31:34.650 --> 00:31:39.089 x of<00:31:34.849><c> the</c><00:31:35.049><c> people</c><00:31:35.289><c> of</c><00:31:35.569><c> God,</c><00:31:35.849><c> how</c><00:31:36.069><c> that</c><00:31:36.289><c> no</c><00:31:36.490><c> one</c><00:31:36.730><c> cared,</c><00:31:37.670><c> and</c><00:31:37.990><c> compare</c><00:31:38.529><c> it</c> 00:31:39.089 --> 00:31:42.690 x to<00:31:39.529><c> the</c><00:31:39.750><c> words</c><00:31:40.309><c> of</c><00:31:41.490><c> the</c><00:31:41.730><c> 72nd</c><00:31:42.509><c> Psalm</c> 00:31:42.690 --> 00:31:48.210 x of<00:31:42.890><c> Jesus</c><00:31:43.329><c> and</c><00:31:43.450><c> his</c><00:31:43.690><c> kingdom</c><00:31:43.930><c> that</c><00:31:44.089><c> is</c><00:31:44.289><c> to</c><00:31:44.990><c> come.</c><00:31:47.730><c> He</c><00:31:47.990><c> shall</c> 00:31:48.210 --> 00:31:50.690 x judge<00:31:48.609><c> thy</c><00:31:48.829><c> people</c><00:31:49.230><c> with</c><00:31:49.549><c> righteousness</c> 00:31:50.990 --> 00:31:56.250 x and<00:31:51.710><c> thy</c><00:31:51.950><c> poor</c><00:31:52.269><c> with</c><00:31:52.569><c> judgment.</c><00:31:53.769><c> Verse</c><00:31:53.970><c> four,</c><00:31:54.950><c> he</c><00:31:55.250><c> shall</c><00:31:55.490><c> judge</c><00:31:55.869><c> the</c> 00:31:56.250 --> 00:31:57.750 x poor<00:31:56.529><c> of</c><00:31:56.750><c> the</c><00:31:56.970><c> people.</c><00:31:57.490><c> He</c><00:31:57.490><c> shall</c> 00:31:57.750 --> 00:32:03.369 x save<00:31:58.269><c> the</c><00:31:58.609><c> children</c><00:31:59.130><c> of</c><00:31:59.529><c> the</c><00:31:59.829><c> needy,</c><00:32:01.670><c> and</c><00:32:01.869><c> shall</c><00:32:02.210><c> break</c><00:32:02.809><c> in</c> 00:32:03.369 --> 00:32:08.450 x pieces<00:32:03.990><c> the</c><00:32:05.490><c> oppressor.</c><00:32:06.970><c> Verse</c><00:32:07.309><c> six,</c> 00:32:08.390 --> 00:32:14.349 x he<00:32:08.750><c> shall</c><00:32:09.049><c> come</c><00:32:09.430><c> down</c><00:32:09.970><c> like</c><00:32:10.369><c> rain</c><00:32:10.750><c> upon</c><00:32:11.170><c> the</c><00:32:11.450><c> mown</c><00:32:11.809><c> grass</c><00:32:12.690><c> as</c> 00:32:14.349 --> 00:32:18.109 x showers<00:32:14.930><c> that</c><00:32:15.390><c> water</c><00:32:15.710><c> the</c><00:32:16.009><c> earth.</c><00:32:17.990><c> In</c> 00:32:18.109 --> 00:32:22.630 x his<00:32:18.490><c> days</c><00:32:18.930><c> shall</c><00:32:19.230><c> the</c><00:32:19.529><c> righteous</c><00:32:19.930><c> flourish</c><00:32:20.730><c> in</c><00:32:21.750><c> abundance</c><00:32:22.230><c> of</c> 00:32:22.630 --> 00:32:26.970 x peace,<00:32:24.150><c> so</c><00:32:24.410><c> long</c><00:32:24.769><c> as</c><00:32:25.109><c> the</c><00:32:25.309><c> moon</c><00:32:25.950><c> endures.