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1Thus the Lord GOD showed me : behold , he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth ; and behold , it was the latter growth after the king ’s harvest .
2When they finished eating the grass of the land, then I said, “Lord GOD , forgive , I beg you ! How could Jacob stand ? For he is small .”
3The LORD relented concerning this . “It shall not be ,” says the LORD .
4Thus the Lord GOD showed me : behold , the Lord GOD called for judgement by fire; and it dried up the great deep , and would have devoured the land .
5Then I said, “Lord GOD , stop , I beg you ! How could Jacob stand ? For he is small .”
6The LORD relented concerning this . “This also shall not be ,” says the Lord GOD .
7Thus he showed me : behold , the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand .
8The LORD said to me , “Amos , what do you see ?”
I said, “A plumb line.”
Then the Lord said, “Behold , I will set a plumb line in the middle of my people Israel . I will not again pass by them any more .
9The high places of Isaac will be desolate , the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste ; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword .”
10Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel , saying , “Amos has conspired against you in the middle of the house of Israel . The land is not able to bear all his words .
11For Amos says , ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword , and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.’”
12Amaziah also said to Amos , “You seer , go , flee away into the land of Judah , and there eat bread , and prophesy there ,
13but don’t prophesy again any more at Bethel ; for it is the king ’s sanctuary , and it is a royal house !”
14Then Amos answered Amaziah, “I was no prophet , neither was I a prophet ’s son , but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs ;
15and the LORD took me from following the flock , and the LORD said to me , ‘Go , prophesy to my people Israel .’
16Now therefore listen to the LORD ’s word : ‘You say , Don’t prophesy against Israel , and don’t preach against the house of Isaac .’
17Therefore the LORD says : ‘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 by line ; and you yourself shall die in a land that is unclean , and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.’”