Amos 7
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Thus the Lord GOD 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 if it had come to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of
the land--so I said: O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech Thee; how shall Jacob stand? for
he is small.
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The LORD repented concerning this; 'It shall not be', saith the LORD.
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Thus the Lord GOD showed me; and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire;
and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land.
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Then said I: O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech Thee; how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.
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The LORD repented concerning this; 'This also shall not be', saith the Lord GOD.
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Thus He showed me; and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumbline,
with a plumbline in His hand.
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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 pardon 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 thee 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 herdman, and a dresser of sycamore-trees;
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and the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said unto me: Go, prophesy
unto My people Israel.
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Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest: Prophesy not against Israel,
and preach not against the house of Isaac;
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Therefore thus saith the LORD: 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 an unclean land, and Israel shall surely be led away
captive out of his land.'