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Amos 7

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¹ The Lord GOD showed me this: He was forming a swarm of locusts ⓚ at the time the spring crop first began to sprout — after the cutting of the king’s hay.

² When the locusts finished eating the vegetation of the land, ⓛ I said, “Lord GOD, please forgive! ⓜ How will Jacob survive since he is so small?” ⓝ

³ The LORD relented concerning this. ⓐ “It will not happen,” he said.

⁴ The Lord GOD showed me this: The Lord GOD was calling for a judgment by fire. ⓑ It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.

⁵ Then I said, “Lord GOD, please stop! ⓒ How will Jacob survive since he is so small?”

⁶ The LORD relented concerning this. ⓓ “This will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.

⁷ He showed me this: The Lord was standing there by a vertical wall with a plumb line in his hand.

⁸ The LORD asked me, “What do you see, Amos?” ⓔ I replied, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said, “I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; ⓕ I will no longer spare them: ⓖ

⁹ Isaac’s high places ⓗ will be deserted, and Israel’s sanctuaries will be in ruins; ⓘ I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with a sword.”

¹⁰ Amaziah the priest ⓙ of Bethel sent word to King Jeroboam of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you ⓚ right here in the house of Israel. The land cannot endure all his words,

¹¹ for Amos has said this: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will certainly go into exile from its homeland.’” ⓛ

¹² Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer! ⓜ Flee to the land of Judah. Earn your living [1] and give your prophecies there,

¹³ but don’t ever prophesy ⓝ at Bethel again, for it is the king’s sanctuary ⓐ and a royal temple.”

¹⁴ So Amos answered Amaziah, “I was [2] not a prophet or the son of a prophet; [3] ⓑ rather, I was [4] a herdsman, ⓒ and I took care of sycamore figs.

¹⁵ But the LORD took me from following the flock ⓓ and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’” ⓔ

¹⁶ Now hear the word of the LORD. You say: Do not prophesy ⓕ against Israel; do not preach ⓖ against the house of Isaac.

¹⁷ Therefore, this is what the LORD says: Your wife will be a prostitute in the city, ⓗ your sons and daughters will fall by the sword, ⓘ and your land will be divided up with a measuring line. You yourself will die on pagan [5] soil, ⓙ and Israel will certainly go into exile ⓚ from its homeland.

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1	The Lord GOD showed me this: He was forming a swarm of locusts ⓚ at the time the spring crop first began to sprout — after the cutting of the king’s hay.
2	When the locusts finished eating the vegetation of the land, ⓛ I said, “Lord GOD, please forgive! ⓜ How will Jacob survive since he is so small?” ⓝ
3	The LORD relented concerning this. ⓐ “It will not happen,” he said.
4	The Lord GOD showed me this: The Lord GOD was calling for a judgment by fire. ⓑ It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.
5	Then I said, “Lord GOD, please stop! ⓒ How will Jacob survive since he is so small?”
6	The LORD relented concerning this. ⓓ “This will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.
7	He showed me this: The Lord was standing there by a vertical wall with a plumb line in his hand.
8	The LORD asked me, “What do you see, Amos?” ⓔ I replied, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said, “I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; ⓕ I will no longer spare them: ⓖ
9	Isaac’s high places ⓗ will be deserted, and Israel’s sanctuaries will be in ruins; ⓘ I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with a sword.”
10	Amaziah the priest ⓙ of Bethel sent word to King Jeroboam of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you ⓚ right here in the house of Israel. The land cannot endure all his words,
11	for Amos has said this: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will certainly go into exile from its homeland.’” ⓛ
12	Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer! ⓜ Flee to the land of Judah. Earn your living [1] and give your prophecies there,
13	but don’t ever prophesy ⓝ at Bethel again, for it is the king’s sanctuary ⓐ and a royal temple.”
14	So Amos answered Amaziah, “I was [2] not a prophet or the son of a prophet; [3] ⓑ rather, I was [4] a herdsman, ⓒ and I took care of sycamore figs.
15	But the LORD took me from following the flock ⓓ and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’” ⓔ
16	Now hear the word of the LORD. You say: Do not prophesy ⓕ against Israel; do not preach ⓖ against the house of Isaac.
17	Therefore, this is what the LORD says: Your wife will be a prostitute in the city, ⓗ your sons and daughters will fall by the sword, ⓘ and your land will be divided up with a measuring line. You yourself will die on pagan [5] soil, ⓙ and Israel will certainly go into exile ⓚ from its homeland.

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^{Amos 7:9 [6]} Or and swear by false gods

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