Amos Chapter 7
7:1 | Thus hath the Lord GOD showed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the ![]() ![]() |
7:2 | 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. |
7:3 | The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD. |
7:4 | Thus hath the Lord GOD showed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part. |
7:5 | Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he [is] small. |
7:6 | The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD. |
7:7 | Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall [made] by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand. |
7:8 | 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 ![]() |
7:9 | And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of ![]() ![]() ![]() |
7:10 | Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
7:11 | For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the ![]() ![]() |
7:12 | Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat ![]() |
7:13 | But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it [is] the ![]() ![]() |
7:14 | Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I [was] no prophet, neither [was] I a prophet' son; but I [was] an herdman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit: |
7:15 | And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people ![]() |
7:16 | Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against ![]() ![]() |
7:17 | Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the ![]() ![]() |