| Chapter 7
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| 1 | 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. |
| 2 |
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. |
| 3 |
The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD. |
| 4 | 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. |
| 5
| Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob
arise? for he is small. |
| 6 |
The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD. |
| 7 | Thus he shewed me: and,
behold, the LORD stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his
hand. |
| 8 | 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: |
| 9
| 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. |
| 10 | 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. |
| 11
| For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall
surely be led away captive out of their own land. |
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12 | Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go,
flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy
there: |
| 13 | But prophesy
not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's
court. |
| 14 | 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: |
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15 | And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and
the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel. |
| 16 | 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. |
| 17
| 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. |
