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Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.
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And it came to pass that, when they made an end of eating the grass of the land , then I said , O Lord Jehovah , forgive, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.
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Jehovah repented concerning this: It shall not be, saith Jehovah .
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Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, the Lord Jehovah called to content by fire ; and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land.
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Then said I, O Lord Jehovah , cease, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.
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Jehovah repented concerning this: this also shall not be, saith the Lord Jehovah .
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Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand .
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And Jehovah said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said , A plumb-line. Then said the Lord , Behold, I will set a plumb-line in the midst of my people Israel ; I will not again pass by them any more;
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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 .
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Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el 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 .
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For thus Amos saith , Jeroboam shall die by the sword , and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.
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Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go , flee thou away into the land of Judah , and there eat bread , and prophesy there:
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but prophesy not again any more at Beth-el ; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house .
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Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet , neither was I a prophet 's son ; but I was a herdsman, and a dresser of sycomore-trees:
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and Jehovah took me from following the flock , and Jehovah said unto me, Go , prophesy unto my people Israel .
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Now therefore hear thou the word of Jehovah : Thou sayest , Prophesy not against Israel , and drop not [thy word ] against the house of Isaac ;
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therefore thus saith Jehovah : Thy wife shall be a 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 thyself shalt die in a land that is unclean , and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.