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.
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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. |
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The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.
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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. |
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5: Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall
Jacob arise? for he is small. |
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6: The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the
Lord GOD. |
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7: Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall
made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand. |
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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: |
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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. |
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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. |
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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: |
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13: But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the
king's chapel, and it is the king's court. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |