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Amos 7

Warning Through Visions

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Thus the Lord  1GOD showed me, and behold, He was forming a  alocust-swarm  2when the spring crop began to sprout. And behold, the spring crop was after the king's  3mowing.

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And it came about,  1when it had  afinished eating the vegetation of the land, that I said, " bLord GOD, please pardon!  2How can Jacob stand, For he is  csmall?"

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The LORD  1 achanged His mind about this. "It shall not be," said the LORD.

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Thus the Lord GOD showed me, and behold, the Lord GOD was calling to contend with them by  afire, and it consumed the great deep and began to consume the  1farm land.

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Then I said, " aLord GOD, please stop!  bHow can Jacob stand, for he is small?"

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The LORD  1 achanged His mind about this. "This too shall not be," said the Lord GOD.

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Thus He showed me, and behold, the Lord was standing  1by a  2vertical wall with a plumb line in His hand.

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The LORD said to me, " aWhat do you see, Amos?" And I said, "A plumb line." Then the Lord said, "Behold I am about to put a  bplumb line In the midst of My people Israel. I will  1 cspare them no longer.

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"The  ahigh places of Isaac will be desolated And the  bsanctuaries of Israel laid waste. Then I will  crise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword."

Amos Accused, Answers

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Then Amaziah, the  apriest of Bethel, sent word to  bJeroboam king of Israel, saying, "Amos has  cconspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is unable to endure all his words.

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"For thus Amos says, `Jeroboam will die by the sword and Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.' "

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Then Amaziah said to Amos, " aGo, you seer, flee away to the land of Judah and there eat bread and there do your prophesying!

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"But  ano longer prophesy at Bethel, for it is a  bsanctuary of the king and a royal  1residence."

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Then Amos replied to Amaziah, "I am not a prophet, nor am I the  ason of a prophet; for I am a herdsman and a  1grower of sycamore figs.

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"But the LORD took me from  1following the flock and the LORD said to me, `Go  aprophesy to My people Israel.'

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"Now hear the word of the LORD: you are saying, `You  ashall not prophesy against Israel  bnor shall you  1speak against the house of Isaac.'

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"Therefore, thus says the LORD, `Your  awife will become a harlot in the city, your  bsons and your daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be parceled up by a measuring line and you yourself will die  1upon  cunclean soil. Moreover, Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.' "



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