Amos 7
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Thus the Lord YHWH 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
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 YHWH, forgive, I beseech you: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.
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YHWH repented concerning this: It shall not be, says YHWH.
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Thus the Lord YHWH showed me: and, behold, the Lord YHWH 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 YHWH, cease, I beseech you: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.
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YHWH repented concerning this: this also shall not be, says the Lord YHWH.
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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 YHWH said to me, Amos, what see you? 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 has
conspired against you 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 says, 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 to Amos, O you seer, go, flee you 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 YHWH took me from following the flock, and YHWH said to me, Go, prophesy to my
people Israel.
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Now therefore hear you the word of YHWH: You say, Prophesy not against Israel, and
drop not [your word] against the house of Isaac;
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therefore thus says YHWH: Your wife shall be a harlot 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.