Thematic Bible
Amos 7:1 (show verse)
Thus hath the Lord Jehovah shewed me, and lo, He is forming locusts at the beginning of the ascending of the latter growth, and lo, the latter growth is after the mowings of the king;
Amos 7:2 (show verse)
and it hath come to pass, when it hath finished to consume the herb of the land, that I say: 'Lord Jehovah, forgive, I pray Thee, How doth Jacob arise -- for he is small?'
Amos 7:3 (show verse)
Jehovah hath repented of this, 'It shall not be,' said Jehovah.
Amos 7:4 (show verse)
Thus hath the Lord Jehovah shewed me, and lo, the Lord Jehovah is calling to contend by fire, and it consumeth the great deep, yea, it hath consumed the portion, and I say:
Amos 7:5 (show verse)
Lord Jehovah, cease, I pray Thee, How doth Jacob arise -- for he is small?'
Amos 7:6 (show verse)
Jehovah hath repented of this, 'It also shall not be,' said the Lord Jehovah.
Amos 7:7 (show verse)
Thus hath He shewed me, and lo, the Lord is standing by a wall made according to a plumb-line, and in His hand a plumb-line;
Amos 7:8 (show verse)
and Jehovah saith unto me, 'What art thou seeing, Amos?' And I say, 'A plumb-line;' and the Lord saith: 'Lo, I am setting a plumb-line in the midst of My people Israel, I do not add any more to pass over to it.
Amos 7:9 (show verse)
And desolated have been high places of Isaac, And sanctuaries of Israel are wasted, And I have risen against the house of Jeroboam with a sword.'
Amos 7:10 (show verse)
And Amaziah priest of Beth-El sendeth unto Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, 'Amos hath 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 said Amos: By sword die doth Jeroboam, And Israel certainly removeth from off its land.'
Amos 7:12 (show verse)
And Amaziah saith unto Amos, 'Seer, go flee for thee unto the land of Judah, and eat there bread, and there thou dost prophesy;
Amos 7:13 (show verse)
and at Beth-El do not add to prophesy any more, for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is the royal house.'
Amos 7:14 (show verse)
And Amos answereth and saith unto Amaziah, 'I am no prophet, nor a prophet's son am I, but a herdsman I am, and a cultivator of sycamores,
Amos 7:15 (show verse)
and Jehovah taketh me from after the flock, and Jehovah saith unto me, Go, prophesy unto My people Israel.
Amos 7:16 (show verse)
And now, hear a word of Jehovah: thou art saying, Do not prophesy against Israel, nor drop any thing against the house of Isaac,
Amos 7:17 (show verse)
therefore thus said Jehovah: Thy wife in the city doth go a-whoring, And thy sons and thy daughters by sword do fall, And thy land by line is apportioned, And thou on an unclean land diest, And Israel certainly removeth from off its land.'