Amos 7

¹ Thus the LordLord JehovahJehovah showed me: and, behold, he formedformed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth afterafter the king's mowings.

² And it came to pass that, when they made an end of eatingeating the grassgrass of the landland, then I saidsaid, O LordLord JehovahJehovah, forgive, I beseech thee: how shall JacobJacob stand? for he is small.

³ JehovahJehovah repented concerning this: It shall not be, saithsaith JehovahJehovah.

⁴ Thus the LordLord JehovahJehovah showed me: and, behold, the LordLord JehovahJehovah calledcalled to content by firefire; and it devoureddevoured the great deep, and would have eateneaten up the land.

⁵ Then saidsaid I, O LordLord JehovahJehovah, cease, I beseech thee: how shall JacobJacob stand? for he is small.

⁶ JehovahJehovah repented concerning this: this also shall not be, saithsaith the Lordthe Lord JehovahJehovah.

⁷ Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wallwall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his handhand.

⁸ And JehovahJehovah saidsaid unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I saidsaid, A plumb-line. Then saidsaid the Lordthe Lord, Behold, I will set a plumb-line in the midst of my people IsraelIsrael; I will not again passpass by them any more;

⁹ and the highhigh places of IsaacIsaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of IsraelIsrael shall be laid waste; and I will riserise against the househouse of Jeroboam with the swordsword.

¹⁰ Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-elBeth-el sentsent to Jeroboam king of IsraelIsrael, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the househouse of IsraelIsrael: the landland is not able to bear all his wordswords.

¹¹ For thus Amos saithsaith, Jeroboam shall diedie by the swordsword, and IsraelIsrael shall surely be ledled away captive out of his land.

¹² Also Amaziah saidsaid unto Amos, O thou seer, gogo, fleeflee thou away into the landland of JudahJudah, and there eateat breadbread, and prophesy there:

¹³ but prophesy not again any more at Beth-elBeth-el; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal househouse.

¹⁴ Then answeredanswered Amos, and saidsaid to Amaziah, I was no prophetprophet, neither was I a prophetprophet's sonson; but I was a herdsman, and a dresser of sycomore-trees:

¹⁵ and JehovahJehovah took me from followingfollowing the flockflock, and JehovahJehovah saidsaid unto me, GoGo, prophesy unto my people IsraelIsrael.

¹⁶ Now therefore hearhear thou the wordthe word of JehovahJehovah: Thou sayestsayest, Prophesy not against IsraelIsrael, and drop not [thy wordword] against the househouse of IsaacIsaac;

¹⁷ therefore thus saithsaith JehovahJehovah: Thy wifewife shall be a harlotharlot in the citycity, and thy sons and thy daughtersdaughters shall fallfall by the swordsword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou thyself shalt diedie in a land that is uncleanunclean, and IsraelIsrael shall surely be ledled away captive out of his land.