Amos 7
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. 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: 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.