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
.
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
.
The LORD repented
for this: It shall not be, saith
the LORD
.
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
.
Then said I, O Lord
GOD
, cease
, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob
arise
? for he is small
.
The LORD repented
for this: This also shall not be, saith
the Lord
GOD
.
Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord
stood
upon a wall
made by a plumbline
, with a plumbline
in his hand
.
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:
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 Jeroboam
with the sword
.
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 saith
, Jeroboam
shall die
by the sword
, and Israel
shall surely
be led away captive
out of their own land
.
Also Amaziah said
unto Amos
, O thou seer
, go
, flee thee away
into the land
of Judah
, and there eat
bread
, and prophesy
there:
But prophesy not again
any more at Bethel
: for it is the king's
chapel
, and it is the king's
court
.
Then answered Amos
, and said
to Amaziah
, I was no prophet
, neither was I a prophet's
son
; but I was an herdman
, and a gatherer
of sycomore fruit
:
And the LORD took
me as I followed
the flock
, and the LORD
said
unto me, Go
, prophesy
unto my people
Israel
.
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
.
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
.