Amos 7 : 1 (RV)
Thus the Lord GOD shewed me: and, behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king�s mowings.
Amos 7 : 2 (RV)
And it came to pass that when they made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.
Amos 7 : 3 (RV)
The LORD repented concerning this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.
Amos 7 : 4 (RV)
Thus the Lord GOD shewed me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land.
Amos 7 : 5 (RV)
Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.
Amos 7 : 6 (RV)
The LORD repented concerning this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.
Amos 7 : 7 (RV)
Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
Amos 7 : 8 (RV)
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:
Amos 7 : 9 (RV)
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.
Amos 7 : 10 (RV)
Then Amaziah the priest of Beth�el 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.
Amos 7 : 11 (RV)
For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.
Amos 7 : 12 (RV)
Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
Amos 7 : 13 (RV)
but prophesy not again any more at Beth�el: for it is the king�s sanctuary, and it is a royal house.
Amos 7 : 14 (RV)
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 dresser of sycomore trees:
Amos 7 : 15 (RV)
and the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
Amos 7 : 16 (RV)
Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not cf15i thy word against the house of Isaac;
Amos 7 : 17 (RV)
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 thyself shalt die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.
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