Amos 7
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v1
Thus the Lord Yahweh showed 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 kingโs harvest.
v2
When they finished eating the grass of the land, then I said, โLord Yahweh, forgive, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.โ
v3
Yahweh relented concerning this. โIt shall not be,โ says Yahweh.
v4
Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me and behold, the Lord Yahweh called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the land.
v5
Then I said, โLord Yahweh, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.โ
v6
Yahweh relented concerning this. โThis also shall not be,โ says the Lord Yahweh.
v7
Thus he showed me and behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.
v8
Yahweh said to me, โAmos, what do you see?โ I said, โA plumb line.โ Then the Lord said, โBehold, I will set a plumb line in the middle of my people Israel. I will not again pass by them any more.
v9
The high places of Isaac will be desolate, the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.โ
v10
Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, โAmos has conspired against you in the middle of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words.
v11
For Amos says, โJeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.โโ
v12
Amaziah also said to Amos, โYou seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
v13
but donโt prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the kingโs sanctuary, and it is a royal house!โ
v14
Then Amos answered Amaziah, โI was no prophet, neither was I a prophetโs son; but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs;
v15
and Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, โGo, prophesy to my people Israel.โ
v16
Now therefore listen to Yahwehโs word: โYou say, Donโt prophesy against Israel, and donโt preach against the house of Isaac.โ
v17
Therefore Yahweh says: โYour wife shall be a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you yourself shall die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.โโ