Holy Bible
(King James Version)
Amos:
Chapter 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
Jer-o-bo-am with the sword.
10. Then Am-a-zi-ah the priest of Beth-el sent to Jer-o-bo-am 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, Jer-o-bo-am shall die by the sword, and Israel
shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.
12. Also Am-a-zi-ah 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 Beth-el: for it is the king's
chapel, and it is the king's court.
14. Then answered Amos, and said to Am-a-zi-ah, 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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