Amos 7
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Amos 7:1
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Thus the Lord GOD showed me, and behold, He was forming a locust-swarm when the spring crop began to sprout. And behold, the spring crop {was} after the king's mowing.
Amos 7:2
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And it came about, when it had finished eating the vegetation of the land, that I said, "Lord GOD, please pardon! How can Jacob stand, For he is small?"
Amos 7:3
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The LORD changed His mind about this. "It shall not be," said the LORD.
Amos 7:4
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Thus the Lord GOD showed me, and behold, the Lord GOD was calling to contend {with them} by fire, and it consumed the great deep and began to consume the farm land.
Amos 7:5
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Then I said, "Lord GOD, please stop! How can Jacob stand, for he is small?"
Amos 7:6
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The LORD changed His mind about this. "This too shall not be," said the Lord GOD.
Amos 7:7
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Thus He showed me, and behold, the Lord was standing by a vertical wall with a plumb line in His hand.
Amos 7:8
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The LORD said to me, "What do you see, Amos?" And I said, "A plumb line." Then the Lord said, "Behold I am about to put a plumb line In the midst of My people Israel. I will spare them no longer.
Amos 7:9
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"The high places of Isaac will be desolated And the sanctuaries of Israel laid waste. Then I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword."
Amos 7:10
Amos 7:11
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~"For thus Amos says, `Jeroboam will die by the sword and Israel will certainly go from its land into exile."'
Amos 7:12
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Then Amaziah said to Amos, "Go, you seer, flee away to the land of Judah and there eat bread and there do your prophesying!
Amos 7:13
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~"But no longer prophesy at Bethel, for it is a sanctuary of the king and a royal residence."
Amos 7:14
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Then Amos replied to Amaziah, "I am not a prophet, nor am I the son of a prophet; for I am a herdsman and a grower of sycamore figs.
Amos 7:15
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~"But the LORD took me from following the flock and the LORD said to me, `Go prophesy to My people Israel.'
Amos 7:16
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~"Now hear the word of the LORD: you are saying, `You shall not prophesy against Israel nor shall you speak against the house of Isaac.'
Amos 7:17
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~"Therefore, thus says the LORD, `Your wife will become a harlot in the city, your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be parceled up by a {measuring} line and you yourself will die upon unclean soil. Moreover, Israel will certainly go from its land into exile."'
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