Amos 7
1. Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed * unto me; and, behold, he formed * grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up * of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.
2. And it came to pass, that when they had made an end * of eating * the grass of the land, then I said * , O Lord GOD,forgive * , I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise * ? for he is small.
3. The LORD repented * for this: It shall not be, saith * the LORD.
4. Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed * unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called * to contend * by fire, and it devoured * the great deep, and did eat up * a part.
5. Then said * I, O Lord GOD, cease * , I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise * ? for he is small.
6. The LORD repented * for this: This also shall not be, saith * the Lord GOD.
7. Thus he shewed * me: and, behold, the Lord stood * upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
8. And the LORD said * unto me, Amos, what seest * thou? And I said * , A plumbline. Then said * the Lord, Behold, I will set * a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again * pass by * them any more:
9. And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate * , and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste * ; and I will rise * against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
10. Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent * to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying * , Amos hath conspired * against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able * to bear * all his words.
11. For thus Amos saith * , Jeroboam shall die * by the sword, and Israel shall surely * be led away captive * out of their own land.
12. Also Amaziah said * unto Amos, O thou seer, go * , flee thee away * into the land of Judah, and there eat * bread, and prophesy * there:
13. But prophesy * not again * any more at Bethel: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court.
14. Then answered * Amos, and said * to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer * of sycomore fruit:
15. And the LORD took * me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said * unto me, Go * , prophesy * unto my people Israel.
16. Now therefore hear * thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest * , Prophesy * not against Israel, and drop * not thy word against the house of Isaac.
17. Therefore thus saith * the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot * in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall * by the sword, and thy land shall be divided * by line; and thou shalt die * in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely * go into captivity * forth of his land.
