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Warning Through Visions
Thus the Lord GOD showed me, and behold, He was forming a locust-swarm when the spring crop began to sprout. And behold, the spring crop was after the king’s mowing.
Thus the Lord GOD showed me, and behold, He was forming a locust-swarm when the spring crop began to sprout. And behold, the spring crop was after the king’s mowing.
The Locusts, Fire, and Plumbline
Thus did the Lord Jehovah shew unto me; and behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth, and behold, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.
Thus did the Lord Jehovah shew unto me; and behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth, and behold, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.
And it came about, when it had finished eating the vegetation of the land, that I said,
“Lord GOD, please pardon!
How can Jacob stand,
For he is small?”
“Lord GOD, please pardon!
How can Jacob stand,
For he is small?”
And it came to pass, when they had wholly eaten the grass of the land, that I said, O Lord Jehovah, forgive, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
The LORD changed His mind about this.
“It shall not be,” said the LORD.
“It shall not be,” said the LORD.
Jehovah repented for this: It shall not be, said Jehovah.
Thus the Lord GOD showed me, and behold, the Lord GOD was calling to contend with them by fire, and it consumed the great deep and began to consume the farm land.
Thus did the Lord Jehovah shew unto me; and behold, the Lord Jehovah called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and ate up the inheritance.
Then I said,
“Lord GOD, please stop!
How can Jacob stand, for he is small?”
“Lord GOD, please stop!
How can Jacob stand, for he is small?”
Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
The LORD changed His mind about this.
“This too shall not be,” said the Lord GOD.
“This too shall not be,” said the Lord GOD.
Jehovah repented for this: This also shall not be, said the Lord Jehovah.
Thus He showed me, and behold, the Lord was standing by a vertical wall with a plumb line in His hand.
Thus did he shew unto me; and behold, the Lord stood upon a wall [made] by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand.
The LORD said to me, “What do you see, Amos?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said,
“Behold I am about to put a plumb line
In the midst of My people Israel.
I will spare them no longer.
“Behold I am about to put a plumb line
In the midst of My people Israel.
I will spare them no longer.
And Jehovah said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumb-line. And the Lord said, Behold, I will set a plumb-line in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more.
“The high places of Isaac will be desolated
And the sanctuaries of Israel laid waste.
Then I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”
And the sanctuaries of Israel laid waste.
Then I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”
And the high places of Isaac shall be desolated, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will arise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
Amos Accused, Answers
Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is unable to endure all his words.
Amaziah Accuses Amos
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.
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.
“For thus Amos says, ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword and Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’”
For thus Amos saith: Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall certainly go into captivity out of his land.
Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Go, you seer, flee away to the land of Judah and there eat bread and there do your prophesying!
And Amaziah said unto Amos, [Thou] seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and eat bread there, and prophesy there.
“But no longer prophesy at Bethel, for it is a sanctuary of the king and a royal residence.”
But prophesy not again any more at Bethel; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is the house of the kingdom.
Then Amos replied to Amaziah, “I am not a prophet, nor am I the son of a prophet; for I am a herdsman and a grower of sycamore figs.
And Amos answered and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit.
“But the LORD took me from following the flock and the LORD said to me, ‘Go prophesy to My people Israel.’
And Jehovah took me as I followed the flock, and Jehovah said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
“Now hear the word of the LORD: you are saying, ‘You shall not prophesy against Israel nor shall you speak against the house of Isaac.’
And now hear thou the word of Jehovah: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and utter not [words] against the house of Isaac.
“Therefore, thus says the LORD, ‘Your wife will become a harlot in the city, your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be parceled up by a measuring line and you yourself will die upon unclean soil. Moreover, Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’”
Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Thy wife shall be a harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided with the line; and thou shalt die in a land that is unclean; and Israel shall certainly go into captivity, out of his land.