Thematic Bible
Amos 7:1 (show verse)
Thus hath the Lord GOD showed unto me, and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter hay; and, behold that the latter hay grew after the king's reapings.
Amos 7:2 (show verse)
And it came to pass that when they had come to an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee; who shall lift up Jacob? for he is small.
Amos 7:3 (show verse)
The LORD repented of this; It shall not be, said the LORD.
Amos 7:4 (show verse)
Afterward the Lord GOD showed me this: And, behold, the Lord GOD called to judge by fire, and it devoured the great deep and ate up the inheritance.
Amos 7:5 (show verse)
Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee; who shall raise up Jacob? for he is small.
Amos 7:6 (show verse)
The LORD repented of this: This also shall not be, said the Lord GOD.
Amos 7:7 (show verse)
Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
Amos 7:8 (show verse)
And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass over them any more:
Amos 7:9 (show verse)
And the altars of Isaac shall be destroyed, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise upon the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
Amos 7:10 (show verse)
Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos has conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is not able to bear all his words.
Amos 7:11 (show verse)
For thus hath Amos said, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.
Amos 7:12 (show verse)
And Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and eat thy bread there, and prophesy there:
Amos 7:13 (show verse)
but do not prophesy any more in Bethel: for it is the king's sanctuary, and the head of the kingdom.
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 Amos answered and said to Amaziah, I am not a prophet, neither am I a prophet's son, but I am a herdsman and a gatherer 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)
and the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto 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 the LORD: Thou sayest, Do not prophesy against Israel and do not drop thy word against the house of Isaac.
Amos 7:17 (show verse)
Therefore thus hath the LORD said; Thy wife shall be a harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by lots; and thou shalt die in a polluted land; and Israel shall surely go into captivity from his land.