1 Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me: and, behold, he formed locusts in
the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, behold, it was
the latter growth after the king’s harvest. 2 It happened that, when they
made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, “Lord Yahweh,
forgive, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”
3 Yahweh relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” says Yahweh.
4 Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me and, behold, the Lord Yahweh called for
judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the
land. 5 Then I said, “Lord Yahweh, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand?
For he is small.”
6 Yahweh relented concerning this. “This also shall not be,” says the Lord
Yahweh.
7 Thus he showed me and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a
plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand. 8 Yahweh said to me, “Amos,
what do you see?”
I said, “A plumb line.”
Then the Lord said, “Behold, I will set a plumb line in the midst of my
people Israel. I will not again pass by them any more. 9 The high places
of Isaac will be desolate, the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and
I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”
10 Then Amaziah the priest of Beth El sent to Jeroboam king of Israel,
saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel.
The land is not able to bear all his words. 11 For Amos says, ‘Jeroboam
will die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his
land.’”
12 Amaziah also said to Amos, “You seer, go, flee away into the land of
Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: 13 but don’t prophesy
again any more at Bethel; for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a royal
house!”
14 Then Amos answered Amaziah, “I was no prophet, neither was I a
prophet’s son; but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore trees;
15 and Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me,
‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’ 16 Now therefore listen to the word of
Yahweh: ‘You say, Don’t prophesy against Israel, and don’t preach against the
house of Isaac.’ 17 Therefore thus says Yahweh: ‘Your wife shall be a
prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the
sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you yourself shall die in
a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of
his land.’”
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