7:1 This
is
what
the
Lord
GOD
showed
me:
behold,
he
was
forming
locusts
when
the
latter
growth
was
just
beginning
to
sprout,
and
behold,
it
was
the
latter
growth
after
the
king's
mowings.
7:2 When
they
had
finished
eating
the
grass
of
the
land,
I
said,
"O
Lord
GOD,
please
forgive!
How
can
Jacob
stand
He
is
so
small!"
7:3 The
LORD
relented
concerning
this:
"It
shall
not
be,"
said
the
LORD.
7:4 This
is
what
the
Lord
GOD
showed
me:
behold,
the
Lord
GOD
was
calling
for
a
judgment
by
fire,
and
it
devoured
the
great
deep
and
was
eating
up
the
land.
7:5 Then
I
said,
"O
Lord
GOD,
please
cease!
How
can
Jacob
stand
He
is
so
small!"
7:6 The
LORD
relented
concerning
this:
"This
also
shall
not
be,"
said
the
Lord
GOD.
7:7 This
is
what
he
showed
me:
behold,
the
Lord
was
standing
beside
a
wall
built
with
a
plumb
line,
with
a
plumb
line
in
his
hand.
7:8 And
the
LORD
said
to
me,
"Amos,
what
do
you
see"
And
I
said,
"A
plumb
line."
Then
the
Lord
said,
"Behold,
I
am
setting
a
plumb
line
in
the
midst
of
my
people
Israel;
I
will
never
again
pass
by
them;
7:9 the
high
places
of
Isaac
shall
be
made
desolate,
and
the
sanctuaries
of
Israel
shall
be
laid
waste,
and
I
will
rise
against
the
house
of
Jeroboam
with
the
sword."
7:10 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.
7:11 For
thus
Amos
has
said,
"'Jeroboam
shall
die
by
the
sword,
and
Israel
must
go
into
exile
away
from
his
land.'"
7:12 And
Amaziah
said
to
Amos,
"O
seer,
go,
flee
away
to
the
land
of
Judah,
and
eat
bread
there,
and
prophesy
there,
7:13 but
never
again
prophesy
at
Bethel,
for
it
is
the
king's
sanctuary,
and
it
is
a
temple
of
the
kingdom."
7:14 Then
Amos
answered
and
said
to
Amaziah,
"I
was
no
prophet,
nor
a
prophet's
son,
but
I
was
a
herdsman
and
a
dresser
of
sycamore
figs.
7:15 But
the
LORD
took
me
from
following
the
flock,
and
the
LORD
said
to
me,
'Go,
prophesy
to
my
people
Israel.'
7:16 Now
therefore
hear
the
word
of
the
LORD.
"You
say,
'Do
not
prophesy
against
Israel,
and
do
not
preach
against
the
house
of
Isaac.'
7:17 Therefore
thus
says
the
LORD:
"'Your
wife
shall
be
a
prostitute
in
the
city,
and
your
sons
and
your
daughters
shall
fall
by
the
sword,
and
your
land
shall
be
divided
up
with
a
measuring
line;
you
yourself
shall
die
in
an
unclean
land,
and
Israel
shall
surely
go
into
exile
away
from
its
land.'"