Warning through Visions
7 This is what the Lord God showed me, and behold, He was forming a (A)swarm of locusts when the spring crop began to sprout. And behold, the spring crop was after the king’s mowing. 2 And it came about, when it had (B)finished eating the vegetation of the land, that I said,
“(C)Lord God, please pardon!
How can Jacob stand?
For he is (D)small.”
3 The Lord (E)relented of this.
“It shall not be,” said the Lord.
4 So the Lord God showed me, and behold, the Lord God was calling to contend with them by (F)fire, and it consumed the great deep and began to consume the farmland. 5 Then I said,
“(G)Lord God, please stop!
(H)How can Jacob stand?
For he is small.”
6 The Lord (I)relented of this.
“This too shall not be,” said the Lord God.
7 So He showed me, and behold, the Lord was standing by a vertical wall with a plumb line in His hand. 8 And the Lord said to me, “(J)What do you see, Amos?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said,
“Behold I am about to put a (K)plumb line
In the midst of My people Israel.
I will not (L)spare them any longer.
9 The (M)high places of Isaac will become deserted,
And the (N)sanctuaries of Israel will be in ruins.
Then I will (O)rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”
Amos Accused; Gives an Answer
10 Then Amaziah, the (P)priest of Bethel, sent word to (Q)Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has (R)conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is unable to endure all his words. 11 For this is what Amos says: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’” 12 Then Amaziah said to Amos, “(S)Go, you seer, flee to the land of Judah; and eat bread there and do your prophesying there! 13 But (T)do not prophesy at Bethel any longer, for it is a (U)sanctuary of the king and a royal residence.”
14 Then Amos replied to Amaziah, “I am not a prophet, nor am I the (V)son of a prophet; for I am a herdsman and a grower of sycamore figs. 15 But the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go (W)prophesy to My people Israel.’ 16 So now hear the word of the Lord: you are saying, ‘You (X)shall not prophesy against Israel (Y)nor shall you prophesy against the house of Isaac.’ 17 Therefore, this is what the Lord says: ‘Your (Z)wife will become a prostitute in the city, your (AA)sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be parceled up by a measuring line, and you yourself will die upon (AB)unclean soil. Furthermore Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’”
Footnotes
- Amos 7:1
- Amos 7:1
- Amos 7:2
- Amos 7:4
- Amos 7:7
- Amos 7:7
- Amos 7:8
- Amos 7:13
- Amos 7:14
- Amos 7:15
- Amos 7:16
- Amos 7:17
Cross references
- Amos 7:1 : Joel 1:4; Amos 4:9; Nah 3:15
- Amos 7:2 : Ex 10:15
- Amos 7:2 : Jer 14:7, 20, 21; Ezek 9:8; 11:13
- Amos 7:2 : Is 37:4; Jer 42:2
- Amos 7:3 : Deut 32:36; Jer 26:19; Hos 11:8; Amos 5:15; Jon 3:10
- Amos 7:4 : Deut 32:22; Is 66:15, 16; Amos 2:5
- Amos 7:5 : Ps 85:4; Joel 2:17
- Amos 7:5 : Amos 7:2
- Amos 7:6 : Ps 106:45; Amos 7:3; Jon 3:10
- Amos 7:8 : Jer 1:11; Amos 8:2
- Amos 7:8 : 2 Kin 21:13; Is 28:17; 34:11; Lam 2:8
- Amos 7:8 : Jer 15:6; Ezek 7:4-9; Amos 8:2
- Amos 7:9 : Gen 46:1; Hos 10:8; Mic 1:5
- Amos 7:9 : Lev 26:31; Is 63:18; Jer 51:51; Amos 7:13
- Amos 7:9 : 2 Kin 15:8-10; Amos 7:11
- Amos 7:10 : 1 Kin 12:31, 32; 13:33
- Amos 7:10 : 2 Kin 14:23, 24
- Amos 7:10 : Jer 26:8-11; 38:4
- Amos 7:12 : Matt 8:34
- Amos 7:13 : Amos 2:12; Acts 4:18
- Amos 7:13 : 1 Kin 12:29, 32; Amos 7:9
- Amos 7:14 : 1 Kin 20:35; 2 Kin 2:3, 5; 4:38; 2 Chr 19:2
- Amos 7:15 : Jer 1:7; Ezek 2:3, 4
- Amos 7:16 : Amos 2:12; 7:13
- Amos 7:16 : Deut 32:2; Ezek 20:46; 21:2
- Amos 7:17 : Hos 4:13, 14
- Amos 7:17 : Jer 14:16
- Amos 7:17 : 2 Kin 17:6; Ezek 4:13; Hos 9:3
