Amos 7
Three Visions of
Destruction |
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Thus hath the Lord GOD showed 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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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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3 |
The LORD repented
for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.
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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.
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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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The LORD repented
for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.
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7 |
Thus he showed me: and, behold, the
Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a 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: I will not again pass by them any more:
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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 Jerobo'am with the sword.
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Amos and
Amaziah |
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Then Amazi'ah the priest of Beth-el
sent to Jerobo'am 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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For thus Amos saith, Jerobo'am shall die
by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of
their own land.
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Also Amazi'ah 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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but prophesy not again any more at
Beth-el: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the
king's court.
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Then answered Amos, and said to
Amazi'ah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's
son; but I was a herdman, and a gatherer of sycamore
fruit:
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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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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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Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be a 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.
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