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Chapter 7
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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. |
2
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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. |
3
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The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith
the LORD. |
4
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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. |
5
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Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by
whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. |
6
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The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be,
saith the Lord GOD. |
7
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Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the LORD stood upon
a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand. |
8
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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: |
9
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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 Jeroboam with the sword. |
10
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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. |
11
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For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword,
and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their
own land. |
12
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Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee
thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread,
and prophesy there: |
13
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But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is
the king's chapel, and it is the king's court. |
14
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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: |
15
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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. |
16
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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. |
17
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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. |
