Amos

Amos 7 ©

1 The judgment of the grasshoppers, 4 and of the fire, are diverted by the intercession of Amos. 7 By a wall and plumbline is signified the desolation of Israel. 10 Amaziah complaineth of Amos, and forbiddeth him to prophesy at Beth-el. 14 Amos sheweth his calling, 16 and the judgment upon Amaziah.

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THUS hath the Lord GOD ashewed unto me; and, behold, bhe formed 1grasshoppers 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 it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, cO Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: 2by whom shall Jacob arise? dfor he is small.

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The LORD erepented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.

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fThus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by gfire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.

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Then hsaid I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: 3by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

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The iLORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.

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¶Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a jwall made by a plumbline, with ka 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: lI will not again pass by them any more:

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And mthe high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I nwill rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.

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¶Then Amaziah othe priest of Beth-el sent to pJeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos qhath 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 rthus 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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Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou sseer, tgo, flee thee away uinto the land of Judah, and there veat bread, and prophesy there:

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v Mi. 3.5,11.
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But prophesy not again any more at Beth-el: wfor it is the king's 4chapel, and it is the 5king's court.

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¶Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I xa prophet's son; but I was yan herdman, and a gatherer of 6sycomore fruit:

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And the LORD took me 7as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, zGo, prophesy unto my people Israel.

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¶Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, aProphesy not against Israel, and bdrop not thy word against the house of Isaac.

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Therefore thus saith the LORD; cThy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and dthy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a epolluted land: and Israel fshall surely go into captivity forth of his land.