Thus the Lord
1GOD
showed
me, and behold
, He was forming
a alocust-swarm
2when the spring
crop
began
to sprout
. And behold
, the spring
crop
was after
the king's
3mowing
.
And it came about, 1when
it had afinished
eating
the vegetation
of the land
, that I said
, " bLord
GOD
, please
pardon
! 2How
can Jacob
stand
, For he is csmall
?"
The LORD 1 achanged
His mind
about
this
. "It shall not be," said
the LORD
.
Thus the Lord
GOD
showed
me, and behold
, the Lord
GOD
was calling
to contend
with them by afire
, and it consumed
the great
deep
and began to consume
the 1farm
land
.
Then I said, " aLord
GOD
, please
stop
! bHow
can Jacob
stand
, for he is small
?"
The LORD 1 achanged
His mind
about
this
. "This
too
shall not be," said
the Lord
GOD
.
Thus He showed
me, and behold
, the Lord
was standing
1by a 2vertical
wall
with a plumb
line
in His hand
.
The LORD said
to me, " aWhat
do you see
, Amos
?" And I said
, "A plumb
line
." Then the Lord
said
, "Behold
I am about to put
a bplumb
line
In the midst
of My people
Israel
. I will 1 cspare
them no
longer
.
"The ahigh places
of Isaac
will be desolated
And the bsanctuaries
of Israel
laid
waste
. Then I will crise
up against
the house
of Jeroboam
with the sword
."
Then Amaziah, the apriest
of Bethel
, sent
word to bJeroboam
king
of Israel
, saying
, "Amos
has cconspired
against
you in the midst
of the house
of Israel
; the land
is unable
to endure
all
his words
.
"For thus Amos
says
, `Jeroboam
will die
by the sword
and Israel
will certainly
go
from its land
into exile
.' "
Then Amaziah said
to Amos
, " aGo
, you seer
, flee
away to the land
of Judah
and there
eat
bread
and there
do your prophesying
!
"But ano longer
prophesy
at Bethel
, for it is a bsanctuary
of the king
and a royal
1residence
."
Then Amos replied
to Amaziah
, "I am not a prophet
, nor
am I the ason
of a prophet
; for I am a herdsman
and a 1grower
of sycamore
figs
.
"But the LORD took
me from 1following
the flock
and the LORD
said
to me, `Go
aprophesy
to My people
Israel
.'
"Now hear
the word
of the LORD
: you are saying
, `You ashall not prophesy
against
Israel
bnor
shall you 1speak
against
the house
of Isaac
.'
"Therefore, thus
says
the LORD
, `Your awife
will become
a harlot
in the city
, your bsons
and your daughters
will fall
by the sword
, your land
will be parceled
up by a measuring line
and you yourself
will die
1upon cunclean
soil
. Moreover, Israel
will certainly
go
from its land
into exile
.' "