
The Desert That Leads Us Home
“‘But I gave you also cleanness of teeth in all your cities and lack of bread

“‘But I gave you also cleanness of teeth in all your cities and lack of bread

“Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, ‘Amos has

“Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is near, and it will come

“When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea, ‘Go, take to yourself

“‘In regard to all the things of which I am accused by the Jews, I consider

“Put the trumpet to your lips! Like an eagle the enemy comes against the house of

“When I would heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered, and the evil deeds of

“He said to me, ‘Son of man, can these bones live?’ And I answered, ‘O Lord

“Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar

“For thus says the Lord GOD, ’Behold, I will bring upon Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar

“Thus says the Lord GOD, ‘When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among

“Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “It is not for