</c><00:32:26.690><c> Verse</c> 00:32:26.970 --> 00:32:32.289 x 12,<00:32:28.069><c> for</c><00:32:28.269><c> he</c><00:32:28.609><c> shall</c><00:32:28.789><c> deliver</c><00:32:29.470><c> the</c><00:32:29.769><c> needy</c><00:32:30.750><c> when</c><00:32:31.130><c> he</c><00:32:31.470><c> cries,</c><00:32:31.930><c> the</c> 00:32:32.289 --> 00:32:35.190 x poor<00:32:32.529><c> also</c><00:32:33.089><c> in</c><00:32:33.309><c> him</c><00:32:33.529><c> that</c><00:32:33.829><c> hath</c><00:32:34.029><c> no</c><00:32:34.390><c> helper.</c> 00:32:35.289 --> 00:32:40.210 x He<00:32:35.710><c> shall</c><00:32:36.049><c> spare</c><00:32:36.569><c> the</c><00:32:37.029><c> poor</c><00:32:37.410><c> and</c><00:32:37.730><c> needy,</c><00:32:39.049><c> and</c><00:32:39.109><c> shall</c><00:32:39.349><c> save</c><00:32:39.789><c> the</c> 00:32:40.210 --> 00:32:43.410 x souls<00:32:40.730><c> of</c><00:32:40.990><c> the</c><00:32:41.210><c> needy.</c><00:32:42.349><c> He</c><00:32:42.569><c> shall</c><00:32:42.809><c> redeem</c> 00:32:43.410 --> 00:32:50.930 x their<00:32:43.829><c> soul</c><00:32:44.130><c> from</c><00:32:44.450><c> deceit</c><00:32:44.990><c> and</c><00:32:45.329><c> violence,</c><00:32:47.230><c> and</c><00:32:47.509><c> precious</c><00:32:48.210><c> shall</c><00:32:49.730><c> their</c><00:32:49.970><c> blood</c><00:32:50.250><c> be</c> 00:32:50.930 --> 00:32:54.009 x in<00:32:51.809><c> his</c><00:32:52.150><c> sight.</c><00:32:53.170><c> Verse</c><00:32:53.410><c> 17,</c> 00:32:54.150 --> 00:33:00.069 x his<00:32:54.349><c> name</c><00:32:54.769><c> shall</c><00:32:55.089><c> endure</c><00:32:55.529><c> forever.</c><00:32:57.150><c> His</c><00:32:57.529><c> name</c><00:32:57.950><c> shall</c><00:32:58.769><c> continue</c><00:32:59.329><c> as</c><00:32:59.769><c> long</c> 00:33:00.069 --> 00:33:02.470 x as<00:33:00.329><c> the</c><00:33:00.549><c> sun,</c><00:33:01.670><c> and</c><00:33:01.910><c> men</c><00:33:02.210><c> shall</c> 00:33:02.470 --> 00:33:07.609 x be<00:33:02.609><c> blessed</c><00:33:02.910><c> in</c><00:33:03.130><c> him.</c><00:33:04.430><c> All</c><00:33:04.670><c> nations</c><00:33:05.150><c> shall</c><00:33:05.490><c> call</c><00:33:05.849><c> him</c><00:33:06.170><c> blessed.</c><00:33:07.329><c> Blessed</c> 00:33:07.609 --> 00:33:10.269 x be<00:33:07.890><c> the</c><00:33:08.109><c> Lord</c><00:33:08.490><c> God,</c><00:33:10.029><c> the</c> 00:33:10.269 --> 00:33:15.190 x God<00:33:10.450><c> of</c><00:33:10.650><c> Israel</c><00:33:11.069><c> who</c><00:33:11.410><c> only</c><00:33:11.890><c> does</c><00:33:12.369><c> wondrous</c><00:33:13.089><c> things,</c><00:33:14.529><c> and</c><00:33:14.730><c> blessed</c><00:33:14.970><c> be</c> 00:33:15.190 --> 00:33:17.410 x his<00:33:15.470><c> glorious</c><00:33:15.990><c> name</c><00:33:16.329><c> forever,</c> 00:33:18.130 --> 00:33:24.769 x and<00:33:18.230><c> let</c><00:33:18.349><c> the</c><00:33:18.630><c> whole</c><00:33:18.869><c> earth</c><00:33:19.190><c> be</c><00:33:19.490><c> filled</c><00:33:19.789><c> with</c><00:33:20.069><c> his</c><00:33:20.349><c> glory.</c><00:33:22.089><c> Amen</c><00:33:22.589><c> and</c><00:33:23.950><c> amen.</c>