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Thus the Lord God showed me: Behold, He formed locust swarms at the [a]beginning of the late crop; indeed it was the late crop after the king’s mowings.
And so it was, when they had finished eating the grass of the land, that I said: “O Lord God, forgive, I pray! Oh,[b] that Jacob may stand, For he is small!”
And the Lord said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said: “Behold, I am setting a plumb line In the midst of My people Israel; I will not pass by them anymore.
Господь спросил меня: — Что ты видишь, Амос? — Свинцовый отвес, — ответил я. Владыка сказал: — Вот, Я кладу отвес среди Моего народа, Израиля; Я больше не буду щадить их.
The [e]high places of Isaac shall be desolate, And the [f]sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste. I will rise with the sword against the house of Jeroboam.”
Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to [g]bear all his words.
Амасия, священник из Вефиля, послал Иеровоаму, царю Израиля, весть: «Амос замышляет против тебя заговор в самом сердце Израиля. Земля не в силах терпеть всех его слов.
“Therefore thus says the Lord: ‘Your wife shall be a harlot in the city; Your sons and daughters shall fall by the sword; Your land shall be divided by survey line; You shall die in a defiled land; And Israel shall surely be led away captive From his own land.’ ”
«Городской блудницей станет твоя жена, твои сыновья и дочери падут от меча. Землю твою измерят и разделят, а сам ты умрешь в нечистой земле. Израиль же непременно пойдет в плен со своей земли».