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.
02 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.
03 The Lord repented for this: It shall not be,
saith the Lord.
04 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.
05 Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech
thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
06 The Lord repented for this: This also shall
not be, saith the Lord God.
07 Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood
upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline
in his hand.
08 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:
09 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.
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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.
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