Thematic Bible
Amos 7:1 (show verse)
Here, My Lord, Yahweh gave me to see, and lo! he was preparing the locust, in the beginning of the shooting up of the after-grass, - and lo! after-grass, cometh after the mowings for the king.
Amos 7:2 (show verse)
And it came to pass, when they had made an end of eating the herbage of the land, that I said - Oh, My Lord, Yahweh, forgive, I beseech thee: By whom shall Jacob, arise? for, small, he is.
Amos 7:3 (show verse)
Grieved was Yahweh, over this, - It shall not be, said Yahweh?
Amos 7:4 (show verse)
Here, My Lord, Yahweh gave me to see, and lo! My Lord Yahweh proclaiming that, the controversy should be settled by fire, - which, having devoured the mighty roaring deep, should devour the inheritance.
Amos 7:5 (show verse)
Then said I, My Lord, Yahweh, forbear, I beseech thee, By whom shall Jacob, arise? for, small, he is.
Amos 7:6 (show verse)
Grieved was Yahweh, over this, - Even this, shall not be, said My Lord, Yahweh.
Amos 7:7 (show verse)
Here, he gave me to see, and lo! My Lord, stationed upon a pinnacle, - and, in his hand a plummet.
Amos 7:8 (show verse)
And Yahweh said unto me, What canst thou see, Amos? And I said, A plummet, - Then said My Lord, Behold me! fixing a plummet in the midst of my people Israel, I will not again any more forgive him.
Amos 7:9 (show verse)
So shall the high places of Isaac, be made desolate, and, the holy places of Israel, be laid waste, - and I will rise up, against the house of Jeroboam, with the sword.
Amos 7:10 (show verse)
Then sent Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, unto Jeroboam king of Israel, saying: A conspiracy hath Amos, raised against thee, in the midst of the house of Israel, The land, is not able to endure, all his words;
Amos 7:11 (show verse)
For, thus, saith Amos, By the sword, shall Jeroboam, die, - and, Israel, shall, surely be exiled, from off his own soil.
Amos 7:12 (show verse)
Then said Amaziah unto Amos, O seer, go flee thee away unto the land o Judah - and eat, there, bread, and, there, mayest thou prophesy;
Amos 7:13 (show verse)
But, at Bethel, not again, any more, mayest thou prophesy, - for, the holy place of the king, it is, and, the house of the kingdom, it is.
Amaziah » An idolatrous priest at bethel
Amos » Forbidden to prophesy in israel
Hindrances » Opposers » Seek to silence the prophets and religious leaders
Jeroboam » King of israel » Prophecies concerning
Opposers » Opposers, hinder religious work » Seek to silence the prophets and religious leaders
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Amos, of the israelites
Amos » Forbidden to prophesy in israel
Hindrances » Opposers » Seek to silence the prophets and religious leaders
Jeroboam » King of israel » Prophecies concerning
Opposers » Opposers, hinder religious work » Seek to silence the prophets and religious leaders
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Amos, of the israelites
Amos 7:14 (show verse)
Then answered Amos, and said unto Amaziah, No prophet, was I, - nor the son of a prophet, was I, - but, a herdman, was I, and a preparer of sycamore fruit;
Amaziah » An idolatrous priest at bethel
Amos » Forbidden to prophesy in israel
Call » To special religious duty » Amos
Fig tree » Often grew wild
Prophecy » Respecting individuals, see under their names » the word of the lord came to," etc., To » Amos
Prophets » Mentioned in scripture » Amos
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Amos, of the israelites
Sycamore » Care of
Trees » Varieties » Sycamore
Amos » Forbidden to prophesy in israel
Call » To special religious duty » Amos
Fig tree » Often grew wild
Prophecy » Respecting individuals, see under their names » the word of the lord came to," etc., To » Amos
Prophets » Mentioned in scripture » Amos
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Amos, of the israelites
Sycamore » Care of
Trees » Varieties » Sycamore
Amos 7:15 (show verse)
But Yahweh, took me away, from following the flock, - and Yahweh, said unto me, Go prophesy against my people Israel.
Amaziah » An idolatrous priest at bethel
Amos » Forbidden to prophesy in israel
Call » To special religious duty » Amos
Prophecy » Respecting individuals, see under their names » the word of the lord came to," etc., To » Amos
Prophets » Mentioned in scripture » Amos
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Amos, of the israelites
Amos » Forbidden to prophesy in israel
Call » To special religious duty » Amos
Prophecy » Respecting individuals, see under their names » the word of the lord came to," etc., To » Amos
Prophets » Mentioned in scripture » Amos
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Amos, of the israelites
Amos 7:16 (show verse)
Now, therefore, hear thou the word of Yahweh, - Thou art saying, Thou must not prophesy concerning Israel, nor let thy word drop down upon the house of Isaac.
Amos 7:17 (show verse)
Therefore - Thus, saith Yahweh, Thy wife, in the city, will commit unchastity, and, thy sons and thy daughters, by the sword, shall fall, and, thine own soil, by line, shall he apportioned, - and, thou, on a polluted soil, shalt die, and, Israel, shall, surely go into exile, away front his own soil.