Thematic Bible
Amos 7:1 (show verse)
Thus has the Lord GOD showed unto me; and, behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.
Amos 7:2 (show verse)
And it came to pass, that when they had finished eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech you: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
Amos 7:3 (show verse)
The LORD relented concerning this: It shall not be, says the LORD.
Amos 7:4 (show verse)
Thus has the Lord GOD showed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called for judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part of the land.
Amos 7:5 (show verse)
Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech you: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
Amos 7:6 (show verse)
The LORD relented concerning this: This also shall not be, says 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 see you? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them anymore:
Amos 7:9 (show verse)
And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against 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 you 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 Amos says, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.
Amos 7:12 (show verse)
Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O you seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
Amos 7:13 (show verse)
But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is the king's house.
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 to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was 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 you the word of the LORD: you say, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not your word against the house of Isaac.
Amos 7:17 (show verse)
Therefore thus says the LORD; Your wife shall be a harlot in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by a survey line; and you shall die in a defiled land: and Israel shall surely go forth into captivity from his land.