| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
AMO 5:17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through
thee, saith the LORD.
AMO 5:18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is
it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
AMO 5:19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went
into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
AMO 5:20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even
very dark, and no brightness in it?
AMO 5:21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in
your solemn assemblies.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
AMO 8:6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair
of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
AMO 8:7 The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will
never forget any of their works.
AMO 8:8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that
dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall
be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
AMO 8:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that
I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in
the clear day:
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King James Bible: JER 25:4 And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets,
rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined
your ear to hear.
JER 25:5 They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and
from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath
given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever:
JER 25:6 And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship
them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I
will do you no hurt.
JER 25:7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye
might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.
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